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For women over 45 strength training is the absolute most important exercise component. It will continue to be until you take your last breath.  To make this personal, my mother just experienced a hip fracture and the inevitable hip replacement that happens after. Her recovery won't go as smoothly as it did 15 years ago. Why? loss of muscle she has experienced since. That in itself may have led to the cascade of events that caused the fall. But most definitely a period of time in bedrest is devastating for older adults.  Back to you... This post is a reveal and deep dive into results of a quiz intended to assess women over 45 strength training knowledge. Here are the results, and why they're important. In an earlier post update I shared one significant question about bone density. Here are the other nine questions. You're seeing the actual quiz data collected from over 1800 women over 45 strength training quiz. Let's dive in. I'll take this one question at a time.  Women Over 45 Strength Training 411  Q: Which is Best for Bone Density?  A: Heavy Weight Training At a glance the correct response was selected by almost 35% of women (that's an increase from pre-pandemic responses of 10%). That's good.  However, what's alarming is that body weight training was selected by 45% - almost 50% of women believe that push ups, body weight squats, or yoga will improve bone density. The question asked for BEST. This should have been an easy answer by a landslide. To reach adequate stimulus for bone progressing to a weight that encourages inability to do 10 repetitions, meaning fatigue in 10 or fewer is required.  Though that isn't possible for every woman across all joints and exercises due to unique conditions or injury history, it is the correct answer.  Q: Which repetition range results in the most optimal bone density improvement?  A: 10 or fewer repetitions I won't dwell on this question because I gave it away with the previous question. Only 19% knew the right answer. At least responders are warm with 39% answering 10-12 receptions.  As you'll learn later there is reason for this confusion when I ask about best for building bulk or muscle size.  Q: What's the optimal frequency for menopausal women (women over 45 strength training)? A: Surprisingly, this is 2, and not 3, but it is most definitely not 4. Here's the why: Women in menopause need as much "more" recovery as they do "more" muscle stimulation. The best kind of "more stimulation" comes from the type of volume that is more sets, more total weight lifted for more intensity, not more days a week of moderate exercise. Some fitness professionals are sharing small studies reporting volume is important for women over 40. It's true. What's also true is the volume of recovery time increases.  In other shares by fitness pros, the recommendation is 3 times a week, however those studies are not a) all about heavy each time b) or featuring women in menopause as subjects.  For women in menopause prone to adrenal fatigue, and increased injury risk, the sweet spot of two is ideal. The other magical thing that happens in studies testing post menopausal women is they have so much more energy with 2 strength and 2 interval sessions (when ready) that they expend far more energy the rest of the week. There is no "couch compensation" that occurs when there's a high volume of exercise without time between.  Q: For optimal muscle fiber recruitment (aka results) how much time should occur between exercises using the same muscle group?  A: 3-5 minutes is the idea sweet spot.  The goal is not to sit on a machine if you're at the gym, or to sit and wait idly between sets of exercise at home. What self-respecting woman in midlife has that kind of time or patience?  The ideal is to format workouts so that they do that naturally. You absolutely don't want to waste the time and effort you put in, for a small percent of results that could be yours.  Protocols used based on research about women just like you are your best bet. Watching your timing and speed (or lack there of) that you move back to the same exercise is key to fine tuning results.  You'll pick up a bigger weight and be more fresh in doing this, creating more opportunity for fitness.  Q: What is the optimal number of rest days (and or hours) between weight training sessions after 50 (and often already true at 40)? A: 72 hours, or 3 days is optimal for most women.  This is something you can test. What I've found to be true over 37 years for clients - my own, and supervision of over 250,000 personal training sessions, is that women fully recovered can work harder.  Women doing more than every 72 hours or twice a week, tend to not lift as heavy, still be sore, and experience more "tired" and breakdown than the greater fitness they seek.  Even among younger women, many fitness pros have realized this to be true for them as well. Recovery is very unique to individuals. True, as you increase fitness beyond the couch you may find you need a little less recovery time, then again as you cross into higher fitness levels you will come back to needing more time between when you truly have effective workouts.  This doesn't mean you can't do something. It just means more of the same thing (e.g. HIIT isn't really getting you more fit: it's getting you tired and your brain the fix it thinks it needs).  This is really alarming because it tells us that more than 75% of women over 45 strength training are over exercising and under achieving results for creating muscle mass and bone density.  Q: Which combination is BEST for changing body composition?  A: Yay! Strength training and HIIT. Though I'm thrilled to see that long slow cardio wasn't selected, I want to go deeper.  It isn't ALWAYS the right thing to burn fat - HIIT and strength training. There are times when your body is telling you doing HIIT is going to tip your stress scale so far that you'll gain fat or experience weight loss resistance doing it. Q: Which is the BEST work interval: recovery interval ratio for beginners doing interval training? A: Correct answer is.... definitely more recovery... 20:60the second best answer would be #3 20:40 so be sure you're on track for this.  Essentially 46% of women answered with an acceptable ratio. But 24% are doing a little to much too soon and 20% are throwing themselves under the bus doing Tabata intervals designed based on young fit male athletes working at 110% of their maximum.  That's not a friendly formula for women in menopause.  Q: Which of the following repetition ranges is best for bulk-building (size gains)?  A: The answer is 1012! Yay. Not that this is a goal for many women, yet, hold the phone.  If you can't lose fat, gaining lean muscle mass is exactly the way to get better results. If you're frail, it most definitely is.  Q: After High Intensity workouts (especially strength) what's the ideal window for a woman over 50 to ingest a high protein meal (if she's not doing fasted exercise)?  A: The exact sweet spot for muscle protein synthesis is 90 minutes, so answer #2, 60-120 is correct.  This surprises many - including trainers and nutritionists who are familiar with drinking chocolate milk within 30 minutes after. For older adults (and  young) muscle protein synthesis should govern the choice.  *if you're exercising fasted (not recommended) eat immediately: your muscle breakdown is occurring because of the fast + the workout + midlife.  Q: After a strength training session how many grams of protein (minimum) does research suggest is optimal for muscle protein synthesis? A: A minimum threshold of at least 30 grams (of complete protein) is optimal. More is sometimes better but within limits.  What we need to do is be in the sweet spot for absorbing the required essential amino acids. Key to know that collagen is not complete protein and alone does not count toward your daily muscle needs.  In a recent podcast I discuss Essential Amino Acids, who might want to consider, and how I use them. If you're plant-based or you're skipping on your protein you need to listen.  Not in a program or program you're in not working? Take a 5-day reset: 

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk: true-life, practical, funny, heart-breaking, insightful human experience stories from women who are walking their lives while their lives walk them and the lasting difference these journeys have made. You’ll recognize yourself in stories of adversity, challenge, fear, discovery, adventure, expression, and more. Why? Because, the sorcery of stories is this: they help each of us to be seen and heard, to understand and be understood. I’m your host, Diane Wyzga.Today my guest is Heidi Frei who’s joining us from Phoenix, Arizona. Ours seems to be a world made of couples. And yet, some of us - including your host - are quite single. While some women might look at their single state with disappointment, Heidi has created a life work out of being single. She calls herself “The voice for the joys and challenges of the single life.” Heidi created the Single Soul Circle to empower single women to live their lives without fear. Along the way she became a blogger, podcaster, committed planker, and more! Let’s hear how Heidi figured out the way to spin the so-called straw of being single into gold. Welcome to the podcast, Heidi!Minute 30:3600 to 2:00     Intro2:00 to 4:25     Start From Where You AreQ: If I met up with you on a hiking trail in Arizona what’s the first thing I’d notice?Heidi’s confidenceHeidi would approach me; would be interested in meeting someone new and hearing their story. That’s a big part of her life.Q: And if we had some time to walk along together what else might I get to know about you?Heidi’s has a passion for single peopleTravelBeing an aunt (!)WritingPodcastingQ: And when we parted ways what would I remember about you as I walked on alone?Heidi’s stories learned while wandering through lifeThis is not the life she envisioned for herself, but has taken in and taken advantage of the experiences and opportunitiesFinding the joy around the cornerThe host would leave feeling encouraged with all the opportunities life has for us4:25 to 8:45     The Back Story. We All Have One. What's Yours?Women typically have a back story that’s brought us to the present story. Wandering and walking led to the start of Heidi’s blog, appreciation for walking, wandering and the sabbatical.  So that we have some context for the life story you’ve been walking, share with us the role wandering has played in your life and this sabbaticalHeidi was a baby who ran before she walked and running was her thingHeidi discovered walking when she took month-long sabbatical to figure out what next to find purpose, joyVisited California, New York and began walking and found thingsLabyrinth in Santa Barbara brought clarityLost creativity along way and found it on this sabbaticalEnjoyed writing as a kid and lost that tooDiscovered she was called to write a blogA shift for Heidi was letting go of control, the itinerarySomething was saying Go With the FlowFound parks and street art which led to relaxationHeidi related this to Life: you don’t need to plan everything out. It’s not easy but a good lessonJoy comes from wandering8:35 to 11:20     3 Joys in Scandinavia 20192 weeks in Scandinavia is life changing: a Virgo planner learns to go with the flowFjords: enjoying the beauty, watching and letting go of presenting the perfect pictureWandering to a place on a hill in Stockholm that felt private and local; brings up where is a place to go and let go when she returns to homeFood! Was not a coffee drinker - not at all - but discovered it in Scandinavia and developed a habit - a break in the day - something to look forward to every morningHeidi’s coffee ritual includes special mugs from her nieceA shout-out to Green Tree Coffee in Lincolnville, Maine11:20 to 15:00     Tips for WanderingQ: Heidi has tips for wandering in everyday life posted on her website. What was the purpose? How did it come to be to suggest tips for wandering in one’s everyday life to build up the courage to let go more often?Heidi began by choosing to face a fear and get out of her comfort zone to try something newStarted podcasting to get out from behind being a solitary writer; there was so much to learn and put out in the worldHeidi’s own 60 second recordings were a way to hear her own voice and hear the energy she has around certain topics to guide herMany lessons learned with the podcasting risk, have her voice out thereWandering is also facing a fear and trying something newHeidi also suggests try on different clothes, give a friend a call, little work-a-day things to embrace what might feels scary only because they’re unfamiliarEspecially in COVID is a good idea to reach out to those on the sidelines of your lifeYou end up feeling good about the re-connectHere are some others you’ll find on Heidi’s website:Pick a random book and read itTry a new recipeTalk to someone you don’t know at a networking event or attend a meet-upDrive a different way to work and take notice of the new surroundings (safely, of course)Pick a weekend day, don’t plan anything and just do whatever feels good from moment to moment with no expectations for yourselfListen to a podcast that has nothing to do with your interests or professionWalk around a parkTry on clothes that are not your typical styleGo to the grocery store or florist and stop and smell the flowers14:45 to 21:15      Single Soul CircleHeidi wants to make sure to share how society seems to show pity toward single women and focus on their marital status, rather than all the wonderful things they are enjoying in their lives. Q: Which came first? Single Soul Circle or your feelings that society isn’t kind toward single women, we should all be in couplesHeidi always felt stigma around being single.Focus is in getting hitched up; what’s wrong with you not fitting in to society of couples?With COVID and sheltering in and being locked down; but we are not all at home with a family and enjoying some new bonding experiences; some of us are aloneThe single segment is ignoredCOVID required everyone to give up something; and single people lost out, tooBeing locked down is a big loss to singles who can’t be out to meet others, water cooler chit chat at the office, connect, socialize, more often required to create a scheduled timeMet so many single people who are doing amazing career things; why should the focus be on the marital status when there are so many talented, gifted, creative singles out there?Q: How is it that women are single by choice, by design;  and how come there is the focus or emphasis on being partnered?Heidi aims to keep getting out in the world what singles are doing apart from the dating sceneHeidi would like a relationship at some point; meanwhile, is doing so much with her lifeIf any of these stories help people to live your life as a single person then that’s a very good use of timeRecounts an acquaintance who came off rough divorce, being able to find herself as a single woman and eventually embrace a better relationshipDating is an important element for singles but it is not the whole gameHeidi hopes the stories encourage other womenIt is brave to end a relationship that isn’t healthy or good for themLet’s celebrate all the amazing things single people can do; an opportunity to look inside themselves, do some healingHost: there’s a balance whether by choice, design or default a woman who is single may want relationship or not but at the end of the day it’s all possible: have a companion and so on. Just because one doesn’t have a significant other doesn’t mean you won’t travel, enjoy events, cook a good meal. It’s a duality that Heidi is encouraging with Single Soul Circle. Maybe it’s The Chapter of Singlehood21:15 to 27:37     COVID and post-COVID      [NOTE: this episode is being aired 5 months after it was taped so Heidi's feelings like so many of us pre-vaccine may still be there or may have shifted just slightly because we’re not out of the woods] Q: Given the COVID situation what are some of the issues, concerns, and challenges for single women overall?IsolationHeidi feels the seriousness of the lock down; “bubbles” are difficult for friendships because it feels clique-yHeidi has friends from so many groups who also have own bubble which complicates the safeyHeidi’s worry: worry: am I being judged? Am I being clear with my friends? Do they understand that I love them, would like to see them  and yet COVID is a different situationCan make it til the vaccine arrivesThere are days of loneliness and days of resilience, days when her strength fails missing hugging, having a meal with someone23:50 to 27:25     Single Women & HolidaysQ: We're coming into the holidays 2020, what that means and how it may still apply even with vaccines. What might you share about single women and holidays generallyConnecting is key!Heidi set up a Facebook group to connectFriday night virtual happy hour: working well sharing books, shows to binge, navigating the new waters, sharing, coming together, meeting new people, getting to know their storiesWomen come and sit in and share silly things, serious thingsCan show off new lipstick on Zoom callsConversations about parents and how to help themSomething to look forward to at week’s endYou end up feeling loved going into the weekendEven when COVID wanes your friends will get you throughImportant to build networksFriends can be more fun than a boyfriend; let’s be clear!27:25 to 33:45      Single Soul Circle Coming Into It's OwnIt sounds like the Single Soul Circle has come into its own. The idea of a circle is inclusive, a safe place, a space where you can sit inside. We do so many things in circles: dance, tell stories, sit around a campfire, quilt or knit. Single Soul Circle has come into its own by inviting single women into a space to breathe, thrive, commune, grieve  and celebrate. Q: Did you ever expect this?  Here we are, at the end of the road but not the journey. Thank you for listening to Part 1 of this episode of Stories From Women Who Walk with your host Diane Wyzga and my guest Heidi Frei, creator of Single Soul Circle, podcaster, blogger and inspirational woman for the joys of living single. Please take a few moments to check out Heidi’s website and podcast to learn more and perhaps join in together. All links to social media are in the Episode Notes.You’re also invited to visit my website Quarter Moon Story Arts and check out over 325 episodes of Stories From Women Who Walk found there, on Simplecast or your favorite podcast platform. This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic. Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, follow, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! You will have wonderful company as we walk our lives together!Production Team: Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Entering Erdenheim from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicSound Editing: Dawin Carlisle & First Class ReelsAll content and image © 2019 - Present: for credit and attribution Quarter Moon Story ArtsAbout Heidi FreiHeidi Frei is the founder of Single Soul Circle, which includes a blog, podcast and Facebook community. Single Soul Circle is the voice for the joys and challenges of the single life. Heidi has been single for 46 years and felt the single community was one that was ignored and sometimes looked upon with pity. She created Single Soul Circle to give women a place to empower each other and create community. The Facebook group has been holding a weekly happy hour every Friday night at 5 PM Mountain Time. If you would like to join this wonderful group of women, you can email Heid or join the Facebook group to be notified of events and take part in our gatherings/discussions.How to Stay in Touch with Heidi Frei:Website & Blog: www.singlesoulcircle.comPodcast: http://single-soul-circle.simplecast.com/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/singlesoulcircleEmail: singlesoulcircle@gmail.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbVMF8xxlsD-pK2xg8kJEyw   

In this episode we summarize all our former discussions on "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K.Rowling, speak and elaborate on our favorite episodes and chapters of this book. We also do a very interesting "madlib" composed by Liam!Note to Listeners: We are trying to spread the podcast to more Harry Potter fans and we would love your help in doing so! We'd love if you might tell any Harry Potter loving friends of family about our podcast, and maybe you could lead more potter people our way!Links: -Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1209326-Gmail: potterpeoplethepodcast@gmail.com-Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/potterpeopleQuizzler: Last week's question: Q:"Which piece did Harry play in McGonagall's giant chess game?" A: "The Bishop" Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/potterpeople)

In this, the very first show of 2021, Dean, Chris and Mads talk about their experiences playing December's game club game Exile on the BBC Micro. Thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible. William E Rimmer Ninjixel TJ Andy Hudson Ricardo Engel Adrian Nelson Alastair Barr Straight2Video RoseTintedSpectrum Matthew W James Bentley Wiedo Belochkin Tony Parkinson Gaz H Mal Woods Zach Glanz Richard Rogers Cane and Rinse LamptonWorm Salvio Calabrese Mitsoyama Rhys Wynne Clint Humphrey MARK BYLUND Paul Ashton Chris Rowe Jon Sheppard Laurent Giroud Martin Stephenson Aaron Maupin Jim-OrbitsIT Jon Veal Thomas scoffham Andy Marsh Patrick Fürst Laurens Andrew Gilmour Stephen Stuttard Matt Sullivan Magnus Esbjörner Darren Coles Garry Heather Edward Fitzpatrick Nick Lees Blake Brett   Q and A with Peter Irvin. Q: Where did the concept of the game come from? Was it influenced by earlier videogames? A: The concept for Exile started as just the idea of a man with a jetpack exploring an underground cavern system, having to solve problems to progress, fighting off hostiles. It wasn’t influenced by other games, more from TV/film - like Star Trek, Blakes 7, Forbidden Planet. Q: Was the game built around the plot or did the mechanics of the game come first? A: The mechanics came first and we kept adding stuff to the game engine until we knew what the limits were and how far we could go with the resources available. The plot crystallised over time, after we worked out what could be achieved, then we had to populate the map to match and make a playable game. Major way points were decided, like the Rune Door and Triax’s lab, and the scattering of other puzzles, equipment and encounters designed to get the player equipped to pass through these way points. However we sometimes had “we could add this cool thing” moments and had to include that - like the digital speech on the large RAM BBC micro version. Q: Nowadays, there is infinite memory to craft a story and provide lots of context for the game. That was not possible for you. How early did you develop the idea of a novella? A: To include a novella was decided quite late in the day. Yes, it was a way to help explain the game back story better but it was also a way to add perceived value to the game, and reduce piracy - the thinking being that people would pay more and pirates would think they were missing out on important stuff if they did’t have the full package, though I’m not convinced by that. Q: How much of what you and Jeremy learned from Thrust did you carry forward into Exile? A: With Thrust, Jeremy showed that implementing physics well - gravity, thrusting, multi-body mechanics - was actually rewarding for the player; it was pleasing just to fly around. We were both interested in physics so that had to be a big part of Exile, and a lot of time was spent getting the physics engine right - all the acceleration rates, gravity, impacts, wind forces, floating, etc work in balance and to feel ok but coded with very little memory. Q: Were there any interesting alien life forms that you prototyped but had to cut? A: There were a few but the details are lost to me by the passing of time. Most memorable now was a dog - which was to be the player’s faithful companion, helping out as best he could. He was included from the beginning as it came over from an unfinished game I was doing before Exile called “Wizard’s Walk” - a wizard travelling down a long pretty cave populated by hazards. The dog used too much RAM for its graphics in Exile - it needed extra frames due to walking up diagonals. It also had to be indestructible, and manage to get around the map as well as the player or the game wouldn’t work, so it ended up being removed and we put in Fluffy which was small alien bundle of pixels and trivial code to control. Q: Some game reviews show screenshots that are clearly from a different game map. Were review copies sent out that were radically different or were these more likely pictures from earlier prototype builds? A: I don’t recall any wrong maps being reviewed. Perhaps on the Amiga version? The BBC Micro Exile game map was generated by a tiny algorithm to produce the straight tunnels, a scattering of caverns, some individual tiles and areas that could be hand-defined (like for the top ship, the top underground base, Triax’s lab, various doors, etc. The map code was fixed in stone at a very early stage because changing it would have meant repopulating the entire game. Q: The manual quite bluntly tells players that it’s a game which requires thought. Where you worried that people wouldn’t “get it”? A: Exile was hard to play in parts and required people to use their brains in some places to solve the natural puzzles. That wasn’t the way games were back then - most were short duration entertainment requiring little thought. We designed Exile as the sort of game we wanted to play, hoped others would accept it, but knew if they got stuck they could ask their friends or get advice from one of the games magazines. It isn’t a “levels game” where you just shoot your way through and collect stars, it was more like a movie - one big adventure. It was also more difficult than it should have been partly due to the limitations and efficiencies of the physics engine and shared general purpose code between many creatures. Many people didn’t complete Exile, or even get as far as the excitement of destroying the maggot machine, the earthquake and the flooding caverns, but I like to think they still got value for money. It’s hard to balance a game for all abilities when the resources are so tight and trying not to allow dead ends in progress were the player to have inadvertently wasted all the required resources to overcome upcoming obstacles, but in retrospect perhaps some things should have been easier. Q: The purple, vertical blast door near the start has a gap at the top which can be flown through, with enough time and patience. Did you know about it when the game shipped, but decided it wasn't a big enough game-breaker to fix? A: There were many such collision “features” - a side effect of a general purpose physics engine with limited resources to prevent special cases. Anyway, quantum tunnelling happens in physics, so surely that’s fine! Q: Are there any (other) bugs in the game which you look back on now and think “ah, if only we could patch it!”? A: There were many of what I call “features” rather than bugs in Exile and I think we knew about most of the ways things could go wrong but had no spare RAM to fix. My favourite one was, with your back to a vertical door, holding something, suddenly turning around while thrusting forward and do a throw - the thrown object can usually be made to appear on the other side of the door to you. Sometimes you could use a similar system to get yourself through! There were so many things to balance - like the relationship between the speed of a firer, the speed and dimensions of bullets and the thickness of doors, otherwise they could tunnel through the door or bullets hit the firer. Q: Did it bother you that the published solutions made use of physics/engine glitches to get the coronium rocks out of the eastern area, instead of the 'correct' solution which involves creating additional coronium by luring slimes through a piece of solid rock, converting them to yellow balls, then passing them through the underwater structure containing red blobs to the west of the windy shaft? A: No, I’m not really bothered about players making use of things they found. Exile is about exploration and experiment, so finding shortcuts, even if relying on “features” is still in that spirit. We wanted several ways to do many of the puzzles anyway, and the eastern tunnels were meant to be a natural area uncorrupted yet by Triax, where the player could experiment to discover the tools they would need in the western caves. This probably didn’t come across to the player. Also some of the puzzles were a bit contrived I suppose - nevertheless rewarding if you solved them. Q: Which version of the game do you consider definitive? A: The BBC micro version was the most definitive. It was the first and a genuine struggle to make happen at all, and I believe took that platform to its limits. I hated the Electron version - there was no way to avoid having a border of white noise (ie code) around the game view - buyers must have been so forgiving. Q: We are aware of the tragic circumstances around Jeremy’s death. Was a sequel planned before he died? A: From fading memory, I think we were still working on bits and pieces with the original game - like an Amiga CD 32 console game, and we had tried to get publishers interested in a Sega Mega Drive version but the console market was very controlled, with publishers taking few risks on unconventional product due to the costs of making the expensive ROM cartridges. You almost had to have a working game already on the platform to be considered seriously and with development systems hard to come we didn’t have the funds to make that happen ourselves. There were some explorations into making use of the code for a new game but nothing solid. Q: You had a version of the game planned for iOS and Android back in 2010. Are we correct to assume that that project has been discontinued? A: No, it is my intention that this should still happen. It’s difficult to know how non-retro it would need to be to have any measure of success against todays effects-driven offerings, though computer gaming is a broad church. Q: If the mobile project had gone ahead, would there have been any fundamental changes to the game? A: The first release would be very familiar, but enhanced in details, the plot cleaned up - more obvious - and easier to play. The control system on a touch screen can’t depend on the zillion keys that Exile required either! I don’t think it should stray too far from the original fundamentally as the audience would include fans of the originals; but sequels could go much further.  

