I gave an interview for the local paper Oranienburger Generalanzeiger/MOZ this weekend, about the life of a DJ in corona times. Plus centrefold style picture. 😉 Thank you for the great photo to Judith Bader. If you know German, here's a link to read for you!
Mijk van Dijk comes straight into your living room with a live DJ set from 日本版 — Instant Rave #010 Japan Special, hosted by Dr. Motte. In these strange times of 2020 corona lockdown, streaming is the thing DJs do. After last Saturday's Wonderful Rave Livestream, Mijk...
Everybody's streaming and so do I, every once in a while. My booking agency Classic DJ asked me to contribute to their Wonderful Rave program and so I played this vinyl DJ set straight from my living room, with only Mijk tracks from the past. With a few surprises,...
Galcid is a spectacular modular synthesizer performer from Japan. We met around New Year's Eve 2018 in Shenzhen/ China on invitation of our mutual friend and promoter Ni Bing and I'm very happy to contribute a remix for her debut on the very first release of...
After my contribution to the Ghost In The Shell Playstation video game soundtrack in 1997 (see last weeks Mystery Monday post), I was asked again in the year 2004 to contribute to a Ghost In The Shell tribute album. I produced this hypnotic techno track that...
That was such an honour: when Takkyu Ishino curated the lineup of his favourite producers to contribute to a Sony Playstation video game based on the anime Ghost In The Shell from 1995, he invited a who-is-who-of-techno to participate: Claude Young aka Brother From...
Mixcloudで私の最初のCity Pop Mixを聞いてくれてありがとう。 （-_-） 新しいものをアップロードしました：Vol.2 - Sunshower Mix！ \_(ツ)_/¯ 夏をお楽しみください！ (^o^)// (Picture by Gra-chan on location in Tokyo-Gotanda) Mijk van Dijk presents Japan CIty Pop of the 80s Vol.2 - Sunshower PLAYLIST 1. Taeko Ohnuki -...
It’s been way too long since I uploaded my first Japan City Pop DJ-Mix, which became an overnight success and with 11.600+ listeners to date my most popular mix on Mixcloud by far. It’s really amazing, how many people seem to share my passion for City Pop...
Today I noticed that for the first time one of my Mixcloud sets scored over 10.000 listeners with over 103.750 minutes listening time. That’s truly amazing! Domo-arigato gozaimashita to all who have been listening and supporting my humble dedication to...
Official Video of Brothers In Raw - Ach So (Frogman Records, 1998) Video filmed and conceived by Mijk van Dijk in Tokyo-Shibuya in 1997 and 1998. Music recorded in Tokyo-Shinagawa in 1998
909originals did an interview with me. And it became a long one. That's why there's two parts. Check em out here. 909ORIGINALS PRESENTS ORIGINS… MIJK VAN DIJK (PART ONE) and here: 909ORIGINALS PRESENTS ORIGINS… MIJK VAN DIJK (PART TWO)
Makoto and Yutaka Sakamoto are the Japanese duo Sub Human Bros. We met in those happy days at legendary culture club house Neu West Berlin in 2015 and finally here's a collaboration: my remix for their wonderful tune "Grateful Life" as featured on...
Apart from appearances at DOMMUNE and Oiran Warm Up Radio Show my main occupation on my 30th tour to Japan was my first ever gig at Kaga Music Festival, a beautiful little music extravaganza in Ishikawa prefecture at the Japanese Sea. It's an onsen festival, so taking...
To celebrate my 30th tour to Japan, I have been invited to DOMMUNE to talk about my 29 trips to Japan so far. I'm also gonna introduce my new label microglobe. Very excited. You can watch the 2-hour-program from wherever you are if you follow this link at 7pm Tokyo...
■｢マイク・ヴァン・ダイク ｘ 日本 = 30 / chapter 1」Talking about Mijk van Dijk Mijk van Dijk （マイク・ヴァン・ダイク）は、1990年以来、ベルリンを拠点に活動するジャーマンテクノのパイオニアの一人である。数あるソロ作品だけでなく、DJ Hell、石野卓球、Thomas Schumacher、Cosmic Babyと言った一流テクノアーティスト達とトラックをプロデュースし、Moby、電気グルーヴ、GTOなどのリミックスも手がけてきた。またMarcos...
On July 21st I will participate at the Kaga Music Festival in Kaga/ Japan on the northwestern coast. It's a daytime festival with Japanese local culture, food and onsen (hot spring bath). It sounds super-exciting and I just can't wait to go, meet old and new friends...
