The philosophy is simply not being stuck, learn, develop, be open, curious, not boring. Maybe that explains why there was a need for something like SPA in our eyes. I met people in the University who were listening/celebrating the same stuff as I do, living close to people I was super impressed by but never had the chance to meet because there was simply nothing happening that could have brought us together. There was not really an anchor point for diverse music as we liked it in Cologne even though there were lots of people practicing/recording their own amazing music in the city. But also to create a space for people with a similar vision, musical taste or however you want to call it. The idea in the first place was to create a platform for music that we wanted to put out for a long time. Also, Kieran aka DJ Brom is working on a print thing. Right now, we have our next release ready and some more in the pipeline which people are currently working on. Can you tell us something about the label’s philosophy and your future plans?Ī. Since 2018 you've been part of Spa Recordings along with DJ Brom and Friday Dunard. And I helped Belia Winnewisser finish her LP for the label Präsens Editionen. I’ve also worked on another project featuring my very favourite people from Switzerland: I made an EP with Xzavier Stone and DJ Plead. He will be visiting me next week and we have a whole week to record new material and maybe fiddle something out of the old files. Next to that, I’ve worked with Maxwell Sterling and DJ Plead over the past two years and we will soon release some music via the Dutch label Dekmantel. Before that we played a few live shows and collected material that has never seen the light of the day. Simon, the other half of Garland lives in Glasgow and due to COVID, we didn’t have the chance to work face to face for the last 18 months. Is there any new Garland material coming soon? And do you have other music in the pipeline, like solo works for instance?Ī. Besides DJing you are also part of the duo Garland, releasing music on labels like ' Lullabies For Insomniacs' and your own co-run imprint, Spa Recordings. Besides that, I think CDJ’s and a Pioneer changed the way I deejay somehow, like working with loops e.g., mixing much faster as I would so with records. Nowadays, I still have that same old heart beating for obscure-no-one-really-cares-about records, but at the same time I started to DJ more at events and quite naturally I became more interested in dance/club music as I was digging when doing my NTS show. I think I was more lo-fi in the first place, especially looking out for the rather strange things I could find in hidden corners of the world wide web and record stores. How did your DJ style change over time?Ī.
It’s not that there were so many but it was great to see people, especially playing at Dekmantel Selectors was a blast.
How was the energy? How does it feel to be back at events, making people dance and smile?Ī. Hello Jondo, recently you started to DJ again. Furthermore, Jondo recently created some grimy club meditations alongside Melbourne’s DJ Plead and British composer/double-bass player Maxwell Sterling.Īs usual, we got in touch with our host and talked with Jondo about his recent DJ experience after a long break, his label Spa Recordings, his latest musical adventures and more.Ĭheck the spell below and enjoy Jondo’s sensible bass-laden 160 BPM trip into the music of today! He is also part of the duo Garland, which released two tribal downtempo albums on the label Lullabies For Insomniacs. The label has released a string of records by artists like Belia Winnewisser from Lucerne, Switzerland, and mysterious German producer luxxuryproblems, featuring multicoloured music between Ambient, experimental bass sounds, Reggaeton, downtempo, Hip Hop, and other electronic leftfield zones.Īs an internationally touring DJ, Jondo breaks down the essence of dancehall, R&B, jungle, rap and bass-heavy techno, and reassembles all into challenging, yet highly driving DJ sets. In early 2019, he launched a new show called “ SPA”, dedicated to the music on and around the label Spa Recordings, that he co-runs with his local buddy DJ Brom aka FRANCE '98 and Friday Dunard. Since 2014 he has also is also been a resident of London’s NTS Radio, initially with the show “ We r All Egyptians”. For as long as he can remember, Jondo has been digging for a special kind of music, honing his craft and becoming a long term resident of Düsseldorf’s famed club-bar Salon des Amateurs.
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