Going Deeper Who is the wisest person you know and what are they like? Read Psalm 90 together. What observations, insights or questions do you have about this passage? C.S. Lewis suggests in The Screwtape Letters that Satan wants us to live in two very different times. He wants us either stuck in the past or frightful (and even fantasizing) about our future. But notice that both chronos time and kairos time are about the present moment. What time zone do you find yourself living in most often? Brainstorm together ways that you can live within both time zones that God gifts us with (e.g. shut off notifications on your phone and…?). What do you need for wisdom right now in your life? Teaching Notes“...I will give you a wise and discerning heart...” (1 Kings 3:12) “Jesus grew in stature and wisdom...” (Luke 2:52). “But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.” (Matthew 11:19) WisdomRx = Divine Insight Where do you need the wisdom of God? WisdomRx Benefit: You can live within two clocks. Clock #1: Chronos Time This is the greek word for time as seconds, minutes, hours, days. Teach us to number our number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12) Clock #2: Kairos Time This is the greek word to describe time as seasons, generations, epochs, and opportunities out of time. Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. (Colossians 4:5) The Psalmist Begins in Kairos: Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.” A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. Psalm 90:1-4 Kairos Time means that: God is sovereignI can live in freedom And in peace The Psalmist Then Switches to Chronos: Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Relent, Lord! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants. Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. Psalm 90:12-15 Chronos Time means that: God is good I can live simply And with gratitude Q: Which clock do you need to live more by? If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. James 1:5Sunday Set ListPeace Be Still- The Belonging CoO Praise The Name (Anástasis)- Hillsong WorshipDeath Was Arrested- North Point InsideOutBe sure to follow our Spotify Worship Playlist, updated weekly with the upcoming Sunday’s set!

This week, the crew goes on a treasure hunt in the outer banks for shipwrecked 80 year old scotch. Instead, they find a full 3 course meal of high-proof American whiskeys, culminating with a dessert course of envelope glue. Q: Which unlikely kitchen essentials should you bring on vacation? Learn from the crew’s mistakes. Celebrity crushes, apocalyptic ammo preferences, and the best way to cook an egg round out this hitter of an episode! 

NAKADIA on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/djnakadia - SoundCloud: @nakadia HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to NAKADIA: Q: Going through your mix shows a lot of roots. How would you describe your early days? How did you get in touch with electronic music once? A: I think my development as artist was different from most others. Most people fall in love with Electronic Music during a clubnight. That was the same for me, but I only had one night and it all stopped after that. One night in Germany in May 2002 changed my life and after I returned to Thailand there was no more Electronic Music. No record shops, no DJ friends, nobody that could inspire me, no online sets yet - I was on my own. This was the hard part. How could I develop without inspiration? I fell in love with Electronic Music on that first night, but I had no idea how many genres and sub-styles Electronic Music had. I took me 6 years and thousands of euros in records I bought wrong and that I would never play, until I finally found my style. During these years I would order vinyl online and have them sent to an address in Germany. Twice a year I would return to Europe for a tour and pick up the records - most of them where terrible and only some I could use. I always tried to play Techno, but the clubs that booked me didn’t like it, so I had to start easy for them - mostly funky - and build my way up to bring people to Techno. It was 2008 when I finally cut off all the “uncool" bookings and only accepted gigs where I could play my sound. For my “How I Met The Bass” set I went through my vinyl of the first years and found some records that I loved playing between 2003 and 2006. Q: During Corona you spent your time at home in Berlin. What did you do since the lockdown and how bright do you look into the future? A: For me it was a great time to finally be at home for a while. I was never really home in Berlin for the past 18 years and now I had time to work in the studio and learn more about my equipment. I also did a lot of live streams and learned german. I look into a great future and I believe we will have better parties once this is all over. People will hopefully appreciate parties more and I have gained thousands of new fans with my live streams, so I can’t wait to be back on tour. This health crisis made me more healthy than ever! I finally could sleep normal sleeping hours and didn’t drink any alcohol for 14 weeks. I am now fit for the next 18 years! Q: Which projects are you currently working on and what can we expect from you soon? A: I have many releases ready to go out now. There will be EPs and remixes coming on a regular basis on labels like Set About, Codex and Kraftek. And I hope to be back on tour again from August. Things are looking quite good right now, so let’s hope the virus will continue to disappear everywhere. It’s about time to get back to our lives again.

OST & KJEX on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/OstKjex - SoundCloud: @ostkjex HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS TO OST & KJEX: Q: Nice having you on the series. How did you guys meet once? A: We met through skateboarding in high school and eventually started a band. We played death metal for many years. Q: Talking about your mix - how did these tracks have an impact on your common doings? A: Many of them have made a huge impact, I would say. The mix comes in three parts. First there is a section of tunes we grew up with in the 1980’s. In the 1980’s we got cable-TV in our area and with it Sky Channel, Sky Trax and the whole of the British electronic Pop explosion into our living rooms. A common thing to do after school would be to hang around at some friends house, looking for candy and looking at music videos. I think this period explains why we came to be so attracted to Electronic Music later in our lives. The second part is from 1995-1998, when we fell in love with the Electronic Music of that time. Some wonderful tunes in there by Scorn, The Black Dog, LFO etc. It made a huge impact. Finishing off is a house mix, with some of the tunes and artists that really got us hooked on House Music. Some of these playful tunes by Motorbass, Herbert, Nôze, Markus Nikolai etc, inspired us a lot. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: Indeed. This autumn / winter we will release a compilation featuring our friends in the Oslo scene. Coming out on our own Snick Snack Music. Really looking forward to that one as there is a lot of talent and creativity here. We hope the compilation will help shed some light on the whole situation. Also we are going to start recording a new album, within the year. Thanks for having us.

It’s another potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about mobile first development, ES6 arrow functions, Deno.js, tips for refactoring your code, best e-commerce platforms and more! LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Show Notes 02:50 - Q: Wondering about your take on mobile first design and implementation? Do you throw the desktop styles or the mobile styles in media queries? Any opinions about that? I’m switching a lot between projects that do it differently, and it really makes my head melt. 08:24 - Q: What is the difference between the ES6 arrow functions and a normal function? When would you use a normal function instead of an arrow function or the other way around? 13:54 - Q: What are your opinions or experiences on developing 360/VR experiences on the web? There are a few frameworks out there for building such experiences, like A-Frame and React 360. I was wondering if you had any experience using such frameworks or building these types of things, and do you think that this could become a big thing for web development in the future? 19:02 - Q: How do you define senior developer? What is the difference between intermediate and senior developers? 21:37 - Q: I was curious knowing your opinions regarding json:api and its consumption in React. Is it still a good pick compared to GraphQL or normal rest/json? 27:30 - Q: What’s your take on Blitz.js and RedwoodJS? Would you use a framework like this to build a large & scalable web app? 30:54 - Q: What do you think of Deno.js reaching version 1.0? Is it really going to be a Node successor, or is that just marketing hype? 34:34 - Q: When you are looking to refactor code, do you have a process you like to follow? 41:35 - Q: Which technology stack would you choose in 2020 for an e-commerce website and why? 46:32 - Q: I’m confused about developing a website for a client. I feel like most, if not all, clients want to take administrative control at the end of the project to be able to handle things themselves. Does this mean the only option for client projects is WordPress? I got really excited about making a client’s site in Gatsby, but they would need to be a coder to be able to edit the content of the site or maintain it. Am I missing something here? 49:52 - Q: How do I use prop types to check a component when getting the props from context instead of passing them down? 51:51 - Q: Should I use the mongoDB or mongoose node module in my project? What are the differences? 55:48 - Q: Is it a bad practice if I mix up React Bootstrap and Material UI in one React project? Links gqless Prisma The Blitz.js Manifesto (A New Fullstack React Framework) Begin Shopify Snipcart Magento Sanity Gatsby Syntax 157: Hasty Treat - What is a Headless CMS? @dog_rates Wondery - Joe Exotic ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Jackbox Games - Murder Party Two Wes: Tiger King Shameless Plugs Scott: Custom React Hooks - Currently 50% off! - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for an additional 10% off! Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

This mix contains two parts: 1st hour: DJ Chus 2nd hour: Pablo Ceballos ======================= CHUS & CEBALLOS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/chusceballos - SoundCloud: @chusceballos HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to CHUS & CEBALLOS: Q: So you guys tell your story separately how you met the bass once. But how did you meet each other, and how did you manage to combine both roots for a joint project? A: We met in Madrid, our home town, over 22 years ago, time flies! Pablo was a young producer and used to bring me his first demos to the night club, where I (Chus) was the resident DJ. Two years after we had the chance to met in person for the first time, there was the coincidence that we quit working with our old studio partners, and we decided to gave us a try. Our musical backgrounds were different as you can listen to on these mixtapes, but from the very first moment in the studio, the magic happened. Some of the top record labels in the world at that moment were right away interested in releasing our music, labels such as Black Vinyl, Hooj Choons, NRK, Yoshitoshi, Shinichi, Nervous Records or Twisted America, to name but a few. We can say that we couldn't expect such a fantastic welcome to what we called the 'Iberican Sound' and here we are 20 years later! Q: Corona crisis is currently hitting us all hard, everyone in a different but also same way. How do you spend your days at the moment? A: We have our studios at home, that's a blessing on these quarantine times. We try to follow a daily routine, working a lot in new music and collaboration projects for our label Stereo Productions and also other ones but without forgetting our mental and physical health. Meditating and exercising every day, trying to be as healthy as possible. Communicating with the people we love, family, and friends has been crucial these days. The only way to go over all of this is together as a community. The music industry needs to go back on its feet as soon as this nightmare ends. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: We are taking advantage of these no-traveling days, making a lot of music, and focusing on our upcoming album. As soon as these exceptional times end, we'll be back on track, to continue celebrating the 20th anniversary of Chus & Ceballos and Stereo Productions. We started in our home town Madrid then visit Chile and Costa Rica. We hope to begin traveling soon and visit Miami, New York, Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vegas, Barcelona, Mexico, Athens, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo to complete the STEREO2020 Tour. We are also working on a TV documentary and an extraordinary music release and many other surprises to celebrate this great 20 years together, stay tuned.

DRUNKEN KONG on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/DRUNKENKONG - SoundCloud: @drunkenkongjp HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to DRUNKEN KONG Q: Talking about your mix. How did you come to the "bass", to Techno once? A: Growing up in Tokyo in the 90`s when the rave boom came, we were exposed to all sorts of electronic music. From Techno, House, Ambient, Goa Trance, Electronic Rock, everything was just mixed up. Genres didn't matter at the time, good music was good music. The parties here would be a mix of different styles of dance music. From Techno, Goa Trance, Tribal live performances, many style were just mixed throughout the party. This mix takes a bit from these styles. Music that was just something new and influential to us. Q: From Japan to the world. What are your favorite places to play your music on the planet? A: Thats a tough question. We always find every place to be special. Each country, region, city have their own vibe and to us, it's all about this. Every place is a favorite to us! Q: Which future projects are on the way? What to expect in 2020? A: We just released our album from Tronic "Where We Start". We have a collab EP with Misstress Barbara coming up in April on Octopus Recordings and a remix work we worked on with Christian Smith for Tronic. We also had a chance to do some remix works. More info coming soon!

ROBIN SCHELLENBERG on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/robinschellenbergmusic - SoundCloud: @robinschellenberg HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to ROBIN SCHELLENBERG: Q: Talking about your mix: How did these tracks have an impact on your career? A: This mix is full of music that shaped my understanding of melodic techno. The youngest track in the mix is 10 years old! It‘s from Stimming, one of the most influential acts in my early days. Extrawelt opened my mind with their album from 2008. I had great dances to those songs, floating over the dance floor. I played them really often in my sets back then. The grinding sound of a young Bodzin and Holden’s epic remix „The Sky Was Pink”, defined my perception of a certain aesthetics in Melodic Techno. The opening track in this mix is aswell the oldest one. It´s a King Crimson song from 1969, which still drives me nuts when i hear it. Q: From Berlins roof Klunkerkranich to the best clubs and labels on the planet. How did you get connected with the electronic music scene? A: I started with turntables and Hip-Hop around 20 years ago. Really low profile, more or less just for me. When I came to Berlin 17 years ago, I wasn’t quite in contact with Techno music yet. I had some Progressive Rock projects and a Hip-Hop live band. I was also producing Hip-Hop beats and step by step I came closer to French House. Almost 12 years ago I met my partner in crime, Dorle. My Electronic and Techno adventure started with her. I was quite lucky to bump into a really adorable group of people as a very young guy. They became quite quickly kind of my family and with them I started to explore this crazy world of four-on-the-floor. My love for this music has never stopped since then. After a long break, not making music for years, I started 2019 my new project, with my real name. In 2019 I released music for Stil Vor Talent, Rebellion Der Träumer, Mono Noise, Chapter 24 and many more. Q: Which exciting projects are on the way? A: I’m really happy to be part of this podcast family now! Another podcast, with a more modern track selection will come out by the end of March. Very new is as well a solo remix for Panik Pop that was released 13th of March. It's a dancefloor uptempo tune. I´m also working on new music/remixes with my production partner Vruno, to be released by Kamai Music – the label that I co-founded with Jacob Groening, Zigan Aldi & the beloved Bonfante in 2018. I’m also really excited about my next appearances at Stil Vor Talent in April and June: it will be a collaboration with Rauschhaus and my other studio partner (and kind of brother) Daniele Di Martino. We've been chosen by Oli Koletzki for his upcoming 15 years birthday compilation. More remixes for different artists are coming up and I’m looking also forward to my first joint release with Vruno at Get Physical this summer.

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FRANCESCA LOMBARDO on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/francescalombardoofficial - SoundCloud: @francesca-lombardo HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to FRANCESCA LOMBARDO: Q: How did you first get in touch with electronic music? A: I was introduced to electronic music by my uncle on our road trips to Germany from Italy. He used to collect tapes for the trip prior to departure and lecture me and my cousin about the music he would play us and it's origin. Those moments I will never forget and when I listen to those albums he played it still reminds of those car trips like I was there. Q: Let's talk about your mix. What do these tracks mean to you? A: These tracks reminds me of my childhood and some of them are there because my mum or my family used to listen to them. They shaped my musical taste whether I wanted it or not. Some of them came in my life later when I had already left home. However they are all still in my heart and give me a little shiver of memory when I listen to them. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: I have my album closure this year with a great remix package including legends 808 State and The Orb on my latest single “Call Me Wrong”. I also have a couple of collaborations with one of my favourite producer Hannes Bieger coming out in the next couple of months. More to be announced but taking a short break in between to focus on life and new music creations. I also am really excited about the upcoming releases on both my labels Echolette and Echoe this coming year.

VAMOS ART on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/VamosArtMusic - SoundCloud: @vamos-art HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to VAMOS ART: Q: How did you guys meet and what was the motor doing electronic music together? A: We got to know each other early in childhood during drum lessons. Later we met again at the same parties we attended and where we played music together. The motor doing electronic music is until today the love for the music and especially electronic music like Techno. Q: Talking about your mix: What do these tracks especially mean to you? A: We combine the tracks in our mix with cool club evenings and wild after parties. They have always accompanied us and laid the foundation for which music we particularly like today and how we build our DJ sets. Q: Which future projects are coming later this year? A: We are currently working on new tracks in our studio that will be released this year. We are looking forward to our next gigs in Cologne, Berlin, Stuttgart and Hamburg. We also can’t wait to play at some great festivals this summer. Stay tuned!

We’re less than one week away from Super Tuesday!  In today’s episode, Sara and Misasha talk about why the primaries are so important and why your vote matters, especially this election year! They will also cover what the deal is with Super Tuesday, what happened in Iowa and why that matters, and take a look at what the primaries really mean for our Presidential election. Listen and learn during this informative Q&A session laced with Sara and Misasha’s punchy commentary! Show Highlights: Q: When does primary season begin and how long is it? A: Voting began February 3rd with the Iowa caucuses. The last states vote in early June. Primary season lasts approximately 4 months.   Q: Who will I be voting for in the primaries? A: The primaries are the main event. Candidates for the Democratic and Republican 2020 Presidential nominations, but voters will find all manner of down-ballot elections to consider on primary day. Down ballot means everything that is not the Presidential nomination, including house and senate races, and seats on the state legislature.   Q: What’s the difference between primaries and caucuses? A: Primaries are relatively straight-forward. Voters vote and their vote goes to candidates who hope they get more votes than the other candidates. Caucuses, like Iowa, are similar. Generally, supporters for various candidates sit or stand together in groups. A headcount is conducted, and if a candidate doesn’t reach a certain threshold of support, the group is deemed non-viable and its members re-align with other clusters before a final count is made.    Q: Can states actually cancel their primaries? A: Yes, they can and some states did this year. Alaska, Nevada, Kansas, Virginia, Arizona, South Carolina, and Hawaii canceled the Republican primaries only.   Q: Is there a Republican Presidential primary and opponents running against President Trump? A: Yes. In most states, President Trump’s opponents include Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman and William F. Weld, a former Massachusetts Governor.   Q: Can you vote in both the Democratic and Republican primary? A: It’s just one vote, per person. In some states with “Closed primaries”, you’ll need to be registered with a given party to participate.   Q: Can Trump be re-elected President even after getting impeached by the House? A: That is his plan. President Trump is the first impeached President ever to seek re-election.   Q: Why do we keep hearing that Iowa is so important? A: Iowa goes first and has since the 1970s. There’s really no great reason why Iowa goes first, although some of the Vietnam war protests and racial tensions of the 1968 Democratic convention helped set the stage.    Q: What is Super Tuesday? A: Super Tuesday is March 3rd, and is the single most important day on the primary calendar because of how many major states will be holding their elections, including two very large states, California and Texas. About 40% of all pledged Democratic delegates will be awarded in these states. Misasha goes into greater detail here about how the delegate fight gets more serious!   Q: When did Super Tuesday become a thing? A: Voting on that day of the week is an old tradition in the United States, but it wasn’t until the 1976 election that was credited with leading to the first recorded usage of that particular phrase. Sara shares the backstory of the when and the why!   Q: How does someone win the Democratic nomination? A:  A candidate hoping to win on the first ballot at the convention must secure a majority of pledged delegates, as dictated by the outcomes in state primaries and caucuses. In total, there are just under 4,000 pledged delegates up for grabs, as well as hundreds of super delegates, though the party prefers to call them “automatic” delegates. The official nomination will take place at the party’s convention in Milwaukee this summer.   Q: What are delegates? A: There are two different types. Delegates, “the people”, are like political figures: activists and local leaders chosen to represent their states at the party’s convention. Delegates, “the numbers”, are the all-purpose metric of primary success. They are allocated proportionately according to the state voting results and their population.   Q: What are super delegates? Didn’t they get rid of those? A: Democratic super delegates are political insiders. They can be sitting lawmakers to former senior party officials whose primary choices can be divorced entirely from the preference of the average voter. Super delegates can vote as they choose and their very existence in 2016 became a source of major tension in the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. While Mrs. Clinton bested Mr. Sanders among pledged delegates in 2016, Mr. Sanders and his supporters saw the super delegates system as an affront to the democratic process. In response, the Democratic National Committee has sharply reduced the influence of super delegates, effectively preventing them from participating in a substantial way in the first ballot of a Presidential nominee process.     Q: Are there any history makers in the Presidential election? A: Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Klobuchar, or Representative Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii would be the first woman elected President. Mr. Buttigieg would be the first openly-gay President to hold the office, and Mr. Sanders or Mr. Bloomberg would be the first Jewish President elected. A few of them would also be the oldest President ever inaugurated for a first term.   Q: Which party has done better at fund-raising so far? A: Trump entered 2020 with more than 100 million dollars in cash on hand, and he outpaced every Democrat with 46 million in the 4th quarter of 2019. But, contenders for the Democratic nomination have accusatively surpassed Trump’s totals, suggesting pretty good enthusiasm.   Q: Does my vote in the primaries matter? A: YES!! Although the piecemeal nature of the state-by-state calendar might make the process seem less exciting, the primaries really do resolve the nontrivial matter of choosing major party nominees and also all of the down-ballot stuff.   Q: Is it ok for me to skip voting in the primaries and just vote in the general election? A: It’s allowed, of course. But the down-ballot primaries will be of significant consequence locally in many states and those are the feeder systems for our future. 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DJ ZOMBI on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/DJ-Zombi-274469459239271/ - SoundCloud: @dj-zombi HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to DJ ZOMBI: Q: Let's talk about your mix. How did these tracks influence your life, your career? A: Well, in the beginning it seemed so easy and nice to find 15 older tunes that really influenced me and mix them. But then I realised that some of this very special songs are Techno, some Pop, some Ambient and some Drum'N'Bass and basically there is no chance to put them in a nice flow. So I decided to use the soulful influencers, then my folder became more fit to mix. I can confirm that every song on this mix actually played by me at gigs and home and everywhere thousands times, it only includes those tunes that u want to wake up with, the ones that gives u goosbamps today too, the ones that are literally the soundtrack of my life. Q: You're part of a movement in your country Israel. DJ, producer, promoter. How would you describe the development of electronic music in Israel? A: I can talk really long about this one. I've been here for almost 20 years now as active DJ, Party Promoter, content manager and label. I love the israeli scene, it's a small country but extremely full with electronic music enthusiasts and talents. Since ever there been great clubs and venues here and every respected DJ was here at least ones. The main change that local scene experienced is switch from Psy Trance leading community (from 1993 till 2008) to Techno / House people nowdays. Before 2010 we have been a Psy leading country and with help of some successful talents world got to know that we are great at other electronic genres as well. I'm happy to be one of this first ambassadors too, with my Weekend Heroes project we been one of first Israeli Techno/House acts to travel the world. Q: Which future projects are coming on your label Beat Boutique and which exciting news can we expect for DJ Zombi? A: I've been working too much solo in the studio since last 16 months and thats why many exciting things happening now. I have currently Top 5 Electronica record "Broken" released on Guy J's avant grade label Armadillo and my upcoming releases coming on Anjunadeep, Replug, Sudbeat and my own Beat Boutique of course, so as you see all good in the Hood. 2020 must be a good year, I'm very positive about that!