Out today: The Night Is Young, my new track on the Blue Arts Music 10th Anniversary Compilation, compiled by label head DJ Tomoya from Fukuoka/ Japan. The night is full of promises for those who are young at heart and mind, because every given night, anything can...
福岡を拠点に活動するReqterdrumer a.k.a. Tomoyaが主宰するレーベル・Blue Arts Musicが10周年記念コンピレーションアルバム「Blue Arts Music 10th Anniversary Compilation」をリリース！ テクノゴッドKEN ISHIIが未発表オリジナル音源を提供。Hiroshi Watanabe、Satoshi Fumi、Mijk van Dijk 他、国内外のトップアーティストの楽曲を収録。 2018年4月25日発売 日本が誇るトラックメイカーSatoshi Fumi...
Today 20 years ago my first "Best-Of"-Compilation was released in Japan through Sony Music/ Office 7, the CD "Multi-Mijk" mixed by my good friend DJ Toby Izui aka Tobynation in 1998.Toby knows me and my music so well since 1992 and thus he created a DJ-mix...
私の80年代のジャパンシティポップのDJミックスをお楽しみください。 東京でCity Popのレコードを集めて、このDJミックスを作りました。 Electronic Beatsマガジンは私のミックスを彼らのウェブサイトで述べました。\_(ツ)_/¯ 私の「木箱掘り」を手伝ってくれた東京の親友のToby IzuiとRobert Palmerに感謝します。 Mijk van Dijk presents Japan City Pop of the 80s PLAYLIST 1. Jadoes - Friday Night Story -...
I'm very happy to announce my 2017 Japan Tour. This September I shall tour Fukuoka, Osaka and Tokyo and introduce the music of my new label microglobe. Let's celebrate our unity in our minds and our music. Here are the dates: September 13th: Tokyo, DOMMUNE September...
Oh, I know, I did not post a proper monthly mix for quite a while now. So here's a mix with the type of Techno I like to spin.I included a lot of exciting new Techno from Southern Germany by SHDW & Obscure Shape, Trap10 and Konstantin Sibold, new faces...
Last week on June 15th I played a special vinyl DJ set for the presentation of the brandnew and very limited Technics SL-1200 GAE turntable at Kisuna Arts & Records Pop Up Shop in Berlin-Mitte, actually also using it in my set. For those of you who could not come...
DJ Tomoya aka Reqterdrumer from Fukuoka runs Blue Arts Music, a label for Japanese techno. I already participated in 2015 with my remix for Tomoya's track Torrent Of People. Now Blue Arts Music is releasing exclusive remixes of Version Of Reality by Hiroshi Watanabe...
Minmon Kollektiv from Potsdam/ Germany did an E-Mail interview (in German language) with me while I was on tour in Japan and also requested a DJ set. I send them the first hour of my freshly squeezed recording of my DJ set from Acid Room in Sapporo/ Japan this July...
Yesterday I was invited for an interview and short DJ set at music share web TV in Tokyo. Later my friends Toby Izui, Kaori and Hardy Hard popped in and the interview became really deep. I was really happy not only to discuss my affection for Japan and my latest...
Yesterday I played a DJ set at DOMMUNE, the famous Japanese DJ web TV. The concept may look similar to Boiler Room, but Dommune is already since more than 5 1/2 years in session and their live video editing stands out so much, it reminds me of LSB.tv. It was my third...
I've been travelling to Japan 27 times now and I am super-excited to arrive here again today. When I was a child, I had no ideas of Japan whatsoever. It was also a time when Manga was almost completely unknown in Germany. Popular animation TV series like Die Biene...
Out now: my remix of Reqterdrumer's Torrent Of People (Mijk van Dijk Remix). Reqterdrumer is the alias of DJ Tomoya from Fukuoka on the Southern Japanese island Kyushu. My mix is released on his Undulation EP along with other remixes by Ken Ishii, Hiroshi Watanabe,...
Mijk van Dijk Japan Tour 2015 on Japanese Resident Advisor. Jul 17 Mijk van Dijk Japan Tour in Kobe, Nagomibar, Kansai Jul 19 Effective, Acid Room, Hokkaido Jul 24 Ourd Feat. Mijk van Dijk & Hiroshi .., Kieth Flack, Kyushu Jul 25 Mijk Van Dijk Japan Tour 2015,...
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