I recently watched Emma Watson's wonderful speech at United Nations Headquarters in New York on September 20, 2014, announcing the campaign HeForShe by the UN. I heard that she received a lot of hate on the net for this. And I asked myself: why? Why does it attract...
In the 19th episode of his monthly podcast radio show Mijk van Dijk pays tribute to the late and great Mark Bell from LFO, who sadly passed away on October 14th. Plus superfresh new music by ThoÂmas Schumacher, OliÂver SchoÂries, Lehar , Mario BasaÂnov, Solee, Culoe...
Today the world of electronic music was shocked by the news that Mark Bell sadly passed away. Mark formed with his partner Gez Varley the super-influential duo LFO, one of the first acts on Warp Records and  creators of classics like "We Are Back" and "LFO"....
This is my DJ mix for the podcast series of my booking agency praxxiz booking. I took the chance out of my regular monthly mixes that always feature the latest promos to mix tracks, that are big in my sets since months with secret weapons from almost 10 years ago and...
This is the video for the title track of my new EP on  BluFin Records together with my friend  Rummy Sharma from India. Bleibtreu has been started in New Delhi as well after a long day of sightseeing. In this video you can actually see us walking over to Rummy’s...
Wow, I just found this video on YouTube. On April 25th 1998 I played live in Tokyo  at Liquid Room along with Denki Groove,  Takkyu Ishino, Toby Izui and Westbam. The party was part of a small tour in Japan called "Tächno Fest" (which is not a spelling mistake but an...
Last Thursday I visited the Computerspielemuseum (Museum for Computer Games) in Berlin. Curator Andreas Lange showed me around and even played a "death match" on the notorious Painstation. That's a video game based on the classic video game Pong, but with the twist...
While I was sitting with my Liquid Sky Berlin mate Omsk Information for dinner at Rootz in Kreuzberg the other day (we had those delicious Santa FĂ© wraps, yummy), he mentioned a multi-racial Jazz Fusion band from Brooklyn, NYC called Snarky Puppy. He said that they...
Today is reunification day in Germany. 24 years ago on October 1990, the German Democratic Republic (GDR = DDR) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG = BRD). Today I found this video, shot from a tram in East Berlin on a grey day in January 1990. Yes kids, this...
This is the DJ mix of music 4 the microglobe #18, the September 2014 edition as heard live on BLN.fm, cuebase-fm and XLTRAX on Thursday, September 18th. This mix features 2 extra bonus tracks, ending with "Off The Rails", the brandnew hot hit by Billie Ray Martin...
This is the second appetizer for my  Bleibtreu EP on BuFin Records, conceived together with my friend from India Rummy Sharma, produced in New Delhi and Berlin: the title track Bleibtreu.We started the track after a long day of sightseeing in New Delhi.In this video...
1. Solee - Lost (Neo Romantic Trance Rework) - Boxersport 2. Guy Gerber & Puff Daddy - Terminal K - Rumors 3. Billie Ray Martin & Aerea Negrot - Off The Rails - Disco Activisto 4. Dr. Motte & Gabriel Le Mar - Fever (Pascal FEOS Remix) - praxxiz 5. Crom...
This is the video for Restless, one of three tracks on my forthcoming Bleibtreu EP on friendly BluFin Records from Cologne, produced together with my friend  Rummy Sharma from India. All tracks have been produced in New Delhi and Berlin, either physically sitting in...
Peter Kirn of createdigitalmusic.com pointed me on this wonderful advert for the Yamaha DX100 synthesizer, a truely iconic piece of music instrument history. The "Solid Bass" sound found in the Yamaha FM 4-operator synths like the TX81Z, the FB-01 or the DX100...
The latest episode of music 4 the microglobe is now available on Mixcloud. . Music 4 The Microglobe #18 (September 2014) by Music 4 The Microglobe on Mixcloud
Now this was summer 2014. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Especially the last week was a nice payback for some unnecessary cold and rain before. 22 years ago around this time, I was waiting for the release of the Summer Remix EP of my Microglobe track High On...
What would you do if you were a stupid-rich US-american Hip Hop mogul, who has achieved everything already? Maybe team up with one of the most talented Tech House producers, create a complete album and get it out  for free on Beatport? Well, this is what Guy Gerber...
This is a fine example of our fast and forward internet society: produced in New Delhi and Berlin, either physically sitting in the same studio or swapping files across the web, my friend Rummy Sharma from India and myself produced 3 tracks, that will be released in...
I played the closing set for this year's New Healing Open Air Festival at Badesee Preddöhl in the beautiful North-East German region Priegnitz. I played my favourite deep and melodic Tech House tunes and presented all the 3 tracks of my upcoming "Bleibtreu"-EP (with...
Long in-depth interview with Mijk for Thomann's videoblog page and C-Tube with deep and personal  questions and revelations for Mijk's fans - if they can read German...... Read the full interview...
Between my fingers you can see the golden deer at Volkspark Schöneberg which was featured on the cover of the 2010 remixes of Marmion's classic Schöneberg. Now 20 years after the original release of the track by Marcos López and myself on Superstition Records, it...
The August episode of music 4 the microglobe is now uploaded to Mixcloud and Hearthis. Hearthis.at is a pretty smart alternative to Mixcloud and unlike Mixcloud it offers download options for a share. So you better CHECK! ^^
Just found this plastic bag from Cisco Techno in Tokyo with promo for my Decade Mashup Mix CD.
1. Alex Niggemann - Earth Symphony - Last Night On Earth 2. Gardens Of God - GlĂĽk - BOSO 3. Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym (O&A Remix) - King Street Music 4. Edit Revenge feat. DJ Roland Clark - I Surrender (Patrick Chardronnet Remix) - noir music 5. Audiojack -...
Mijk van Dijk will play a DJ set at New Healing Open Air Festival at Badesee Preddöhl/ Priegnitz in the Northeast of Germany. He will play the final set on Sunday, August 31st at 9:30 pm, closing after his praxxiz mates Dr. Motte and Gabriel Le Mar. If you should be...
How do you call this melodic, deep, supple sound by acts like Alex Niggemann, Gardens Of God, Ten Walls or Gui Boratto? Deep House? Progressive Techno? Future Trance? Superpitcher, Lauer, Color Ray, Patrick Chardronnet, Nacho Marco, Grum, n'to and  Butch & Hohberg...
When I was working with DJ Hell on several common productions in 2007, I suddenly heard bells in my mind. This happens quite often in totally different situations: suddenly a sound or a melody strikes my mind like a comet and I wonder where I know this from. Those...
Just recently I received a promo of a new compilation called "ELECTRI_CITY - ELEKTRONISCHE_MUSIK_AUS_DÜSSELDORF" full of old gems by Düsseldorf based bands from the 70s and 80s like Der Plan, La Düsseldorf, Harmonia, DAF, NEU!, Die Krupps, Liasons Dangereuses and...
Message from the waterfront: don't hang around in the shade. Enjoy your life in the sunshine. Coz like Roy Ayers knows: Everybody Loves The Sunshine. Need I say more? Well, maybe I should tell you a bit about my connection to that song. Back in 88, when the music was...
1. Laura Jones — Bright Lights (Cassy Remix) — Leftroom Records 2. Maceo Plex — ENTER.Space — Minus 3. Flinsch — AffenÂfelÂsen — BluFin 4. Odd ParÂents — Learn To Fly (Maceo’s Flight Home) — Ellum Audio 5. AudioÂjack — WinÂding The Box — 2020 Vision 6. Dusky — Love...
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