YUBIK on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/yubikmusic - SoundCloud: @yubik HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to YUBIK: Q: Tell us more about your mix please. How did these pearls find the way to your ears once? A: Deep waves are the basic structure of a song. It is only through them that the musical work of art finds its perfection. Over time, some of these works of art will accompany you and broaden your musical horizons. While some songs give me inspiration to work on my own songs, others help me relax and offer me the contrast in order to feel free and make room for new thoughts. For this reason I tried to find a mix of the dynamic range between slow and fast. The people around you and the places where you are play a big role in answering the question of how these special pearls made it into my set. Isn't it always the case that the music that stays in your head is always connected to something? For example: a feeling or a memory, a past moment, it can be anything. So everyone tells their own story. And that's mine. Q: Would you still play some of them inside your sets? A: Most of these songs are well suited for a spherical warm up set. So if the situation is right, why not. Q: Which future Yubik projects are currently in the making? A: I am currently working intensively in the studio. There is still a new release on the label "Atlant" in the first quarter and I am sure that 2020 will still provide some surprises. With this in mind, thank you to Marc DePulse for the opportunity to be part of this wonderful format.

DOMINIK EULBERG on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/dominik.eulberg - SoundCloud: @dominik-eulberg HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to DOMINIK EULBERG: Q: From bird sounds to early rave classic - how did you meet the bass, Dominik? A: I was asked to create a mix with the music which socialized me. Music did not interest me in my childhood. Nature was my music: the rustling of leaves, the splashing of streams, the chirping of grasshoppers and of course the opulent concert of birds. The melancholy piping of the blackbird was my first earworm. Only the electronic music aroused my deep interest, fascinated me with a research-driven curiosity. In 1993 I started DJing. To capture both of my great sources of inspiration, I've decided to create a two-hour melange of my favorite bird songs and my favorite picks from 1993 and 1994. Q: You´re travelling all over the planet for about two decades yet. How do you manage your stressful tourlife and calming down the weekdays after so many years? A: Nature is not only my great source of inspiration, but also an inexhaustible source of energy to recharge my batteries. Therefore I live in her, directly on a wonderful nature reserve. For me nature is the easiest, healthiest and most cost-effective way to happiness. I only need binoculars to broaden my horizons. So I can immerge in the contemplative experience of nature for hours and get into deep resonance with our true home. Q: Which future Eulberg projects are on the way - what are you currently working on? A: I’m writing a sensitization for nature book for the renowned Fischer Verlag, creating a photo book with insect focus-stacking macros, working on a butterfly card game, creating Remix-EPs for my current album Mannigfaltig, working on the soundtrack for a cinema nature-documentary, designing a bat sound installation with the Chaos Computer Club and produce a new EP. TRACKLIST: 1. Aphex Twin - On - Warp Records - 1993 2. Amsel - Blackbird - Turdus merula 3. CJ Bolland - Con Spirito - R&S Records - 1995 4. Singdrossel - Song trush - Turdus philomelos 5. Teste - The Wipe (5am Synaptic) - Plus 8 Records - 1992 6. Rohrdommel - Bittern - Botaurus stellaris 7. Marmion - Schöneberg — Superstition - 1993 8. Kiebitz - Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus 9. Tata Box Inhibitors - Plasmids (Placid Mix) - Touché - 1994 10. Nachtigall - Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos 11. Vapourspace ‎-- Gravitational Arch Of 10 - Plus 8 Records - 1993 12. Blaukehlchen - Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica 13. Pete Lazonby - Sacred Cercles - Brainaik Records - 1994 14. Zaunkönig - Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes 15. X-313 - Spectra (Hardsignal Treatment) - Generator Records - 1994 16. Ziegenmelker - Nightjar - Caprimulgus europaeus 17. Drax - Amphetamine - Oscillator - 1994 18. Wiedehopf - Hoopoe - Upupa epops 19. Emmanuel Top - Acid Phase - Attack Records -1994 20. Uhu - Eagle owl - Bubo bubo 21. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar ( DJ Kid Paul Mix) - Eye Q Records - 1993 22. Buchfink - Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs 23. Cygnus X - Orange Theme - Eye Q Records -1994 24. Wachtelkönig - Corncrake - Crex crex 25. Trancesetters - Drive - Touché - 1994 26. Gartenrotschwanz - Common redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27. Acid Jesus - Radium - Klang Elektronik -1994 28. Drosselrohrsänger - Great reed warbler - Acrocephalus arundinaceus 29. Cold - Strobe Light Network - Thule Records - 1995 30. Pirol - Golden oriole - Oriolus oriolus

TONY CASANOVA on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/tonycasanova.page - SoundCloud: @casanova_tony HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to TONY CASANOVA: Q: From early 1980s sounds to the 1990s to Trance and all the way around. How did you get infected with electronic music? A: When I first bought the "Club Rotation" and "Future Trance" CD’s together with my buddy Conny. I think it was at the age of 12 at this time. That's when I started dreaming of becoming a DJ myself. And then, at the age of 16, I actually started making music. Q: Do you still play some of those tracks in your DJ sets? A: "Beatbox Rocker" and "Flat Beat" always work! Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: Currently I'm working a lot on my new live set and I'm also preparing for some new projects that will come in the new year. So you can stay curious!

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TONE DEPTH on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/tonedepthofficial - SoundCloud: @tone-depth HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to TONE DEPTH: Q: Talking about your mix: how did these tracks shape your career? A: First of all thanks for inviting me, it was a fun mix to do and was quite the retrospective. This mix was a trip back through time for me. Many of the pieces here inspired me to create my own music from a young age, as well as been the soundtrack to integral moments in my life. I’ve played guitar since the age of 11. In my teenage years I spent a lot of time in rock bands, but eventually wasn’t satisfied as the music I was listening to incorporate so many other unworldly elements that couldn’t be achieved with traditional instruments. Most of the music in this mix was material that inspired me to explore beyond my instrument (guitar) and discover the land of synthesizers and samplers to create what I was hearing in my head. So I would say that these tracks are songs that I would still listen to today and are the original pieces that gave me a sense of wonder to discover creating music by myself with technology. These pieces started me off on a journey that will continue for the rest of my life. Q: What do these tracks still mean to you today and would you play some of them in your DJ sets? A: These tracks all mean a lot to me in many different ways. On a personal level each track will trigger memories of times and places in my life that are important to me. Some memories are great and others not, so these songs have the ability to trigger strong emotions for me. Some songs for me are difficult to listen to because they got me through some bad times and as much as I love the song, it reminds me of those moments and can almost bring me to tears. But mostly even those songs will eventually put a smile on my face because they resonate with me so deeply that it’s like being in the presence of a long lost friend. I would definitely play some of these in my sets and after doing this mix it inspired me to do some re-edits for my sets in future. So when I have some free time I’ll experiment with that a bit. Q: Which future projects are in the making? A: At the moment my studio schedule is locked down with remixes until the end of the year. I’ve been mostly doing that for now and have a remix of Dance Spirit coming out on Dreaming Awake in December which will be my last release of 2019. After those are done I’ll be finishing up a body of work of originals for my 2020 release schedule so I’m excited to spend my time between touring in studio.

HANNES BIEGER on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/hannesbieger - SoundCloud: @hannesbieger HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to HANNES BIEGER: Q: Talking about your mix: How did these super early tracks shape your career and how did you find your way into Electronic Music once? A: Of course you are not aware of this at the moment, but in hindsight you begin to see the common thread. I think there is a straight line in my mix, leading from the first track into the last one. Like probably anyone, I had to leave out a lot of stuff – the dead end streets and side roads. But I think my mix reflects very well my musical journey from my younger self, sitting whole afternoons in front of the record player at six years old, flipping my father’s Pink Floyd and Beatles vinyls over and over again – until today, looking back on a long career as a musician, mix engineer and producer already. Take „Cirrus Minor“ by Pink Floyd, the first track of my mix. At first glance it’s an acoustic guitar ballad, but then you notice the several layers of bird sound tape loops in the intro, how they open up the reverb send on the first line of the chorus, and the way they used the organ, which later seamlessly transitioned into using synthesizers. To me, in a way, this is electronic music already – and although I could not put my finger on all the details yet when I was 6, I definitely noticed there was something special about the sound of these records. At 10 I started playing electric guitar, and from the beginning I was just as interested in the way it sounded, as I was into what I was playing. This was inseparable for me practically since day one. [read full answer on our Facebook page] Q: Besides playing as a live-act you are mastering and mix enginieer, producer, teacher. A musician all over. How would you describe your place in the electronic music world? A: Well, this sums it up nicely already. And ultimately I think it’s up to others to answer this question. I have been wearing so many different hats in the 20 years I am doing this now that I’d like to think I have adopted a fairly holistic view of things. I think ultimately my goal is to try and make music that can stand the test of time. The wheel is turning so fast these days. Maybe I’m not so much the guy to produce DJ tools, I always aim for something that is more of a song, a story, a journey. It is important for me to point out that I am still learning and searching, trying to develop. The more you know, the more you know what you don’t know. There still is a universe out there waiting to be explored. For years I have tried to avoid becoming part of a certain scene, being pinned down to a narrow section of what I was doing. I guess I can say that I am really feeling at home now with the labels I am affiliated with, with the artist I collaborate with etc. – and I am proud to be part of a scene that is open, inclusive and international, happy to feel the unifying force of music every day. Q: Which exciting projects are you currently working on? A: I am further developing my live set, and I have just completed a couple releases slated for 2020, including my first full album I am releasing as „Hannes Bieger“ – it’s coming in spring on Awesome Soundwave, a fairly new label run by Carl Cox and Christopher Coe. It’s a bit more experimental than my latest releases, and I can’t wait to share it. The only vocalist featured on the album is Ursula Rucker. I have been admiring her for many, many years, and the first track where I ever heard her voice is also included in this mix: „Loveless“ by 4hero. There is a story coming full circle here, over 20 years after this record came out I am fortunate enough to finally also work with her!

SOUKIE&WINDISH on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/soukiewindish - SoundCloud: @soukie-windish HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to SOUKIE&WINDISH: Q: Going tru your mix shows a lot of pearls. How did these early tracks have an impact on your career? A: Back in the days we were listening to these tracks over and over again. Tracks that really melted in your inner musical system. We think that this shaped also the way we started to produce music. You see the variety of taste in here and this is what we still stand for. We are not trademark DJs or producers, we deliver sophisticated electronic music of all genres in our sets and productions. Q: Do you still play them in your DJ-sets and if so, how´s the reaction of the crowd? A: Yes we do this more and more these days. It is nice to prepare your next sets not by buying more new stuff every week, but to dig in your crates and find these beloved tunes that we have played ages ago, when we were starting our career as DJs in Bars and on private housewarming parties. The interesting thing is, that most of the tunes are new for crowd again. This is what give us now the first time of our career and elderly advantage. Good DJs are like good red wine, the older the better. Q: Which future projects are on the way and where will you guys be touring next? A: The last year we took it easy and everyone was taking more care of their solo projects. Nayan with his live project Amount and Fritz as Windish. We will soon come up with new EPs and remixes. But as Fritz is running the Garbicz Festival studio time becomes sacred. We just came from some nice gigs in Beirut and Lima now we play some shows in Germany and in December we will be heading to New York.

MATHIAS SCHOBER on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/mathiasschober.showb - SoundCloud: @mathiasschober HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to MATHIAS SCHOBER: Q: Talking about your mix: How did these tracks shape your career, had an influence on your career? A: I'm not quite sure in what sense these tracks in the mix shaped my career but the most definitely influenced me in my early DJ years. I remember doing our first House parties where I DJ'd and so-called Cosmic Music was quite something for me back then. DJing for friends and friends of friends was something I enjoyed and then led to the next thing quickly which was music production. Thinking about it maybe these tracks even left some marks on my production and sense of sound design as I'm always aiming towards a more organic sounds a bit like a sampled sound aesthetic without being sampled. Q: Do you still play some of those tracks in your current DJ sets? A: Not really to be honest but I've found a lot more as I was digging through the crates and will eventually start to implement them in my sets again. Q: Which future Schober projects are on the way? A: I'm constantly working on music yet this year been a bit slow with releases. I have a few remixes finished, a new EP lined up and some more fun collaborations are underway - because I don't already have enough collabs. With my mixing work it sometimes feels I'm releasing an EP every other week although I'm not. So I gotta get my head around this and force myself to finish more of my own tracks.

NøLAH on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/nolahmusic - SoundCloud: @nolahmusic HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to NøLAH: Q: Going through your mix shows a lot of tracks which are classic but not that old yet. When and how did you start making music? A: Since childhood I have been in the world of music, although with different styles. It was not until the last year of university that I began to be interested in the musical production in the studio and not just to play. I started to make Electronic Music about 3 years ago, although when I started I didn't have very defined the style that I do now. I have always liked different styles of music and since I started until I defined my sound, it’s been about a year. Q: As you’re playing live only, how did you get started to do so? Where did the interest come from to play with hardware and not only to DJ? A: Yes, currently I only play live and I started almost at the same time that I started producing. I was very clear that the music I wanted to do I wanted to play it, in fact the composition of the music I make it thinking about the live, I usually play a lot until I get the main idea. Both, the production of Electronic Music and live have always been together, I have never imagined producing if I can play my productions, I suppose it is because I have always played in bands and did not contemplate the fact of not playing. Q: Which projects are coming soon and where do we see and hear you playing live next? A: Now I’m working on my next EP, perfecting my sound and my style with new instruments and sounds. My next live dates are in October, I will do a tour of India on the 18th in Delhi, 19 Mumbai and 20 Bangalore. I am very happy with all this.

DIRTY DOERING on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/dirtydoering - SoundCloud: @dirtydoering HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to DIRTY DOERING: Q: Talking about your mix - early Rave classics. How did these tracks influence your career? And what do they still mean to you? A: These tracks have influenced me to love Techno. When I look back, I can say it was the start of my career as a DJ. Q: Your artist name and your imprint Katermukke became a huge brand over the years. How would you describe your own development? A: I worked really hard and it has grown over years evenly. I didn’t expect it. Q: Which exciting future projects are on the way? A: I’m working on releases for 2020. So let’s see what’s coming from the lab.

LUNAR PLANE on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/lunarplane - SoundCloud: @lunarplane HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to LUNAR PLANE: Q: Talking about your mix, your roots: How did these tracks change your life? What do they still mean to you? A: These are still some of our favorite tracks that have been giving us goose bumps for over 5 years. That is when Lunar Plane was born, so these tracks had a big impact on our sound. Q: Regarding your current DJ sets, would you still mix in some of your classics? A: Yes, we do like to play some classics from time to time. They definitely spice things up! Q: Which exciting new LP projects are coming soon? A: We're currently working on around 10 original tracks, so expect to see some dance-floor killers soon.

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MEES SALOMÉ on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meesalomemusic - SoundCloud: @mees-salome HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KipBo7 3 QUESTIONS to MEES SALOMÉ: Q: Talking about your mix. How did you meet the bass once and what do these tracks mean to you? A: Meeting the bass happened over time, but it all came down to my older brother. He is an amazing musician and has always been a huge inspiration to me. I remember watching him producing music and thinking: “Wow that looks cool. One day I will be that cool”. He is the reason I downloaded my first music software. I wanted to dedicate the opening minutes to him with the title track of his debut album called ‘Wordless Poem for Fiona’. He is also the one that gifted me my first electronic album, an album by Kraak & Smaak. Think that is when I met the bass for the first time, I was 9 around the time. When I was 17 I switched from singing and playing the guitar and drum for producing. This eventually lead to me to applying for the Conservatory in Rotterdam as a producer a year later. Here I was making more breakbeat kind of music. The remix of ‘I Can’t Feel My Face’ is a track that I made during that time. But during this time I slowly started listening to more four-to-the-floor type tracks. I think that started with a pretty big obsession with Bonobo, which never went away. He still is one of my biggest examples in the electronic scene. Slowly my taste moved to the one and only Joris Voorn with his album ‘Nobody Knows’. I think this was my first real introduction to deep house music. After this I came in contact with the melodic geniuses Worakls and Bodzin. I decided to quit the conservatory around this time, because a professional career in music never felt as a possibility. Up until this point I had never made a single deep house or techno track. I clearly remember walking into the main stage tent at DGTL festival in Amsterdam. As soon as I enterend Adriatique dropped ‘Surge’ by Patrice Bäumel. I was so overwhelmed and inspired that the next day I made my very first techno track. This is when I really met the bass. With this first track I came in contact with Reinier Zonneveld and six months later my debut EP ‘Equivalence’ got released. I can say with confidence that ‘Surge’ changed my life. My second EP, ‘Ya Amar’, got released on Joris Voorns imprint Green and really launched my career. Within a year I went from meeting the bass to releasing on the imprint of one of my heroes. Who would have thought. Looking at all these tracks, there is one thing that they all have in common, which still influences all my tracks today, and that is melody and lots of emotions. Ending the set with one of the people that does it best: Ben Böhmer. I think music has the power to bring out the deepest emotions in people. Take you away for a moment, if you let it. It is a power that can be felt by every single person. To answer the question: these tracks mean everything to me. They lead me to where I am today and I couldn’t be more grateful. Q: Would you still play some of those tracks? A: At home, all the time! The second part of the set I would definitely play out in DJ sets. Q: Which future Mees Salome projects are on the way? What can we expect later this year? A: A lot! I have been working on a lot of new original music, talking to some of my favourite labels and artists. I’ve got a few great tours planned abroad. There also are some interesting and exciting plans for my podcast Distant in the making. So, lots of cool stuff coming!

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GROJ on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/grojmusic - SoundCloud: @groj HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to GROJ: Q: Talking about your roots. A lot of german Synthi-Pop/New Wave tracks are inside your mix. How did you get in touch with this kind of music and how would you describe your roots? A: Thanks for having me on this project, great concept and I loved to work on it. These are big names in my family - Kosmische Musik was always around the house and readily inculcated to anyone flipping through album covers in the living room. But children rarely like the music their parents listen to and why would these names stand out from all of the musical action of the 70-80 and 90s? My attachment is conceptual. I think German Rock had it's own mission and a different vision than what was happening at the time elsewhere. It isn’t too pushy or too snob and still very elegant and refined. The music is grounded in a feeling of home and belonging, of being back at the castle. At the same time it is very transporting, rhythmic subtleties and repetition is central to it. I learnt a lot about making techno from these guys and I’m sure I’m not the only one. Q: You´re from Grenoble, living now in Montreal/Canada (is that right?). How would you describe your development in electronic music between Europe and North America? A: That is correct. I go back and forth a lot. I love Montreal and where I come from in France. I think both continents feed off each other. While there has always been some strong artistic rivalries and misunderstandings in the past, I think both schools hold a lot of admiration for one another. Being in Montreal is great because there is a flow from both sides and you don’t need to pick a side. I think this comes through in my music as well - I try to be free-spirited, raw and open to serendipity like a North-American, and at the same time I see the value in not pissing on everything that has been done before, in preserving heritage and order like a good European artist. So the course of my development as an artist in a sense is also to unite and re-concile these two worlds. Q: Which future Groj projects are on the way? A: At the moment I’m working on an album, which is something I haven’t done for several years now. It is both a great and terrifying feeling. There will soon be a single release on microCastle which is a club cover I made of Transmission by Joy Division. A new EP on fryhide is coming soon as well.

DOCTOR DRU on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/dottoredru - SoundCloud: @doctordru HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to DOCTOR DRU: Q: Talking about your mix. How did these tracks influence your career? A: First of all, thanks for having me. It was an inspiring journey into the past. You know, I’m making music since I’m 13, so there was a lot to consider. Starting with John Coltrane was a must as he was a major influence and changed how I receive music. Then I had this Funk period in my life. I listened only to Funk and Disco music for some time. When I started playing the drums it was the groove that touched me deep in the heart. Such a relief. This transferred later into my DJ career and explains a lot of my earlier releases. Then there was Hip-Hop of course as it s close to all this funky stuff. I got deeper into electronic music where I discovered for example Move D, the seamless productions of Martin Buttrich or Moodymann, still one of my favourite artists. Tony Allen is another drummer reference. Omar's track includes Stevie as my all time hero as well as Henrik Schwarz. Pepe Bradock’s legendary Deep Burnt is a reference to my time as a resident in a beach club which got me back into DJing again. In the end you can go on for days playing all your influences but I liked the challenge to cover them in a one hour mix. It s still a tiny cut but I think, you get a feeling of where I’m coming from. Q: You're originally from Hamburg, living in Barcelona now. As a DJ you've been playing all over the world yet. Where´s the place you call "home"? A: The place I call “home” is still Hamburg. I spent there most of my life and there s a deep connection to the city with all my friends and family. But Barcelona is a nice sunny city to hang. Always smelling like gambas and weed with a dash of poo. Q: Which future projects are on the way - both Jeudi Records and Doctor Dru? A: I’ve produced a lot of tracks during winter time. Also with JEUDI there is some profound stuff on the way to be released before summer. Just follow our social media channels . It's all gonna be announced soon.

