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So everyone and their dog are doing live streams now. As the quintessential contrarian, I have no choice but to present to you.. drum roll please.. audio on demand! This long overdue set contains a versatile selection of discoish sleaze. From the recently re-released MIDI smoothness of 4AM (check out that ballsy drum programming!) to a high energy anthem kourtesy of Krystal Klear.. I bet you can f...

Elektroaufgabe is back, now 100% electro free! This time taking you on a 1.5 hour trip back in the general direction of its roots with pure and unadulterated house music. These ain't babby's first tech house crowdpleasers either, it's the real deal. Shake well before serving, enjoy responsibly. Extra points if you spot the sample which makes a comeback all the way from episode 3. Download: https:/...

This is the way 2020 starts: neither with a bang nor a whimper, but a steady hour-long pulsation of spacy frequencies. This one goes downright trance-ish at times, but fear not, the mandatory electro beats and obligatory nods to UK hardcore are still there. Fellow old timers, pay attention to that sweet "Adventures of Dama" edit/bootleg/whatever by Alphonse. Sure takes me back. Download: https://d...

Took my sweet-ass time with this one eh? Sorry for the hold-up, the end of the year has been all sorts of busy. I intend to pick up the pace with new mixes now, as it's not like my backlog of tracks would be growing any shorter.. But anyway. Purist beware, as today's theme is mostly chill slowish tunes spanning from electro and boogie to disco and plain old house. A couple of Finnish releases are...

You thought lo-fi house was dead? Well.. You may be right there. Shit, should've released this one at Halloween so I could at least be making some zombie puns right now. Lack of topicality aside, this is an assortment of (you guessed it) house music. It ranges from saturated R'n'B (yes it's a thing) to your more traditional Lil Louis-esque chord work. And because of no-reason-in-particular, I had...

Starting off right where the last episode.. started? That's right, except that instead of venturing from electro to disco, we do a 180 and end up straight back in electroland. Fat beats, acid lines, crunchy distortion, the requisite tropes and clichés.. you know the score. Download: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1XfVrQrT7laOQ2b6Hm6ajIaa3b31hNecA 01. London Modular Alliance - Peach...

Thought I was going to give you up? Let you down? Even go as far as run around and desert you? Well you get the joke already so no, I'd never. Sorry for taking my time with this episode. Been busy with a lot of things, including a very special DJ appearance which you'll hopefully get to hear soon. To make up for the delay I present whopping 81 minutes of delectable discoish and electroish material...

Coming to you straight outta the neverending global warming heatwave, I deliver a chilled out mix to hopefully help you cool down a bit. Among the frozen treats you may find jazzy vibes, hints of Detroit etc. In addition to the sweaty temperatures, I was enjoying a lovely summer flu while recording this. Hence it may be even more sloppy technically than usual. Sorry! Furthermore, constantly gettin...

Looking back at past episodes, it seems this series has been heading towards a rather serious direction lately. Well, fuck that. Only posers need to maintain some silly techno street cred, while the rest of us can have a bit of fun every now and then. What would be more fun than straight up summer friendly house bangers with piano riffs, catchy vocal hooks and the works? And because it's me doing...

Back in business after surviving another one of those brutal Berlin heat waves, which made literally anything feel like more appealing use of one's time than sweating at the DJ corner. While still recovering I'm keeping it simple: just some good old no-frills electro here. Crisp snares, 303s, robot clichés, you know the effing concept. Download: Currently offline, to be restored.. 01. Haider - Rob...

Hi kids, ready for your "Discover Monthly" (tm)? All the lit af jams you didn't even know would slap. What's best, this one is curated by a real living human being instead of a corporate-tailored algorithm designed to promote major labels. Totally tubular, right? Put THAT in your Juul and vape it! ..No? Fine, whatever, carry on children. Just mind the lawn. Download: Currently offline, to be resto...

Now is the time for me to play what I feel. Just like the previous 126 times, come to think of it. This one's a trip to space and back, with some electro to boost up the house trek towards warp 9.. Wait, is anyone actually reading this shit? Probably not, so might as well keep it brief. L8r m8! Download: Currently offline, to be restored.. 01. Youandewan - Ciel [Voyage] 02. Shit Robot - Cubed (Edm...

What up people, what's the boogie? Looking good just like it ought to be looking. Highly fintelligent puns aside, here's a completely random selection of discoish/boogieish things to kick you square into those disco balls. Wait, did I already make that joke? With 126 episodes it's getting hard to tell. Word of warning: this one is a very laid back session with not much attention paid to a common t...

