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Eevy from Lausanne is a wide grooves enthusiast. He started to build his musical path at an early age with Jazz, playing Saxophone in different Bands. But it was through his different travels and long stays in Berlin, Vancouver and New York City that he got the vast musical interest and knowledge he's known for today: from jazzy, psychedelic and funky beats to disco edits, cosmic downtempos and other heavy House & Afro tracks. With Traffic – a collective he co-founded back in 2012 – Eevy invited guests such as Jus-Ed, Greg Beato, Patrice Scott, Kim Ann Foxman or DJ Fett Burger to play at their parties and had the chance to perform his own sets at the Montreux Jazz, Electrosanne, Polaris or in Clubs like Hinterhof and at their residence at La Ruche of course.

Alex Dallas is a truly dedicated DJ. One who plays music knowing no boundaries in genres and who only focuses on the quality. He allows various musical styles to flow into his sets, inviting the listener to a journey through colorful worlds. For 20 years now, Dallas has been setting new accents and spreading new music not only as a DJ, but also through the various projects he’s involved in. There are for example Zurich’s esteemed Venues Zukunft and Kauz or the now legendary Dachkantine and Cabaret, as well as the respected labels Drumpoet Comunity, Straight Ahead and Zukunft Rec. Summarized in the words of a Swiss Journalist:“ Alex is a man with a super big heart for good music!”

Despite the over twenty years spent behind the decks, Boris Why sounds young and fresh as he’d have just discovered DJing. Always reinventing himself and without fear to try out the new and unexplored, he manages to please and surprise his audience set after set. This is why Boris enjoys of such a vast repertoire of references. He opened the night for the likes of Deep House icon Chez Damier and Techno ace Sven Väth and played at widely known venues like Zürich's Rohstofflager or the infamous Montreux Jazz Festival. His experience as an entertainer can’t be denied. The Swiss native shows mature mixing skills and an accurate track selection. This is Boris Why's fourth solo mix for the series and for the fourth time, you may expect the unexpected.

Hakim Murphy has consistently dropped silents bombs with his releases and mixtapes. As a gifted footwork dancer, Hakim takes the inspiration for his music straight from the dancefloor. Raised in Chicago, he often danced to the music of Larry Heard, Robert Armani, Dance Mania or Cajual Records, which later became some of his biggest influences. Hakim started playing records in 1996. After graduating with a Music Composition degree, Hakim started to produce music and founded MachiningDreams and Synapsis Records in 2008 - later one with Avondale Music Society. Today, those both labels are known for releasing music by, for and from the underground.

DJs, producers, selectors & club owners — all those terms pertain to Round Table Knights, the eclectic and highly skilled duo of Biru Bee and Hove. Debuting in 2002, they spent the next few years building their name with a series of prodigious DJ-Sets. It was in the second half of the decade tho, that a couple of esteemed releases — especially the monumental track Calypso — and the highly appreciated full-length album ‘Say What?!’ took the pair to another level. Over the past six years, the duo has been continuously touring across Europe, Asia, Australia, the US and Brazil to some respected venues and festivals such as Panorama Bar, Sónar, Igloofest or Creamfields, charming sweet dancefloors with ease. In their hometown Bern, the two can still be found frequently behind the decks of Club Bonsoir. A Venue, which the duo decided to open along the way and where they invite regularly some of the DJ circuit’s brightest up-and-comers. Despite all the years in the business and all those projects, the unresting duo doesn’t lose any of it’s creativity, dedication and will, to bring out great music. Hove’s young yet cherished Label ‘Lights of other Days’ and Birus more recent project Monumental Men alongside Mel Mercury are the latest two examples therefor. For this Episode of the Series, the duo delivers an hour of thoughtfully selected tracks, beautifully mixed together for your enjoyment.

Emerging DJ and producer duo Frank Spirit, which just held their first party at bernese Kapitel last month, join the serie for Episode #051. The two faces are not new in the local nightlife scene tho. Varia Instrument co-founder Funky Bastard and vinyl aficionado Azul Loose Ties are regular selectors in intimate underground parties. For the series the two longtime friends deliver a neat selection of classics, contemporary favorites and some of their own productions, finding the right balance between head-nodding and hip-shaking grooves.