RAUSCHHAUS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/rauschhausmusic - SoundCloud: @rauschhaus HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to RAUSCHHAUS: Q: From DnB to Trash to House and Electro. How would you describe your roots in a few words? A: To me Electronic Music was only connected to parties and dancing way before I started to make it by myself. From 1998 - 2010 I only focused on Hiphop, produced beats and wrote the lyrics. But beside that I always loved to dance to Jungle Music and Drum And Bass, had some Happy Hardcore tapes and loved to listen to The Prodigy, Pendulum, Noisia and acts like that. It was a slow process as I lost the connection to rap and started to plunge into the universe of Electronic Music. I soaked it all in and got to know all the different genres and their characteristics. While listening and comparing I started my own projects and was immediately hooked by all the possibilities and new influences. I started to visit a lot of clubs and spent many nights studying tracks, how they affect people and what atmospheres they can generate. When you look at my first Rauschhaus releases you can clearly hear my musical development and where my inspiration came from. Q: What do these tracks still mean to you? And would you still play some of them? A: Each of the tracks that I've chosen has a special meaning to me and reminds me of certain places or people. I still love to hear them and it took me quite a while to find the right tracks for this podcast. Most of them won’t fit into my playlist now but while compiling I thought that it would be a good idea to put the folder on my USB Stick to be prepared for the right moment Q: Which future Rauschhaus projects are on the way? A: There are a lot of upcoming projects and I was really busy during the last months. I will release an EP on ICONYC, collaborate with Mango Alley again and will put out two tracks on Parquet. Beside that I continued to collaborate with my buddies Peter Groskreutz and Peer Kusiv and we finished a few amazing tracks together. You can expect a lot of new music soon and I am already planning new projects for the second half of the year.

LUIS ROSENBERG on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/rosenbergluis - SoundCloud: @luisrosenberg HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to LUIS ROSENBERG: Q: Talking about your mix, your roots: how did these tracks have an impact on your later doings? A: My father grew up in the 1960s and collected a lot of vinyls from this time. When I was young, he was often playing albums from Bob Dylan, Petty Smith, Frank Zappa, J.J. Cale etc. and translated the lyrics for me. I had to include at least one track of those artists because thats really where it all began. Following the tradition of my father I started to collect vinyls myself. In the beginning random things that had a nice cover and were pressed on vinyl and later on more hip hop and electronic stuff. I'm still listening to music from the 60s and 70s though and I guess this has some sort of an impact on my style. Q: Compared to the music you're now playing: would you still include one of these tracks in your current sets? A: The majority not, but some of them. When I prepared the set I found loads of cool tracks I have not listend to in ages. I'll definitely try to include them more often in future sets. Q: Which exciting Luis Rosenberg projects are coming this year? A: I'm taking it a bit slower at the moment because I'm focusing on non-music related projects. However I am going to play at a couple of festivals and I'm especially looking forward to playing in Thailand for the first time later this year.

DOLE & KOM on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/dolekom - SoundCloud: @dole-kom HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to DOLE & KOM: Q: Let´s talk about your mix. How did these tracks shape your doings? Did you find the bass both the same way? A: We picked tracks that influenced us personally as well as DJs in our early years. Dole (Tilo) comes from a more Punk Rock background and Kom (Jens) digged more Disco. Dole started DJing Breakbeat and UK Hardcore, Kom took the Chicago / Detroit route. Q: Would you still play some of them in your current DJ-sets? A: From time to time we edit different classics to spice up our sets. Lately Format – “Solid Sessions” or Paris Mitchell Project – “Ghetto Shouts”. And of course our all time favourite “Throw” by Paperclip People. Q: Which projects are coming this year? A: First we come up with a new EP on Criminal Bassline called “Beats To The West”. In Springtime 3000Grad will release our debut longplayer “Twenty Five” plus a downtempo 3-tracker on Acker Records.

MATHIAS KADEN on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/mathiaskaden - SoundCloud: @mathiaskaden HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to MATHIAS KADEN: Q: Talking about your mix, talking about your roots: What do these tracks mean to you and your development as an artist? A: These are one of the first kind of House and Dance Music Tracks I listened to when I was young. I have a big collection with all my roots on 7-inch vinyl and this is why I decided to spin my old records live instead of doing a perfect Ableton computer mix. Q: You´re touring a lot in South America, you´ve learned the spanish language. Seems that has become your 2nd home? What makes South America so special for you? A: I have to say that these days South America means a lot to me. The partys , the people, the feeling is always so great that I would love to play every weekend there. A few months ago I started to learn spanish because of the interest and also it's super helpful while I'm traveling inside South America. I´m flying over every 2 months, so I would say it became my second home for sure! Q: Which future Kaden projects are on the way, what can we expect in 2019? A: I did plenty of new tracks from very deep to super groovy Techno. I want to open my heart to different kinds of music. Releases coming on Avotre, Pets Recordings and two other labels, but the EP's are not finished yet. I´m working also a lot for my Dub project „Mathimidori“. The next EP will be out on Ornaments with a Rhauder Remix. And a new Remix has just been released for Joel Mull on Distillery Records.

BONJOUR BEN on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/bonjourben - SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/bonjourben HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to BONJOUR BEN Q: Talking about your mix. Your roots are full of atmospheres, pads, not the usual 4/4 beat. What made this music so interesting for you? A: Thank you. HOW I MET THE BASS was the reason to try something new from the technical side of mixing. It was a lot of fun because it was the first time ever I recorded a mix with 3 different medias. I checked my first electronic tracks in my iTunes playlist, which vinyl records I ordered on decks.de or discogs.com and which fitting CD may be around too. Then I was surprised that most of my music collection was really melancholic and calm. No Techno, no Minimal, no Tech-House - even more Ambient, Electronica and Deep House. Q: You´re from the northern part of Germany. How did you get in touch with the club scene once and how does it still feel for you? A: My first experiences in clubbing in my hometown Rostock have been at MS Stubnitz, the good old JAZ and the "Machbar" events. My first gig ever was in Rostock (Club Zwischenbau) and the first events I was involved in as promoter was with the Meerblick Kollektiv. A huge experience that I won´t miss and makes me smile when I remember the good old times. On the other hand I´m living and working here for 11 years now, that has a big impact on my daily doings. And there is a lot of good things going on here. On the other hand I´m really critical with the area around here. Our world is big, colored and nice, we should never forget about that, doesnt matter where you live. Q: Which future projects and releases are coming soon? A: Besides having upcoming gigs in Tenerifa, Hamburg, Berlin and recording podcasts for different blogs I´m going to focus on becoming a more professional artist. That means becoming part of a label and an agency as all my recent things have been done on my own. On one side that will give you a lot of freedom and you´re always in direct touch with the promoters but on the other hand that becomes more and more stressful from time to time, especially when its about playing gigs outside of Germany or by having problems in handling Facebook, WhatsApp etc. I´m on the point now that I really need a helping hand and I hope that will take me further.

TIGER STRIPES on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/tigerstripesmusic - SoundCloud: @tiger-stripes - Instagram: www.instagram.com/tigerstripesmusic/ HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to TIGER STRIPES: Q: Lets talk about your mix. It´s quite much of Breakbeats in the early days. So how did you meet the bass? Yes I tried to include artist’s and styles music production that has been leading the way to how my music is sounding today. A: After listening to synth pop, new wave and Italo Disco as a 10 year old, I met the deeper bass in the end of 1980’s discovering act’s from a mixture of the Brittish and US dance scene’s. I bought every release from a series of compilations called ”Deep Heat” where act’s like S’Express and Humanoid shared vinyl with deeper US house pioneers like Mr Fingers, Joe Smooth and early Detroit techno from the likes of Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May. I was living in a tiny place but took the train to the bigger cities that had record stores selling dance music. The guy behind the desk would hand me hand me act's I’ve included in my mix, like Soul II Soul and Shamen. I moved on from this to Hip Hop being obsessed with collecting Public Enemy. I had made some dance music on the Atari we had at my school and I had some cheap synthesizers at home but with guitar as my main instrument it wasn’t until I heard Stone Roses ”Fools Gold” I found a scene that I felt I could be part of as a musician. So inspired by all the Madchester bands as well as guitar bands like My Bloody Valentine I started my own Indie band and got my first record deal. At this time I also started to DJ, keeping my love for dance music intact. I started a club night playing Northern Soul and Rare groove as a DJ and went on forward to DJ House and Techno. I was doing big club nights in Stockholm every weekend bringing in DJ’s like Kerri Chandler, François Kevorkian and DJ Deep. And this is also when I started to produce House and Techno. So yeah, things has just moved on from those days to where I am today. Q: You´re a pioneer of the modern music industry, releasing music for about 15 years yet. How would you describe your own development? A: Most of my first DJ heroes were very eclectic, mixing up soulful House tracks with Detroit Techno and throwing in some classics in the mix as well. So right from the start I was producing both electronic and organic stuff. I wanted to do everything at the same time I guess, and sometimes it got a bit confusing. But through the years my sound has melted together a little bit. I still do House but with a touch of Techno and I still do Techno but with a touch of house but everything sounds like Tiger Stripes. I feel it took me 10 years of producing until I fully understood how to produce dance music. And I actually feel I have never been better than right here, right now. Q: Which future TS projects are on the way, what can we expect for 2019? A: I never plan that far ahead and right now I have not got a single release in the pipeline. But once I have a good idea I’m a quick worker. All my best tracks are more or less made in a day or two. And I’m lucky to have some of the best labels in the world standing more or less ready to listen when I have something ready to play. I also run my own label, Strange Idols and so far I have released great music from artists like The Persuader, Markus Enochson, VONDA7 and Kristin Velvet to name a few. But I have not released an original Tiger Stripes track. So for the 10th release, SIR010, I’m planning to release a collaboration between myself and Markus Enochson. He has made some really cool sounds and recorded some top vocals and now we will put our brains together and make a full track out of it. Stay tuned!

CARLO RUETZ on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/carlo.ruetz.eu - SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/carloruetz HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to CARLO RUETZ: Q: Talking about your mix. Most of the tracks are around 5-10 years old now but your career started much earlier. Why did you choose these tracks exactly? A: I would say that I played completely different stuff early in my career. Which was not bad but just did not fit. I wanted to show my love for Minimal Techno with the mix. My roots are in this genre. Q: When you compare the development of Techno with your own rising career – how would you describe past, present and future? A: Techno remains Techno. I think in my career the Techno has not necessarily developed. It has rather mingled with other genres. My sound has matured, also what I play in clubs or at festivals. I love Minimal Techno, you can hear that in my productions too. But a little more Techno can not hurt. Q: Which future Ruetz projects are on the way? A: Oh right now there's only one release for the coming year on SensoSounds. But I still sit in the studio diligently. A live project would inspire me too. We will see.

KIKI on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/kikimusic - SoundCloud: @kikigoodvoodoo HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to KIKI: Q: Talking about your roots: how did these tracks have an impact on your career? A: Every single track here has a special personal story behind it and made an huge impact on me to become a DJ. For example Orbital: "Chimes" was the first ever techno record I bought and the Aphex Twin track in the end was from a double album I used to learn to mix Techno records after playing Hip Hop before. Or the "Happy Mondays" track I played at my very first DJ gig at a school disco. Q: You´re a real pioneer of electronic music and part of BPitch Control for almost two decades now. How would you describe your own way the past 20 years? A: A rollercoaster! It is important to look forward and to be interested in exciting new things, but at the same time to stay true to your roots. But most of all it is important to enjoy the music you make. I still get the same goose bumbs from exciting tracks like when I was 15. Q: Which future Kiki projects are on the way? A: After a long hot summer and so many great gigs, it's time to lock myself in studio now for new music.

BRETT GOULD on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/brettgouldmusic - SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/brett_gould HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to BRETT GOULD: Q: Talking about your mix: how did these tracks change your life / had an impact on your career? A: They were massive for me. I was still a teenager but my love for Electronic Music was obvious. They still influence me so much and what's amazing too find out is how those producers were influenced too. Q: Would you still play some of these tracks in your sets? A: As I play House it would be difficult to play the serious drum and bass but the 4/4 stuff would work for sure. So yes I would. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: Loads. Over the next few months I'm gigging in London, Amsterdam at ADE and Leeds. Musically my current release "Orange 92" which is on Lee Foss label Repopulate Mars is doing well. I'm just finishing some other music of for Glasgow Underground and Under No Illusion.

SAILOR & I on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/sailorandi - SoundCloud: @sailorandi HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to SAILOR & I: Q: Give us an insight of your classics selection please. A: It was very difficult to decide what songs to pick for the this mix. I still feel there was so many songs that weren't able to be featured as the mix would be a week long, or so. What I did was basically to think of songs I wanted to hear that I didn't have on my laptop or that I haven't heard in a long time. So I went online and bought the first 20 songs I could think of that I loved. I thought about the mix as a story, how to start the story and then how it would end, then the selection made sense to me and I knew how to put the tracks together. Q: Singer, songwriter, producer live-act – what would describe you and your music best and how did you met the Bass? A: Musician. I grew up in a family where no one listened to music. But once, I heard an orchestra performing on television I instantly new that this is what I’m going to do for the rest of my life. I was lucky to have parents that supported my passion, even though they weren’t able to share that passion with me, I could see that they understood the impact music had on me and the were fascinated with what music did to me . When I was about 11-12 years old I already hade a huge drum kit, bass guitar, electric guitar and different amplifiers in my boy room. These gears became an important place for me and my friends to discover and develop our passion for music. We played everything from Punk to Heavy Metal, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rage Against The Machine, you name it. This is what we did for a few years. Later on I started to play jazz and Afro-American music. Let’s say you want to learn the basics of Be-bop, then there is a lot of hours in front of you in terms of practicing scales, studying music theory, etcetera. Just to be able to be even close to practice this kind of music with other musicians. So I decided to spend the next 4-5 years dedicating my time playing Jazz standards, fusion and experimental music. Once I was out of College I was so fed up with all of this. In a school environment, where everyone is competing to be the better, faster, strongest musician playing a certain instrument, then it’s very easy to lose perspective on what you’re actually doing and why. Many of my friends ended up losing their passion for music and stopped playing. For me, I just lost the love for playing Jazz music. I still love the style, but I felt it was too infected and too much pressure to be a good guitarist, too many hours practicing scales, too few hours having fun playing with other musicians. [...] [due to text limit here on SoundCloud - please read the full answer on our Facebook page] Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: I have been working on two different albums last year, the follow up to my debut album “The Invention of Loneliness” and one neo-classical album for guitar and Chello, that I’m going to record in Hansa Studio in Berlin next month. Besides the production work for my albums I have a few collaborations in the making. I can’t tell so much about it at the moment but it will be official the coming weeks.

SECRET CINEMA on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/secretcinema.gem - SoundCloud: @secretcinema 3Q to SECRET CINEMA: Q: Tell us about your selection please! 1 The Jimmy Castor Bunch – Its Just Begun: I sampled this song in Grooveyard - Watch me Now. A track I made in 1994. The original is a great way to start this podcast. 2 Public Enemy – You Gonna Get Yours: I took the bus, subway and tram to buy this album at a record store called Tinsel Town in Rotterdam. The first Public Enemy album. 3 Schoolly D – P.S.K. What Does It Mean: There was an ’88 hip hop documentary on Dutch television called ‘Big fun in the Big Town’ about early hip-hop. It ended with Schooly D performing with a DJ using only a 909 and a turntable. The 909 became the foundation for techno and is still widely used today. 4 Meat Beat Manifesto – Radio Babylon: When I heard Meat Beat Manifesto for the first time it blew my mind. Where are these sounds coming from? Who samples like this? It triggered me to do the same, sample sample sample. 5 Bob James – Take Me To The Mardi Gras: This was one of the tracks that inspired many hip hop artists. I also sampled it in Watch Me Now. Such a solid beat and break. I have this baby on vinyl. 6 Conrad Schnitzler – Zug: I heard it for the first time at a record store owner’s home. I was always hanging out in his store and we became friends. This was synthesis as I never heard before. I still love it! 7 Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene II: You can't be into electronic music without having heard of Jean Michel Jarre. Out of this world compositions especially for that time. I listened to this in bed falling asleep many times. 8 Yello – I love You: The masters of sampling in pop music. All the greats were influenced by them. This track is off my favorite Yello album. I still play it sometimes. 9 Divine – Native Love: The first 12 inch I ever bought when I was still a child. My mom told me the woman on the cover was a transvestite. I couldn’t care less, I liked the music. This year I played it at an LGBT festival. The first record I ever bought 37 years ago. Amazing! 10 Amnesia – Ibiza: I was 16 years old at Parkzicht, Rotterdam when I heard this. That club started the gabber scene years later. This new beat sounded so fat, I knew I wanted to make music like this for the rest of my life. 11 Humanoid – Stakker Humanoid: When this came out I heard it more than 3 times a night and I couldn’t get enough of it. Those layers of acid sounds building and building. Relentless and impressive. 12 Lil' Louis – French Kiss: The ultimate house track. Nothing beats that rhythm of the chords and sexiness of the whole thing. I have the first pressing on vinyl and I will cherish it forever. Q: Within almost 3 decades inside the business you became a pioneer of electronic music. If you compare the past with the present: what changed most during the time? A: What changed things the most is the internet. Back in the day you would release on vinyl and had to invest to be able to release. Now anyone can start a label and start releasing any time. Social Media completely changed the game. No cool Instagram, no success as an artist. It is not only about music but how cool you are. The way you invest in your identity. You can basically buy your career. You still need talent though. So I guess moving forward is always better than looking back. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: I have a new release out on Drumcode with Reinier Zonneveld called ‘Pain Thing’. Next release will be on my own label Gem Records. It’s the follow up to my Séance EP. Happy to get some of the new music I’m producing out there. We also have releases by Egbert and VNTM coming up. My radio show is also doing nicely. It’s called Gem FM and we are on Dutch national radio but also Soundcloud, Mixcloud iTunes. Guests include Pig&Dan who just joined the Gem Bookings agency, Bart Skils, Noir, Wehbba and many others. The future is looking bright and sparkly!

JUST EMMA on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/JustEmmaofficial - SoundCloud: @justemmaoffical HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to JUST EMMA: Q: Talking about your classics selection. How did these tracks have an impact on your career? A: It took us a while to figure out the set list for this mix as we both have a huge background that came from different styles. So we decided to choose tracks that shaped our today's sound the most. Some of the tracks are 8-12 years old and it's still nice to listen to them as they never get old. There´s so much love on details, arrangement and sound design that you´ll still get goosebumps while listening. It´s the art of sound that you can dive into every emotion, doesn´t matter in which kind of mood you are right now. Q: As a duo its never easy to match the same taste. How do you manage that while producing, DJing or simply selecting music? A: Since we met first we knew that we have to make music together, especially because we have the same taste of music and that´s not really often. But for us it´s easy to get into the same mood. Q: Which future Just Emma and Underyourskin projects are getting hot? A: Currently we are working on our live-set which will go out beginning of next year and we´re about to produce a new single for our imprint „Underyourskin Records“.

GAYLE SAN on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/gaylesanofficial - SoundCloud: @gayle-san HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to GAYLE SAN: Q: Talking about your mix. It´s really exciting but also really different to the music you´re now playing. Please tell us a bit more about your roots. A: Yeah I hope the music selections reflect how I grew up listening / dancing to. In those days, starting out, I was the DJ on stage alongside Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, Commodores & many more when they finished their performances, I was the in between DJ for these bands on stage (when they have their 2 performances breaks) in a famous club (of that time) called Top Ten Club in Singapore. Also, I grew up listening & danced to these bands, to Micheal Jackson / Prince/ Janet Jackson etc. before I got exposed to electronic music. That's the time I moved to London after high school when I discovered and got more into the electronic scene. That’s pretty much my musical journey. Q: It´s a long time you´re inside the scene as you started your career in the early 1990s yet. If you would have the chance to restart from the same point: would you do it and would you go exactly the same way? A: Yeah, a long time in the scene, indeed. NO, I wouldn’t change a thing ! I had the best learning curve then when I was starting out in London playing alongside all the big names of the 90's and then established my DJ career and travelled the world for more than 18 years straight, all of that vast experiences mostly good but also I ve seen the ugly / pretentious sides of the scene too has made me even more business savvy / level headed /more grounded person / DJ I am today. I still love DJing although I do it just 30% of the time in the last few years as 70% of my time, I'm dedicating to my other business projects (outside the music scene). I guess it’s a natural phase, for me anyway, that after so many years of touring, this is the way for me in the last couple of years to get my best life balance. So, yes, I wouldn’t change anything of how the last 25 years has got me. Q: Which future Gayle San projects are on the way? A: I don’t have much time unfortunately in the last few years but I do make time a couple of months a year to get in the studio and get involve in a few studio projects etc. My upcoming release for this year after the summer will be my ep on Janowitz Records, plus 2 remixes. I don’t have the exact release date yet but after summer go sure. Also I've got projects lined up on Lehmann Musik for it's Various Artists projects this year too which has it's first Various Artists release in July already. I'm planning to squeeze 1-2 more studio projects this year, I still love all that creative side being in the studio , I just wish I can find more time which is challenging with my schedules.

SEZER UYSAL on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/sezeruysalofficial - SoundCloud: @sezeruysal HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to SEZER UYSAL: Q: What a great story you told with your mix. Tell us a bit more about your selection please! A: The mix is including my childhood and youth years moments, sadness, happiness and experiences. Good times! Q: How would you describe the development of electronic music in Turkey? A: The scene is very good right now. We have lots of festivals coming up. For example, Diynamic Festival, Electronica Festival. The new generation has fallen in love with House & Techno. We are doing day partys, beach partys and afterhours on the same day with different stages. Q: Which future projects are coming later this year? A: I have so many collab tracks with amazing producers like you (Marc DePulse), Betoko, Kellerkind and more. An EP is coming from Pig&Dan's imprint Elevate and also including remix from them. Some remixes for Click Records, signed to Stil Vor Talent, list goes on. Preparing my live set for the first time. It's going to be ready at the end of this year.

