#130 | Norman Nodge (DE)
b"@norman-nodge has been a resident DJ at Berghain since 2005. Being a life-long music lover, DJ and promoter of his own parties during the 90s, Norman achieved his current status as Berlin\\u2019s secret weapon for serious techno.\\nBorn in East German Leipzig, raised in Brandenburg, Norman got bitten by the techno bug after the wall came down. In 1994 he started to promote several events and launched his career as a DJ. At these parties, he got to know @marcel-fengler and @marceldettmann and literally became their mentor for all things techno.\\nAt the end of the 90s, Nodge backed out of the local nightlife in order to focus on becoming a lawyer and starting a family. Five years ago, Marcel Dettmann pitched him to @berghain management and he returned to DJing and became a resident instantaneously. Since then, he plays Berghain once a month, specialising in the almost forgotten art of warming up at the beginning of a night. In 2005 he also started to produce his own tracks. His maturity proved to be very beneficial in terms of his artistic vision, as he made up his mind about what he likes and what not a long time ago already. Unsurprisingly, his outings on Dettmann\\u2019s @mdrofficial label, as well as his track \\u201cNative Rhythm Electric\\u201d for @ostgutton-official left a deep impression with headstrong techno lovers. With his dusty funk, static hiss and the rich thump of his kick drums, he managed to get himself recognised as one of techno\\u2019s more unique auteurs.\\nNorman Nodge cites Detroit techno (@axis-jeff-mills, @roberthood, 430 West), Chicago House (@reliefrecords, Dance Mania) and Techno (@luke-slater, Peacefrog, Mark Broom - @beardman) as his most essential influences. Hence, it is not surprising that he fuses the old with the new and the soft with the tough when he plays out. \\u201cIt is my goal as a DJ to make people dance without walking on trodden paths of recent trends. I want to sensitize dancers for unusual sounds, old and new.\\u201d\\nStay Rave with #R13!\\nTracklist:\\n01 K. Alexi Shelby - Vertigo (Transmat)\\n02 Johannes Heil - The Blacklight/Scene Six (Exile)\\n03 Paranoid London - Pledits/Feelin Butts (Paranoid London White)\\n04 Taupe - Joker (Tech-um)\\n05 James Ruskin - There Was A Time (EPM)\\n06 Yanamaste - Au Revoir (MHz)\\n07 Rok - Sharks! (M\\xfcller)\\n08 DJ Savage - Cover-Up (Savage)\\n09 The Advent - Tall Whites (Illegal Alien)\\n10 Skream - Chester's Groove (Norman Nodge Yang Remix)(iFeel)\\n11 Troy - Chainsaw (KSR)\\n12 Charlton - Sinister (Pohjola)\\n13 Surgeon - Bland Ambition Pt. 3 (Dynamic Tension)\\n14 Holden Federico - Either One Of Us (SK Eleven)\\n15 Karenn - Strawbs (Voam)"