For Episode #50 of the series, we give the attention to the four guys, which defined audiotheque Musical direction over the past seven years. Since 2009, audiotheque stands for unconditional love for music. House meets Techno, Funk meets Disco, Boogie meets Soul and this in a singularly unembarrassed and relaxed manner. All the residents of the label, namely Boris WHY, Huazee, Robel and Rodri, live this cosmopolitan way to play music in their respective Sets. So does the collectively B2B set, which became acclaimed all over the city. This mix is an extract of a live recording from Bernese infamous Gurtenfestival back in July 2016, where those four guys opened the Rock the Block stage with a 3.5 hours set.

Through his brother - himself a passionate jazz musician - José Rodriguez developed from childhood on a link, even an addiction to music. By buying a turntable and digging for different Hip Hop Vinyls from A tribe Called Quest to J. Dilla, he satisfied his hunger in his youth. Through Couleur 3 and Club Rotation, José then discovered House music – a love that would remain up to today. For Episode #49 of the series, Rodri put toghether tracks by the likes of Pete Rock, Joe Henderson or Moodyman, showing us some instrumental gems of his collection, which still influences his taste in music today.

With no doubts, Fabien counts among the best DJs berne has to offer when it comes to house music. With his collection of raw yet sweepy tunes, the modest swiss selector conquered the hearts of the city's clubbers and promoters. It's no surprise that some of the capital's best nights count regularly with his services. Through the Midilux nights he’s further part of a team that invites fabulous acts such as Matthew Johnson or Magic Mountain High to perform in our city. Here we have one of his rare recordings, ready to delight you for the years to come.

Gianni Siravo is considered as one of Switzerland's top addresses when it comes to raw and stripped down house productions. Through different aliases and projects as Washerman, Azuni or Sequel, the Zurich based producer released tracks on some of Switzerland's most prestigious house labels such as Drumpoet Community, Sthlm Audio, Quintessentials, Morris Audio or his very own Deep Down Slam Records, gaining him a big reputation far beyond the country’s borders. Try to catch him at his residency at Club Zukunft in Zurich or a club near to you. An experience well worth it.

Replika has been bubbling under for quite a while now. With releases on esteemed House imprints such as Seven Music, Deso, Ubertramp and Killax, the Solothurn based producer pushes a unique sound with true Deep House sensibilities. As a DJ, Replika pursues the ‚less is more’ mentality. With just a few exceptions, he chooses to play his Records exclusively in Solothurns lovely Club ‚hidden’. On this mix you will find some of his own productions as well as other quality House tunes, mixed together in the masterfully way Replika is known for.

2014 is drawing to its end. A year with a bunch of beautiful memories event-wise. From Eddie C’s appearance at our fifth anniversary in January, to guests such as Baaz, Hunee, Alex Dallas, Smallpeople, Oskar Offermann b2b Edward or Jeremy ‘Underground Paris’. All those guys had a brilliant year and made us dance the whole year through. For the end of the year, and for the fourth consecutive year now, we bring you the ‚Winter-Edition‘ of our Podcast Series, designed to warm you up during those cold months. Our Solothurn-based resident-DJ Robel put together some Hip Hop, Disco and House tunes especially for it. The right mix of sound, to get you ready for the meanwhile fifth Family Christmas event on December 25th at Kapitel Bollwerk. We hope to see you then. Happy Holidays!

Together with his good friends of ‘Les Points’, Audino demonstrated a part of his notable collection of club-tunes as well as his excellent mixing skills in a two and a half hour mix, which we released something more than one year ago as episode #032 of the series. Through his very own ‘Punani Beach’ Series however, the passionate DJ shows that his repertoire is not only about club music and that his knowledge and his interest in music is wide and not limited to any specific genre. Here we go then whith another sexy, playful and extremely tasteful recording of the congenial Italian, conceived for more laidback moments of the day and designed to delight all you music lovers out there.

