Sónar is over, so let’s continue with our 88: serie! This time with Christopher Bleckmann, 50% of misc. and Niederflur. Voilà!
88:Christopher Bleckmann
01. Vodka or Champagne?
Vodka
02. Your favorite toast?
Harry Vollkorn Toast
03. Your favorite airport?
Trabzon Airport, Turkey! It´s raw!
04. Best bar at an airport?
Nah…
05. The perfect dress for a gig?
T-shirt and trousers. Definitely trousers.
06. How long can you survive without fresh socks?
Not longer that 24 hours.
07. How many times did you arrive somewhere without your luggage?
3 times. Without luggage, but with my equipment!
08. Ever had to get some cloths from a promoter?
Yes! Tiny T-shirts from The Loft, Barcelona, I looked ridiculous!
09. What time is it?
It´s time to move. And time for change.
10. Politics or Economy?
Same old same old.
11. USA or China?
Does the bear shit in the woods?
12. The very last record to play before going to bed?
Vector Lovers- Melodies and memory (SOMA)
13. And very perfect track to wake up?
Björk- Unison (live @ the royal opera house)
14. Worst present ever received?
No present at all.
15. Clear skin or Glitter?
Clear skin!
16. Some physical suffering as a result of your job?
Akufen! Slight tinnitus or as we german say: a sma ll teakettle ringing in the ears.
17. Are you religious?
No.
18. Analog or digital?
Both.
19. Worst track which was ever request from you?
Wolfgang Petry- Wahnsinn
20. Your first record? And no, we really want to know the “first”, not the first “cool” record.
The first record I ever bought with my own pocketmoney was: Whodini- the Haunted house of rock. Just because it had cool skeletons on the sleeve.
21. Favorite German dish?
Eisbein mit Sauerkraut und Knödeln. Being from Bavaria originally and all…
22. Do your parents have a precise idea of what you are doing?
No, not really. I gave up trying to explain some time ago, though.
23. Did they ever come to see you play live?
No.
24. Last book you read?
Bret Easton Elllis- Imperial Bedrooms
25. A vice?
Expensive watches. Stupid.
26. What did you want to become as a child?
I wanted to be a musician, but one of the old fashioned kind, like a organist or a keyboarder in a band.
27. How do you keep in shape?
Lifting my two kids at the same time.
28. Do you have nickname?
My sister calls me Chrissie. But noone else does that.
29. One of your hobbies?
Well, that´s a problem right here. What do you have for a hobby if your hobby is your job?
30. Groupies: blessing or penalty?
I don´t have groupies. Or maybe I was too drunk to see them.
31. Personal remedy against hangover?
A big Mc Donald´s feast. Helps after approx. 30 minutes. But it gets worse, before it gets better.
32. Where did you grow up?
Ebermannsdorf, Worpswede near Bremen, Bremen, Muenster and Cologne
33. How do you keep your temper when provoked?
Trying to forget what the other guy just said. While he repeats himself, I try forget again.
34. What would you do in life if not djing?
I´d be an IT-guy.
35. A question you always wanted to hear in an interview?
Why do you think did Japan never become the biggest techno-nation of all times looking at the fact, that the Japanese invented all the drum-machines and synthes crucial for the production of electronic music like TB 303, TR 909, TR 808 asf.? Not that I ever knew the answer…
36. What song did you have stuck in your head recently?
Horchata by Vampire weekend
37. Nike or Adidas?
Adidas
38. Finding yourself on an after hour: what day of the week would this be most likely?
Early Sunday after a gig, in Berlin sometimes Monday.
39. Longest set ever played?
3 hours live, 7 hours DJ set
40. Secret weapon for the dance floor?
I don´t give away secrets. Bass off and bass on always seems to work though!
41. Favorite drink while playing?
Vodka tonic with ice. Where´s the goddamn ice?
42. Next big thing in music?
If I only new. Something big new thing coming over from the UK probably.
43. Something you really hate to see on a dance floor?
Guys beating up their girlfriends!
44. Something you really love to see on a dance floor?
People dancing polonaise all night.
45. Your most influential teacher?
No.
46. Berlin or London?
London
47. A person you avoid? And why?
My scary neighbour. Because he is scary.
48. You b2b with who?
My scary neighbour.
49. What music makes you smile?
In your face Dubstep wobble bass music with film-score samples. Boom.
50. How much sleep do you need a day?
6 hours min.
51. Worst dinner a promoter brought you ever to?
The unspeakable dinner at Christiania. Pure hippie crust.
52. Best dinner a promoter brought you ever to?
A restaurant in Bilbao, in the end I hugged the waiter.
53. Preferred superpower?
Supercooking
54. Why?
I love to cook and want to be super at it!
55. What is your secret?
Work work work.
56. Favorite bank holiday?
X-mas
57. Most ridiculous party you were booked?
To an empty room outside of Barcelona. No audience, no bartenders, nobody.
58. Preferred destination for some holidays?
Spain. But not in the summer.
59. Preferred day of the week?
Thursdays. I love my Thursdays.
60. A misconception people often have about you?
That I am a regular “normal” family man.
61. Best record to close a hyper club night?
Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokmotivfüher “Das Tal der Dämmerung”. Psycho.
62. Worst thing in a DJ-Life?
Losing all the equipment due to own stupidity. Like leaving it in the hotel lobby. Happened to friend of a friend… erm.
63. A song from Lady Gaga you like?
This one is still in the making.
64. A song from Prince you like?
“Controversy”
65. Average number of taxis you take a month?
Whot?
66. Most expensive taxi you ever took?
Vienna city to the airport. Vienna cabdrivers are crooks!
67. Paradise… ?
… lost?
68. How do you relax?
Making music. Hanging out with the family.
69. A flower?
The Cure: A forest
70. Who do you admire?
My kids.
71. Best gig the last few months?
NYE in Brussels. This counts as this year right? Because I played on the first.
72. Worst gig the last few months?
None.
73. Are you single?
No.
74. Favorite underwear brand?
Deal.
75. Something you cannot quit?
Drinking.
76. Something you change if you could?
Make people buy MP3´s of underground artists.
77. Do you find yourself dancing on a dance floor from time to time?
Never!
78. Who made you dance the last time?
My two year old son: Ringelreihen.
79. From all the cities you’ve been to: the most precious? Why?
Sao Paulo. It´s just incredible. Not necessarily precious, more of a insane beauty.
80. From all the cities you’ve been to: the most fucked up? Why?
Moscow. There was a dead man lying in the street, when I stepped out of the taxi. Very dangerous city.
81. Best door policy?
In cologne during carnival season: everybody with painted faces and clown costume stays out.
82. Something inspiring you?
Technology that makes sounds.
83. Someone inspiring you?
Yeah.
84. A(nother) club you would love to be resident?
Fabric or Rex Club
85. Something which would make you stop from what you’re doing?
Going deaf.
86. What are your plans for the rest for the day?
Drinking and making love.
87. What time is it now?
What time is love?