Please introduce yourself… Who are you, where are you and what are you?
My name is Finn Johannsen. I live in Berlin. I am a DJ, writer, co- run the label Macro Recordings and I am a booker for the Berlin clubs Paloma and Monarch.
What does your music sound like? Can you draw what you think it sounds like for us (an image from the old internet is acceptable)?
I get bored quite easily, so I have no defined sound as such. But imagine an image of happy, nocturnal chaos. Take this example from a gig in Paris some years ago:
Where was the mix recorded?
In my studio/home office.
What would be the ideal setting to listen to the mix?
Late at night, heading somewhere. Or early in the morning, returning from somewhere.
What should we be wearing?
Whatever makes you feel good.
What would be your dream setting to record a mix: Location/system/format?
I love any setting that leads to a recorded set in which you can hear the people scream on the floor. But I also like to record a mix at home. In any case my way of playing records differs quite a lot between a live or studio context.
Which track in the mix is your current favourite?
All of them.
What’s your favourite recorded mix of all time?
Klaus Stockhausen live at Front Club, Hamburg, March 11th 1987.
If you could go back to back with any DJ from throughout history, who would it be and why?
It would be some great club in the 70s, where new ideas and great people fell into place. I am so old that I was out clubbing in all the following decades, but I was too young for that.
What was your first DJ set up at home and what is it now?
2x Technics SL-1200 MKII and an Ecler Smac first mixer. Mixer finally died last year and I replaced it with an Ecler Nuo. No, I am not an audiophile.
What’s more important, the track you start on or the track you end on?
Both are equally important.
What were the first and last records you bought?
First: Blondie – Heart Of Glass. Last: Al Kent – Loving You
If this mix was an edible thing, what would it taste like?
Fish & Chips at North Sea, Bloomsbury, London. Eaten in good company.
If it was an animal what would it be?
A night owl.
One record in your collection that is impossible to mix into anything?
None. All you have to do is to find another record that fits.
Upcoming in the world of…
Spending some beautiful time with my loved ones and good friends. And spending some beautiful nights wherever my professional activities will lead me.
Anything else we need to discuss?
What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.
Another mixtape that recorded for an official release, then did not happen. We even had an artwork! Ok, they probably just did not like hip house, and did not want to tell me. As if it would be a problem to tell that to anybody. I, of course, love it.
Artwork by Michael Kummermehr
K. Alexi Shelby And MCD-TA – Dig This King Sun – On The Club Tip Subsonic Two Vs. Nightmares On Wax – Addicted To Music Chubb Rock – Ya Bad Chubbs Precious – Definition Of A Track L.B. Bad – I Like To Move Doug Lazy – Let It Roll T.D.P. – Ladies Let’s Go Tuff Crew – What You Don’t Know Too Nice – I Git Minze Laurent X – It’s Magic
DJ Mink – Hey Hey Can U Relate Unique 3 – Weight For The Bass KC Flightt – Planet E White Knight – Keep It Movin’ Mix N Tel – Feel The Beat Shut Up And Dance – This Town Needs A Sheriff Fast Eddie – Hip House This I’D Jazz – Good To Go Separate Minds – We Need Somebody K.A. Posse – Shake S-B-M & MC Tunes – Back To Attack
Mix record for Mareena‘s Unrush mix series which is usually more ambient themed. I recorded a mix with UK street soul and tunes played at affiliated pirate stations. Good decision actually, the mix was quite popular.
Lewis Taylor – Ghosts Zene – I Will See You Right Irini – 24/7 Love S.L.O. Featuring Stevvon ?– Save Your Love Courtney Buchanan – Life With You Hiroshi Fujiwara – Getting Over You Carlene Davis – Dial My Number Perfect Taste – It’s Over Lalah Hathaway – Baby Don’t Cry Shiro – Good Love Holly Montana – You Been Mean To Me Lewis Taylor – Bittersweet Junior Giscombe – Morning Will Come Chanté Moore – Love’s Taken Over La Rue – Wish I Could Find Another Golden – Don’t Destroy Me Bassline – You’ve Gone Sonya – Goodbye Goodbye Everis – Love Has Arrived China Black – Searching It Takes Two – What’s Happenin’ Pure Silk – One Girl Too Late Claudia Patrice – Forever Sunai – Gonna Take My Chances Abstract Truth – We Had A Thing Fresh 4 – Wishing On A Star Smith & Mighty – Anyone Nicolette – No Government Jackie Sheridan – If You Really Love Me McKoy – Family Chapter & The Verse – Keep On It SWV – Right Here Leta Davis – You’ll Never Get To Heaven Carlton – Love And Pain Smith & Mighty – Walk On Angel Grant – Lil’ Red Boat Judy Albanese – That Ain’t Right Gabrielle – Because Of You Charlene Smith – Feel The Good Times 3D Productions – Trust In You Jummai – Do You Unknown Artist – Remiks Gina Foster – Expect A Miracle Malaya – Blameless Stilife – This Love Tara Kemp – Hold You Tight Pinky – Looking For A Love Lenny Dennis – Lovin You The Bygraves – Set Me Free Optimystic – Trust Me Everything But The Girl – Take Me Banderas – This Is Your Life Pet Shop Boys – The View From Your Balcony
Gig in St. Petersburg. The crowd was all around me, which was pretty intense and challenging. Due to bad experiences with a gig in Moscow I was a reluctant to play in Russia again, but I was convinced it would be important to support the local scene. Which it was.
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