Egopusher caught my attention with their fine debut album BLOOD RED, and we were stoked to be on the guest list for their intimate album release concert at Berlin's Michelberger Hotel last year.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs. And madmotormiquel has climbed them all, one by one. His charisma has made him an icon and a favorite within Berlin's Kater family with regular gigs at the well-known SaSoMo events as well as other big nights at the legendary club, ever since the days of Bar25 and KaterHolzig.

"Madota" is the Farsi word for "us two". Because all good things come in twos. It is the balance of the universe. Hailing from Vancouver’s nightlife, the incredibly gifted DJs bring their Iranian roots and Canadian influence together to create banging sets and podcasts; one after the other.

There’s a special feeling when you get to know someone through their music before meeting them; knowing that certain sounds can recreate moods and redefine feelings within a 60-minute compilation.

When I came across Ida Daugaard's music, I inevitably spent several days listening to it nonstop and voilà, she opened my ear to the beauty of minimal analog sounds, and the art of vinyl.

L.A.-based master of ethereal sounds, Robot Koch, is gracing our pages with inspiring interview insights and a brand new DJ mix he put together for WITNESS THIS exclusively.

In the past months, I frequently arrived at the same point, thinking: How do other music producers deal with the situation of being stuck in their creative process, when things no longer seem to move forward?
I really wanted to reach the next level so I met up with DJ/Producer Tom Peters shortly after his gig in Berlin Kreuzberg at Sage Beach, we sat down for a coffee and had a chat.

I've first come in touch with the music of Mike Shannon at a heideglühen jam, one of the last resorts of the Berlin club scene with a true underground feeling. It's one of those places where you can see foreigners drop in during the morning hours shaking their heads in disbelief by the vibe they find there, and Mike's set that morning was certainly one for the books.

Our July edition for the 'Mix of the Month' podcast series comes from sunny Barcelona, Spain, and this time we move from the deep house vibe towards straightforward live-techno. birdsmakingmachine is an artist collective that likes to put emphasis on the creative output by keeping their members anonymous.

Bordeaux-based Mozaïk is the fusion project of electronic music DJ Matthieu Verrier with Thomas Lachaize, lead saxophonist of the Bordeaux National Opera.