Digging through March with Sanjin

The time has finally come to give the word to one of the people who are at the helm of creating monthly programme in our club. And looking at the March’s line-ups, it has been immediately clear who’s that going to be. As the co-founder of Ankali and a resident DJ, Sanjin Nesimi’s ears have undergone quite a reconfiguration sonically, one might say, and it has been also partially reflected in the club’s bookings. Sanjin has shifted from strictly dark techno aesthetics (with Polygon nights he co-organised) towards a wider range of genres and styles: you can now easily spot him dancing to disco, or quietly leaning against the wall with a face full of satisfaction during one of the Dietl Archive events. It’s not going to be a surprise, if he won’t miss a night this month.

Words by: Sanjin Nesimi
Thu 28 Feb 2019

1–3–2019 ミ g r e y . s k i e s x Mannequin Records with Alessandro Adriani, Kris Baha, Endless Illusion, whydie?

Adriani’s dj set from last year’s Digital Tsunami Camp made me seriously consider that I have to visit this forest gathering in Lithuania in August:

Kris Baha. Already a regular at infamous Berlin institutions CockTail D’Amore and Sameheads. Really curious about his live set since I pay a lot of respect to everything this guy does. Be it the collaboration with Dreems as Die Orangen or some of his remix duties for Die Wilde Jagd, Eva Geist or Red Axes just to name a few. On Friday, we will finally be able to witness his performance-based live at Ankali. Real drums. Real moves.

Latex rock n’ roll for new age:

And one more from Die Orangen in remix by Tapan. What a match:

2–3–2019 #heyday with Hunee, St.Jakob, PSJ

Only few can induce instant happiness and Hunee is definitely one of them. I remember seeing him once at Berghain’s garden with his shirt off dancing like crazy while blending a track into track in such a distinctive way. I recall looking towards bunch of my friends trying to see if we were on the same page in that particular moment — already seduced by his opening selection. And that’s when I realised that Hunee’s craft is far beyond disco — envoy from a place of love. I get goose bumps just thinking about it.

Here are three tracks i’ve picked from his mixtape:

Kiddo Hunee:

8–3–2019 #archiv_teknologi with Function, fleika, Yan

The boss behind the mix:

9–3–2019 Disco Církev with Prosumer, Disco Møreti, DJ Sen, Captain Harvey

I particulary like this cover:

13–3–2019 + 15–3–2019

It’s a secret:

16–3–2019 Come in with Svarog, Winkler, Citty & Scannt, Segment

Techno vertigo:

22–3–2019 #no_borders with Vladimir Ivkovic & Ivan Smagghe all night long

Hard to choose one or two from Vladimir. Numerous outstanding mixes, bunch of breathtaking releases on his Offen Music, good number of radio shows with his specific archeological approach.

Maybe, lets start with this quite new and complex insight into one man’s world:

The art of DJing: Vladimir Ivkovic

And now the two-hour journey down the 80’s yugoslavian rabbit hole:

This one is especially close to me since I always imagine my yugoslavian-born parents dancing in some weird flashy diskoteka to some of this music right before having me 🙂

Great stuff from one country’s last decade. The country that doesn’t exist anymore.