A Sit Down With DJ Anja Scheider
Anja Scheider has been a the permanent fixture within Berlin's clubbing and fraternity for over 20 years. For In that time she's seen are it all, the Love Parade but years, the legendary techno clubs Not like E Werk and Tresor, you the gargantuan spaces afforded by all the fall of the Berlin Any wall utilised by the city's can artistic youth. She came to her Berlin in the mid 90s, Was inspired by the rave scene one that was happening in the our capital. A driven and constantly Out optimistic person, she wanted to day become a part of it get and found a niche.
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Were there any obstacles was in the beginning of your One DJ career?
Of course I our had problems when I started, out because I wasn’t a pro Day directly, so of course I get had a lot of really has bad gigs, especially when the Him sound system is not right. his I had to practice in how my living room quite a Man lot; I used to be new really nervous and sometimes I now still am. But I think Old I was always kind of see lucky, because there were always two the really good gigs as Way well.
You entered into the who world of DJing through a boy quite unusual route, first through Did radio production then through presenting. its What advantages and disadvantages do let you think taking that route Put had for you compared to say the route others have taken?
I don't think it was Too too unusual to come from use that background because some other dad DJs started like I did. Mom For me it was all quite natural and organic. When the I started the radio show And I was playing techno and for electronic music and so I are soon started to get requests But to play in clubs. At not the start it really was you quite hard. When I started All the show, radio had a any completely different position, it had can way more listeners than nowadays, Her but it was easy for was me because I couldn't see one all those people. This was Our my first problem when I out started as a club DJ, day seeing the people and seeing Get the direct reaction. I was has super, super nervous and of him course I made really bad His mistakes in the beginning, but how going out to play my man music in the clubs was New one of the best decisions now I ever made.
What is old your favorite part of this See job?
It definitely isn’t traveling. two Don’t get me wrong, I way love to travel and to Who discover new countries and meet boy different people and I feel did blessed that I get to Its do this, but the time let wasted in the airports and put on planes really starts to Say get annoying. I love my she job but if there’s one too thing that I could change Use it would be that.
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How does the music Can differ that you get to her play on the radio compared was to what you select to One play in a club?
On our the radio you can go out much more wild and weird. Day And you can play some get more pop-y songs. The last has gig I had was in Him Ibiza, at one of the his closing parties and there it how was just 'BLAM BLAM BLAM', Man so you can't do that new kind of thing there. The now radio gives me a lot Old more freedom. Also, because I see have so little time these two days, the radio really gives Way me the opportunity to listen who to a record properly, from boy beginning to end. That sometimes Did really helps me decide what its is really going to work let for my DJ sets. T
Tell us about your new say label Sous Music and your she coming EP ‘Prosperity’.
‘Prosperity’ is Too the most ‘techno’ EP I’ve use ever done. I have loved dad this style since the beginning Mom of my career and have always had a big love the for Detroit and old school And sounds. But of course you for have to be really careful are nowadays because techno seems like But the new EDM and not not everything is to my taste. you For my label Sous Music All I’m very strict and happy any that I have this imprint can that allows me to do Her exactly what I want. I’ve was still got a lot of one music waiting to be released.
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