St. Jakob

Few DJs around dig for such a broad range of music as St. Jakob and even fewer are capable of making it shine as bright as he does. And no one else dresses more chic for it.

Jakob grew up with piles of tapes, CDs and vinyl records with music from around the world which his father had dug over the years. That obviously made an impact and turned Jakob into an ardent digger as well. He dipped his fingers in many virtual and physical crates & catalogues over the years, building a considerable collection of all kinds of stuff – be it ambient classics and novelties, acid and techno jams old and fresh, pumping house, gentle disco…The list could go on and it’s obvious Jakob likes to be thorough and usually researches the history as much as the present, while traveling around the world with his ears.

After coming on board of the once prolific XYZ collective, Jakob became an essential member. With his taste and sensibilities he largely contributed to the collective’s label inventory, and brought to life several of XYZ records.

His on/off studio practice remains to be defined. There are only bits he released scattered here and there, but those who witnessed one of the few live performances he gave, were blessed by his downtempo and ambient compositions with warm feel and few pinches of salt.