Everyone who has the chance to hear Salvatore Stallone play falls immediately in love with his impressive DJsets, which are a pure trip into music. Starting to play records back in 1974 at Disco Club in his hometown Montesarchio, not too far from Naples in southern Italy, Salvatore saw himself leading his own show on Radio RDS (the Italian BBC), being resident DJ of Naples legendary Angels of Love Partys and performing alongside Bert Bevans and Jovanotti at the official opening party of MTV Italy in the early 90s. Afterwards, he lead a Jazz Club for over 15 years, which gave him the opportunity to work together with some of the best Italian Jazz musicians and to compose 'Bee's Dance' Opera, as part of the Biennal Art Venice 2009. Nowadays, after 40 years of musical experience, Stallone runs his own Label 'Polyritmia', plays at clubs and festivals mostly around Italy and Ibiza and is considered by the likes of DC10 residents System of Survival and Rene to be one of the best DJ they've ever heard. Reason enough to get yourself dived in this episode of the audiotheque podcast series.

Princess P recorded this smooth and elegant mix to reactivate the series. As a learned cook, P knows well that it takes good taste to make good things. She got into music in the early 90s via her brother, and soon after she had birthed DJ-Team 'Tribal Kidz', was running her own radio show, and managed her own club ‘FunkBunker’ in the depths of Berne’s legendary ’54 World Cup stadium, Wankdorf. In 2008, Princess P aka Muriel de Bros graduated at the RBMA and gained with her skills, records and symphathy no less than David Moufang alias Move D as her admirer. Nowadays she spends her days in Basel City’s Plattfon Record store, and her nights playing in various venues and festivals all over Europe. Keep an eye (and an ear) on her.

Boris WHY is an audiotheque resident for more than five years now. But he was already touring major swiss venues since much longer than that. In his bag you may find some vinyl he bought over 18 years ago. More recently Boris set up a studio with his good pal Allen Rich from Upgrade Music. Soon we may be able to hear the first results of their new 'We not Me' combo

'Elegant, incredibly tasty and full of warm italo and balearic influenced grooves.' That's how we described Slow Hands's music on a short press text for the audiotheque.clubnight of last June. For this third establishment of the 'Winter-Edition'-series though, the man from Brooklyn NY put togheter some tunes, which fit well for those cold and cozy winter days. Expect tracks by the likes of Kylie Minogue, Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg or Bobby McFerrin, mixed together, as we only could expect from a crew member around the pop-afine house labels Wolf+Lamb and Soul Clap Records.

Christoph 'Clinic' and Florian 'Gray Chalk' met in tender schoolage in Solothurn, Switzerland and begun soon after to exchange their reciprocal interest for music. After graduating from the acclaimed Red Bull Music Academy separately (Gray Chalk in 2006 in Melbourne and Clinic in 2010 in London) the couple joined forces to form the DJ and producer duo 'Radiorifle'. Apart from holdin a recidency at Bern's Club Bonsoir - where they do run their own nights 'Radiotime' as well - the duo plays their carefully selected dancefloor gems at different cities across Europe as for example at the Sonar Festival in Barcelona or the infamous Montreux Jazz Festival.

Bern's vinyl-afictionado Phrex keeps it low for episode 38. The man behind the fortnightly radioshow sub.fm made his first aproach into the world of vinyl-digging, DJing and producing trough dubstep and bassmusic. A musical background witch notably influences his way to mix House and Techno music today. Phrex was inspired by the 'Separée' - Cabaret Club's intime and beloved smokers lounge - recording this mix. He tryed to catch in it some emotions he felt during the several houers spent in Zurich's infamous Club, remembering well the willing-to-float audience as well as the DJ who could go beyond standard Club-Music formulas.

What an inviting soul. What a sublime funk. DJ & Producer Christopher Rau delivers an enchaining recording for our 37th episode. He releases his magic and wondrous sexy melodies on labels as Aim, Laid, Pampa, Mule Musiq or his own Derivé Schallplatten. His two full-lenght albums ‘asper clouds’ and ‘two’ on Hamburg's infamous Smallville Recordings, as well as his Roaming project alongside Moomin delights not only sensual House-lovers. Put your headphones on and get ready for a satchel charge of quality in here!

José Rodriguez aka Rodri is a big music lover. He likes to play long sets in clubs and tries to present a wide mixture of electronic music to the crowd. For his fifth audiotheque stream, Rodri presents some of the darker tunes of his collection. And, as always, mixes them with precision and great passion.

