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Welcome to my new website

Welcome to my new website

My dear Friends, finally I am creating my own space which is not related to MySpace or Facebook. I do like those social networks a lot, but let's be honest: we don't know how long they will survive and we have absolutely no clue, what they are doing with our data. So...

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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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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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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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mijkfunk – Kids Want Revolution EP – nuFunkFiles 002

mijkfunk – Kids Want Revolution EP – nuFunkFiles 002

mijkfunk's second release on nuFunkFiles (AKA nuFF) ties in where "Are Friends Digital?" ended: again no House nor Techno but more NuFunk from Berlin. Written in early 2010 "Kids Want Revolution" seems like the definite description of what we see on the streets of the...

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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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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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Mijk van Dijk @ WOMB Japan

Mijk van Dijk @ WOMB Japan

When Mijk van Dijk DJed at Tokyo's super club WOMB during his tour through Japan in November 2010, he was filmed by the good people from Red Bull TV for their program Night Flight, that transmits complete sets from the best DJs of the world in the best clubs in the...

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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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Marmion – Schöneberg 2010 Remixes – Grand Casino

Marmion – Schöneberg 2010 Remixes – Grand Casino

It's been almost 7 years since the last offering of remixes for the Marmion classic "Schöneberg", produced by Marcos Lopez & Mijk van Dijk back in 1993. We think it was worth the wait since the new versions by no other than DJ Hell, Abe Duque,Donnacha...

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Music for the Michalsky StyleNite at Tempodrom 2010

Music for the Michalsky StyleNite at Tempodrom 2010

Yesterday night was special: again I co-produced music for a Michael Michalsky event at the Berlin Fashion Week together with DJ Hell, like the last 3 Michalsky shows before. Just this time, at the Michalsky Style Night at Tempodrom I also produced and performed the...

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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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Old School Live Set online

Old School Live Set online

Here's a recording of Mijk's live set at Distillery Leipzig from October 17th 2009. Invited to play his classic tunes at the 17th anniversary party of legendary Distillery club in Leipzig/ Germany he decided to revamp the music to today's standards. So this is all at...

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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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Mijk van Dijk im Interview (Spacelounge® Media)

Mijk van Dijk im Interview (Spacelounge® Media)

Here's an interview Mijk gave for eventpage, a German electronic music partydate portal. In German language. Main focus is on his project Plato and his work with DJ Hell and Namito. Spacelounge: Du warst einer der ersten Live-Performer überhaupt in Deutschland. Wann...

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Mijk van Dijk – Motherwomb EP – Frisbee Records 073

Mijk van Dijk – Motherwomb EP – Frisbee Records 073

 Some of you might already have heard it in the clubs: Mijk van Dijk will give his debut on DJ Good Groove's legendary Frisbee Records label with his "Motherwomb-EP" featuring the tracks "Anticipation" and "Motherwomb", catalogue number #073. The title refers to Mijk...

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Phobia – Phobia (DJ Hell-Remix) – Gigolo Records

Phobia – Phobia (DJ Hell-Remix) – Gigolo Records

DJ Hell and Mijk van Dijk remixed "Phobia" by Phobia. This was one of the very first tracks to influence trance producers and it still sounds as fresh today as it did when first released in ’91 on Cyclotron / Rising High Records. Tobias Freund aka Pink Elln aka Phobia...

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Mijk van Dijk & Namito – Bassfood EP – Circle Music

Mijk van Dijk & Namito – Bassfood EP – Circle Music

Over 5 years after their "Härter"-Release on Confused Records, Mijk created a bass-heavy production with long-term buddy Namito, who is just recently going through the roof with his fresh new "Joujou-EP" on Kling Klong Records. "Bassfood" features sub-sonic bass...

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Rok & Mijk – Jack Your Ass EP – Gigolo Records 205

Rok & Mijk – Jack Your Ass EP – Gigolo Records 205

To kick off 2007 in style Mijk's first release in this year will be an EP  together with Berlin DJ legend DJ Rok on Gigolo Records #205, featuring their original plus remixes by both Rok & Mijk. Jackin' frenzy for this millenium! Gigolo #205 is out now and...

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