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Now I want everybody to take out their mobile phones and take a picture of me.
Now I want everybody to take the person next to you and send him a text message.
Now I want everybody to take the person next to you and kiss.
1… 2… 3… kiss!
Now make a bass sound!

Yesterday I attended Frankfurt’s Club “Robert Johnson” to be part of Matthew Herbert’s next record. Working title “One Club”. It will be made entirely of sounds collected yesterday evening. Everyone attended will be in the booklet  and receive a copy of the album. I’m really excited and looking forward to the result.

Oh, did I mention that Herbert has always been a big inspiration for me? This guy somehow opened my ears to the music and rhythms surrounding us everyday. He has always been innovating and keeps on doing so.
Another next album of his will be made entirely from sounds of a pig. It was born a month ago and he will record-follow it through its life. Crazy person! In a good way !

Now I want everybody to take out their mobile phones and take a picture of me. Now I want everybody to take the person next to you and send him a text message. Now I want everybody to take the person next to you and kiss. 1... 2... 3... kiss! Now make a bass sound! Yesterday I attended Frankfurt's ...

I’m a huge fan of Soundcloud. Always wanted to take some time to write down a kind of Manifesto ala “Reasons why I love Soundcloud” (as opposed to MySpace). Maybe that will follow some time in future. There are several things Soundcloud does really different, thus making it a superior music-service.

I also always wanted to somehow spread the good music I come across now and then. Often stuff by some guys, just like me, doing music for the sake of it. Living in other corners of the world, with no big fanbase or following. Still, they are doing great stuff. One idea was to start doing a podcast. Just collecting the nice tracks and putting them together into mixes. Again, maybe that will follow some time in future.

But until now (as I recollect my energy for Bachelor-thesis finals) – there will be a new series of posts, called “Found in the Cloud”. I will take one track I found on Soundcloud, embed and discuss it. Or maybe just stress one element or idea in it, which I think is remarkable.

Maybe – no promise here – I can contribute to a small moment of focused music-listening, which got somehow lost in today’s music-landscape. But that, again, is another topic to be discussed…

So watch out, there’ll be one post per week. Starting today…

I'm a huge fan of Soundcloud. Always wanted to take some time to write down a kind of Manifesto ala "Reasons why I love Soundcloud" (as opposed to MySpace). Maybe that will follow some time in future. There are several things Soundcloud does really different, thus making it a superior music-service. I also always ...

Welcome reader, or so to say, welcome listener. This site is dedicated to the musical outcome, the musical passion and musical practice of Nicken.

Nicken: a 22 year-old media-student from western Germany. Mind fulltime dedicated to music. Body struggles to do so, but since there are still Bachelor-Thesis’ to be written, it’s a tough balance between doing what you should and doing what you feel about doing.

You will find 3 types of posts on this blog:

• Posts about music, that is absolutely worth listening. I’m not planning to do a full-featured music-listening blog; but i have the strong urge to feature and support artists that really had an impact on me.
• Posts about my music. If you want to be up to date about my artistic output – subscribe!
• Posts about music production: stuff i have learned so far. Best practices, music philosophy, Ableton Live… you get the idea.

Oh, and just a few words for better communication: I am not a full-time blogger. There will be a post, when there has to be one AKA all killer no filler. Subscribe and Enjoy.

Ps. You can find my personal blog over here (German, sorry)

Welcome reader, or so to say, welcome listener. This site is dedicated to the musical outcome, the musical passion and musical practice of Nicken. Nicken: a 22 year-old media-student from western Germany. Mind fulltime dedicated to music. Body struggles to do so, but since there are still Bachelor-Thesis' to be written, it's a tough balance ...