After a short summerbreak, we're absolutely thrilled to bring you this wonderful stream by berns notorious Deetron. Through his famous multiple deck wizardry as well as his superb choice of records, Sam Geiser aka Deetron conquered the hearts of clubbers, promoters and DJs all over the globe. In his versatile DJ-Sets, Todd Terje may meet Plastikman, Mathew Johnson may meet Wbeeza, and this in an extraordinary masterful way. This stream is a two hours live recording of his most recent all night long set at Club Bonsoir in Berne in late July. As you listen you experience exactly those amazing skills mentioned above... Enjoy!

Only a few artists manage to release their first EP at the age of 21 on a Label such as Wolf+Lamb. The young Leonard Perret aka Le Loup didn’t become overbearing because of that first success and kept following his passion with great commitment. Today, four years later, Leonard is a big figure of the French scene. Together with his partner in crime Seuil, he created ‘Hold Youth’ which is the DJ-Combo of those both artists playing together as well as a fantastic Vinyl-Only Label and an event series residing at Paris’s legendary Rex club. Le Loup recorded this subtile mix a cuple of weeks ago for his paris friends of Æternum Music. He then decided to share it with us and you as well.

In the late 90s, Hip Hop and Rap dominated young Huazee's headphones. He was, like many of his friends, quite fascinated by this musical movement. He dealed with it, even before starting to DJ at the age of 14. For this special mix, Huazee has put together some of his favourite tunes from that time. So here we are with his fourth mix for our series - Huazee's Hip Hop Selection.

Nicola Kazimir, Audino, Louh and Barbir. Together they form an artist collective by the name of "Les Points". Audino, the congenial Italian feels pure soul while playing his tunes and is an experience worth having. Louh surprises with his unconditioned love for wax and knows perfectly how to deal with it. Barbir plays complex deep House and Techno and persuades with the highest quality in his sets. Nicola Kazimir is arguably the most known artists of those youngsters as he is playing weekly gigs in every renowned club in Zurich. Les Points mix several genres together with grace and definitely with success. This first mix ever recorded as "Les Points" is a mix for all of you, who understand music as a journey into an open world.

More than one year passed by since Robel Eshetu recorded his last audiotheque mix. A very hot year for the young Solothurn based artist… Robel enjoyed gigs in some of Switzerland’s most renowned Clubs like the Zukunft, Cabaret, Nordstern or La Ruche and opened the night for Wolf+Lamb and Soul Clap at the infamous Montreux Jazz Festival. He also released his first EP on the Zurich based ‘Esance Records’ and produced a Track for Sirions – Bern Complilation together with his studio buddy Felipe Puertes. Robel is the soul brother par excellence which you'll recognize in this smoothy house mix. We love it – and hope you do as well.

Eddward Currelly took it gently with his career. He spent over 20 years behind the decks playing for any sort of events - from birthday party to weddings. During 10 years he dedicated himself also to his other great passion, skiing, which led him to move from southern Ontario to the Canadian Rockie mountains. Then the year 2009 came and C's first EP was released. Since then, time flew by quick for Eddie. He followed his canadian friends and moved to Berlin, released his debut album 'Parts Unknown' on Endless Flight and graced a lot of other quality labels with his beautiful, deep Slo Mo grooves. When playing in a Club, Eddie is an absolute BOMB! We had the chance to experience him last year and remember the night with great pleasure. Today we're waiting excited for Eddies second album 'City Country City' which is going to be released in two weeks on Endless Flight again.

Sergio Similis aka Seranthonys career as a DJ began in the early 90s in the small town Solothurn. While many DJs started their career in Solothurn and then moved to the bigger cities like Zurich or Berne, Sergio remained faithful to the arguably most beautiful baroque city of Switzerland and dedicated himself to the developing of the club culture in this city. With his club “the hidden” which he opened over 10 years ago together with his buddy Bidu, he not only created a cultural space in his city, but he created a flagship for the whole country. This tiny, underground venue opens twice a month and invites guests like Chez Damier, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Gerd Janson, Thomas Melchior, but also works a lot with national and regional DJs. Sergio himself doesn’t like to be in the spotlight but when he stands behind the decks, be it at the hidden, at the Cabaret in Zurich or anywhere else, there’s always a sort of magic in the air. He always spinns the right record at the right time.

