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“Frankfurt native Andreas Baumecker aka nd_baumecker began his DJ career in 1991 in a bar called Romantica, located near the city’s main train station. The venue was run by legendary nightlife impresario Hans Romanov, who also operated Intimbar, where Baumecker would eventually move on to a short time later. It’s there that Ata and Heiko M/S/O from Playhouse took notice, inviting Baumecker to work as a buyer for their record store Delirium and offering him a residency at their seminal WildPitchClub night at the Club Nachtleben. Soon, Baumecker was regularly playing Frankfurt’s numerous electronic music venues (Box, XS, Music Hall, Dorian Grey), before moving on to Heidelberg, where he promoted the club night HD800 together with Dirk Mantei aka D-Man. After a short stop in Mannheim, regular guest DJ sets at Berghain / Panorama Bar predecessor club OstGut in Berlin, and establishing his own label Freundinnen Audio, nd_baumecker moved to the German capital in 2004. There he not only picked up a residency at Panorama Bar inside the newly opened Berghain but also started a job as the club’s in-house booker. Stylistically, Baumecker covers a truly broad spectrum of dance music, refusing to be limited by genre: "A well known choreographer once said: 'Surprise is important.’ I think this approach describes my DJ style best. I’m constantly oscillating between disco, house, techno, electro, broken beats and pop. Ultimately, I’m open to anything – from brute force to tender. I see the dance floor an experimental field: If you manage to really capture the crowd, you can do almost anything with them." Of course, the flow of tracks and resolving musical differences plays a key role in achieving just that, and few DJs are as adept at uniting fundamentally disparate sounds, different keys, different rhythms and different atmospheres. „If something sounds truly new to me they give me a jolt. Also, dance music should have a good portion of funk and, in a way, it needs to sound like disco, whatever the style. I like vocals a lot. In my opinion they are the most important and significant bits you’re taking home after a good night out; they’re the most memorable." Since 2010 nd also produces with Sam Barker as Barker & Baumecker. The duo have released four 12”s and two albums on Ostgut Ton, operating musically between dancefloor and spiraling left field electronics. Finally, 2018 sees release of nd_baumecker’s Panorama Bar 07 DJ mix.”
I met Francesco in 1996, he usually came to the record store I was working at in Frankfurt (Delirium Records) straight after a good night out at the OMEN on Saturday morning and hung out with his friends for quite some time listening to the new records we dropped (knowing they would function really well ;)).We've been friends since and occasionally, when I need time out from Berlin and some inspiration, I stay a few days at his place in Dietzenbach (near Offenbach).Last Saturday, we spontaneously streamed 2 live DJ sets to my Blast Radio channel and on Sunday night, we just streamed another one.The 3rd one is too good to be leaving the internet after 24 hours, so we uploaded it here for your listening pleasure. We might even upload the other 2 mixes, let us know in the comments if we should do so!Enjoy! <3Catch Francesco Menduni at Panorama Bar on 25/26th of February, together with Chez Damier.Catch me at the same place next weekend, 21/21st of January (hint: it's my favourite Sunday slot)You can book us for your House party, too!Tracklist: 1. Dino Lenny - Did This2. Gekka - Parallel Sync3. Donald’s House - Bassian Plain4. tondiue - Turtle’s Beach5. Lift Up feat. Butch Quick and James Howard - Lift Up6. H2H - 98 Years (Bonus Mix)7. Eli Escobar - Something Inside Of Me8. Loletta Holloway, Louie Vega - Can’t Let You Go (Louie Vega Truth Dub 2)9. Morgan Geist - Twilight Express10. Dirtytwo - Back In The Day11. Orlando Voorn - So Deep12. Celeda - Be Yourself (Part 2)13. Duplex - First Day (Steven Tang Remix)14. Chaos In The CBD - Girl Like You15. Naked Music NYC - If I Fall (Mig’s Deluxe Soul Dub)16. Corrina Joseph - Live Your Life With Me (Narcotic Dub)17. Corrina Joseph - Live Your Life With Me (Narcotic Vocal Mix)18. Roy Davis Jr. / Dj Ali - About Love (DJ Ali Mix)19. Decius - Roberto’s Tumescence (Extended Mix)20. The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us (H-Foundation Remix)21. Johnny Blackouts feat. Jake Childs - Love Drunk (Original Mix)22. Kerri Chandler - Prayer 123. Jori Hulkkonen - Flash Boy24. Rufus - I.K.U.K. (Original Mix)25. Dj Pierre - What Is House Muzik (Original Mix)26. Mood II Swing, Lem, Tara J - Reach 4 You feat. Tara J (Mood II Swing Dub)27. altrice - bda creature28. Cornelius Doctor & Tushen Rai - Nana (Jonathan Kusuma Remix)29. Scott Grooves - We Move…We Have To feat. Salaka Star30. James Barnsley, Chez Damier - Want To Be (Chez Damier Sexy Dub)31. Return To Forever - Rumble (Fred P Journey Interpretation)32. Gab Oswin - Ghost Terrace33. Move D & Dman - Doomscrolling34. Unknown Artist - Something Else35. Tornado Wallace - Start Again36. Alex Rossi, Yuksek - Tutto Va Bene Quando Facciamo L’Amore (Yuksek Dskotk Remix)37. Voodoos & Taboos - XTC38. Dan Beaumont - Trippy Pumper39. Roy David Jr. - Feel Free40. Lipelis, TMO - Diet 505 (Dub)41. Jessie Ware - Free Yourself (Melanie C Remix)