Our 21st Blitzcast features Vienna-based selector Sumi, a key member of our friends from the Lighthouse Festival crew. He’ll be handling the closing set with the infamous LHF squad, alongside our resident vince and Felix Rupprecht, guiding the Unchained crowd into the early Monday morning hours!
We’re delighted to present Blitzcast 021 just in time for our extensive, 32hours Unchained party!
Listen to Sumi‘s set and find out more about his inspiration, his thoughts on Unchained and about some of his funniest moments at Blitz.
And don’t miss the chance to get a hold of one of the last Unchained festival tickets RIGHT HERE, starting Saturday 10/08 18:00!
What were you thinking, what inspired you for Blitzcast 021?
This is actually my first “deliberately” recorded mix in about 10 years!
I recorded it in Vienna at Club PRST, where I used to do the booking with Leo. I was inspired by mixes that aren’t consistently “peaky” but also dial things back a bit.
I also didn’t want to mix too many styles, so I thought I’d make a mix with what I do best: playing House! In all its facets!
It’s a one-take mix: the result may not be “perfect” or 100% what I had initially envisioned, but I’m satisfied with what happened during the mix. That makes such mixes so exciting to me: One of the biggest motivators was that David Muallem asked me in South Africa three years ago if I’d like to do a Blitzcast for him. So I was, of course, thrilled when he thought the mix was cool! :)) The selection is mostly vinyl, and the range spans from 1995 to today.
You’re playing our Unchained Festival this weekend: what are you most excited about?
I’m incredibly proud of the whole team for trying to establish such an exciting format! The vibe in Munich, especially on Sunday, is truly unique. It’s also simply breathtaking to see the venue in all its glory! Unfortunately, I arrive on Sunday and have tears in my eyes because I’m going to miss the spectacular program on Saturday!
What can people expect from your set?
It fills me with joy every time I get to play music with one of my best friends and go through all kinds of styles. I can’t imagine any better B2B partners (except one other person 😉 ), and I think the guests feel that energy too. At gigs like these, there are no egos. 🙂 In these B2B2Bs, every guest gets their money’s worth!
Your funniest Blitz memory as a DJ?
When I was on my way to my first Blitz gig (about 6 years ago), my MacBook with all my music broke. When we arrived at the soundcheck, it turned out that the USB stick wasn’t working either. I had only 30 minutes left until the gig. Then, I quickly went with my girlfriend to her friend’s place to quickly put “something” on the stick because I didn’t have enough records with me. The taxi driver dropped us off in front of the club, and we actually managed to climb over several fences with my DJ case through a wrong construction site—only to realize that we had walked 360 degrees around the construction site at the Deutsches Museum. The gig was great anyway!