Bern based Marc Matsuki aka Zukie173 stands behind the decks to record Episode 28. This charismatic personality is truly an inspiration. Together with Jay Sanders he produces high quality House music under the Name of Jagged on Labels such as Quintessentials or Enterbt Records. But you can't tag this guy only to one specific musical genre. Marc had a weekly radio show on the local radiostation RaBe for over 10 years, playing different styles of music such as Jazz, Brazil, Reggea, Funk, Soul and many, many more. Zukie & Sanders have their own Podcast series coming out every two weeks. For this mix, Zukie173 selected some Tracks to warm us up during winter. So here we go with audiotheque.028 - Zukie's Winter Selection.

Many well known artists have their origins in Solothurn as for example Serafin, Don Ramon, Tremendo, Kellerkind and so does Boris WHY. He grew up listening to bands and DJs like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Jay Z, Run DMC, Tony Humphries, Grant Nelson, Masters at Work, Sneak, Mike Delgado etc. After more than 16 years behind the turntables and gigs in almost every important swiss club, Boris has a very wide range of electronic sounds he integrates in his sets. With this beautiful 1h10min lasting mix he does no different. Enjoy!

Episode 026 is brought to you by Gregor Schönborn aka Crowdpleaser. The Geneva based Artist always knew how to surprise and to please the crowd with his DJ-Sets. Both of his albums - '2006' put out together with St. Plomb on Mental Groove and the self-titled 'Crowdpleaser' which came out on Tiga's Turbo Records - are gemstones of the Swiss underground scene and built up Crowdpleaser's reputation also far beyond the national boundaries. Gregor recorded this set back in July while playing at the closing of his own runned club ' The Shark'. A tiny basement of an abandoned building in the heart of Geneva. Despite the very restricted capacity and the almost none existing resources, the club got a remarkable reputation and people from all over the country went there to dance twice a month in an intimate atmosphere. We try to get you some impressions of that atmosphere with the second live recorded mix from our series. Enjoy!

Since more than 20 years now, Cristiano Rinaldi aka Memoryman is actin in the Italian club scene. He was sitting in the front row when the US-House from Chicago and New York hit Europe and contributed to keep this movement growing in his native region Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. Since the mid-90s he’s part of the Pastaboys-Trio alongside Dino Angioletti and Rame. Together these guys recorded some well-known clubtunes like 'eightyone' or 'Tribute' and run a weekly night called 'Black Box', one amongst the coolest nights of Italy. With his new moniker, Cristiano did a recommencement. He releases tracks and edits on labels such as 're-vox' or his own new label 'oh...cristo!' benefiting from his longstanding club experiences. He truly fulfills the name 'Memoryman'. Cristiano rends his contribution to our podcast series mixing the stunning #025. We’re really looking forward to have him playing next Saturday for the audiotheque.clubnight at the Kapitel in Berne. Come for a drink or two if you’re around.

As one of the first residents of audiotheque, Huazee is part of the event-collective since the very first day. His constant high quality sets are requested by many known promoters as ammonit events, hidden works, the bonsoir club or even the Montreux Jazz Festival, as main act or to open the night for guests such as Tiefschwarz, Barem, Shonky, Dinky, System of Survival or Eddie C to only name a few. Also we can’t get enough of Huazee's track selection and mixing skills. Thus here is already the 4th mix Huazee releases for our series. This mix drives us deep into the world of house music, where you’ll find some classic tracks from artists like Kerri Chandler or Global Communication as well as newer stuff from Smallpeople, Moomin, Arto Mwambe or Nicholas. Enjoy!

Pat Muvembe aka Bird is a sort of an institution when it comes to electronic music in Switzerland’s capital city. DJing since the early 90ies with gigs in some historical Swiss venues as the Alte Markthalle in Bern or Love Zoo in Neuchatel, he was also vinyl dealer and owner of the "Schwarz Markt" record store - one of the very few we ever had in our city. Today he's moderator of the Galaxy Space Night on the local radio station RaBe and member of the record label “Sirion”. Through all those experiences and years of dedication, Padi achieved an overwhelming musical knowledge. As Bird, Patrick Stucki plays club oriented DJ-Sets, making move booties everywhere he spins his Vinyl. As Pat Muvembe, he dedicate himself to different music directions knowing no boundaries and just following the heart. Just relax and enjoy music for your mind, body and soul.