Gratuitious saturation, muted high frequencies, distorted crunch, sampled-in tape hiss loops.. When the clinicality of the new digital fidelity starts getting on one's nerves, the only way to go is lo-fi. And I've got it right here, just for you. A bouquet of fuzzy warmness right on time for Valentine's. Download: http://minie0.pp.fi/breaque/hausaufgabe-125-2019-02-14_hq.mp3 01. DJ Stoner Dad - St...

Bring out the Roomba(tm), as the first Hausaufgabe for 2019 is a dusty house extravaganza. Crunchy samples, loops, filters and shuffled beats. Guest starring: synth riffs and M1 presets for that extra zing. Everything old is funky fresh again. Download: http://minie0.pp.fi/breaque/hausaufgabe-124-2019-01-22_hq.mp3 01. Lay-Far - Never Good Enough for You (Instrumental) [In-Beat-Ween Music] 02. Coeo...

Look ma, I can play electro! Just like everyone else and their dog in 2018, as this year we've been well into another revival cycle for the genre. As one could expect some bitter old farts got all salty about it, crying about "jumping on the bandwagon" and so on. Oh please. I for one welcome new kids on the block to crank out nice releases and (hopefully) bring about a breath of fresh air to the s...

Fresh from our unevenly heating antique gas oven, it's a batch of tasty treats for the commercial season formerly known as something religious. Nothing too spicy this time, just something easily digestable to jingle your bells. Half-baked pastry metaphors aside, let's just say there's at least one track here which is sure to hit the annual top 10 I'll be tweeting out in December. Guess which one f...

The further on the edge, the hotter the intensity? Nah don't fret, today it's smooth sailing around the marina of adult oriented yacht house. But beware, cap'n.. You'll never know when the bunny-eared Kraken awakes from its disco nap and strikes from beneath the surface. Download: http://minie0.pp.fi/breaque/hausaufgabe-121-2018-11-16_hq.mp3 01. Matt Karmil - I Love It [Aus Music] 02. Conga Radio...

You'll never know how hard I've tried.. to purvey decent music to people in the know. But I do try. Alas, sometimes even guys just wanna have fun and what's more fun than cheerful sample-based MPC house? Time to dust off those loops and once again dig deep towards the roots of this series. With a (still somewhat) fresh lo-fi distorted twist of course. I even broke my own arbitrary rules and includ...

Rest in pieces, 2018 summer inferno: I for one welcome our new sub-tropical weather front. A temporarily chilled local climate calls for an ice cold soundtrack, so try this one for size. From Luke Slater's analogue dubs to a downright industrial Tronik Youth remix, this stuff is sure to toughen you up for the harsh autumn ahead. To balance it out I do my best to induce warm emotions via the loving...

Don't mind me, just playing catch-up to make up for lapses in the releasing schedule. This means (at least) a double bill of episodes for August. After the disco heat of 117, let us blast off towards some tropical space hipster excursions. Recommended for seasoned audionauts. I had such a backlog of excellent music this month I didn't even have to go shopping for new tracks. Ergo, the stuff in her...

Newsflash: it's hot here in Berlin. Too hot to be cooped up inside recording live DJ mixes, that's for sure. Still, I somehow managed. The intense temperature did make me less inclined to spend time planning a super coherent mix though. So I just had fun on the decks with very random (but great) discoish tracks for the summer heat. The unreasonable warmth is furthermore impairing my ability for wr...

Hola Amigas y Ataris! It's been quiet on the Hausaufgabe front lately but don't worry, I'm everything but abandoning the series. Like every year, it's just been a tad tricky to find time for mixing during the combined vacation / work deadline rush season. Speaking of which, I recently returned from the Balearic isles, where I was deeply touched by the trancey house sounds of the region. Hence I'm...

A mix based on my warmup set for Rad Robot's first Manic Monorail party at Sounds, Berlin on 2018-05-26. Disco, edits, electro and stuff. The soundtrack for summer 2018? To keep track of further Rad Robot events follow us at: https://fb.me/radrobotberlin Download: Currently offline, to be restored.. 01. Mr Pauli - At Night [Bordello A Parigi] 02. Conga Radio - Timekeeper [Good Timin'] 03. Mytron &...

Summer. The designated period for deluding oneself with temporary escapes towards greener pastures and perceived freedom from the rat race. Some head towards Mallorca, others to the Orient, a great few of you even land square in the middle of our Kiez. But how about something different this season: a trip to space? This far out itinerary only takes us 68 minutes from port to port but sees us cross...