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MATTHIAS • FIEDLER (@matthiasfiedler - Leipzig | GER) is a DJ and producer who started his own label @blaq-numbers, 6 years ago releasing various house, hiphop, disco and soul on vinyl and tape. Due to his hard work and dedication it has become an internationally established label. Aside from his label work he has been hosting monthly shows on @rinse_france and “Misumi Beach Selections” on @noodsradio.
For us he has recorded 60 minutes of some fresh-out-of-the-shower-on-a-Sunday-morning Disco and House - which turned out more cheesy than we expected. In the best way! 💜
// What are you working on at the moment? What’s making you dance? //
I always try to keep things eclectic, so right now I'm sitting on the release plans for '21, which means at least another various artists compilation on tape + hopefully several 12". You can expect George John's first vinyl EP, some wonky house from Donnie Moustaki, a new Donald Dust EP later this year and a new sublabel called 'EERIE', which is a color tone of black, but also can mean weird or uncanny - so this will be our playground for the bit more darker stuff.
// You have your own label Blaq Numbers. What do you like about the label work and what stinks? //
I think the best thing is to meet new and like-minded people, sharing passion for the same kind of things. Something that really bothers me is that in the end, only a fraction of the ideas for releases gets real. A small run of vinyl (+mastering, artwork etc) still costs more than my monthly salary, and the chance that even this costs won't be covered is high. So sometimes you have to disappoint artists, which is hard for me.
Oh, and what personal high for me are vinyl orders on Bandcamp from overseas, be it New York, Detroit or Chicago - places of desire for House and Techno. Or orders from other places that I will possibly never see for myself like Canada, Mexico or China. Simply he thought of us putting together something here in a small room + that people outside there are interested in that - that feels really really nice.
// And what is the last song before the lights go on ...? ;) //
Oh you really get me with this question. Usually, if they don’t carry me out I will play as many closing tracks as I can until I get kicked out myself. So I definitely have a soft spot for closing tracks which is why it’s hard to choose. Spontaneously, I would say, depending on time and vibes, "I need somebody to love tonight" by Sylvester & Patrick Cowley, Daft Punk's "Too Long", the Soul Clap Edit of Womack & Womack's "Conscious of My Conscience" , "The Beginning" by Brian Cares & Howard Katz or a song that personally means a lot to me: "This must be the place" of Talking Heads.
_01 Curtis Mayfield - Diamone In The Back
_02 Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
_03 Stephanie McKay - Jackson Avenue
_04 Folamour - Can't Live Without Your Love
_05 Q-Tip - Let's Ride
_06 Guru - No Time To Play
_07 Coolio - Too Hot
_08 Zapp & Roger Trout - More Bounce To The Ounce
_09 Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (LNTG Edit)
_10 George Clinton - Atomic Dog
_11 Al Green - Love & Happiness (Venedikt Reyf's Pimped Version)
_12 Kid & Play - Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody
_13 Advance - Take Me To The Top
_14 Serge Ponsar - Out In The Night
_15 Hot Slot Machine - Rhythm (Young Marco Edit)
_16 The Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady
_17 Büchsenöffner - MQI
_18 Mayer Hawthorne - A Long Time
_19 Guetezeichen - Temptation
_20 Madonna - Vogue
_21 Interstate - Mindgames
_21 George Michael - Outside
_22 DJ Kaos - Midnight Patrol
_23 Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman
_24 Donnell Pitman - Love Explosion
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