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Here comes the 13th episode of spiel:feld´s live-set series with focus on live-playing producers. [SPF_live013] spiel:feld´s live operation with ... Der Kosmonaut !!! almost 1 hour of finest deep & dub house - all played LIVE by Der Kosmonaut with several equipment. ★ about:

 Der Kosmonaut: a young Berlin based producer and liveact who has recently released his first track on [Instabil]. 8-9 years ago he started producing music and is now focusing on playing live. ★ a little conversation: ColtEP: Where are you now and where you wish to be?

 Der Kosmonaut: I am from and currently living in Berlin Kreuzberg. I like to see different places, the world has so many things to offer and I like a change once in a while. But i think i will always return to Berlin as it is my hometown. And career wise i made a beginning through different live appearances with people like Skinnerbox, Axel Bartsch, Leon Licht, Dilby...and many other great people. I would like to be able to do that more often in the future.

 ColtEP: What is your inspiration for creating your tracks? 

Der Kosmonaut: That can basically be everything, sometimes I walk around the city and get inspired by the sounds that are surrounding me, sometimes it is a good night out, it can be a melody that appears in my head, a bad or a good mood, a good track that I heard or sometimes simply some technical stuff that i want to try out.

 ColtEP: Do you have a special strategy for producing your music? 

Der Kosmonaut: No not really, as i'm rather a chaotic person anyway, but i tend to drink lots of coffee. I like to make a small "sketch" of the track, before i'll try to arrange it.

 ColtEP: Where and how do you produce your music?

 Der Kosmonaut: You would probably call me the "standard" bedroom-producer, but mainly because i can't afford to keep a studio, otherwise i kind of like that "style" of working it provides me with a comforting and easy to access work enviromnent. When it comes to my production techniques i like to layer a lot, thats why my projects can become pretty huge. 

 ColtEP: What´s your musical progress?

 Der Kosmonaut: I was always somehow close to music. But i started playing guitar, then had some different bands, started producing electronic music around 8-9 years ago, mainly because i like being my own band. But nowadays i mainly focus on playing live, i like to go on a musical journey with everybody else.

 ColtEP: Which LP´s would you recommend to us ? 

Der Kosmonaut: 
Still my favorite for years Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink (Holden Remix) [Border Community]
 All the old Stuff by Extrawelt 
Kollektiv Turmstrasse – Rebellion Der Träumer [Connaisseur Recordings]
 Anything by Marko Fürstenberg
 Pretty much anything on URSL Recordings
 I also really like Kruder & Dorfmeister and Massive Attack 

ColtEP: What do you wish for your future?

 Der Kosmonaut: I wish i could play live more often. And i want to release more records. Have more time to make music and maybe travel the world. And of course I want to meet more interesting people.
 ★ links: www.soundcloud.com/kosmonaut
 www.facebook.com/pages/Der-Kosmonaut/191261690910991
 http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/derkosmonaut

http://soundcloud.com/spielfeld/spf_live014-tripsolate-redundaent-ii

Cleeeeaaaan the stage for Open Synth MIDI Orchestraaaaaa !!! Open Synth MIDI Orchestra are: - Baumfreund (http://www.soundcloud.com/freundderbaeume) - Taschenrechnermusikant (http://www.soundcloud.com/taschenrechnermusik) - Biodub (http://soundcloud.com/biodub) - Wenzel Mehnert (https://soundcloud.com/wenzelmehnert) - Matei - Andy Arbeit - Ohlendorf This set was joined by the vocalist Simi. ★ info: Always live and always improvised - that is what the Open Synth MIDI Orchestra is all about. Seven musicians create a unique set with a machinery of synthesizers, sequencers, drum machines andy many more. All happens in the moment and it stays where it is created. Each performance is fresh and neither infront nor behind the table does anyone know where the journey will go. The musically ideas of each other combined with the audience create a unique atmosphere. The band consists of musicians with roots in many different musical genres. The core assembles around the vinyl label "60Hertz" which focuses on deep electronic music but each artist also has his own projects. Reaching from Dubtechno to Deep House or even Drum´n´Bass, Dub and Krautrock. During the last years Open Synth played on different festivals and locations such as the Fusion Festival (Lärz), 3000° Festival, About Blank (Berlin), Magazin (Magdeburg), Bei Chez Heinz (Hannover) and many many more. ★ used equipment: - Elektron Analog Four - Vermona Analog Filter - Jomox T-Resonator - Korg Electribe ER-1 - Elektron Machine Drum - Elektron Mono Machine - Vermona Kicklancet - Allen & Heath - Dave Smith Prophet 08 - MPC 500 - Rhodes - Clavia Nord 4 - Yamaha DX200 - MPC 1000 - Nord Modular - Yamaha RS 7000 https://soundcloud.com/open-synth http://60-hertz.de/artist/open-synth/ https://www.facebook.com/opensynth Promo Set: https://soundcloud.com/open-synth/open-synth-live-tanzwiese http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BEXwggWi7o&feature=youtu.be