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Marmion – Schöneberg: Geschichte eines Tracks

Marmion – Schöneberg: Geschichte eines Tracks

In the September 2012 issue of German De-Bug magazine Alexandra Dröner transcribed an interview she had led with Marcos López and myself about the history of our Marmion track Schöneberg. Here's the link to the article on Marcos' website. The illustration in De-Bug...

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mother­funk #20: Fever­Pitch­Ben & SpiritBallCatcher

mother­funk #20: Fever­Pitch­Ben & SpiritBallCatcher

Motherfunk with Mijk van Dijk, your monthly show for NuFunk and FutureBoogie. on BLN.fm. Introducing new EPs and albums by Gigamesh, Pitchben, Kolombo, Spirit Catcher, Da Chick, Mighty Mouse, Jupiter, Roberto Rodriguez and The KDMS. The classic drop comes from the...

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mother­funk #19: Jimmy, the Pira­tes and The Beas­tie Boys

mother­funk #19: Jimmy, the Pira­tes and The Beas­tie Boys

Pirate Power on this motherfunk edition on BLN.fm: Mijk van Dijk presents fresh tracks from   Jimmy Edgars new album „Majenta”, classics from the Beastie Boys and latest news from Tensnake, Moon Runner, Deneha, Two Long Peoples and Digital Heaven. Playlist: Lauer –...

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motherfunk #18: Soul Clap Interview

motherfunk #18: Soul Clap Interview

Motherfunk with Mijk van Dijk on BLN.fm, this time features an interview with Soul Clap and a lot of NuFunk und Future Boogie with fresh remixes by Tiger & Woods and Vostok-1 and new tracks by Jimmy Edgar, El Freakadell, fDeluxe (aka the band formerly known as The...

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Manscape – Tool EP – nuFunkFiles 003

Manscape – Tool EP – nuFunkFiles 003

On a hot summer day, Mijk van Dijk and long-term friend Joshua Kirkby from Sydney sat down in Mijk’s studio in Berlin and created „Tool“, a slow boogie burner, that Mijk has been road-testing ever since in his NuFunk DJ sets. It was clear that this little gem had to...

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mother­funk #17: Whit­ney + The Ori­gi­nal 7ven

mother­funk #17: Whit­ney + The Ori­gi­nal 7ven

Motherfunk with Mijk van Dijk, this time with features on The Original 7ven aka The Time and Whitney Houston. And a lot of NuFunk and FrenchFilterDisco by Lorenz Rhode, Tad Willy, Golden Bug, Munk, Soul Clap, Sample Jack, Le Crayon, Kolombo and Manscape. PS: Stay in...

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The Oakland Occupy Movement

The Oakland Occupy Movement

We received word from Oakland/ California. The city's occupy movement celebrates their stand for freedom and justice to the sound of mijkfunk's "Kids Want Revolution". We are glad that this song inspires people to fight for their rights. [soundcloud...

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motherfunk #10 – Jubilee Jamboree

motherfunk #10 – Jubilee Jamboree

Mijk van Dijk presents Motherfunk #10 on BLN.fm, with music by many favourites of the first nine shows, like  Larry Tiger, G.I. Disco and Tokyo Dawn Records. Plus a big chunk of Britfunk and Slo Mo Disco. And a wonderful Chromeo cover by Mayer Hawthorne. Boogie down,...

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motherfunk #8 – Tiger & Woods & more

motherfunk #8 – Tiger & Woods & more

Mijk van Dijk presents Motherfunk on BLN.fm. Mijk talks to Tiger & Woods - or rather: they talk through the computer about "Through The Green" their debut album on Running Back. Also introducing new albums byBootsy Collins, SoulParlor and The Chaenge, Mijk's very...

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motherfunk #7: Get D.O.W.N.!

motherfunk #7: Get D.O.W.N.!

Mijk van Dijk presents Motherfunk on BLN.fm, Summerdaze in Boogieland.  Mijk van Dijk opens the Funk summer. Girls & Boogie, Tiger & Woods, Music & Lights. Throw down, come down, boogie down, funksters! PLAYLIST 1. Amalia - All The Funk I Need (Volta Cab...

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Mijk van Dijk – World Beside You – BPM Japan 002

Mijk van Dijk – World Beside You – BPM Japan 002

April 7th 2010 was a disasterous day for Japan. An earthquake and a tsunami hit Japan and destroyed the coastal region north of Tokyo. The nuclear reactor of Fukushima was damaged and leaked. Since Mijk is connected to Japan since 1994 through many gigs and...

