For more than 30 years, Hans Nieswandt is a well know and highly respected personality in the music scene of Germany and beyond, a legendary character in the world of DJ culture, music production and pop culture writing.
As a DJ, the width of his depth is breathtaking. His club sets are usually build around his deep mix of disco, house and techno, but he also sometimes plays hippie music, hiphop, folk, jazz, soul, reggae, post punk, yacht rock, baroque pop and so on.
“I do this because I love it. I don’t care much for the limelight, I’ll let other people take that.”
Founder of Sophisticado Recordings Chicago and co-owner of Bridgeport Record Store Chicago, DJ / Producer Vick Lavender has been a global music aficionado for over 30 years and continues to elevate the genre of deep & soulful house music by creating unique landscapes and rhythms representing world music, jazz fusion, R&B, and various other musical styles.
His mastery of these unique sounds gives his music the ability to call to ancestral spirit and permeate the soul of its listener. In the mid-'90s, Vick was a part of Glenn Underground's Strictly Jaz Unit along with Boo Williams.
Berlin-based Nat Wendell, a seasoned DJ and producer with a profound connection to his core sound, is one of house music’s true exponents.
Uniquely his, Nat has left an indelible mark on a world of electronic music so often bereft of the essence of groove—the same groove that now regularly sparks the dynamic atmosphere of venues like Berghain/Panorama Bar and Heidegluhen in Berlin. His mission, since 1998, has been the same: to captivate audiences with his unmistakable sense of swing. His musical upbringing in the melting pot of cultures that is London has been the catalyst for his sonic identity, and his very first record purchase, "Snap - The Power," proved to be a powerful harbinger of things to come. Immersed in the diverse Caribbean culture, with its roots in gospel, dancehall and soul, he developed a keen appreciation for the rhythmic intricacies of records. The influence of London's soundsystem culture is evident in his signature garage groove, though so too is the pulse of New York's 90’s house culture—from its intricate tempo to its powerful soul.
sun_ma___ Ruhr area resident.
Motivated by her passion for dance, she takes you on a sonic journey. A mosaic of electronic music composed of dark, melancholic sounds with bass, jungle, footwork and driving drums.
Born and raised in the Ruhr area, finsterNiz brings a mirror of emotions to the floor.
With a passion for deconstructed club music she breaks down genres and creates spaces for new interpretation. Her sets are melancholic, raw and empowering to immerse yourself in the music.
Cleo AD is a project by Leipzig-based music artist Sebastian G., unfolding a personal and ever evolving approach to electronic music.
With his debut album Sudden Life on YUKU, Cleo AD blends cinematic Ambient scapes with bold rhythms and bass-driven elements of Jungle, Uk Techno, Dancehall - just to name a few influences - into soundtrack like compositions.
Weaving beautifully between the serene and kinetic bursts of energy.
Cleo’s work is a sonic reality, with attention to detail, translating emotion into movement and shaped by years of influence from across the bass music continuum.
Einar Fehrholz is a DJ, sound designer and sound artist.
For a long time, he has been pioneering leftfield, club-related electronica in the western Ruhr-Area, while also exploring sonic possibilities in contemporary electronic music and sound design.
In his sets, he constructs immersive journeys that traverse a myriad of sonic terrains and auditory landscapes, layering diverse soundscapes infused with deconstructed beats and rich textures, drawing inspiration from cutting-edge club sounds.
Drawn into DJ culture in the early 2000s by Trip-Hop, Broken Beats, and IDM, David from Tofuland always followed the experimental path of electronic music. As resident DJ at The Anarchist's Teapot and Skribble Gebibble, he loves to take his listeners on a trip with dreamy storytelling tracks, through abstract glitchy soundscapes.
Freifeld: A 360° Deep House experience with Hans Nieswandt celebrating the disco roots, Vick Lavender adding Soul influences and Nat Wendel's expert track selection.
Annex: The night moves between ambient, UK techno, jungle, dancehall, deconstructed club and footwork.
Built around bass and rhythm, it shifts from cinematic and atmospheric moments to high-energy intensity.
Admission 20 € / before 11 pm 15 €
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
Freddy K
all night long
at Open Ground
at Open Ground
at ANNEX
at Open Ground
at Open Ground
at Open Ground
at Open Ground
at Open Ground
at Open Ground
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry
free entry