BUDAKID on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/hiimbudakid - SoundCloud: @budakid HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to BUDAKID: Q: As HOW I MET THE BASS recently had a lot of older acts, you´re probably the youngest. So your history of music isn´t that old yet. Tell us about your selection – why did you choose these tracks? A: I started collecting music when I was around the age of 14 (almost 13 years ago) . It was just a hobby of me together with a couple of friends. We spent hours on the internet looking for tracks that made us crazy. The music doesn't sounds that far to be honest, haha. But for me these are the tracks I grew up with. Q: The Kid has seen a lot from the world already. Few days ago you played at the Great Wall of China. Any more exciting places to tell about? A: Yes, I'm totally surprised by everything that crosses my path at the moment. Couldn't imagine this a few years ago. There are a few more nice things coming up, but I can't tell anything about it Q: Which fresh and hot Budakid projects are on the way? A: I'm working on some collaborations, remixes and some own compositions. I also got some new music coming up, so keep an eye on my socials!

youANDme on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/cutzyouandme - SoundCloud: @youandme-martin HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to youANDme: Q: Back in the days with your mix. Tell us about your exciting (vinyl) selection! A: I grew up in the north of Thuringia (Germany) which was not far away from Kassel. Back in the days there was an amazing club called Stammheim which had every weekend a nice line-up of international artists but they also had great residents. One of them was Pierre and he was for sure one of the best DJs I ever saw. He teached me all this crazy records and was definitly a good tastemaker in my early youth. It was much fun to search in my old collection to compile this mix because every record has so much memories and stories. Q: You´re discovering the whole planet by playing your music everywhere. Which have been the most exciting places for you yet? A: Thats hard to say because i`m thankfull for every place where i can play my music but I had really good experiences in South America, Asia or Australia. It's always facinating that our music connect people of different cultures in a peacefull way. It's a universal language. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: My next record featuring Gjaezon will be released in the beginning of August on Joris Voorn's & Edwin Oosterwal's label REJECTED. In September I will release at on one of my alltime favourite labels MULE MUSIQ from Japan featuring vocals of magic Black Soda and I will be back on Sven Väth's COCOON label in December. At the moment I'm working on my next album and I hope I can finish it soon.

TrueOS becoming a downstream fork with Trident, our BSDCan 2018 recap, HardenedBSD Foundation founding efforts, VPN with OpenIKED on OpenBSD, FreeBSD on a System76 Galago Pro, and hardware accelerated crypto on Octeons. ##Headlines## TrueOS to Focus on Core Operating System The TrueOS Project has some big plans in the works, and we want to take a minute and share them with you. Many have come to know TrueOS as the “graphical FreeBSD” that makes things easy for newcomers to the BSDs. Today we’re announcing that TrueOS is shifting our focus a bit to become a cutting-edge operating system that keeps all of the stability that you know and love from ZFS (OpenZFS) and FreeBSD, and adds additional features to create a fresh, innovative operating system. Our goal is to create a core-centric operating system that is modular, functional, and perfect for do-it-yourselfers and advanced users alike. TrueOS will become a downstream fork that will build on FreeBSD by integrating new software technologies like OpenRC and LibreSSL. Work has already begun which allows TrueOS to be used as a base platform for other projects, including JSON-based manifests, integrated Poudriere / pkg tools and much more. We’re planning on a six month release cycle to keep development moving and fresh, allowing us to bring you hot new features to ZFS, bhyve and related tools in a timely manner. This makes TrueOS the perfect fit to serve as the basis for building other distributions. Some of you are probably asking yourselves “But what if I want to have a graphical desktop?” Don’t worry! We’re making sure that everyone who knows and loves the legacy desktop version of TrueOS will be able to continue using a FreeBSD-based, graphical operating system in the future. For instance, if you want to add KDE, just use sudo pkg install kde and voila! You have your new shiny desktop. Easy right? This allows us to get back to our roots of being a desktop agnostic operating system. If you want to add a new desktop environment, you get to pick the one that best suits your use. We know that some of you will still be looking for an out-of-the-box solution similar to legacy PC-BSD and TrueOS. We’re happy to announce that Project Trident will take over graphical FreeBSD development going forward. Not much is going to change in that regard other than a new name! You’ll still have Lumina Desktop as a lightweight and feature-rich desktop environment and tons of utilities from the legacy TrueOS toolchain like sysadm and AppCafe. There will be migration paths available for those that would like to move to other FreeBSD-based distributions like Project Trident or GhostBSD. We look forward to this new chapter for TrueOS and hope you will give the new edition a spin! Tell us what you think about the new changes by leaving us a comment. Don’t forget you can ask us questions on our Twitter and be a part of our community by joining the new TrueOS Forums when they go live in about a week. Thanks for being a loyal fan of TrueOS. ###Project Trident FAQ Q: Why did you pick the name “Project Trident”? A: We were looking for a name that was unique, yet would still relate to the BSD community. Since Beastie (the FreeBSD mascot) is always pictured with a trident, it felt like that would be a great name. Q: Where can users go for technical support? A: At the moment, Project Trident will continue sharing the TrueOS community forums and Telegram channels. We are currently evaluating dedicated options for support channels in the future. Q: Can I help contribute to the project? A: We are always looking for developers who want to join the project. If you’re not a developer you can still help, as a community project we will be more reliant on contributions from the community in the form of how-to guides and other user-centric documentation and support systems. Q: How is the project supported financially? A: Project Trident is sponsored by the community, from both individuals and corporations. iXsystems has stepped up as the first enterprise-level sponsor of the project, and has been instrumental in getting Project Trident up and running. Please visit the Sponsors page to see all the current sponsors. Q: How can I help support the project financially? A: Several methods exist, from one time or recurring donations via Paypal to limited time swag t-shirt campaigns during the year. We are also looking into more alternative methods of support, so please visit the Sponsors page to see all the current methods of sponsorship. Q: Will there be any transparency of the financial donations and expenditures? A: Yes, we will be totally open with how much money comes into the project and what it is spent on. Due to concerns of privacy, we will not identify individuals and their donation amounts unless they specifically request to be identified. We will release a monthly overview in/out ledger, so that community members can see where their money is going. Relationship with TrueOS Project Trident does have very close ties to the TrueOS project, since most of the original Project Trident developers were once part of the TrueOS project before it became a distribution platform. For users of the TrueOS desktop, we have some additional questions and answers below. Q: Do we need to be at a certain TrueOS install level/release to upgrade? A: As long as you have a TrueOS system which has been updated to at least the 18.03 release you should be able to just perform a system update to be automatically upgraded to Project Trident. Q: Which members moved from TrueOS to Project Trident? A: Project Trident is being led by prior members of the TrueOS desktop team. Ken and JT (development), Tim (documentation) and Rod (Community/Support). Since Project Trident is a community-first project, we look forward to working with new members of the team. iXsystems ###BSDCan BSDCan finished Saturday last week It started with the GoatBoF on Tuesday at the Royal Oak Pub, where people had a chance to meet and greet. Benedict could not attend due to an all-day FreeBSD Foundation meeting and and even FreeBSD Journal Editorial Board meeting. The FreeBSD devsummit was held the next two days in parallel to the tutorials. Gordon Tetlow, who organized the devsummit, opened the devsummit. Deb Goodkin from the FreeBSD Foundation gave the first talk with a Foundation update, highlighting current and future efforts. Li-Wen Hsu is now employed by the Foundation to assist in QA work (Jenkins, CI/CD) and Gordon Tetlow has a part-time contract to help secteam as their secretary. Next, the FreeBSD core team (among them Allan and Benedict) gave a talk about what has happened this last term. With a core election currently running, some of these items will carry over to the next core team, but there were also some finished ones like the FCP process and FreeBSD members initiative. People in the audience asked questions on various topics of interest. After the coffee break, the release engineering team gave a talk about their efforts in terms of making releases happen in time and good quality. Benedict had to give his Ansible tutorial in the afternoon, which had roughly 15 people attending. Most of them beginners, we could get some good discussions going and I also learned a few new tricks. The overall feedback was positive and one even asked what I’m going to teach next year. The second day of the FreeBSD devsummit began with Gordon Tetlow giving an insight into the FreeBSD Security team (aka secteam). He gave a overview of secteam members and responsibilities, explaining the process based on a long past advisory. Developers were encouraged to help out secteam. NDAs and proper disclosure of vulnerabilities were also discussed, and the audience had some feedback and questions. When the coffee break was over, the FreeBSD 12.0 planning session happened. A Google doc served as a collaborative way of gathering features and things left to do. People signed up for it or were volunteered. Some features won’t make it into 12.0 as they are not 100% ready for prime time and need a few more rounds of testing and bugfixing. Still, 12.0 will have some compelling features. A 360° group picture was taken after lunch, and then people split up into the working groups for the afternoon or started hacking in the UofO Henderson residence. Benedict and Allan both attended the OpenZFS working group, lead by Matt Ahrens. He presented the completed and outstanding work in FreeBSD, without spoiling too much of the ZFS presentations of various people that happened later at the conference. Benedict joined the boot code session a bit late (hallway track is the reason) when most things seem to have already been discussed. BSDCan 2018 — Ottawa (In Pictures) iXsystems Photos from BSDCan 2018 ##News Roundup June HardenedBSD Foundation Update We at HardenedBSD are working towards starting up a 501©(3) not-for-profit organization in the USA. Setting up this organization will allow future donations to be tax deductible. We’ve made progress and would like to share with you the current state of affairs. We have identified, sent invitations out, and received acceptance letters from six people who will serve on the HardenedBSD Foundation Board of Directors. You can find their bios below. In the latter half of June 2018 or the beginning half of July 2018, we will meet for the first time as a board and formally begin the process of creating the documentation needed to submit to the local, state, and federal tax services. Here’s a brief introduction to those who will serve on the board: W. Dean Freeman (Advisor): Dean has ten years of professional experience with deploying and security Unix and networking systems, including assessing systems security for government certification and assessing the efficacy of security products. He was introduced to Unix via FreeBSD 2.2.8 on an ISP shell account as a teenager. Formerly, he was the Snort port maintainer for FreeBSD while working in the Sourcefire VRT, and has contributed entropy-related patches to the FreeBSD and HardenedBSD projects – a topic on which he presented at vBSDCon 2017. Ben La Monica (Advisor): Ben is a Senior Technology Manager of Software Engineering at Morningstar, Inc and has been developing software for over 15 years in a variety of languages. He advocates open source software and enjoys tinkering with electronics and home automation. George Saylor (Advisor): George is a Technical Directory at G2, Inc. Mr. Saylor has over 28 years of information systems and security experience in a broad range of disciplines. His core focus areas are automation and standards in the event correlation space as well as penetration and exploitation of computer systems. Mr Saylor was also a co-founder of the OpenSCAP project. Virginia Suydan (Accountant and general administrator): Accountant and general administrator for the HardenedBSD Foundation. She has worked with Shawn Webb for tax and accounting purposes for over six years. Shawn Webb (Director): Co-founder of HardenedBSD and all-around infosec wonk. He has worked and played in the infosec industry, doing both offensive and defensive research, for around fifteen years. He loves open source technologies and likes to frustrate the bad guys. Ben Welch (Advisor): Ben is currently a Security Engineer at G2, Inc. He graduated from Pennsylvania College of Technology with a Bachelors in Information Assurance and Security. Ben likes long walks, beaches, candlelight dinners, and attending various conferences like BSides and ShmooCon. ###Your own VPN with OpenIKED & OpenBSD Remote connectivity to your home network is something I think a lot of people find desirable. Over the years, I’ve just established an SSH tunnel and use it as a SOCKS proxy, sending my traffic through that. It’s a nice solution for a “poor man’s VPN”, but it can be a bit clunky, and it’s not great having to expose SSH to the world, even if you make sure to lock everything down I set out the other day to finally do it properly. I’d come across this great post by Gordon Turner: OpenBSD 6.2 VPN Endpoint for iOS and macOS Whilst it was exactly what I was looking for, it outlined how to set up an L2TP VPN. Really, I wanted IKEv2 for performance and security reasons (I won’t elaborate on this here, if you’re curious about the differences, there’s a lot of content out on the web explaining this). The client systems I’d be using have native support for IKEv2 (iOS, macOS, other BSD systems). But, I couldn’t find any tutorials in the same vein. So, let’s get stuck in! A quick note ✍️ This guide will walk through the set up of an IKEv2 VPN using OpenIKED on OpenBSD. It will detail a “road warrior” configuration, and use a PSK (pre-shared-key) for authentication. I’m sure it can be easily adapted to work on any other platforms that OpenIKED is available on, but keep in mind my steps are specifically for OpenBSD. Server Configuration As with all my home infrastructure, I crafted this set-up declaratively. So, I had the deployment of the VM setup in Terraform (deployed on my private Triton cluster), and wrote the configuration in Ansible, then tied them together using radekg/terraform-provisioner-ansible. One of the reasons I love Ansible is that its syntax is very simplistic, yet expressive. As such, I feel it fits very well into explaining these steps with snippets of the playbook I wrote. I’ll link the full playbook a bit further down for those interested. See the full article for the information on: sysctl parameters The naughty list (optional) Configure the VPN network interface Configure the firewall Configure the iked service Gateway configuration Client configuration Troubleshooting DigitalOcean ###FreeBSD on a System76 Galago Pro Hey all, It’s been a while since I last posted but I thought I would hammer something out here. My most recent purchase was a System76 Galago Pro. I thought, afer playing with POP! OS a bit, is there any reason I couldn’t get BSD on this thing. Turns out the answer is no, no there isnt and it works pretty decently. To get some accounting stuff out of the way I tested this all on FreeBSD Head and 11.1, and all of it is valid as of May 10, 2018. Head is a fast moving target so some of this is only bound to improve. The hardware Intel Core i5 Gen 8 UHD Graphics 620 16 GB DDR4 Ram RTL8411B PCI Express Card Reader RTL8111 Gigabit ethernet controller Intel HD Audio Samsung SSD 960 PRO 512GB NVMe The caveats There are a few things that I cant seem to make work straight out of the box, and that is the SD Card reader, the backlight, and the audio is a bit finicky. Also the trackpad doesn’t respond to two finger scrolling. The wiki is mostly up to date, there are a few edits that need to be made still but there is a bug where I cant register an account yet so I haven’t made all the changes. Processor It works like any other Intel processor. Pstates and throttling work. Graphics The boot menu sets itself to what looks like 1024x768, but works as you expect in a tiny window. The text console does the full 3200x1800 resolution, but the text is ultra tiny. There isnt a font for the console that covers hidpi screens yet. As for X Windows it requres the drm-kmod-next package. Once installed follow the directions from the package and it works with almost no fuss. I have it running on X with full intel acceleration, but it is running at it’s full 3200x1800 resolution, to scale that down just do xrandr --output eDP-1 --scale 0.5x0.5 it will blow it up to roughly 200%. Due to limitations with X windows and hidpi it is harder to get more granular. Intel Wireless 8265 The wireless uses the iwm module, as of right now it does not seem to automagically load right now. Adding iwm_load=“YES” will cause the module to load on boot and kldload iwm Battery I seem to be getting about 5 hours out of the battery, but everything reports out of the box as expected. I could get more by throttling the CPU down speed wise. Overall impression It is a pretty decent experience. While not as polished as a Thinkpad there is a lot of potential with a bit of work and polishing. The laptop itself is not bad, the keyboard is responsive. The build quality is pretty solid. My only real complaint is the trackpad is stiff to click and sort of tiny. They seem to be a bit indifferent to non linux OSes running on the gear but that isnt anything new. I wont have any problems using it and is enough that when I work through this laptop, but I’m not sure at this stage if my next machine will be a System76 laptop, but they have impressed me enough to put them in the running when I go to look for my next portable machine but it hasn’t yet replaced the hole left in my heart by lenovo messing with the thinkpad. ###Hardware accelerated AES/HMAC-SHA on octeons In this commit, visa@ submitted code (disabled for now) to use built-in acceleration on octeon CPUs, much like AESNI for x86s. I decided to test tcpbench(1) and IPsec, before and after updating and enabling the octcrypto(4) driver. I didn't capture detailed perf stats from before the update, I had heard someone say that Edgerouter Lite boxes would only do some 6MBit/s over ipsec, so I set up a really simple ipsec.conf with ike esp from A to B leading to a policy of esp tunnel from A to B spi 0xdeadbeef auth hmac-sha2-256 enc aes going from one ERL to another (I collect octeons, so I have a bunch to test with) and let tcpbench run for a while on it. My numbers hovered around 7Mbit/s, which coincided with what I've heard, and also that most of the CPU gets used while doing it. Then I edited /sys/arch/octeon/conf/GENERIC, removed the # from octcrypto0 at mainbus0 and recompiled. Booted into the new kernel and got a octcrypto0 line in dmesg, and it was time to rock the ipsec tunnel again. The crypto algorithm and HMAC used by default on ipsec coincides nicely with the list of accelerated functions provided by the driver. Before we get to tunnel traffic numbers, just one quick look at what systat pigs says while the ipsec is running at full steam: PID USER NAME CPU 20 40 60 80 100 58917 root crypto 52.25 ################# 42636 root softnet 42.48 ############## (idle) 29.74 ######### 1059 root tcpbench 24.22 ####### 67777 root crynlk 19.58 ###### So this indicates that the load from doing ipsec and generating the traffic is somewhat nicely evened out over the two cores in the Edgerouter, and there's even some CPU left unused, which means I can actually ssh into it and have it usable. I have had it running for almost 2 days now, moving some 2.1TB over the tunnel. Now for the new and improved performance numbers: 204452123 4740752 37.402 100.00% Conn: 1 Mbps: 37.402 Peak Mbps: 58.870 Avg Mbps: 37.402 204453149 4692968 36.628 100.00% Conn: 1 Mbps: 36.628 Peak Mbps: 58.870 Avg Mbps: 36.628 204454167 5405552 42.480 100.00% Conn: 1 Mbps: 42.480 Peak Mbps: 58.870 Avg Mbps: 42.480 204455188 5202496 40.804 100.00% Conn: 1 Mbps: 40.804 Peak Mbps: 58.870 Avg Mbps: 40.804 204456194 5062208 40.256 100.00% Conn: 1 Mbps: 40.256 Peak Mbps: 58.870 Avg Mbps: 40.256 The tcpbench numbers fluctuate up and down a bit, but the output is nice enough to actually keep tabs on the peak values. Peaking to 58.8MBit/s! Of course, as you can see, the average is lower but nice anyhow. A manyfold increase in performance, which is good enough in itself, but also moves the throughput from a speed that would make a poor but cheap gateway to something actually useful and decent for many home network speeds. Biggest problem after this gets enabled will be that my options to buy cheap used ERLs diminish. ##Beastie Bits Using FreeBSD Text Dumps llvm’s lld now the default linker for amd64 on FreeBSD Author Discoverability Pledge and Unveil in OpenBSD {pdf} EuroBSDCon 2018 CFP Closes June 17, hurry up and get your submissions in Just want to attend, but need help getting to the conference? Applications for the Paul Schenkeveld travel grant accepted until June 15th Tarsnap ##Feedback/Questions Casey - ZFS on Digital Ocean Jürgen - A Question Kevin - Failover best practice Dennis - SQL Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv

For Chinese venture capitalist Wei Zhou, founding managing partner of China Creation Ventures, the changes he has witnessed in China during his professional life have been awe-inspiring. "When I graduated from university, most of my classmates were assigned jobs in semiconductor-related areas as we studied physical electronics. But they all left that industry because there was so little progress," Zhou told China Money Network in an interview in his firm's Beijing office two weeks ago. "Now, I think it is the best time to reinvest into that area." Granted, Zhou recognizes that Chinese companies still lag behind Silicon Valley when it comes to core research breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and other deep tech areas. But there are many positive developments in these sectors, creating new opportunities for VCs like himself. "For the past decade, we didn’t invest much in deep tech, because it didn’t make money. Now we see the rise of AI in China, even if it is not as cutting-edge like Google, but the advantage in China’s AI sector lies in the speed with which Chinese people and even Chinese government are adopting new things," Zhou said. "This high and rapid adoption is enabling new technology to find commercialized applications more easily and swiftly." For example, Zhou's firm invested recently in a company called CowaRobot, a low speed autonomous vehicle solutions company. One of the company's products is a road sweeping robot that is being tested in Changsha city, Hunan province. With around 300 cities in China with a population over one million, the potential mass commercialization of this robot could be huge. China Creation Ventures is also looking into sectors such as the private rocket launch industry in China, something that did not exist just a few years ago. In 2007, Zhou joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers China and was responsible for Internet, wireless, media and online financial services investments. He has observed how the spending behavior of Chinese millennial is creating new investment opportunities that would have not made sense a couple of years ago. "In the past, we always look for companies with potential to grow to over 200 million to 300 million users. We don’t want to invest in companies targeting users below 100 million because it’s too small. Now, even if a company only targets 30 million to 50 million users, it can still be very profitable and valuable," Zhou said, explaining that Chinese young people today pay for whatever they like online. One example that illustrates this trend is Himalaya FM, an audio platform in China and a portfolio company of Zhou's firm. The company recorded RMB196 million (US$30.5 million) in revenues in December 2017 when it did a membership promotion for two days, something that would have been unimaginable in the past when users were unwilling to pay for content online. Another anecdote illustrating this shifting behavior is that factory workers are sometimes spending 1/3 of their monthly salaries on mobile entertainment, Zhou said. In the past, Chinese factory workers would be saving most of their income to send to their families. China Creation Ventures completed fundraising for its first RMB fund at RMB1.5 billion (US$220 million) in July 2017, and reached first closing of its U.S. dollar dominated fund at nearly US$100 million three months later. Read an interview Q&A below. Also subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Q: Which sectors do you find the best investment opportunities right now? A: There is a different "hot sector" every month nowadays and they are shifting rapidly. For us, we first look at the macro trends on what will happen in the next several years, instead of specific sectors. For example, we sensed a turning point about two years ago on China's young generation taking a more prominent role in shaping consumption power,

NINZE on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/Ninze-172325572871844 - SoundCloud: @ninze HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to NINZE: Q: Talking about your selection: why did you choose these tracks? What did they mean to you in the past? A: I know some tracks of the set since a long time, so they are still in my home-playlist when I clean the flat for example. I added some tracks I heard recently and pitched them down - cause that is how I met the bass. Q: How did you find your artist name NINZE and what does it mean? A: Well it is always hard for me to find names (also for songs or EP-name is the worst!), so me and my friend/music-partner Tom (Okaxy) tried to find a name which looks nice. The letters are matching together - but it doesn´t mean something or has a particular pronunciation. Q: Which festivals are you playing for this summer? A: I am very looking forward to Fusion Festival this year and also to see some acts I would never see otherwise at MS Dockville. But there might be some smaller ones again, which are my favorite mostly.