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motherfunk #5: Amalia & Opolopo

motherfunk #5: Amalia & Opolopo

Mijk van Dijk presents Motherfunk on BLN.fm, this time with new Swedish Funk dynamite. Amalia and Opolopo both released magnificient albums within the last 3 months, both produced by Peter Major aka Opolopo and both released by Munich-based Tokyo Dawn Records. Mijk...

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The Chaenge live

The Chaenge live

In the advent of the forthcoming debut album of The Chaenge, the duo of Florian Schirmacher and Mijk van Dijk you can catch a glimpse and things to come on this video taken on their live performance at Zur Seuten Deern in the heart of the infamous Reeperbahn in...

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mijkfunk – Are Friends Digital? EP – nuFunkFiles 001

mijkfunk – Are Friends Digital? EP – nuFunkFiles 001

Mijk got a brandnew bag. "I just felt that I finally had to follow my first love in electronic music, which was the Boogie Funk of the early 80s and of course Prince, Prince, Prince." Before House music, he played the bass in local Funk bands. So Mijk started a party...

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motherfunk #3: BIG Chromeo Special

motherfunk #3: BIG Chromeo Special

Mijk van Dijk presents Motherfunk on BLN.fm and met Chromeo, the Montreal duo we all love, to talk with them about The Funk right before their great show at Club Maria in Berlin. Check the highlights of the interview and of...

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motherfunk #2: Jimmy Edgar Special

motherfunk #2: Jimmy Edgar Special

Mijk van Dijk presents Motherfunk on BLN.fm and had the pleasure to meet Jimmy Edgar from Detroit, now located in Berlin by choice and creator of one of the master pieces of 2010-NuFunk, his great album XXX on !k7. Boogie down, funksters! PLAYLIST 1. Spirit Catcher –...

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motherfunk #1 with G.I. Disco

motherfunk #1 with G.I. Disco

This is 1st edition of Mijk van Dijk's show motherfunk on BLN.fm and it all starts in Berlin with the cool guys of  G.I. Disco, who bring back the 80s funk to the clubs to revive an almost forgotten aera of club music in Germany of the early 80s, when black G.I.s,...

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Introducing mijkfunk

Introducing mijkfunk

It's about time to introduce you to mijkfunk. Mijk is gonna take off to explore new ground, which is actually going back to his roots: Funk Music. When Mijk bought his first Roland TR-505 Drum Machine back in the late 90s, he wanted to create Minneapolis Funk like...

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Introducing environ-mental recordings

Introducing environ-mental recordings

Environ-Mental Recordings is a label from German techno producer Mijk van Dijk, also known as Microglobe. The label is designed to be a platform for digitally re-mastered 90s gems, which were only available as the physical copies on the MFS Berlin label in the 90s....

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mijkfunk live at Maria Club Berlin

mijkfunk live at Maria Club Berlin

My first mijkfunk Liveset. No funky house or funky techno. I call it NuFunk. Live and direct and soon out on my forthcoming label. Stay tuned and don't touch that dial!!!! :-)If you missed it at Maria, here's the original recording. Enjoy a different taste of Mijk.

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The Chaenge – Rebellion – FormResonance 010 (Album)

The Chaenge – Rebellion – FormResonance 010 (Album)

The Chænge is a dynamic NuFunk duo from Germany. Singer and keyboarder Florian Schirmacher is recently getting all deserved attention for his vocal-and-production work in projects like Wareika, Federleicht, Hatikvah, Glowing Glisses and Prime Origin, resulting in...

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Mijk van Dijk – Ebony & Ivory EP – BluFin

Mijk van Dijk – Ebony & Ivory EP – BluFin

Mijk's 4th 12" is out on BluFin-Records from Cologne now. This time it's all about the piano. Just like "Ebony & Ivory" live in perfect harmony on the keyboard of Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney, Mijk rediscovers the magic of the gospel-influenced House piano...

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Techno City Berlin 1993 COMPLETE

Techno City Berlin 1993 COMPLETE

Finally the COMPLETE TV documentation about a typical weekend in the Berlin techno scene from 1993 is online. Some of you might know the video on Google. Well, that is NOT the complete version, the first 2 minutes are missing. Witness a typical DJ day at legendary...

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Eines Tages: Die Pioniertage des Techno

Eines Tages: Die Pioniertage des Techno

Mijk wrote an article about the "stone age" of Techno in Berlin for the online version of German renowned news magazine "Der Spiegel". Dive into the foundation years of our music. Unfortunately only in German... Harte Beats in herrenlosen Bunkern: Die erste Partys...

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We Call It Techno DVD

We Call It Techno DVD

Soon out on DVD: a spectacular documentation about the very first years of the German Techno scene, done by the team who is also responsible for the brilliant Slices-DVD-Music Magazine. It's called "We Call It Techno" and besides early film footage about those...

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