02.17 (Sat)
Something’s afoot in Hamburg. While the past years, decades even, were dominated primarily by the
Frankfurt and Berlin schools of techno, constantly setting the tone and pace for progression of a rather hardedged
style of dance music, the Hanseatic City is increasingly coming into its own. The newest and literally
one of the youngest representatives of this blossoming yet adamant Hamburg-bred club music goes by the
name of ETNIK. Born in 1992, he is already being coined the wunderkind of new German techno. What’s
more, it took him just one gig in Hamburg’s Baalsaal to get himself a record deal. “It was quite
overwhelming,” ETNIK recounts. “My initial plan was to not venture into DJ’ing before having established
myself with a few tracks of my own to show. Though at the time I was familiar with the Baalsaal’s manager
and he invited me to DJ one night. It was actually my first official DJ set. That night an A&R Manager from
Warner happened to be among the guests. He saw me, heard me and thought to himself: ‘Whatever else it is
this guy does, we need him!’ A mere two weeks later I was seated at a table with the folks from Warner and
we discovered that we have the same vision and id... More Biography
Frankfurt and Berlin schools of techno, constantly setting the tone and pace for progression of a rather hardedged
style of dance music, the Hanseatic City is increasingly coming into its own. The newest and literally
one of the youngest representatives of this blossoming yet adamant Hamburg-bred club music goes by the
name of ETNIK. Born in 1992, he is already being coined the wunderkind of new German techno. What’s
more, it took him just one gig in Hamburg’s Baalsaal to get himself a record deal. “It was quite
overwhelming,” ETNIK recounts. “My initial plan was to not venture into DJ’ing before having established
myself with a few tracks of my own to show. Though at the time I was familiar with the Baalsaal’s manager
and he invited me to DJ one night. It was actually my first official DJ set. That night an A&R Manager from
Warner happened to be among the guests. He saw me, heard me and thought to himself: ‘Whatever else it is
this guy does, we need him!’ A mere two weeks later I was seated at a table with the folks from Warner and
we discovered that we have the same vision and id... More Biography