Ambient Electronica
ambientkarawane in Templin, August 15, 2020

ambientkarawane in Templin, August 15, 2020

Difficult situations call for new ideas and music is contagious. That's why we're starting a new project with the ambientkarawane: we're gonna move through the region and play music in these corona-plagued times. August 15th 2020 we premiered the ambientkarawane in...

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Fête de la Musique 2020 in Himmelpfort

Fête de la Musique 2020 in Himmelpfort

It's the year of the Corona pandemic, but still we need to come together and listen to music, physically distanced and open air. That's why we decided to organise the DJ stage of the annual Fête de la Musique in Fürstenberg this time in Himmelpfort as an ambient...

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a glow – monsters EP (roter punkt 006)

a glow – monsters EP (roter punkt 006)

I am happy to present you „monsters“, the  second single release of a glow, my project with the wonderful Jette von Roth out of our forthcoming album „of the undergrowth“, due this fall. It is accompanied by remixes by Jette von Roth, Hiroshi...

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Video Premiere of „monsters“ by KALTBLUT Magazine

Video Premiere of „monsters“ by KALTBLUT Magazine

The video premiere of the second a glow single monsters is out NOW: the very fashionable KALTBLUT Magazine presented the stunning video that was created by Cologne-based visual artist Uli Sigg in close collaboration with Jette and myself. Jette sings about the...

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a glow – perfect – The LSB Remixes

a glow – perfect – The LSB Remixes

The first single release „Perfect“ of a glow aka Jette von Roth and Mijk van Dijk is now remixed by their friends from the Liquid Sky Berlin collective. Omsk Information reconstructs the original song with thumping drums and fat...

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a glow – perfect – The Video

a glow – perfect – The Video

Strange and mysterious things happen in the autumn-coloured forests of Oberhavel in the far north of Brandenburg. Problems shrink and people get lost. Like in this wonderful video that Gernoto shot for perfect, the first single of my new duo a...

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a glow – perfect EP (roter punkt 004)

a glow – perfect EP (roter punkt 004)

a glow are singer/songwriter Jette von Roth and DJ/producer Mijk van Dijk from Berlin. Together they produce crackling campfire electronica. „perfect“ is the first single release from their upcoming debut album „Of The Undergrowth“. After two instrumental solo albums...

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Ambient Live Concert in Himmelpfort, October 3rd 2016

Ambient Live Concert in Himmelpfort, October 3rd 2016

Himmelpfort is a special place in Germany - it's a beautiful small village in the far north of Brandenburg, idyllically surrounded by four lakes and dense forests. The small post office is the official post office of Santa Claus and it is not far from my name home...

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Sunday Music: Interference Festival 20 years ago!

Sunday Music: Interference Festival 20 years ago!

This Sunday I give you an original recording from Kiss FM Berlin, transmitting the Interference Festival during Love Parade 1994 at Tresor  - yes, 20 years ago Kiss FM was not yet playing just R&B, but also R&S... 😉 I was jumping in for moderation of the...

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Sunday Music: Brian Eno – Dune OST

Sunday Music: Brian Eno – Dune OST

Oh look, it's Special Agent Dale Cooper. Well, of course this is Kyle MacLachlan in the leading role of the movie Dune directed by David Lynch in 1984. While most of the soundtrack of this really nice science fiction movie (also starring Sting of The Police) had been...

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Sunday Music: Jean Michel Jarre – Waiting For Cousteau

Sunday Music: Jean Michel Jarre – Waiting For Cousteau

I still remember very well, where I heard Waiting For Cousteau by Jean Michel Jarre for the time. On one of my first tours with MFS Records we were driving through the scenic mountainside between Austria and Munich. It was September 19th 1992 - a Sunday. The night...

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Sunday Music: Projekt Erde

Sunday Music: Projekt Erde

Today I'd like to introduce you to Projekt Erde, a very unknown ambient act from Germany. I discovered their double-album Mysterious Vibration/ 11:11 in 1992, mainly due to the nicely looking CD box. Turn this music loud and let it swell and drift like a warm and...

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Sunday Music: Jette von Roth – Die See im Sinn

Sunday Music: Jette von Roth – Die See im Sinn

I would like to take the opportunity of today's edition of Sunday Music to celebrate the official video release of Die See im Sinn. This great ambient tune was taken from the no less great album komische welt by Jette von Roth. The idea for this video was...

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Sunday Music: Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II

Sunday Music: Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II

When I bought this double vinyl in 1994, I was totally shocked by the stunning beauty of Aphex Twin's music. Sure, sometimes he drops disturbing industrial hardcore beats. But the Ambient pieces on this album belong to the most beautiful music I've ever heard. Music...

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Sunday Music: The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

Sunday Music: The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett

... is a perfect soundtrack for an easy Sunday afternoon. I've been listening to this live recording from the Opera House in Cologne 1975 so many times over the last decades, the mere sound of the recording became a part of my inner musical system.When Keith Jarrett...

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Sunday Music: E2 – E4 by Manuel Göttsching

Sunday Music: E2 – E4 by Manuel Göttsching

....is the pure essence of Balearic music. The blue print to rhythmical chill out. You might know  Sueño Latino from 1989, which sampled a main riff from E2-E4. Rumour has it that Manuel Göttsching recorded this long evolving instrumental track only as a quick session...

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Jette von Roth – Wogen (roter punkt 002)

Jette von Roth – Wogen (roter punkt 002)

Jette von Roth's wonderful groovy tune "Wogen" ("Waves") has been given the remix treatment by Mijk van Dijk, Oliver Ton, Robin Masters Orchestra aka DJ Jauche and Jette herself. Now available on Beatport and your other favourite download shops. Jette also conceived a...

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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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