ARJUN VAGALE on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArjunVagaleOfficial - SoundCloud: @arjun-jalebee HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to ARJUN VAGALE: Q: Thanks for the great storyteller. Please tell us a bit more what these tracks meant to you in the past and what the mean to you now. A: My pleasure. It's actually a really deep retrospect into my past as not only a DJ but an electronic music lover. Honestly it's hard to put in words how much these tracks have influenced me over the years. I have a strong emotional connection with them and remember either the first time I heard them, or the many times I've played them at clubs or chilling at home with friends. I'm also a massive vinyl lover so I made sure over the years that I have most of them on vinyl - that way they will stay with me forever. Q: From India to the world. How would you describe the development of electronic music in your home country? A: Well, it's really interesting you ask that, as this mix has a bit of that history in it. Tracks like MIDIval Punditz' remix of Son Kite was a game changer when they produced it. Being good friends of mine, I was there when it was happening and that remix created a lot of buzz in India & the world at the time. Now of course the scene has developed a lot and I'm really proud of how far we have come. Indian DJ's & producers are some of the most forward thinking artists out there. Q: Which future projects are coming soon? A: At the moment I'm really concentrating on my label ODD Recordings - a partnership between Ramiro & myself. We have a really interesting release lineup. I've also been in the studio a lot the last few months so I'm excited about putting out some fresh music.

FLASHMOB on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/flashmobdj - SoundCloud: @flashmob-dj HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to FLASHMOB: Q: Your mix selection goes back to the early 1990s. So: how did you meet the bass? A: In a record store called Pico Disco in Rozzano Milan. I started going these in early 1987 and I was down to it more and more through the following two years. Q: You´ve been a DJ for a very long time. Where is your favorite spot to be? A: Dublin (Ireland), Cape Town (South Africa) and Ibiza. Q: Which future Flashmob projects are on the way? A: I have my Hot Creations Ep out now then I have a Sola EP, Underground Audio EP, Stereo EP, Madtech EP and two remixes one I did for M.A.N.D.Y. and one I cannot announce on Kompakt of my track with Terranova Cosmochord. Then I will go back to my label Flashmob Records.

PATLAC on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/patlacmusic - SoundCloud: @patlac HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to PATLAC: Q: Tell us about your mix. How did these tracks had an impact on your later doings? A: I grew up on the countryside of middle-north Germany and got in contact with electronic music over the TV and radio, there was no club or music scene around me. I watched „Berlin House TV“ or the Mayday on VIVA TV. I discovered music over the record-presentation at these shows and ordered them via telephone at a mail-order. It was this kind of Techno what fascinated me. Later on my friend Steve showed me a mixtape by DJ Cle which included the Gary Numan track or the "Loverboy" by Steve Bug for example. For me this tape showed me House Music for the first time. think it was around 1999/2000. The mix contains my beginnings, the first contact with House and tracks that I loved and still love. I think the vibe of this great music accompanies me since then! Q: You´re an established artist for decades yet. In your eyes: What´s the difference between past and present of our music scene? A: I would say this endless push for success and recognition. PR agencies and management teams everywhere! I don't want to complain about these new possibilities. But I think we should not forget what this is about. For me it's still music! Q: Which future Patlac projects are on the way? A: After the release of my first album „Blinded“ on Connaisseur Recordings and several tracks on some compilations on labels like SoHaSo or Empore Music, I’m working on new music and hope to finish them soon.

FINNEBASSEN on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/finnebassen - SoundCloud: @finnebassen HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to FINNEBASSEN: Q: Talking about your mix. How did these early tracks had an impact on your later career? A: This mix is made up by tracks that had a big impact on me when I was starting to make music. I was pretty green at the time, but I still love all of these tracks. I think they had a very big influence on how I listened to music. I started paying more attention to detail and all the different sounds of a song. Q: You´ve been playing your music all over the planet yet. Which place is still the most magical for you? A: I think it's difficult to say one place. I used to play a lot in Amsterdam, I just played there again and it was fantastic. But its one of many magical places. Q: Which future Finnebassen projects are on the way? A: At the moment im working on new music. A new EP. So watch out!

TOM FLYNN on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/Tom.Flynn.Music.Page - SoundCloud: @tomflynnmusic HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to TOM FLYNN: Q: Your mix is a journey from the past to the present. What do these older tracks still mean to you? A: They symbolise important moments in my life, times where they made me really appreciate the power and emotion of music and how it can transcend anything. I have to say this is one of the best mix ideas i’ve been asked to do. I knew some of the tracks I would select and I've been keeping some in mind the last few weeks. I tried to go from the earliest up to the last few years, it’s impossible to get in all you want but the records I've chosen have always stood out for me and hold a special place in my heart. Q: At the end of your set you´re representing your latest release. Please tell us more about. A: I wrote those tracks a long time ago, one of them I wrote about 3 or 4 years ago, but i knew I liked them. I forgot about them for a while, then I was going through some tracks and found them, I took them with me on holiday and I thought ok I like these, especially pluck. Later that night I saw a flyer for Steve Bug on a wall, he was playing and I thought ok I should send them him, he might like them. The Pluck track I think was really influenced by me listening to a lot of electronic jazz at the time, I like making things that are out of time, things that don’t really make sense. The other 2 tracks were tracks I’d wrote a while back and I just liked them, they’re not like the stuff I’m writing now but they spoke to me in some fashion, and with Steve saying he liked them I thought ok that’s cool, I respect Steve and that means a lot so lets do it. Q: Which further projects are coming in 2018? A: I have an EP on Carl Craigs label, Planet e, as well as something coming on Maceo Plex’s label, we’re just deciding if it will be Ellum or Lone Romantic. There’s also another track on a Fabric compilation I’ve just signed which nobody has heard yet. I’m hoping to release more on my own label, Into Orbit, later this year too. I’m sitting on a lot of new music!

NURIA GHIA on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/nuriaghia - SoundCloud: @nuriaghia HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to NURIA GHIA: Q: Talking about your mix. How did these early tracks influence your later doings? A: First of all thanks for inviting me to your program. This mix includes some old tracks that have marked my career and that define my characteristic style because there are synths, atmospheres, voices, some acid sounds and, of course, a Techno rhythm. For me all are tracks full of soul. Q: You´re born, raised and still living in Barcelona. What makes the city so special, also concerning the electronic music scene? A: Barcelona is influenced by many artists and cities such as Berlin. It is a place that absorbs others art, a characteristic that makes of Barcelona a rich, sensorial, amazing city full of art. It's sky, it's sea and it's multicultural way of living turn Barcelona into a big centre of the electronic music scene with Sónar as the perfect example, an event that welcomes people from all over the world. Q: Which exciting projects are coming soon? A: I’m currently working on several projects. Firstly at my studio, making my sound grow up and looking forward to the releases. I’m also re-launching my own label BlueCube Records and I’m lucky enough to keep traveling as DJ around the world. Thanks!

BAAL on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/baalmusicofficial - SoundCloud: @baalsound HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to BAAL: Q: Both of you guys are called Matthias. So which Matthias is doing which part of BAAL? A: Yes this leads to a lot of misunderstandings! Haha, but mostly one Matthias is taking care of all the technical stuff and the other more about the design of the sound itself. Q: BAAL is hebrew for lord. Which lord (of music) are you guys following? A: Basically most important is, that the lord gives us some emotion in the song. We shape a specific sound with BAAL for sure but we are very open to whom we pray. Also a lot of influences are good for inspiration. Sometimes we challenge ourselves in our productions with a sound we would never use ad hoc to see where it leads us to unseen hidden places of our music. Q: Which fresh and hot BAAL projects are on the way? A: We are currently working on a remix for Kid Simius and a new EP will be out (hopefully before) this summer!

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Darlyn Vlys on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/darlynvlysofficial - SoundCloud: @darlynvlys HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to DARLYN VLYS: Q: Talking about your mix. What did these tracks mean to you in the past and would you still play them today? A: Most of this selection have been choosen respecting the periods who left me a musically speaking mark (print) but also the tracks that I discovered when I'm dancing or playing in club regarding my set preparation, I tried to create a puzzle of style of music without being influenced by the trends, travelling between the Techno crossed with the Disco or the music played today. For sure at the earliest opportunity I still play most of these tracks. Q: You´re a french guy travelling the world. Where´s you´re favorite spot? A: I really enjoyed playing in India, I love this culture and the people are so grateful, but if I have to choose one city, Hamburg will be my favorite. The ambiance and the crowd there always surprise me. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: Well, this year gonna be very special for me. I will release my first album on Sincopat. I was working on it during the past year and a half, this time I wanted to transmit other vibes leaving my existing comfort zone. At the same time I am preparing two Ep on Sodai and Noir music.

Amine K on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/djaminek - SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com/aminek HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to AMINE K: Q: Talking about your classics selection. How did these tracks change your life once? A: I come from a very diverse background in Electronic Music, from Classic House to Progressive and everything in between. However the first time I really met the bass in front of a proper sound system was at an after hour and after this I became addicted to those environments. With this set I tried to recreate this deep, dark, dirty and filthy ambiance that I used to love so much, obviously this set is not for the fainted hearts. Q: From Morocco to the world: how would you describe the electronic music development in your home country? A: The development has been unbelievable, when we started more than 10 years ago people were laughing at us, now you have up to 10 different underground electronic music parties every weekend around Morocco. Also we have more an more super talented DJs and producers which gives us hope that one day we can be like any other big electronic music nation. Q: Which exciting projects are on the way this year? A: We’re celebrating our 8th year anniversary at Moroko Loko and we have some really nice parties on the pipe line. I’m also releasing a few EPs on label that I have been loving for ages, adding to that the launch of our label Prometheus and some amazing gigs all around the world, I’m feeling this year is gonna be a pretty good one.

BOg on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/bogmusic - SoundCloud: @bogmusicoff HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to BOg: Q: Listening to your mix and to your nowadays productions is really different. How did you come from rough beats to the warm and melodic music you´re doing now? A: That is the music I grew up with and all of those tracks have been played by me when I was younger. I came from a more UK rave musical background. When I was 5 or 6 years old my father made me listen to "Depeche Mode - Strange Love" on a casette tape and I guess it all started from there. When I started to DJ for real and make a living out of it I really wanted to be more coherent and tell a story while mixing tracks together. This transitions came as something natural for me during the years. Q: As your real name is Bogdan but why did you choose to big letters and a small for your artist name BOg? A: As it is a very short DJ name I wanted to make it a bit more self-evident and make people ask themselves why 2 capital letters and one small letter. There is no real meaning or a story behind that. Visual wise i thought it looked cool. Q: Which future projects are on the way? Will BOg take over the world domination in 2018? A: I am a very spontaneous person and I don't really make long term plans. BOg is a very diverse project always improoving and discovering. I don't want to be trapped by my music that's why each track you'll hear from me will always sound different. At the moment I focus a lot on my own label "Atlant Recordings" where I am showcasing only new undiscovered producers that I think deserve a chance to be heard. BOg will never take world domination. He appeared out of nowhere and one day he will dissapear out of nowhere but meanwhile let's celebrate what we have now without too much overthinking.

CHRISTIAN NIELSEN on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/Christian.Nielsen.Official - SoundCloud: @christiannielsenmusic HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to CHRISTIAN NIELSEN: Q: Talking about your mix: how did these tracks shape your career? A: So I was never born into electronic music. I was mostly brought up on funk, soul, disco and rock music. However I was brought up to always me musically curious. So my first encounters with house and electronic was trough P3, which is the danish version of BBC. In the late 90's they played pretty diverse and there were light night shows where 2 DJ's called Thomas Madvig and Krede used to play some pretty trippy stuff. I used to record the shows on tape and listen to them daily. At the same time Basement Jaxx were making amazing crossover tunes and I was hooked. But I was very young and I only knew about it from the radio. Clubbing and Dj's didn't mean anything to me. It wasn't until 2004-5 when I started going out I connected the dots and realized what this kind of music was all about. I also realized that we had some amazing producers in Denmark who were making amazing tunes. I started to learn about producers like Brother Brown, Bjørn Svin, Rune RK (Kolsch), Noir and Trentemøller. Learning about these guys opened a whole new world to me and I started digging Kerri Chandler, Laurent Garnier and especially DJ Rolando - Jaguar got me into the whole techno vibe of things. But still today there are tracks that blow my mind and inspire me on a daily basis and its important to stay curious. Q: As a producer you already released on some of the biggest labels. What are your goals in 2018? A: I released a lot of music in 2017 and I've been trying loads of new things out. For me 2018 is going to be the year where I connect the musical dots. I feel much more mature and confident as a producer and I can't wait to show you guys what's coming. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: I can't say too much yet, but there's going to be loads of synths, heavy drums and techy vibes!

LAKE AVALON on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/lakeavalonmusic - SoundCloud: @lakeavalon HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to LAKE AVALON: Q: You ́re the mastermind behind Amsterdams Click Records besides producing music and DJing. A fulltime job? A: Running Click Records is not a full time job but i am happy to say I can live from music. Things I do are running the label, DJing, making music, handling bookings for a few acts and assisting some other artist with managment stuff. Also I do some freelance stuff for a music company regarding A&R and discovering and pushing artists. Q: Tell us about your mix. How did these tracks find the way to your attention? A: I made a choice with this mix to only select music i have on vinyl. I stopped buying vinyl long time ago. I think 10 years ago. I choosed to put in this mix only tracks from the beginning when I started with DJing. Tracks that defined me in that period when I discovered the world of dance music. So no disco classics or new music you will find in this mix. Strictly the music I loved when it al started for me and what is for me the foundation of everything I did since then. Q: Which projects are coming soon? A: Well I am working on lots of new original music. Got a bunch ready now. So more and more my focus will be again on releasing original music as time was short last 2 years for that which resulted in releasing lots of remixes as I am pretty fast with working on that.

TALUL on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/talulofficial - SoundCloud: @talul HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to TALUL: Q: You´re a libanesian guy, born and raised in East Germany. Do you still have some roots in LB, maybe some musicial ones? A: Yes, my father is Lebanese and I love the country. I still have many family members in Lebanon but I don’t know any musicians. However, Arabic music had an impact on my doings and will always influence my work. Q: As a big Edu Imbernon fan you´re now releasing a remix on his imprint Eklektisch. Guess a dream came true? A: Yes definitely, a dream came true! It was a milestone for me in my recent music career. The remix I’ve made was for Danito & Athina and has already been released. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: I’m working on my next EP, but still looking for a label. There will be two remixes coming out in the beginning of 2018. I try to stay focused on getting more gigs in the near future and I’m exited for everything that’s coming up.

ESTROE on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/Estroe.official.fanpage - SoundCloud: @estroe HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to ESTROE: Q: How did you get in touch with electronic music? A: In 1989 I was mainly listening to disco, R&B (Swingbeat) and hip hop. Until a friend of mine who was into house music asked me to go with her to a so called 'house' party. It took me a few rounds of going out to appreciate the music fully. A definite turning point was when she gave me the CD of Quazar - Into the future. I was really impressed by the music, especially the track I've also used for my mix called 'Cycledrops'. Living close to Amsterdam I was able to listen to a few pirate radio shows who were broadcasting house music as well and that's how I got hooked on electronic music. I have stories and memories with all tracks, but I'll highlight a few of them: - Wham: I was a big fan of Wham, at the end of elementary school I performed ' Wake me up before you go go'. I playbacked Shirley from Pepsi and Shirley, the background singers. At the time I also so had a crush on the guy who was imitating George Michael. I remember that this boy later got cancer and I don't know if he ever made it because we all went to different schools. - New Edition: Just fell in love with the whole album when it came out. Hadn't listened to it for years and years until a few years ago I had a gig in Toronto. A new friend called Benny Chang gave me a lift in his car and he had this New Edition and old Bobby Brown cd's on this car stereo. I was so happy driving with him in his car and seeing the skyline of Toronto. I think it's one of the reasons I like Toronto so much. - Janet Jackson: I remember the Janet Jackson concert, I think it was the Rhythm Nation tour. My friend and I had tickets but we somehow forgot the tickets! We had to use all our charms on the security guys and they let us through! - Mr. Fingers Closer: This is one of my first house records, I had to search for it for a long time, I think I finally found it one time when I played in Berlin and visited Hardwax. Q: Besides Djing and producing you´re a real workaholic it seems. You're a teacher, a mental coach, working on a video project. Please give us an insight! A: Having a background as a nurse I'm used to hard work. I've combined nursing and music for a long time until I quit nursing 9 years ago and decided to put all my cards on music. 2 years ago I was asked to apply for a job at a music conservatory that specialises in POP and Electronic Music, as a student coach. I love working there, the students and colleagues are ginving me so much inpsiration and energy! So nowadays I'm also coordinating the E-musicians who do internships at recordings studios etc. And I started giving E-performance lessons to the first year students together with Julien Chaptal who's also teaching. The combination of working at the conservatory and in my studio by myself keeps me in balance. Besides teaching I'm working on my other projects. My label Rosedale Records and I'm also producing my own music and remixes. With a photographer I know I'm making soundscapes for his small video porttraits. It's almost finished and I will share it on my social media then. If you like a preview keep an eye on my Instagram. Q: Which future projects from Estroe and your imprint Rosedale are on the way? A: At the moment I'm also working on a special Rosedale Records live set, combing the visuals from AMMO with Rosedale music. A new release with Toki Fuko with a Brendon Moeller remix is coming out pretty soon. Recently I've also started experimenting with my voice in my productions. But my productions are going a bit slow now a days because I have to focus on so many different things during my week.

STEVE PARRY on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/DJSteveParry - SoundCloud: @steveparrydj HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to STEVE PARRY: Q: You are promoter, running the great SMP3 DJ promo pool, music selector for famous artists, running an amazing label besides being a great DJ and producer. Did I forget something? Tell us about your daily life. A: Yes I am doing a lot of things at once, but always have been really. Life is crazy at the moment, in a good way. I do a radio show too, and a few other things I have up my sleeve. I work all day with music - it's a dream job - swapping in-between sorting music for DJs, sending promo’s for labels, some studio bits and running the label. Being a dad to our two kids is the other time consuming but lovely thing in my life, alongside my wife Melanie. And then DJ-ing at tea weekend. I’m not playing every weekend - but I like that! Try and fit a bit of ‘normality’ in occasionally. Q: You´re running the imprint „Selador“ together with legend Dave Seaman. What´s the masterplan for next year – including celebrating the 5th birthday? A: We will be five years old in April - time has flown by really - and I think we have grown nicely, and I love running the label alongside Dave, everything is 50/50, so we chat daily about stuff. We are planning something a bit different and getting our favourite label artists to make a collaboration with other Selador artists - for example Dave and I have just finished a track together (the first thing we have ever made together, even though we’ve been mates since 1991!). Some other exciting stuff and collaborations, but i wont say too much yet! Q: Which future Steve Parry projects are on the way? A: My new track "303 V" is due out in December - it's great to see John Digweed (my favourite DJ) playing it at every gig - makes me smile! I’ve just finished a new track called ‘Squidfist’ (which is named after a beer that my friend brews and you can only buy in my local bar!) Theres the collaboration with Dave coming early next year. Also I’m remixing Chris Fortiers new thing as Conecte (I've known Chris since mid 90’s so its nice to remix for him) and a few more bits that I have to do too! Gigwise 2018 is shaping up nicely - some very cool gig pencilled in!

LONYA on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/Lonya.Official - SoundCloud: @lonya HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to LONYA: Q: Exciting track selection, Mister! How would you describe the development of electronic music in Israel? A: Thanks for having me on How I Met the Bass, it was a very interesting process to create this mix for me. Its no secret that Israel has been blessed but lots of talented producers and djs. Over the years we experienced the diversity of new sounds coming mainly from Tel Aviv, which is a city that really inspires you to express yourself. But there are also many artists and projects from Jerusalem, Haifa and other cities, doing great things. From a trance nation in the nineties to a unique local blend of techno and progressive styles in the last decade, we continue to evolve and tell our stories. Clubs and outdoor festivals are full and international artists are constantly arriving to perform and this also has its mark on the whole underground movement here. Q: From the Middle East to the world as you´ve already seen most parts of the planet. Where is your favorite spot to DJ? A: It´s maybe weird, but i don’t know, so many great locations and events I´ve participated and I hope that I still didn’t discover so much. So let´s get back to this question when I m 60 (laughing). Q: Which future Lonya projects are on the way? A: It´s been a busy year for me and many new collaborations on the way to be released soon, including with my fellow countrymen - Guy Mantzur, Magit Cacoon, Itamar Sagi and with Wally Lopez and Patrick Kunkel I´m finishing very exciting new projects. Great things to expect in 2018.

DAVIDÉ on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davide.jeudi.rec - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/davidejeudi HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to DAVIDÉ: Q: Talking about your classics selection. Why did you choose these tracks? A: These tracks play an important role in terms of personal progress. I play a lot of old tracks in my set, from Funk to good old Acid or African Techno sounds. It was really hard to choose these tracks as there are just so many that have inspired me throughout my 17 years as a DJ. Q: You´re a workaholic it seems. Promoting partys in Hamburg, running the fantastic label Jeudi Records and a booking agency called „Cosy“ besides producing and DJing. Anything I forgot? Tell us about your daily life. A: Yeah I work a lot, but I love it. I organise events at Hamburg Clubs like Waagenbau or Uebel&Gefaehrlich and so on and also in other cities. Up until last year I was running my own two Club formats in Hamburg for 10 years. At the moment I‘m also doing a lot in the field of club consulting, which I enjoy immensely. However, the most beautiful baby is still the record label JEUDI, which was founded 7 years ago and which I’m still running with my close friends Doctor Dru and Benjamin from Adana Twins. Recently I‘ve also started a booking agency „Cosy“ with my partner Steven. It’s only the beginning but we have already signed great artists like DirrtyDishes, Rauschaus and many more. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: I look forward to the end of December and the end of the year. The last month of the year is always pretty intense. As always I am organizing my birthday bash with an amazing line up of friends. This year it will be on the 9th December and i’m really excited about it. At the beginning of the year i’ll be touring a bit, through Asia and more. Actually I’m working on two amazing projects right now, one of which will evolve in Hamburg and one musical project. I’m not allowed to say any more at this point, but I‘ll keep you posted.

