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We’re continuing our summer cocktail menu with the Rum Runner, an exotic refreshener brought to you by VANDER.

Originally from the white sand beaches of the Dominican Republic, VANDER is currently based in Amsterdam.

He is the connection of all the pieces of a puzzled world influenced brain. Collecting memories and acquiring knowledge from a diverse group of cultures, it was impossible not to let them influence his musical taste.

His sound is the result of his inclination towards spirituality, romance, and connection. All this, combined with his Latin musical influences coming from the sunny Caribbean, result in a rhythm he describes as "mambo".

Vander just returned from his show at the Horde Cruise in Paris when he recorded this exclusive set for Schirmchendrink. Next stop is the Monastery festival by The Gardens of Babylon, where he plays as resident.

Cheers!

The Bartenders

Link up:

VANDER:

@vander_music

www.facebook.com/@vander.music

www.beatport.com/artist/vander-dr/672952

Schirmchendrink:

@schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com

The Whiskey Sour is a classic bourbon cocktail that is subtly sour and sweet at the same time. Today’s bartender duo represents two different tastes as well, as their sets usually float over a different range of sounds. The result however, also true for the Whiskey Sour, is a mesmerizing experience based on magical mix of two different characters.

We’re extremely happy to introduce Madota as our latest addition to the Schirmchendrink family. Behnam and Mehran, both with Iranian roots, grew up in Vancouver, Canada. The project was born into Vancouver’s electronic music scene, and over the years the duo’s signature sound consisting of melodies with a dark melancholic touch and upbeat organic sounds evolved.

In 2017 the project “Madota” was officially born, when Behnam and Mehran moved to Berlin to bring their musical career to the next level. We think it’s going quite well as they now have their regular showcase “Pishi Circus” at Katerblau and a first release on the legendary Buddha-Bar label. And there is more to come: Madota’s first EP will be released soon on underyourskin records, another great imprint we think!

Raise your glasses to Madota’s cocktail! It’s deep and subtle, melancholic and lively, with a sensational vibe throughout the whole set.

Cheers!

The bartenders

Link Up!

Madota:

@madota

www.facebook.com/MadotaMusic

www.beatport.com/artist/madota/654322

Schirmchendrink:

@schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com

In the month of June, when living gets easy and temperatures are rising, it is the perfect time to enjoy a tropical cocktail. And it couldn’t get more tropical than with today’s special. 100% natural, refreshing and healthy: the coconut, cracked open by no one less than the Sol Selectas label head, Sabo.

Sabo’s name has long been held in high esteem with the Afro-Latin House and the Moombahton scene. Today, Sabo is digging deeper into Tribal and Tech sounds. Behind the decks, his innovative approach to each DJ set makes him a consistent stand out at Festivals like Coachella, Lightening in a Bottle, Shambhala, Fusion, Symbiosis, Desert Hearts, Further Future, and Burning Man’s Robot Heart bus.

As a label boss, he is known for his dynamic vision. Sol Selectas started back in 2004 as vinyl only imprint and platform for Sabo’s remixes and mashups. Today the label captures a wide array of sounds, enlisting up and coming underground producers from all over the globe, as well as prominent well-known producers in the industry, focusing the sound on deep spiritual dance music, guiding its listeners into the future realm with positive intention.

Sabo once said he likes to DJ outdoors within nature, where he feels connected to the Earth when dancing. His sets always tell a story, with lots of tribal percussions, this time filled with super chilled out vibes and foot tapping downtempo beats. It’s never aggressive, but always groovy. You can literally hear the waves breaking into a magical turquoise lagoon, filled with colorful tropical fish and fringed by palms, when sipping off this delicious Coconut.

By the way did you know that plastic straws make the top 10 list of litter items on beaches? One of the best way to reduce your plastic footprint is to avoid using plastic straws and use stainless steel straws instead. As we did for Sabo’s coconut

We are proud to have a very special artist and person kicking-off the Schirmchendrink summer. Thanks, Sabo, for joining the Schirmchendrink family!

Cheers

The bartenders,

Link Up!

Sabo:

@djsabo

www.facebook.com/SaboFanPage

www.beatport.com/artist/sabo/32062

@solselectas

Schirmchendrink:

@schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com

Pastis is almost like a religion in Provence and especially Marseille, where its origins are, and the best Pastis is found. At apéro-time people across France drink this star anise-based liquor mixed with water, which changes the liquor’s appearance from transparent to milky.

