Check out the snippets of Andrea’s impressive five tracker Forse. The self-proclaimed compilation of ‘Sprightly Galvanizing Bud Spencer Hits’ will be released on Ilian Tape today. Andrea will be playing LIVE at Blitz this Saturday. Better don’t miss!

Check out The Great Pretender at Arte’s media library! It’s an amazing collection of interviews, concert recordings and unique, private video footage of one of the most charismatic and dazzling passed away superstars, Freddie Mercury. Big tip! Video link: http://bit.ly/2OYRIWx

Leo Küchler has been popping up all over the place in recent months. Be it his curation of the worldwide acclaimed line ups of Lighthouse Festival Croatia & South Africa, a 3 week Central America Tour with Muallem & nd_baumecker, the completion of his first vinyl release on RFR-Records or, last but not least, his transitions into his new Alter Ego vince. This power of movement can definitely be felt when listening to every single of the 60 minutes when it comes to our resident’s Blitzcast. vince delivers a fresh mix in between his main keepers House and Techno. Constantly uplifting and surprisingly, exclusively with tracks from the nineties. No decision made, pure intuition. The diverse selection just won’t let you stand still, will instantly make you turn into play repeat mode and will push you straight onto the dance floor. Well done Leo, thank you so much.

Our resident and all-time favourite Roland Appel recently uploaded his BLITZ live recording from October this year to Soundcloud. Two hours and nineteen minutes full of pure energy. Hit play to discover!

Lyon’s festival Nuits Sonores has announced its daytime curators for 2019. Bonobo, Maceo Plex and two of our guests for the weekend, Lena Willikens and Peggy Gou are in charge two book three stages. Nuits Sonores 2019 takes places from May 28th to June 2nd at multiple venues across Lyon. (Original article: Steph Lee, Resident Advisor)

BLITZ debutant Dax J just released Opressor and Midnight Vigil on the East London based Techno label Monnom Black. The two energetic productions are part of the imprint’s The World Of Monnom Black compilation and are available since November 16th. Dax J will play BLITZ alongside resident La Staab and Nur Jaber for the very first time on December 15th. Double check!

Since March 2018 a new imprint was added to Munich’s diverse label pool: RFR-Records. The label started with releasing a run of 12inches labelled Bavarian Stallion, a series featuring the music of some of Munich’s finest talent, such as Kareem El Morr, David Goldberg or Kessel Vale. The 5th instalment of this chronology was released in October. A 12inch diving a bit more into House territory with tracks by the likes of Marco Wachs, MN, Nihko and our resident Roland Appel. His contribution Speedball is well worth a listen, as is the rest of the release.

These recent news struck in like a hammer. After nearly three decades and 175 issues, one of Germany’s most influential electronic music culture publications, GROOVE magazine, draws back from the print market. Right before GROOVE transforms into a strict online magazine, its last printed cover features Peggy Gou. It’s a true insightful and interesting story about one of the fastest rising heroes in our constantly changing and evolving industry and definitely worth reading. We are happy to welcome, Ms. Gou this Saturday! Farewell GROOVE… we’ll remain faithful to you, even if we’ll miss the ring of the postman!

Monticule Festival just announced the first names for its line up in 2019. Simo Cell, The Pilotwings, Sascha Funke, Fantastic Twins, Manfredas, our residents Zenker Brothers and more will join the fifth anniversary edition.

It’s time for Blitzcast 004! This time, our longtime resident Sascha Sibler presents a new mix. Sascha is a Jack of all trades who seamlessly manoeuvres in between minimalistic Chicago and Detroit with a constant focus for the dance floor. His sets are always smart, deep and pumpy at the same time while always combining melancholy with on point ecstatic moments. This very sensitive intuition also plays out when he finds time to meet up in the studio with long time production partner Daniel Bortz. This double trouble team seems to always have a potential for subtile and catchy tunes that slowly turn to evergreens, be it on Innervisions or Munich’s very own Permanent Vacation.

The powerful live recording of our resident Roland Appel from the last edition of Cruise is online now via Red Bull Radio. Worth a listen!