As a DJ, I am responsible for creating an inspiring milonga that brings joy and happiness to the dancers. I achieve this goal as follows:
- only the best tangos
A tango has to move - either the legs with its rhythm, or the heart with its melody (ideally both). I listened to about 10,000 tangos of all well-known orchestras, and only around 1,000 of them convinced me both as dancer and musician.
- in the best possible sound quality
Transfers from TangoTunes and TangoTimeTravel let the old shellac records sound with impressive brilliance, the sound quality is even better than the legendary Japanese labels CTA and AMP. The difference to common (noise-filtered) CD recordings can be heard on the dancefloor.
- carefully composed in tandas
I take a lot of time to compose the tandas. Each tanda has a musical consistency (rhythm, tempo, sound, era, singer) and an inner tension. My musical ear helps me to select tangos for a tanda that go well together as well to put them in the best possible order.
- compiled individually and interactively
I never DJ with a playlist prepared at home. The musical sequence is put together live, depending on the event, level of dance, course of the evening, mood and place on the dancefloor, etc.
And I mix them in a varied way, considering the musical energy (instrumental – with vocals, 30's – golden era, melodic – rhythmic, straight – playful, energetic – calm)
- following the classic scheme
two tandas tango – one tanda vals – two tandas tango – one tanda milonga.
As a musician and dancer, I have a good feeling for DJing - and the many positive feedbacks from organizers and dancers encourage me on my way.
Credits & feedback:
"For me, Michael is an outstanding tango DJ with a lot of experience. His special understanding of music and his love of tango is reflected in his variable, very well coordinated tandas that keep thrilling me." [Hari Huber, Tanguero]
"Super musique à ne pas rater!" [Anna & Giuseppe Ancona, Milonga La Esquina Hermosa, Strasbourg]
Translation: "Great music not to be missed!"
"Michael convinces me as a tango DJ for many reasons, here are just two examples:
- he creates and decides live at the venue which tandas are to be played next, so he can ideally respond to the respective mood/atmosphere.
- he is a pianist himself and knows/feels the tango authentically from the inside."
[Francesco Gatti, tango teacher]
"When Michael is DJing, I know the milonga will be beautiful. He knows so much about the music and makes sure that every tanda is a pleasure." [Christian Bühler, Tanguero]
"Michael is one of my favourite tango DJs, even beyond the Freiburg area. He is simply a subtle musician himself, and you can feel that at his milongas. The tangos he plays are extraordinarily beautiful and make you feel good while dancing. You can feel that he creates as a DJ and thus gives each of his evenings something special, and this is naturally transferred to me as a passionate tango dancer." [Anett Falkenhagen, Tanguera]
Milongas where I have deejayed:
France
- Tangofestival Colmar
- Festival "Le Printemps du Tango", Mulhouse
- Milonga La Esquina, Strasbourg
- La Bresse Encuentro
- Artino Tango, Sélestat
- Tango Emotion, Colmar
Austria
Switzerland
- Milonga Poema, Lucerne
- Milonguita Petersplatz, Basel
- Les Gareçons, Basel
- Milonga Mariposa, Basel
- Milonga Plus, Basel
- Milonga QuBa, Basel
- La Catrina, Basel
- Tango in der Mitte, Basel
- Eric Müller, Bern
- NeoRebelMilonga, bei Bern
- Luz de Tango, Lucerne
- San Telmo, Lucerne
- Tangoverein Aarau
Germany
- Tangobiathlon, Sonja Armisén
- Milonga No.10, Friedrichshafen
- Tango Libre, Konstanz
- TangoFusionClub, Munich
- Tangofestival Karlsruhe
- Tangoball mit Quinteto Angel, Heidetango, Lüneburg
- Milonga Intima Fantasia, Offenbach
- Tangosalon im Kulturzentrum KiK, Offenburg
- Tango in der Reithalle, Offenburg
- Tango Cariño, Baden-Baden
- Bandoneon-Museum Staufen
- Silent Night Milonga, Schopfheim
- GeMa Milonga, Lörrach
- Tango Schopfheim
- Tangoloft Lahr
- Milonga del sábado como en B.A., Karlsruhe
- AbrazTango, Karlsruhe
- Tangoloco, Pforzheim
- Tango in der Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
- Freiburg:
- Milonga Querida
- Tangoclub El Sur im Schwarzen Kloster
- Hinterhaustango in der Fabrik
- Tango im E-Werk
- Tango Project Freiburg (TPF)
- Dinnertango im Feinhaid
- Open-Air-Milonga im Colombipark
- Turnschuhtango am Wiehrebahnhof
- Kick Off Tango Week
- Tango im Brunnen
- Tango Oase
- Tangoclub Corazón
- Queremetango, Milonga de Primavera
- Late night Neotangonacht
DJ after concerts performed by
- Sexteto Mayor
- Quadro Nuevo