Today we proudly announce a new sort of Pastis: it’s made in the Flemish jungle, a.k.a. Mike Tohr’s Studio in Herentals, Belgium. For those of you that participated in last week’s live session, you already enjoyed a sneak peak of this smooth and dreamy jewel.

His studio has the look of a jungle or a greenhouse, and it reflects where Mike gets inspired – out in the green. Therefore, he transformed his studio into a creative jungle by adding lots of plants to cover the usual white wall atmosphere.

Mike appeared on our radars some time back, thanks to a remix by Gab Rhome of his awesome release on Armada Subjekt called “No More Butterflies”. Since then a lot happened: Mike played some of the best venues, even the Diynamic stage at Tomorrowland! And, lots of wonderful productions followed: most recently on Tale & Tone, Einmusika and Atmosphere. We are excited to see what’s coming next!

We asked him what he loves about Pastis: “When I was young almost everybody was smoking at school, but I preferred to eat a licorice root instead. Today Pastis is one of my favorite drinks because I really love the taste of the fresh star anise in combination with a licorice root. Especially on a hot summer day it gives you a fresh taste ...”

It couldn’t be better conditions for a Pastis than today! And, for those of you trying to quit smoking, get some licorice roots! We’ll try it for sure …

Cheers!

The Bartenders

Link Up!

Mike Tohr:

@miketohr

www.facebook.com/miketohr

www.beatport.com/artist/mike-tohr/241303

Schirmchendrink:

@schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com

We thought you might still be tired from an exciting weekend and therefore have an exquisite espresso for you today! Mike Haddad, Montréal’s sonic story teller, created the ultimate espresso blend: bold and balanced, with caramelly sweet finish, and, the “holy grail” of a good espresso, a rich layer of crema floating on top!

Born and raised in the French speaking part of Canada, Mike has been mixing for few years now. Inspired by all cultures, he is curious about exploring all sounds, and playing a more diverse range of tracks.

Raised on classic hip hop, he has only dived into electronic music in the past few years. The genre has satisfied the craving for driving, grooving melodies. Developing a passion for moving dance-floors, he uses DJing as a creative outlet; a means to tell a story. Obsessed by the deepest of sounds, his goal is to transport his listeners; through his evolving mixes.

We 100% felt this in Mike’s mixes and are happy to welcome him on board.

Cheers!

The baristas

Link Up!

Mike Haddad:

@mikehaddad

www.facebook.com/mikehaddad.dj

Schirmchendrink:

@schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com

Todays special, the French Gimlet, is made of Gin, lime juice and St. Germaine. It is a wonderful drink for a hot day. And it happens to be Bona Fide’s favorite cocktail. No question we have him mixing this one for you!

Bona Fide, or Marko, with his real name, lives in NYC. Originally he is from Belgrad/Serbia but came around quite a bit: he grew up in Moscow and went to college in Boston. It was in Boston where Marko first began to DJ, performing gigs at various nightclubs and soon as resident at Bijou Nightclub.

While spending one college year abroad, in Madrid/Spain, Marko got into producing his own tracks. Thanks to his experience from djaying, or “knowing what makes the people dance”, he seemed to hit a nerve of a crowd, hungry for his deep and dreamy edits on SoundCloud. It was only months later when his first official releases followed: on imprints such as 3000 Grad, Shanti Moscow Radio, Magician on Duty and most recently, in a collaboration with Germany PHCK, on Nie Wieder Schlafen.

Bona Fide, by the way, means something made with genuine intent. Something real. This applies also to his delicious French Gimlet. We love those real and dreamy vibes.

Cheers!

The bartenders

Link up!

Bona Fide

www.facebook.com/bonafideofficialmusic

www.soundcloud.com/bonafide-us

Schirmchendrink:

www.soundcloud.com/schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com

The Palomaesque is a Mezcal-based cocktail. Mezcal is not simply an alcoholic beverage among many others, Mezcal is Mexico’s spirit and endowed with nearly magical powers. As consuming Meczal is a social act, so is listening to Tara Brooks’ hypnotizing sets.

Whether playing at an intimate club, a packed festival or a magical sunrise deep in the Playa, Tara Brooks music envelopes the crowd.