MOLLONO.BASS on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MOLLONO.BASS - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mollonobass HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to MOLLONO.BASS: Q: Besides producing and touring you´re running Acker Records, 3000 Grad. A fulltime job? A: A fulltime job indeed! Since 2006 I'm living my life with my music only. A dream came true. But as you mentioned it's not only my own music, but many different projects: Two labels, a booking agency, a festival and various other events throughout the year. More than I could handle myself. So I'm very happy that 3000Grad is a team of around 7 people. They make sure everything goes down smoothly. And that there's always some quality jokes flying around in our office! Q: Also you´re part of a lot of events and festivals in northern Germany. 3000 Grad, Fusion, just to name a few. Please tell us more about your doings. A: Fusion Festival is like a parallel universe, and 3000Grad is really just one star in this “Kulturkosmos”, which means culture cosmos in German. Even after many many years of active involvement it's still very inspiring to work with so many creative minds and interesting people in this project, to make magic happen year after year again. Then there's our 3000Grad Festival, which is obviously our baby. Lots of love and dedication goes into this project. Our vision is to make the utopia of a better world come true, even if it's just for a weekend. Ideally the visitors take this experience with them and keep it alive as an inspiration for their everyday lives. In the end, a better world depends on us and our attitude. And then: winter’s coming, which is really not so nice here in Germany. So we try to make it a little nicer with our indoor events. The general idea of these parties is to bring a hint of summer festival vibes into the club context. That's why our “Wanderzirkus”, the travelling circus, is subtitled as “The Surreal Club Festival”. It's really like an indoor adult playground where we can live our passion for electronic dance music, but also for the beautifully bizarre, for theater and performance art. Q: Which further projects are on the way? A: At the moment I’m full enthusiasm for my music projects and my collaborations with other producers. If it was possible, I would move into my studio for some months. What's the result of all this? On 1st December we'll release the 3rd part of the Mollono.Bass & Friends series on 3000Grad Records, this time I worked with my long-year Kombinat100 companion Marc Vogler and with Timboletti. In 2018 we'll continue with a new Mollono.Bass Remix Collection, I can't believe it's number 4 in this series already.

INNELLEA on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/innellea/ - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/innellea HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to INNELLEA: Q: Guess it was not easy to mix your both musicial influences in one hour, right? Tell us about your mix. A: Well in fact it was pretty nice! We made two Spotify playlists and picked out our all time favs. Dani more housy Michi more electro influenced. Q: How did you guys meet once? A: We both take part in a collective called „Ohne Worte“ where we host party’s with focus on designed stages and good music. That’s how we got to know each other about 6 years ago in Michi‘s cellarroom at a meeting kind of thing. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: There are a lot. We have pretty straight goals we want to reach one day and we have to work hart for it. So we are producing a lot, try to learn a lot about sounddesign etc. and of course trying to connect with the scene. Socializing is (how said it might be...) one of the most important things these days.

Simina Grigoriu on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/siminagrigoriumusic - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/simina-grigoriu HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to SIMINA GRIGORIU: Q: Talking about your mix: how did these tracks have an impact on your career? A: I used to listen to Jungle and Hip-Hop growing up. I loved Break Beats and even Euro Trash like Gigi D’Agostino and and super oldies my parents used to listen to. My musical taste is all over the map. However, since I got into Techno over 15 years ago, there have been many classics to admire and some tracks that have become MY personal classics. I love Juan Atkins and I have so much respect for guys like Paul Kalkbrenner, Adam Beyer, Jeff Mills, Derrick May and the list goes on. It was quite hard to find the tracks to find into a one-hour mix but I did and I hope you guys like it! :) Q: By touring with your husband you´ve probably seen almost everything from the world. But where is your favorite spot to be – and to DJ? A: hahah! Why does it always come down to these personal questions, huh? I don’t often tour with Paul. We have our own tour schedules and rarely play at the same venues. We have a wonderful home life and a family but business is business and business is separate from home life. As for what I’ve seen of the world, I can describe a lot of it, but on tour I usually see the airports, the clubs and the inside of hotel rooms. Traveling and being on tour are totally different animals and there is often not enough time to enjoy the cities in which I play. Now with a family there is almost no posibility for an extra day here or there. I prefer to be home with my babies; The big one and the little one. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A. I have some new tracks coming out on my own label, Kuukou Records, as well as some remixes on other techno labels. We are currently working on our next Kuukou label party and I am traveling a lot at the moment. Locally around EU but also some extended trips on the horizon. More info to come soon, or, just check out siminagrigoriu.com

TOWNSHIP REBELLION on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/township.rebellion.music - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/township-rebellion HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to TOWNSHIP REBELLION: Q: Four man behind looks like a "boy band". How have you guys met each other and what's the story behind your artist name? A: We are all friends from the same town in South Germany. We don't have a big local scene like Berlin or Cologne so it was obvious to us that we had to work hard to be recognized. The name came from a homage to a "Rage Against The Machine" track with the same title. Q: Guess it's not that easy to match all tastes when producing or playing your music. How do you arrange with this in the studio or on the stage? A: We all have different backgrounds and talents. It takes time to bring all of those together, but at the end of the day everyone in the team benefits from our diverse pool of skillsets. What most people don't see that we don't just produce, we handle the whole thing ourselves, from management to booking, video productions, marketing etc.. Basically all the areas artists need to handle these days. On the stage we currently play as a team of two representing Township at gigs. Q: Which future projects are on the way? A: We are starting our first bigger international tours towards the end of the year. There will also be a few more releases this year to look forward to.

UNER on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/unermusic - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/uner HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to UNER: Q: Talking about your mix and the selection. Why did you choose these tracks and what do they mean to you? A: I have chosen these tracks because they are super representative for my influence since the last 20 years regarding the electronic dance music. I have been playing it (and still playing) and I can find here some futuristic sounds even when they did it years ago. Q: You recently started your „umamii“ event series – a multisensory experience how you call it. Please tell us more about it! A: "Umamii" is different kind of event, it’s an experience more than just a party. We decided to start with our own event, avoiding to follow the same ideas as other promoters when it comes to marketing, line ups and also installations in the clubs. We based "Umamii" on neuromarketing studies and our goal is to thrill our fans. We want to make each and every person enjoy every moment of the experience through more than just music. I hope that everyone comes with an open mind to a place where they can meet other similar personalities and forget all their problems! Q: Which further UNER projects are coming? I´ve heard there is a new album in progress? A: Yes. There are a lot of projects coming soon. And a new album is one of the most importants. I'm still composing the material but it will come during 2018. It's a huge project at the moment, but I'm also working on a soundtrack for a film and some remixes and originals, and of course, Solar Distance and a brand new label. But everything will happen during the 18'.

Ted Thomas, best-selling author and publisher is best known as America’s Tax Lien Certificate and Tax Deed Authority. Thomas has sat for more than 200 radio and TV interviews, most recently on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox and he has been recognized in Newsweek, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Ted Thomas is the go-to guy when people want to discover how to invest in secure government certificates that pay 16% and 18%. Ted’s best selling Home Study Course titled, Quick Start to Buying Government Tax Lien Certificates & Tax Deeds, is considered the benchmark standard for the Tax Lien Certificate and Tax Deed industry. Thomas also conducts live tours of Tax Lien Certificate and Tax Deed auctions. Houses with tax liens are a safe, secure investment because you won’t run the risk of losing large sums of money. Ted’s number one suggestions is this: Start out buying vacant residential land. Most mentors won’t suggest this, but Ted does for this reason. He wants to make sure his students are staying conservative in their investments. Buying land is a low risk investment, and sell for 10 - 20 cent on the dollar. If you sell it for 50 cent to buyers then you’ve made a profit! Ted’s suggestion is to go slow, stay conservative, and watch your income build. There will never be a shortage of properties. There are 100 million properties in the United States alone, and 2 - 3% of that will go into tax lien territory. Ted’s point is that there’s no reason to try and rush your business. Let it grow steadily. You’ll always have properties to buy and sell. Ted answers these common questions: Q: What is a tax deed auction? A: A Public auction where real estate is sold on property that is delinquent in taxes. A deed sale happens after a tax certificate applies to the tax collector for a tax deed after the certificate has been held for the statutory period. Q: What is a tax lien certification? A: Tax lien certificates pay you guaranteed fixed rates of return interest per year.  Q: Which states are tax deed states? A: Tax Deed States: Alaska Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Kansas Maine Michigan Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Q: Which states are tax lien certificate states? A: Tax Lien Certificate States- Alabama Arizona Colorado Florida Illinois Iowa Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Jersey New York Ohio South Carolina Vermont Washington DC West Virginia Wyoming

SUPERNOVA on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/supernovaitaly - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/supernova HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to SUPERNOVA: Q: Tell us about your mix – how did these tracks have influence to your music career? A: All these tracks have left a relevant mark in our lives as DJs and producers. Running from old school house to techno we have shared great emotions playing, listening and dancing them during our career. We also had the honor to have been asked to remix some of these amazing classics and we have added some of them to the mix as well. Q: From Italy to the world. You´re playing all around the globe. But where is your favorite spot to DJ? A: Well, hard to pick just one place. We had so many great experiences lately around the globe and any of them have been interesting for different reasons. We are playing a lot in South America in the last year and we always found there a great crowd. They love the music and party hard! On another note playing for Elrow have been always amazing since our first party with them back in 2011 and we look forward to join them on June 18th at Elrow Off Week party in Barcelona. Q: Which special Supernova and Lapsus Music releases are scheduled for the coming months? A: We have just released our brand new “The Game” EP on Lapsus including a remix from Mathias Kaden. On May 19th will be out “Ain’t Nobody” EP on Stereo Productions while in June we will release “2 Get Her” on Elrow Music & Kaluki Off Week release and “Floating Memory” on Deeperfect. Lapsus Music has a really tight and cool schedule with brand new original tracks from Sven Tasnadi & David Jach, Luna City Express, De La Swing, Russ Yallop, Davina Moss, Rich Wakley, Pete Dorling, Tucci, Nico Cabeza just to name a few and remixes coming from Mathias Tanzmann, Gene Ferris, DJ T, Paolo Bolivar, Ki Creighton and more, so stay tuned!

MADMOTORMIQUEL on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madmotormiquel - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/madmotormiquel HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to MADMOTORMIQUEL: Q: Your mix shows influences from Beats and Hip-Hop. When did you come to electronic music and why? A: I have been collecting records from an early age on listening to so many styles of music that I realized pretty early that there is good music in every genre, you just need to find it. So it’s really hard for me to tell when I first got in touch with electronic music. I came from Punkrock, Hardcore, Ska, but I listened to hip hop really early too, and I grew up with friends in Berlin that started some of the first techno clubs and some of my friends became quite famous musicians. So I guess I have been in touch with electronic music all my life, but my passion for raves was definitely highly influenced by my first Fusion Festival and all those illegal raves a long time ago. Q: From Berlin to the world. Where´s your favorite place to DJ? A: There are soooo many amazing places around the world where I had the chance to play, thats always hard to tell. To name 3 places that really really mean a lot to me: Garbicz Festival, Afrika Burn, Egypt Sandbox Festival. Q: Which releases can we expect this year? And is there maybe another tour coming up? A: I was touring so much in the last 2 years that I didn’t have that much time for studio, hopefully this year I will spend some more time producing again. There is a track coming up in March/April on the Bar 25 compilation I did together with my Melbourne friend moodmachine, and I made a remix for my friend Sam Farsio from Dubai which will be out in the next months as well. And I am working on some new tracks, so let’s see what happens. I’m playing 2 shows in New Caledonia end of February which I am really excited about! A US tour in summer including Oregon Eclipse Festival and Burning Man, again Egypt in May and quite a lot other stuff. Thanks a lot for giving me the opportunity to show a little bit of me meeting the bass :)

PARIDE SARACENI on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paridesaraceniofficial - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/paride_saraceni HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: www.twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to PARIDE SARACENI: Q: Tell us about your mix – what do these tracks mean to you, how did they shape your career? A: I have picked certain special tracks for this mix, starting from my earliest vinyls, which date back to 2007, including "Victor Casanova" by the Italoboyz duo, which was of great inspiration for me due to its very open approach to originally include cinematic recordings into a dancefloor-oriented piece of minimal techno; as well as my first Cocoon vinyl: "The Beauty And The Beast" by Sven Vaeth, remixed by Eric Prydz, which instead, at the time, captured my attention in a street of Florence, (which is where I bought this record) due to its bassline and very mysterious crescendo and dynamic flow which I immediately incorporated into my earliest productions. [...] Edit note: due to a limit of 4.000 signs here please read the full answer on our page soon. Q: Releasing your music on huge labels opens the world for a DJ. Which places are on your must-see list? A: I hope to visit a lot of countries, especially the ones in South America, Asia and Africa, but mostly the more hidden places where this kind of experimental music has not yet managed to be heard, or better, "discovered" and appreciated. I am curious of countries under oppression such as North Korea or Iran, and I believe that once their people will be free from the current politics, new forms of freedom, and therefore, of musical exploration will explode along with artforms new to them, which I hope to be part of one day. Q: Which new Saraceni releases are coming soon? A: I have an upcoming remix for Maya Jane Coles on her I/Am/Me, possibly a new Truesoul and a new Tronic, and I am also working on lanuching Post Scriptum Music as a record label too, with the first release being an 11 minutes long piece I am working on since 2014. This will be a very special one, I assure you!

GABRIEL ANANDA on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabriel.ananda - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gabrielananda 3Q to GABRIEL ANANDA: Q: You released your music for about 15-20 years yet. Tell us about your mix. How did these tracks shape your artist career? A: Its all in a chronologic order. First contact with a kinda minimal, drum based music is come together from the beatles. I found it in a pile of old 7"s from my uncles music box. I couldn´t read, but the record with the apple was my favorite. I think that this song is still so modern. "Infinity" blew me away. Its actually not a theme of 4 or 8 bars, it has 5! That makes it, besides the music, so special. Still inpiring. "Rhythm Is A Dancer" was my first dancing experience on a school trip. These layers of sound and groove put me into a trance in seconds. Masterpiece. "L' esperanza" itself is a nice track and the video on TV made Sven look like a nice guy. So I decided to go on his party after the Loveparade 1995 which led me into the world of "real techno". That day I decided to become a musician for electronic music. "Gravitational Arch of Ten": Beauty, mystic and pure love for life. This is techno for me, I was never so interested in dark techno. On that party in 1995 Sven played black labs, space bar. On a tiny video cut I could find it and it stayed in my head and on my search list for over a decade. When I finally found it i made a remaster and edit. And eventually this year I rereleased it on soulful techno records. Richie Hawtin is not only a cool guy with a laser outfit and an image of a half god, he actually really created landmarks in electronic music. "Panic Attack" was probably 10 years ahead of time and is a blue print for minimal music which got big around 2003. So in the late 1990s I entered the clubs and made my first records. Especially in the last years before 2000 the music was so hard and hypnotic. I only liked a few tracks, especially Marco Carolas "Hypnotisamus". I think you cant nail it more. In the early 2000s I started to focus on my roots, melodies and emotions. At that time Mathew Jonson popped up with his unbelievable melodies and aestetics. He inspired me a lot! I am still a big fan of him. One of a very few real musicians in techno. Until 2010 I dont remember so many tracks right now. Next mindblowing thing was Rainbow Serpent festival in Australia. Everybody in gothic or tribal costumes and smiling and dancing on a totally different music. Glitch Hop. 100 Bpm, kinda dubsteo like but with a totally different approach. Instead of beeing dark and as hard as possible, most of it is so positive and playful. I start right now to bring this style into my productions. My Favorite track of this and last years is "Sordid Affair". It touches me, it sounds great, its cool. What a perfect track. Maceo Plex is a real master in my eyes and deserves a mention here. Q: You played your music all over the world yet. Which place has always been a special one for you, a place you won´t miss? A: That is really difficult to say. There are so many great events and each has a special vibe. I love to play on open air festivals, but there are also a lot of great club events. Playing Thuishaven or Georgies Wundergarten, as well as Awakenings is always special. I was in Morocco for the first time this year and this was also a really great event with a lovely crowd. So it is not easy to pick the one and only here :) Q: Which new projects can we expect soon? A: We really worked hard on the complete Gabriel Ananda project the last months, and have a lot of amazing projects coming up. We will release a „Selected Remixes Compilation“ with 20 of my favorite remixes from the last years beginning of 2017, I´m already working on a studio album, some great cooperations and EPs and we will have the first label night from my new label Soulful Techno at Artheater in Cologne in February and this is just the tip of the iceberg. So it will be another exciting year.

MARKUS KAVKA on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markuskavkaofficial/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/markus-kavka HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: https://twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to MARKUS KAVKA: Q) TV & radio moderator, book-author, DJ – is there something missing to complete your career? (guess becoming a professional football player is a little bit too late now) A) Becoming a professional football player was indeed my first dream. It didn’t come true obviously, but doing all the other stuff has been great fun as well. I am really lucky and blessed considering that I am enjoying my work so much that I would even pay for it. Instead, people are paying ME! Overall I’m a very happy boy. Q) You started DJing in the 1990s so you probably have a lot of storys to tell. Which special moments left those chosen records in your mind? A) The overall story of my chosen records spans the complete timeline of electronic music in my life, so I guess will tell you something about the tracks . "Fade To Grey" by Visage was the very first record I bought, in early 1981, age 14. Depeche Mode was aside of The Cure the first band I was a fan of, and I still am. "See You" was the first DM-single I bought in 1982. "Blue Monday" was a true epiphany for me in 1983, I still play this record occasionally in my sets, people always love it. "Quite Unusual" by Front 242 represents my interest in Electronic Body Music and Industrial in the Mid- and Late-80ies. "Unfinished Sympathy" is my favorite track of Massive Attacks 1991-milestone-record "Blue Lines". I still like their stuff. "Terminator" by Goldie marks the beginning of my fascination for Drum´n´Bass in the 90’s, I really danced my ass off to that stuff. Around 1995/96 I started DJing, and Daft Punks seminal album "Homework" was among the stuff I played. I still do as a matter of fact. Steve Bugs classic "Loverboy" marks the Minimal-/Tech House-phase I had in the late 90ies, I still love this track. I was living in Cologne during that time and my favorite Club was Studio672, where Kompakt Records hosted their legendary "Total Confusion"-parties. By then I was completely hooked on Techno. The Wighnomy-Brothers-Remix of Slam’s "This World" is one of my favorite tracks of all time. When it came out in 2004 I literally played it in every single one of my sets for at least one year straight, I still play it from time to time. "Archangel" by Burial is a track by on of my favorite artists of all time, taken from his fantastic 2007 album "Untrue". That´s the stuff I mostly listen to at home. Same thing applies for Moderat and their three wonderful albums. The remix DJ Koze did for their track "Bad Kingdom" is probably one of my most favorite remixes of all time. The journey eventually closes with the remix that Sascha Cawa and Dirty Doering did for my latest track "Holy Moly". Hope you like it. One more important thing: Since almost all the tracks differ very much in style and BPM I deliberately did not mix them. Instead I played them from start to finish in their original tempo. Just in case you wonder. Q) Which highlights are coming up next behind the decks, out of the studio lab and in front of the TV-cameras? A) I am looking very much forward to playing at Docks/Hamburg on Dec.3 and KaterBlau/Berlin on Dec.9. In January and February I will go back into the studio to produce new tracks for a spring release. As far as my TV-stuff goes I will continue to present the Football-World-Cup-Qualifiers on RTLnitro.

GIORGIA ANGIULI on - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/giorgia.angiuli - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/giorgiaangiuli-1 HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: https://twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to GIORGIA ANGIULI: Q: Your artist-image is full of colours and toys. What´s the story behind your doings? And which one is your favorite toy? A: I truly love sound toys, especially the vintage ones! I do believe that if you play with unusual magical objects, sounds can become even more fascinating. Using colors in music is fundamental to me. I am not a big fan of circuit bending and I prefer to play my toys using a microphone, adding some effects, as chorus, reverb, delay. At present my favorite toy is a frog-shaped keyboard from the 1960s. Q: You´re based in Italy. How would you describe the electronic music scene in your country? A: In my opinion Italy is one of the most beautiful country in the world and there are many talented artists. We are creative and positive people but unfortunately the environment we live in doesn’t seem to support the electronic music culture. In our country clubs must close their doors at maximum 5 am and there are just a few clubs with a good sound system. There is no space for young and underground artists and promoters invite generally only mainstream artists and there is no time for deep music. Usually the party starts with music at 125 bpm! Anyway I hope that things will get better soon! Q: Which releases are coming soon on which labels? A: Honestly I am a bit confused at the moment about my next releases. I find it complicated to understand dynamics behind the music market in general as things are changing so fast. I would like to release “timeless” music on a label that really means something to me, working with people with whom I can build a real human connection! For me music is a language that comes from the heart and should really connect people. I know that it sounds more like utopia but I believe in dreams! I have a lot of new music in my archives and I want to wait and choose the best place for these tracks.

