Baaz – 8 Tracks To Reminisce To

All of us love the opportunity to go through old photographs and recall memories from times that we fondly remember. Berlin producer Baaz is releasing his debut album 'Red Souvenirs' on his own Office label on 4th December and, for this week's 8 Tracks, he provides us with a selection of tracks that he thinks are perfect to reminisce to.
'Red Souvenirs' is out on Thursday 4th December via Office, keep an eye out for it here.
Who doesn’t know him? Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin. I can’t say that he was one of my teenage heroes. It really started with “Windowlicker”. Only later did I discover his ambient productions. The reasons for picking this record are the memories of some pretty intense times I had at a club called “Stammheim” in Kassel (Germany), which unfortunately shut down in 2002. For roughly 5 years, I was pretty much a regular at this marvellously mad place. Besides the techno and house floor it had a massive chill-out area with sofas, beds and a water fountain. Sunday mornings at ten, the club staff would sometimes turn up with large trays full of fruit that they would hand out to the ravers. Amongst others, a local DJ named “DJ Fish” would play obscure music in the chill-out. You’d hear hip-hop, downbeat, ambient, bossa nova and lots of other experimental stuff – all in one night. In the late 90s, house, techno and hip-hop were even more distinctly separated than today. But in this chill-out room everyone came together. It was great and it’s still an unforgettable time of my life. It’s really sad that you don’t have these kinds of rooms in today’s clubs anymore.
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