What started as a hobby in Houston’s rave scene of the 90s developed to an impressive career. Tara’s bookings have taken her all over. She is a resident at Desert Hearts, a festival in Southern California. Tara also graced the decks of Citifox LA, the BPM Festival, the famous Robot Heart bus at Burning Man. In her Hometown Los Angeles, she is a resident at Subtract Music and every so often, Tara heads to international festival such as the Rainbow Serpent Festival in Australia most recently.

The latest studio work includes releases and mixes on the likes of Akbal Music​, Kindisch​, Einmusika Recordings​, Exotic Refreshment​, Balance Series​, John Digweed​'s Transitions as well as Deep House Amsterdam​ and Electronic Groove​.

It was one of her early Robot Heart sets when Tara worked her magic on us. In her Palomaesque interpretation she went groovier and more soulful than usual, always featuring that unique Tara touch: deep driving grooves, hypnotic rhythms and haunting melodies. What a treat!

Cheers!

The bartenders

Link Up!

Tara Brooks:

@tarabrooksmusic

www.facebook.com/tarabrooksofficial

www.beatport.com/artist/tara-brooks/132157

Schirmchendrink:

@schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com

If you’re like most people (including ourselves) you may have over-indulged a little over the Easter long weekend. Instead of eating just some of the chocolate eggs, you ate all of them! And the chocolate bunnies...

Your plan now is to start your strict new diet and to go the gym five times this week and burn off all the extra calories. Or, you hit the play button, listen to our next Schirmchendrink episode „Red Eye“ by PHCK and calories will take care of themselves!

PHCK, a talented trio consisting of Paul Hoffer, Christ Kusterer and Stefan Kling, has its origins in the creative dark cosmos of Germany’s Black Forest.

Chris as DJ and Paul as a classical musician started creating music together in late 2013. Stefan, a singer a musical allrounder, joined the project in 2017 after the first successful releases on Chapter 24 Recordings, Connaisseur Recordings and All Day I Dream.

PHCK’s music is a transformation of their own emotions; a reflection of sensitivity - of love, hope, grief, reflectiveness and sometimes a cold and dark emptiness.

We have heard they are working on their first album to be released maybe this year...we can only hope this is true as we always want more of PHCK’s deeper shades and emotive electronic music! What a treat <3

Cheers!

The bartenders

Link up!

PHCK:

@phckmusic

www.facebook.com/phckmusic/

www.beatport.com/artist/phck/450874

Schirmchendrink:

@schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com

The great Louis Pasteur already considered wine as "the most healthful and hygenic" of all beverages. Well, there really is nothing to argue against something healthy tonight! Thank god NYC based Christian Voldstad brought a very special bottle of Barbery out of his cellar.

Christian serves us one hour of real deep vibes, perfectly matching a lazy Monday evening.

As resident for the Bespoke event series he already shared the stage with some of the big names in the scene.

Christian acquired his love of electronic while growing up in the UK. It wasn’t until he moved to New York, however, that he would attend his first underground party and find the sound that would capture him and inspire him to step behind the decks himself. Since then, Christian has become a staple of the underground scene, a party enthusiast, and an avid techno tourist.

Join us in welcoming Christian to the team!

Sip, swirl and swallow!

The bartenders

Link up!

Christian Voldstad

www.soundcloud.com/christianvoldstad

www.facebook.com/ChristianVoldstad

www.instagram.com/cvoldstad

Schirmchendrink:

@schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com

Another week, another Monday! Let’s start this one with a refreshing, fruity version of a cocktail classic: the Rickey is brought to you by cantanca, who added his extra touch to this one – smooth, sweet and amazingly chill.

cantanca has been involved in electronic music for more than two decades. The thoroughbred DJ and selector from Turkey founded three radio stations and heads various festivals like the Chill Out Festival, one of the most beautiful gatherings in Turkey. “Off mainstream” is the golden thread running through all of his many activities, also as host of two exclusive radio shows “Cool Sessions” and “Daydreaming”, a platform he shares with likeminded artists.

Sipping off his delicious Rickey, you can tell cantanca is a master in creating emotions. Alright, warm and relaxing vibes from the Bosphorus are incoming now - the best way to get rid of the chills!

Cheers!

The bartenders

Link Up!

cantanca:

@cantanca

www.facebook.com/LoungeFM96

www.loungefm.net

www.chilloutfest.com

www.futuregeneration.net

www.electronicafest.com

Schirmchendrink:

@schirmchendrink

www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink

www.schirmchendrink.com