Q: Could you tell us a little about how this research began? A: Actually in 2013 Flavio Garcia, a computer scientist at University of Birmingham, and a team of researchers were about to reveal a vulnerability in the ignition of Volkswagen cars that allowed them to start the car and drive off without a key. This vulnerability was present in millions of VWs. Q: You say “about to reveal”? A: Yes, they were sued, which delayed the publication of the work for 2 years. They used that time to continue their research into vulnerabilities with VW cars. Q: So did they find anything new? A: They sure did. The paper they just published identifies flaws not only with the ignition system, but also with the keyless entry system. Q: How many cars are we talking about? A: The researchers claim that every Volkswagen sold since 1995 is affected. The estimate is nearly 100 million cars! Q: Which cars are affected? A: There are two distinct attacks – one impacts Audi and Škoda cars; the other Alfa Romeo, Citroen, Fiat, Ford, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Opel, and Peugeot. Q: Do they provide any details of the attack? A: They use radio hardware to intercept signals from the victim’s key fob, using the intercepted signals to clone the key. They started with software defined radio connected to a laptop, but have moved to a small $40 setup that includes an Arduino board with an attached radio receiver. Q: How concerned should we be? A: Of the two attacks, the one targeting Volkswagen cars is most concerning because (1) there is no indication to the drivers that they’ve been compromised, (2) one a single button press needs to be intercepted. Q: Why is the security weak? A: It turns out that millions of Volkswagen vehicles share a single cryptographic key. Using the hardware we described earlier, researchers capture another key unique to the target vehicle that is transmitted every time the button on the key fob is pressed. By combining these two key, the researchers can clone the key fob. A single interception and the car is “owned”. Q: So it’s that easy? A: Not quite that easy. A few caveats. The attacker has to be within 300 feet of the car. The shared key is not quite universal. The shared key may change based on the model of the car and the year. Also, the internal components where the shared is extracted from may be different. Q: So the key’s not universal. That’s good, right? A: Yes, except that the 4 most common keys are used in nearly all the 100 million Volkswagen’s sold in the past 20 years. Q: So should listeners sell their Volkswagens? A: No, not yet. The researchers have not revealed where the shared key is stored, but a determined hacker could reverse engineer the keys and publish or sell them. And a newer locking system, used in the VW Golf 7 and other models, uses unique - not shared - keys and it his immune to these attacks. Q: You mentioned that there are two attacks. What’s the second? A: The second technique exploits flaws in a common cryptographic scheme called HiTag2 that is used in millions of vehicles. Q: How does this attack work? A: The hardware setup is similar to the previous attack. One big difference is that you don’t need to extract any internal keys from the car. You do have to intercept more codes from the target key fob - eight codes specifically. These codes include a rolling code number that changes with every button press. Q: Sounds a lot like cracking a WEP key on a wireless network. A: It is. In fact, the researchers suggest jamming the key fob so that the driver has to repeatedly press the button. Essentially generating more traffic to capture. Similar to a so-called replay attack used to help speed up the cracking of WEP keys. Q: Why not just updated the encryption scheme? A: It turns out the HiTag2 crypto system is hard coded into chips made by semiconductor company NXP. According to NXP HiTag2 is a legacy security algorithm - 18 years old. Since 2009, they have introduced new, more advanced algorithms, but car makers have been slow to transition to these new chips. Q: So attackers can unlock the car. Can they steal the car? A: While these attacks focus on the key fob and unlocking the car. Other research - even these researchers previous work - focuses on exploiting vulnerabilities in the ignition system and bypassing so-called immobilizer systems that are intended to prevent the car being driven without the key fob present. Combining these attackers, it would be possible to steal the car. In fact, there is already evidence of sophisticated digitally-enable car thieves using mysterious “black box” devices to steal cars. Q: So what should car owners do? A: Car owners can’t fix the vulnerabilities, so there’s little they can do to avoid these sort of attacks. If you’re concerned about someone cloning your key fob (1) don’t leave valuables in the car, (2) avoid using the key fob at all.

DAVID JACH on Facebook: www.facebook.com/djdavidjach/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/davidjach HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: https://twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to DAVID JACH: Q: You still include vinyl records to your DJ sets. What makes them so special? A: You can hold vinyl in your hands – that’s very special. At the moment most of the music that is released is only digital and you store this music in a folder on your laptop or the usb-stick. I love to have great music in my hand and to store them in my vinyl shelf much more old-school but still cool. Also playing vinyl is special not every mix is perfect but that’s it and that makes every set special and people listen to that – things happen during a set which you can not plan but in the end: it sounds good especially the dirty touch of this medium like the cracking and random noises. Also this podcast is made by vinyl only. Q: You planned to move to Istanbul for a while - before the attacks and the politic situation. How do you think about it today and is it still an option? A: The political situation is very worrying at the moment and you also note this in clubs. People don’t like to make big party’s there and it is a really tense situation in this country. But still - I love Istanbul a lot – it is a very magical city with a great vibe. I would like to play there, to make people happy with my music and let them forget for a moment what happens outside of the club. My movement plans to Istanbul are currently on ice. I stay in my hometown Dresden at the moment but if the situation in Turkey becomes more relaxed I will move there for a while. That’s sure. Q: Which new David Jach releases are coming soon? A: My next release will be on “With Compliments” it is a vinyl release called “Back to House EP” with an awesome remix from Okain & AGENT I work at the moment on a co-production with Sven Tasnadi. Be excited – something is coming.

SOLEE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soleemusic SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/solee-music HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: https://twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to SOLEE: Q: Some words about the music included in this podcast? A: First of all I really love this concept! ;-) I decided to select some important tracks for me from my personal beginnings. Not the beginning of my project "Solee". When I started to listen, feel and celebrate electronic music in the early 90ies these were the tracks I felt in love with. With these tracks I spent many hours on the dancefloor when I drove with my friends to Frankfurt or Munich to big rave parties or to our local clubs in Stuttgart. But this kind of atmospheric and melodic music also inspired me to start collecting music, playing as a DJ and later producing my own music. Hey, maybe you can still hear some influences in my current "Solee" productions...haha! Anyway it was pure fun to dig out these oldies. Respect to the producers who created timeless masterpieces!!! Q: Parquet Recordings is an established label since lots of years. What are your future plans with it? A: Actually I´m really happy as things are now with Parquet Recordings. I still feel that the label is growing and getting more support from many different sites. So i think I don´t change a lot in future and will try to sign furthermore good music & artists and follow my musical concept, irrespective of any amusing trends or hypes. Q: Which new Solee releases are in progress? A: My "10 Years Parquet Recordings" CD Mix-Compilation has just been released including a new production called "Hyper". Furthermore I finished some remixes for artists like Habischman, Djuma Soundsystem, Third Son & Wally Lopez or Oliver Schories. They will be released in the coming weeks/months. Some new originals are also in progress - so stay tuned.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, guest Herry Han, partner at Lightspeed China Partners, spoke with our host Nina Xiang, on making early-stage investments in China's media and mobile healthcare sector. Don't forget to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to China Money Network weekly newsletters. You can also subscribe to China Money Podcast’s Youtube channel or Youku channel. Q: In China's media and advertising sector, where do you see future opportunities? A: For advertising, I think there is much more room for growth in the mobile and globalization space. Not so much mobile traffic has been well monetized, or mobile advertising accurately delivered to consumers. There is a great opportunity to create a smart platform to deliver advertising to mobile sites, or to augmented reality (AR) platforms if you think ahead. Also, we see a lot of Chinese companies going global, and they want to market their products to international markets. Companies like Avazu are targeting to help Chinese companies to go global. For media, we are expecting to see the emergence of new media platforms focused on different verticals such as real estate and auto. The new generation doesn't like the old platforms. They are looking for new niche products mostly in mobile formats. Every ten years, there are great opportunities for new media platforms. Q: How are the old and new platforms different, aside from one being viewed on the computer and the other on a phone? A: For example, Soufang.com was an "old" real estate information platform. Autohome.com was an "old" auto platform. These portals are transforming themselves by providing online and offline services, transactional services and other new offerings. Despite their efforts, there are still a lot of new mobile apps emerging, offering new experiences to the young consumers. There will definitely be some new firms that will win the heart of new consumers in this process. Q: Does Lightspeed have other investments in the media sector? A: We have invested in a video producer called iEver Makeup Room. They are building video content in new and innovative ways, and have attracted a lot of eyeballs in a short period of time. We believe video, especially live online streaming and short video, will continue to experience explosive growth going forward. Q: How does this type of company make money? A: As long as there is traffic, we can monetize it by ways including advertising, gaming and lead generation. Q: Lighstspeed also invested in BTCChina, now named BTCC. Can you share with us the rational behind this Bitcoin investment? A: BTCC is sort of a "wild" bet on the future digital currency. We invested in the company in a series A round and in an experienced entrepreneur. This is not a typical investment for us, as nobody can say if digital currency will be the direction of the future or not. We made our bet thinking that if this trend realizes itself, we are invested in the top player in the sector. Digital currency is something so big that we feel like we cannot miss. Q: Which type of mobile healthcare firms will have a better chance to succeed? A: We invested in a company called Trusted Doctors in 2012 as a seed investment. Our observation is that the entry point to mobile healthcare in China is still the doctors. If a company can acquire the top doctors in China, it will win the whole healthcare sector. Trusted Doctors have over 400,000 top doctors on its platform. In China, patients will not pay for services digitally unless they know the identities of the doctors. So as these doctors invite their patients onto the Trusted Doctors platform, it will allow the company to monetize. Other type of mobile health companies we like are those that focus on big data. Q: Are there similar start-ups in the U.S. that do the same thing as Trusted Doctors? A: I think so. There are some U.S.

JAN OBERLAENDER on - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janoberlaendermusic - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/janoberlaender-1 HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: https://twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to JAN OBERLAENDER: Q) While listening to your podcast I realize that there are so many influences inside your music nowadays. Is that true? A) It´s funny when you think you are up to date with fresh music by just downloading new tracks every week. But when I selected music for this podcast I just realized that I love the same special elements in tracks all the years yet. It´s running like a thread through all the time. Of course my CD library was huge and there were so many tracks inside which just made me shake my head and say “Oh what the hell is this?”. Well, my intention was to mix only tracks which will also work in a club or a festival nowadays, so the tracks have to be a bit more timeless. To be honest it was really difficult for me to do such a classic mix. Meanwhile I thought about to give up and mix a podcast with new tracks only but finally I´m happy that I made it. Q) What´s your favorite festival in Europe and why is it so special? A) My most favorite one is the Garbicz Festival. I really like it so much because it´s not that big and not too small. The area with the sea is amazing and there are so many friends around that you can´t even go 5 steps without talking. Also the music is completely my kind of music and it´s not that often to find a festival with excellent food. Q) Which releases are coming next? A) Well mixing this podcast needed some days so now I concentrate producing a 2 track EP which will be released on Heinz Music and I hope to finish that in June or July. Yes, I´m quite slow in producing.

DAVID KENO on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidkeno/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/david-keno HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: https://twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to DAVID KENO: Q: You’ve been playing in Australia and New Zealand. What´s the difference to parties in Europe? A: I think the difference between the European and Australian parties isn’t very big. With the internet the people are very well educated musically. So you travel around the globe and the people know all of your releases and are asking me to play a track from 2006 that I have almost forgot about myself. So I can’t really tell a difference and I mean that in a good way ;-) Q: Which are your 3 favorite clubs in Berlin? A: Hmm that’s not very easy to answer. At the moment I love to play mostly at Sisyphos, Ritter Butzke and maybe Wilde Renate. Q: Katermukke, Dirtybird, Suara, Snatch! Huge label names. What coming up next? A: My next release is coming on Mother Recordings this month. Also there is something coming up on Toolroom and Lapsus very soon.

On the 17th episode of Your Question, we handle the following question: Q: Which is better to improve speaking? Listening or reading? Here are my thoughts and suggestions: Of course both are important for developing knowledge and fluency in a foreign language. Both reading and listening have advantages and disadvantages. Since listening is related to […]

In this episode of China Money Podcast, guest Fritz Demopoulos, founder of Queen's Road Capital and co-founder of Qunar Inc, speaks with our host Nina Xiang. He explains his investment thesis of investing in "platforms", who he sees as the future disrupters of the established Chinese Internet giants, and what he learned from a failed start-up that he invested in. Don't forget to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to China Money Network weekly newsletters. You can also subscribe to China Money Podcast’s Youtube channel or Youku channel. Q: Last time when we talked, you forecasted industry consolidations in China's tech space. This year, it really happened in a large scale with multiple major mergers. What are the driving forces behind these deals? A: First of all, some large conglomerates decided to "buy", instead of "make" certain businesses on their own. Historically, a lot of Chinese companies have decided to make and build things themselves. Moving forward, we will see more buying as they realize they can't do everything. Also, it used to be that every Chinese technology company was fighting each other for a long time. But now people realize you don't have to fight to win. You can actually partner and combine with others to win. Many experienced entrepreneurs in China has developed an acute sense of responsibility to shareholders, a stronger sense of managing different viewpoints, which is leading to some of these deals as well. These deals should have happened earlier, but never did because of interpersonal issues. Q: The mergers will continue? A: I think so. The cost of capital will continue to inch up. Valuation will probably be flat except for one or two super hot companies. Entrepreneurs may have to think twice before they burn a lot of money on margin initiatives. They need to be disciplined on how they achieve their objectives. Q: Which sectors will this wave of merger deals impact? A: It's going to be in every sector. One joke goes like this: If there are four or five competitors in a category, there will be a hundred competitors in China. Naturally, this will lead to more combinations. Just to name a few, online gaming, medical technology, financial technology, and P2P lending could all see more merger deals. Q: Let's focus on the online travel sector, an area where you have had lots of experience. Queen's Road Capital has backed two start-ups in online travel, Tripping.com and GetYourGuide. What is your investment thesis here? A: Both start-ups are in two of the hottest categories of the travel business: vacation rentals and local activities. Tripping.com aggregates vacation home rentals globally. It works like a Qunar for Airbnb type of accommodation offerings. Most of the travel distribution companies today focus on air tickets and hotels, but there is another massive category where travelers spend a lot of money, which are local tours and activities, such as buying a ticket to the Eiffel Tower or the Colosseum. GetYourGuide aggregates the information and deliver to consumers in a timely fashion. There are three categories in the travel business that offer the best opportunities: China, vacation rentals and local activities. These two start-ups are in the most promising sectors. Q: What are the challenges you see in these two start-ups trying to scale up? A: On the demand side, getting customers to use your services is always a challenge. The travel sector is very competitive. Many companies are fighting for the same customers, so it's very expensive to acquire users. On the supply side, working with this disparate pool of homeowners and local activity providers is also a challenge. For example, GetYourGuide are dealing with thousands of local activity providers. It must make sure the services are consistent with its brand and deliver availability information to users in a timely fashion.

RUEDE HAGELSTEIN on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RuedeHagelstein Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ruede HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: https://twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS to RUEDE HAGELSTEIN: Q: Every title tells it's own story: what's the story behind your album name „Apophenia“? A: I was jammin around for some weeks and it took me to different moods and feelings. I wrote it down like a story. The story is me. :) Q: Besides Watergate, which is your favorite club/festival around the world? A: I got lucky to have a resideny in beloved Beirut in 2016. It's one of the best venues I ever played. A loft with a view around the city and no roof. It's called Grand Factory. Q: Which releases are planned for 2016 yet? A: I finish some more remixes at the moment and then I do a new Upon You EP and I'm working on a another electronica album and well, let's see what time brings.

Today’s podcast episode is a bit different than usual because I’ve solicited questions from the Optimising nutrition, managing insulin Facebook group for kidney expert Dr. Jason Fung. If this is the first time you’ve heard of Jason, you might be better off starting with his Sigma Nutrition Radio interview and also The Aetiology Of Obesity YouTube playlist. The questions are great - they cover the topics of blood glucose levels, type 1 and type 2 diabetes issues, fasting, muscle loss, what Jason recommends as an effective treatment for diabetes and much more. Before we get into the Q&A, let’s start out by clarifying some things about diabetes that Jason was very insistent that we understand... The difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Many people think that type 1 and type 2 diabetes are closely related but Jason insists that’s wrong. They are “completely different diseases” and “you can’t even talk about them in the same sentence.” Type 1 diabetes is a problem of not enough insulin. The proper course of treatment is to give insulin to the patient. That makes sense. But type 2 diabetes is a disease of too much insulin. Yet, what do we typically do for a type 2 diabetic? We give them insulin. Why? To control what we consider to be high blood sugar levels. But giving insulin to a type 2 diabetic doesn’t address the underlying cause that is the insulin resistance. Giving insulin as medicine drops blood sugar levels but the disease remains. Jason likens this method of treatment to giving an alcoholic a drink of whiskey because he’s experiencing withdrawal symptoms. Sure, the symptom will go away temporarily but the disease is still there… and it’s actually getting worse. On this episode you’re going to hear Dr. Jason Fung answer these specific questions: Q: Which is worse, insulin toxicity or glucose toxicity? Q: At what percentage of A1C could we expect the person to have diabetes? Q: Various questions about blood sugar levels and what is the right number to shoot for. Q: When is a low carb diet not enough to help with diabetes? Q: What are the benefits of fasting for type 2 diabetes? And what are the benefits of intermittent fasting? Q: Do you use fasting protocols or work with patients on a case by case basis? Q: Does fasting cause too much stress on the adrenals? Q: Is fasting different for men and women? I’ve heard it isn’t good for women to fast. Q: What happens when someone lean begins to fast? Do they begin to burn muscle? Q: Gluconeogenesis in lean individuals: Where is the substrate for glucose coming from? Q: Is there any fear of protein intake causing gluconeogenesis? Here’s the outline of this interview with Jason Fung: [0:19] Christopher’s introduction of Dr. Fung and this Q&A episode. [1:09] Jason’s background of kidney specialization and interest in type 2 diabetes. [8:03] Q&A with Dr. Fung. [45:03] Addendum with Dr. Tommy Wood. [52:29] In a week of fasting, you will likely lose a pound of lean muscle. RESOURCES AND PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Aetiology Of Obesity YouTube playlist Jason’s website Sigma Nutrition Radio podcast Optimising nutrition, managing Insulin Facebook group Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron MR Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE) trial Glucose Control and Vascular Complications in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes (VADT) trial Basal Insulin and Cardiovascular and Other Outcomes in Dysglycemia (ORIGIN) trial Minnesota Starvation Experiment George F. Cahill, Jr.

BRITTA ARNOLD on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/Britta-Arnold-164024706974110/ SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/britta-1 HOW I MET THE BASS on: - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howimetthebass - Twitter: https://twitter.com/howimetthebass - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass 3 QUESTIONS TO BRITTA ARNOLD: Q: As the festival summer is already gone now: which was the biggest „night to remember“ for you? A: I had a lot of big nights. For example the Fusion Festival as I played on the main stage („Turmbuehne“) and it was so amazing! Still getting goosebumps when I think back on it. And for sure the Garbizc Festival in Poland was a highlight too aswell as the Kater birthday at KaterBlau Berlin. I really had a perfect festival summer with crazy nights and days. Q: Which was the track that inspired you most the past years? A: Oh there were so many great tracks from great artists. Denis Horvat is one of the best for me. Actually I love all of his productions, especially „Flawless“ and „Cedevita“. Also I´m a big fan of the productions from Sascha Cawa and Marcus Meinhardt. Q: After having your latest single release on KaterMukke this year - what´s coming up next? A: End of October 2015 there will be a Heinz Music Compilation and I’m proud to be a part of it. Also I finished an EP with Lee Jones and I´m working on a new Katermukke release with Sascha Cawa and Dirty Doering. Other tracks are finished too but I´m not sure yet where they will be released.

In this episode of China Money Podcast, senior strategist for Greater China at BNP Paribas Investment Partners Chi Lo, talked with out host Nina Xiang about the future policy direction of the Chinese central bank; why he believes the biggest risk in the Chinese economy is a property correction and its knock-on effect on banks and other sectors; as well as his advice for investors on building exposure to China now. Read an excerpt below, but be sure to listen to the full episode in audio. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free in the iTunes store. Q: Earlier this month, the People's Bank of China (PBoC) announced a selective bank reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut of 0.5%. Now the big question on everyone's mind is: Will the Chinese central bank extend the RRR cut to all Chinese commercial banks. What's your view? A: It depends. I think the PBoC's policy move will be data dependent in the next few months. It will depend on how the economy reacts to the selective RRR cuts and also the mini-stimulus packages implemented in the past few months. If the numbers react well, then I don't think there will be a need for a universal RRR cut or an interest rate cut. We think the PBoC is taking a universal RRR cut and interest rate cut as a last resort. Our base case forecast is for the Chinese economy to recover during the second half of the year. Therefore, no major further monetary loosening is needed. Q: Which economic indicators do you think the Chinese government will focus on to determine if the economy is responding well to their policy measures? A: I think they will focus on bank credit, because that's a key leading indicator. They will also focus on electricity power output, transport volume growth, as well as the property market. Depending on how deep the property market correction will go, the authorities will decide how much easing they want to put into the economy. Q: Some economists argue that an across-the-board RRR cut will not stimulate bank lending that much. Do you agree? A: Overall, I do. The smaller and rural banks in China have about 7% excess reserve above the official minimum bank reserve requirement ratio. For the other banks, they also have excess reserve ratio of 2% to 3%, which means they are already putting aside 22% to 23% of reserves, above the official 20% official RRR. So it's hard to tell if the RRR cut will be effective. The problem with the Chinese economy is that the system is too used to bailouts when something goes wrong. This time around, Beijing has been holding off any significant bailout because its policy objective has changed from "growth quantity" to "growth quality". It's not easy. It's painful. Q: So you see there will be more pain, more bankruptcies in the economy? A: You already see property developers and corporates jumping and yelling that there is not enough liquidity. But the truth is that the amount of liquidity now is just less when compared to past cycles, but it's still (ample). When you look at the total aggregate financing numbers, there is still a lot of money being pumped into the economy. This is a normalization of liquidity growth in China. Q: In another word, it's China's own tapering? A: You can say that. Actually, China tapered much earlier than the U.S. Federal Reserve. China started tapering about a year ago. Q: How should China manage the process of injecting market disciplines in the economy, but also not to go too far to cause unwanted social pressure? A: On a macro level, a growth rate of 7% to 7.5% is what I call the "pain threshold." China's Premier Li Keqiang recently reiterated that he wanted to see 7.5% GDP growth this year. I don't think they will be very strict about the 7.5% objective. As long as there is progress on structural reforms, Beijing will be okay with growth lower than 7.5% but above 7%. Bankruptcies will also rise, and this is part of Beijing's game plan.

This episode of Let’s Bet! tackles the issue of blown saves and streaks in Major League Baseball. We also touch upon betting on the Olympics. Q: Which teams have blown the most saves Q: Over and under trends and the value to be found Q: Current streaks in betting totals Q: Can you place a […]