Featuring: Nd_Baumecker (Ostgut Ton, Berlin)
Support: Stephen Andarakis (宀, Lvndr)
Style: #Techno, #House, #Berlin, #PanoramaBar, #Berghain

Having lived and worked in Frankfurt/Main, Heidelberg and Mannheim, nd_baumecker eventually moved to Berlin in 2004, leaving lasting traces at every of his stations. He started djing in 1991 in a bar called „Romantica“ in Frankfurt’s area around the main station. It was run by Hans Romanov who later operated other venues like the Intimbar, where ND played as well. That’s where Ata and Heiko M/S/O from Playhouse started noticing him. Soon after they hired him as a shop assistant for their record store Delirium and offered him a residency at their seminal WildPitchClub at the Club Nachtleben.

Stylistically, ND never limited himself to only one sub genre. Instead, he constantly looked out for new ways of expressing himself. „A well known ballet choreographer once said: ‚Surprise is important.’ I think this approach fits my style best. I’m oscillating between Disco, House, Techno, Electro, Minimal and Maximal. I’m always open to anything between the brute and the tender. The dance floor is a field for experiments. If you manage to get the crowd, you can almost do anything with them.“ Even more so, if it’s as well presented as by ND.

His mixing is among the best you will ever hear in a club and brings together completely different tracks in a surprisingly conclusive way. After Baumecker played at every club in Frankfurt regularly (Box, XS, Music Hall, Dorian Grey...), he moved to Heidelberg, where he started promoting a club night at HD800 together with Dirk Mantei aka D-Man. After a short stop in Mannheim, ND finally came to Berlin in 2004, where he picked up a residency at Panorama Bar.

Anything that somehow manages to sound ‚new’ really gives me a kick. It’s really hard to describe. Dance music should have a good portion of Funk and for me it always needs to sound like Disco, be it minimal or maximal. I tend to describe my music as being ‚maximal’. I like vocals a lot. In my opinion they are the most important and significant bits you’re taking home after a good night out, because they’re simply very memorable. That’s why I don’t have a problem with saying that I like a label like DFA a lot, for example.“

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Links:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ndbaumecker
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/baumecker.nd

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nd_baumecker自2004年正式移居柏林，之前在法蘭克／美因河、海德堡和曼海姆，都留有他生活過的痕跡。一切自1991年開始。nd_baumecker在法蘭克與美因河地區一間名叫Romantica的酒吧打碟，酒吧的主理人Hans Romanov後來經營的Intimbar亦是ND曾待過的地方，就這樣開始讓廠牌Playhouse的Heiko MSO和Ata留意到他，不久便邀請ND到他們的唱片店Delirium當助理，同時亦他讓在Club Nachtleben的WildPitchClub當上駐場DJ。

nd_baumecker從不限制自己，他不繼尋找新方式去表達自己，他借一位著名芭蕾舞編舞師說：「『驚喜是最重要的。』是對我最貼切的形容，我在Disco、House、Techno、Electro、Minimal和Maximal之間遊走，我在殘酷與柔美之間俳佪。舞池就是最好的實驗場所，如果你能聚集到一班人在此，你就能揮耍自如。」事實上，他比他所說的更好。

nd_baumecker的混音能令舊歌驚喜地重生，他幾乎在法蘭克每間夜店都曾定期駐場，包括Box、XS、Music Hall及Dorian Grey等等，後來他移師到海德堡與Dirk Mantei擔任HD800派對宣傳工作，在曼海姆待了一段短時間，ND在2004年移師到柏林，進駐Panorama Bar。

「任何新嘗試都能給我啟發。我認為跳舞應該一定有Funk的成分，甚至或多或少要接近Disco的類型。我會形容我的音樂為『maximal』，我喜愛人聲，在我心目中人聲的最重要的一環，全因為人聲記憶深遠，是派對過後人們最能帶走的回憶。也所以當我說我喜愛廠牌DFA，我是坦誠安心的。」

開放時間 : 11PM - 5AM

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