Prosumer - Beats In Space - WNYU Radio - New York City US - Apr 2008 - Part 1

Biography of Prosumer

Achim Brandenburg is a bit of a Chicago house and Detroit techno buff, an area of expertise he first picked up as a record buyer for Hard Wax in his hometown of Saarbruecken. That was during the heyday of soulful house labels such as Prescription, and it's a sound which still can be heard in Prosumer’s sets today. 'My heart is beating for the early Chicago/Detroit sound and for music that feels similar and transports this feeling into today,' explains Achim.

Slowly the consumer turned into Prosumer, issuing his first record on 240 Volt in 2004. A year later came 'The Craze' on Playhouse, then vocal duties on Sebo K's 'Moved', both of which became bona fide hits, melding house stabs with soulful vocals. Achim's latest record is a collaboration with producer Murat Tepeli, with whom he also performs live, for Ostgun Ton, the record arm of Berlin's Berghain/Panoramabar complex, where Achim is now a resident DJ.

'Whatever I do has got to be real,' says Achim about his DJing. 'If a record doesn’t move me emotionally or physically, I won’t play it out. I have to feel the music and I’m always trying to share my feelings with the crowd on the floor. If everything goes down well, there’s an exchange going on. I try to keep a balance between pushing people’s buttons and surprising them. I’m sharing my inner emotions. And dance music has got to be horny.“

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Tim Sweeney - Beats In Space - WNYU Radio - New York City US - Apr 2008 - Part 1

Biography of Tim Sweeney

Sweeney was born March 13, 1981 in Raleigh, North Carolina. DJ and producer Tim Sweeney spent the early years of his life in North Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland. He enrolled at New York University in 1999 in order to study music technology and became a regular presence on WNYU via his Beats in Space program. He also held down internships with pioneering turntablist Steinski and the DFA label, in addition to becoming a skilled club DJ. After contributing saxophone to the DFA remix of Radio 4's 'Dance to the Underground' and mixing the DFA showcase disc that came with the April 2003 issue of Muzik, Sweeney's name became familiar to those outside New York. Along with DFA co-head Tim Goldsworthy, Sweeney put together the mixed disc that was issued as part of 2004's DFA Compilation #2. He contributed to Rammellzee's Bi-Conicals of the Rammellzee as well.