Let’s go back to 2001 this month, where Apple announces iTunes, where Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia - goes online and where this mix was recorded… With his breaking-through Recordlabel “Oslo” and his great DJ-Skills, Federico Molinari got all our attention since we’ve started to do our events. His keen sense of good music is shown in his acclaimed DJ-Sets and in his appreciated releases for labels like Tsuba or his own Oslo and Love Letters from Oslo. As A&R he was co-responsible for the new Frankfurt/Mannheim wave. With his label he was supporting artists like Christian Burkhardt, Johnny D, Markus Fix, Reboot or Sasha Dive. Federico gave us a very special and unique present, offering us his very first DJ-Set he recorded on CD back in 2001… Obviously with vinyl only. Here we go that month, shifted back for over 10 years.

Before playing in clubs, Rodri collected vinyl for almost ten years. No wonder that after his first Club appearance at the end of 2008 he quickly reached a considerable amount of followers and gigs in some important Swiss venues like the Formbar in Berne, the La Ruche in Lausanne, the Hidden in Solothurn or the Milk Klub in Geneva. He got a residency at the Kapitel, Bernes new hot spot and the Bar 9 in Morat. He also performed for the famous swiss Montreux Jazz Festival last summer. This 77 minutes mix shows rodris deep knowledge of house music. Including tracks from Phil Weeks, Arto Mwambe, Alex Agore and many more. Let’s groove.

This month, our Podcast reaches its 20th episode. A good opportunity to release this wonderful 2 hour-mix by one of Switzerland's most devoted Deep House artists: Demetrio Giannice. Demetrio grew up listening to the music of a true vinyl lover - his dad. In the early 90s, he experienced Zurich's night life for the first time. This impressive experience led him to leave his band and his guitar to fully dedicate himself from that moment on to the Chicago and NYC Disco legacy. Today, about 20 years later, Demetrio runs his own vinyl-only imprint Enterbt Rec., releases on Third Ear and Drumpoet and collaborates with Deep House heavyweight Chez Damier and his label Balance Alliance. We saw both of them sharing the Decks at one of our events last October and we can guarantee, this works like a charm. This new Mix takes off exactly where that memorable night ended: Vocals of the yelling and shouting crowd right after Demetrio played the last track. Listen, feel, love.

We're really happy to present you the March’12 Podcast mixed by Surfbit. Surfbit is a project we look up to and pursue with great pleasure. With this alias, Pietro de Lisi from System of Survival is free of any context and can benefit from his amazing musical knowledge playing whatever he wants without being bound to any specific music genre. Travel through the past to get into the future … The perfect sound for the beginning of spring. Enjoy it.

Here he is again. After 004 and 007 our beloved Robel does another round and delivers his third Podcast for our series wich has come to its 018 episode. The Chicago oriented mix lasts 89 wonderful minutes and has got the unique touch robel puts in everyone of his sets.

Almost a year ago Anthony played a delicious four hour set for our inofficial second birthday, wich was kept in good memory. With our third birthday coming up on the 13th and 14th january, it appears to be obvious to ask Anthony to do a podcast. He delivered us a deep and melancholic one hour mix wich fits perfect for those dark and rainy days. Let your mind travel while sitting in your warm home.

For this years advent we present you a special mix, compilated with music we love. A little christmas present to all of you out there… Thanks for your support. Much love!

audiotheque.015 - mixed by PROFONDO

audiotheque.014 - mixed by DEJAN

audiotheque.013 - mixed by BORIS WHY

audiotheque.012 mixed by JAY SANDERS (Vinyl Only)

audiotheque.011 mixed by HUAZEE

audiotheque.010 mixed by SVEN TASNADI

audiotheque.009 mixed by RODRI

audiotheque.008 mixed by SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL

audiotheque.007 mixed by ROBEL