Watch a short film about Berlin’s party scene in the ’90s and ’00s. Directed by filmmaker and DJ Leonie Gerner (AKA Moogli), Beyond Sound charts the evolution of the city’s world-famous scene through the story of two veteran DJs: Heimlich KnĂŒller and Madmotormiquel.
It wasnât just the painful tumors or medication that made Alan Floyd sick. It was the idea that death could come at any time, a brutal fact of his condition that came to dominate his days and grew into night terrors during his sleep.
âIt was this monstrous, impending doom of death hanging over me,â Floyd said.
But Floyd found a way to interrupt the cycle of rumination and fear by experimenting with âmagicâ mushrooms. Heâs one of many patients and spiritual seekers in Colorado who have sought healing and relief from mushrooms and other psychedelic substances, despite a federal prohibition.
Although recent research showing the healing potential of these drugs has spurred renewed interest, mushrooms and naturally derived psychedelics like mescaline, ibogaine, and dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, have been used by people for centuries. Itâs only in the past 50 years that they were considered illegal.
The last time we interviewed Chicago-based producer, DJ, and Oktave boss Jeff Derringer was in September of 2016. A lot has happened in the world, and with Jeff personally, since that time. He played fantastic gigs at Bassiani in Georgia and Berghain in Berlin, and we even had the pleasure of hosting him in Los Angeles for one of our WORK events.
This past summer, however, Jeff was forced to take a break from performing to fight a relapse of cancer. This meant undergoing major surgery to remove the tumor and lymph nodes in his neck, as well as post-surgery chemo and Proton Theraphy. When he announced the unfortunate news on social media, Jeff made a promise to himself, “I’ve beaten this dreadful disease once before and I fully intend on doing so again.” Needless to say, he fought hard and kept his word following several harsh months that required him to take a step back from touring and his involvement with Chicago’s techno scene as a Smartbar resident and head of Oktave.
The great news is that Jeff is back behind the booth and ready to tour once more. Not only that, but he took what was undoubtedly an unfortunate situation and made the most of it, using the down-time at his disposal to produce music and launch Oktave Records, a goal of his that he had had for quite some time now. The label debuted with Jeff’s very own Control EP, featuring three originals from the man himself, and also kicked off a podcast mix series that has so far hosted quality techno the likes of Iori, Altstadt Echo and Annie Hall.
In light of all of this we decided that it was time to sit down with Jeff newly and go through everything that has happened in the second half of 2017, as well as to look ahead to the future that is now surely ahead of him!
Seth Troxler and team at the top of Kilimanjaro
In May we reported Seth Troxler would be climbing Kenyaâs Kilimanjaro to raise awareness and contributions for the Australian Cure Brain Cancer Foundationâs (CBCF) âMillion$Missionâ. Last night, Seth took to Facebook to report he had survived the trek to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro stating, “Wow, we made it to the top – this has been the best July for me yet. The buzz of this is incredible, life changing. To do it for brain cancer is even more rewarding.â Seth came in just $2,997 shy of his $100,000 goal with a grand total of $97,003 contributed.
The climb began last Thursday and Seth was accompanied by nine other philanthropists, including CBCFâs founder and renowned Australian neurosurgeon, Charlie Teo. Here is Seth and what he had to say with the first team photo before their 19,000 foot ascent:
Each individual’s mission was to raise $100,000, and have collectively raised $1,210,627 dollars. Surpassing their $1 million dollar goal. Our hats come off for this one to all who participated. Mission complete.
Before you go, Seth is still auctioning 12 records from his vinyl collection for CBCF. Happy bidding!
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Word has just come out of London that rock legend David Bowie died peacefully at the age of 69Â after an 18 month battle with cancer.
His son confirmed the sad news and a statement was shared on the artist’s social media channels.
“David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer,” the statement reads.
“While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief.”
Despite various rumors that circulated about David’s health for a few years, he had just released his 25th album entitled ‘Blackstar’ on January 8th which was his 69th birthday. His work over the past 5 decades will forever live on as some of the most ground-breaking, thought-inspiring and game-changing music of all time.
Bowie had many hits over his long and stellar career including “Life on Mars“, “Young Americans“, “Space Oddity“, “Rebel, Rebel“, “Let’s Dance” and “Fame“.
Here is David Bowie in his latest video ‘Blackstar’:
