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Charline Giebel on the 6.6.2024 in near mint, Yeng

Digging records with Muriel

Under the name of Yeng, Muriel built her self a name for flawless and energising house sets. To learn were her inspiration coms from and how she approaches digging, Charline Giebel met with her to find out more.

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Charline Giebel on the 6.6.2024 in near mint, Mono Moritz

With Moritz in his hi-fi workshop

In her portrait, Charline Giebel asked Moritz Wenk, alias Mono Moritz, what listening is. The DJ and record collector has only recently found solace in indulging his passion for hi-fi systems and takes an interest in this question on various levels.

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Charline Giebel on the 5.6.2024 in Tina Marie, near mint

Tina Marie and her second living room

Tina Marie shared music as a Tumblr blogger in Canada before moving to Zurich six years ago. Charline Giebel portrays the DJ and record collector to find out more about her approach to music.

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Steve on the 1.11.2023 in Amiamo, Zurich

Wine, Vermouth and Hi-Fi at Amiamo Caffè

A record player and a bunch of records combined with wine and Vermouth, shake and that's the new evening concept of Amiamo Caffè at Lochergut in Zurich.

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Steve on the 28.4.2023 in Kasheme, Zurich

Reconnecting to listening with Joe Claussell

The concept of "listening" is something that is discussed here time and time again and is gaining popularity with the emergence of so-called listening bars. And the idea of a listening session is definitely intriguing.

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Dominik André on the 3.10.2022 in Dominik Anré, Tsri.ch

Why the "warm-up" is the royal class of DJing

In this column, Dominik André explains the importance and different requirements of the "warm-up", the "main time" and the "after hour".

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Dominik André on the 22.7.2022 in Vinyl culture, Label work

New pressing plants are popping up all over the world. That's a good thing, isn't it?

Switzerland has its own pressing plant again and new factories have also opened in Germany, the UK and Taiwan. Is this the long-awaited relief for the tense vinyl market?

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Valerio Meuli on the 17.6.2022 in Alpodrom, Festival

Alpodrom: New Swiss festival for electronic music and art

Alpodrom is a festival dedicated to interdisciplinarity in club music and culture. Its first edition will take place in Interlaken at the end of July.

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Isabel Brun on the 21.5.2022 in Rote Fabrik, Clubbüro

Rote Fabrik will open a music production studio for everyone

Clubbüro located at Rote Fabrik receives funding to open a community sound studio and builds its own sound system.

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Steve on the 20.5.2022 in Vinyl culture, Audiophile

My favourite audiophile bars that I haven't visited (yet)

It's no secret that our author Steve is a big fan of listening bars or so-called "audiophile places". He has compiled the venues he is dying to visit.

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Dominik André on the 28.1.2022 in DJ culture, SoundCloud

Can we just stop flooding the internet with our mixes?

We DJs devalue the art of a recorded mix by producing content rather than something meaningful. This has to stop.

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admin on the 4.1.2022 in Record Store Guide, Vinyl culture

Zurich Vinyl Guide: This is where you find your records

If you come to Zurich and are looking for record stores, this is your guide.

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Dominik André on the 4.1.2022 in Skee Mask, Spotify

Turning your back on Spotify is not an option that everyone can afford

The truth: I would love to take all of my label's music off Spotify. Unfortunately, that's not a realistic measure at the moment. But something is moving - slowly.

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Dominik André on the 2.1.2022 in DJ culture, Club culture

DJing when Covid cases are on the rise

As a DJ, every time I play, I take the risk of getting covid and infecting others. Here I try to explain why simply not playing is not an option.

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admin on the 19.12.2021 in Record Store Guide, Vinyl culture

Istanbul Vinyl Guide: Some of the city's finest record shops

This guide leads you to some of Istanbul's record shops. Here you find the Turkish pressings and second-hand records by local artists you are looking for.

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Steve on the 25.11.2019 in Rotary Mixer, Condesa

Der Rotary Mixer aus Adelaide

Als Plattensammler und DJ seit Ende der 80 Jahre war es schon immer ein Traum für Medhi El-Aquil seinen eigenen Mixer zu bauen. Aus dem Traum wurde Beruf.

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Steve on the 24.5.2019 in Japan

Recap: Japan

Neben spannender Kultur, neuster Technik, hervorragendem Essen, überfüllten Metros und dem respektvollen Umgang miteinander, bietet Japan so einiges.

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Lea Keller on the 18.5.2019 in Print Matters, Zürich

«Print wird nie verschwinden»

Wir haben den Initianten des Print Matters – Maurice Müller – zum Interview in seinem neuen Laden an der Hohlstrasse getroffen. Im Sortiment befinden sich nebst Klassikern auch Magazine, die Trendthemen aufgreifen.

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Isabel Brun on the 24.4.2019 in Ruedi Widmer

«Ich wollte nie die Welt verändern»

Seine Cartoons schwanken zwischen Kummer und Komik. Gnadenlos ehrlich bringt Ruedi Widmer die Probleme unserer Welt auf den Punkt.

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Steve on the 3.4.2019 in Brilliant Corners, Giant Steps

Audiophile-Sushi-Erfahrung in London

2 Jazz Alben geben 2 wichtigen Institutionen für Musik Fans in London die Namen. Dahinter stecken die Brüder Amit und Aneesh, welche mit ihren eher kleinen Lokalen einen grossen und fantastischen Lärm in guter Qualität machen.

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Lea Keller on the 1.4.2019 in Neulich, Kosmos

Neulich: Die Ritze im Kosmos

Unsere Autorin Lea Keller findet, dass die Stimmung eines Ortes mindestens so viel aussagt, wie der Inhalt einer Veranstaltung. Deshalb beobachtet sie als aktiver Teil und schreibt darüber.

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Steve on the 4.3.2019 in Cooper Saver, Trevor Jackson

Von Track-IDs und Tracklists

Bevor Shazam die Tanzflächen dieser Welt dominierte, musste man versuchen, einen Blick auf die Plattenlabels zu erhaschen. Doch schon damals sträubten sich die DJs gegen die Track-ID-Diebe.

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Vanessa Hann on the 24.12.2018 in Zürich, Radio Lora

Zürichs ungehorsamstes Radio feiert

Radio LoRa gibt es schon lange – auf legale Art senden sie aber «erst» seit 35 Jahren. Dieses Jubiläum feiern sie mit einer Ausstellung.

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Demian on the 29.11.2018 in Demian Till

Mensch oder Maschine: Wer bestimmt die Musikgenres?

Mit der steigenden Beliebtheit von Streaming-Services nimmt auch die Verfügbarkeit von Musik zu. Die Schwierigkeit ist es, diese einem Genre zuzuordnen. Weshalb ist das wichtig?

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Lea Keller on the 15.11.2018 in Alors, DJ Marcelle

Frischer Sound mit Ecken und Kanten

Die Veranstalter des Alors Festival träumen schon von tanzenden Menschen und guter Musik. Vom 16.-18. November geht die dritte Ausgabe über die Bühne.

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19.7.2022

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