[AfterSession]: DJ T. - Get Physical

DJ T. - Chart July (Get Physical)

Born in 1969 in the city of Dusseldorf, at the tender age of nine Koch succumbed to the glistening seduction of black vinyl.

By this time, his family had moved to Frankfurt, ‘disco’ had reached its zenith and Koch’s parents continued to ply him with early vinyl compilations, triggering what would become a serious and lifelong collection streak.

T.’s burgeoning obsession went beyond disco and hi N-R-G – Village People, Donna Summer and Evelyn Thomas were soon followed by early rap music (via Grandmaster Flash) and finally – from 1983 – electro funk and its seminal protagonists Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, Newcleus and Mantronix. Their tracks had everything Koch craved: glam, funk, beats and bass. They were the soundtrack to a new dance culture. To Koch, this was love at first sight and he decided to take up breakdancing. Until this day, many of DJ T.’s own productions preserve the musical spirit of this period. Some loves do last forever.

Like many of his fellow DJs, Koch’s career on the decks began with trial stints at private parties, back in 1985. For his first professional gigs two years later he adopted the pseudonym DJ T - a moniker he retains to this day. Early fare on his turntables: black music in all its variants. Spinning at a range of different clubs in and around Frankfurt, T. soon found himself swept away by the powerful acid house wave that hit the city with the opening of Omen in 1988. Caught in the surge, Koch switched to straight beats and soon moved the crowds with early house, EBM and techno tracks, followed by his first residency at Frankfurt’s seminal Music Hall. Throughout the 90s, he played almost all of the city’s essential clubs, including extended stopovers at Plastik, Dorian Gray and The Box.

By now Frankfurt, one of Europe’s foremost epicentres of electronic dance music, has become indelibly linked with the name DJ T. In 1999 Koch, Patrik Dechent and others opened their own club Monza and, for the next five years, Koch played a decisive part in shaping its profile. Impressive names like Steve Bug, DJ Hell, Ricardo Villalobos and Tiefschwarz were among the venue’s welcome and frequent guests. Run without Koch since 2004, Monza continues to claim its place among Germany’s foremost clubbing locations; its offshoot at Space/Ibiza counts among the island’s hippest events.

Moving back in time, in 1989 Koch founded the influential German-language magazine ‚Groove’. Until this day, Groove remains Germany’s most important and high-quality publication for the electronic aspects of life, alongside ‘De:Bug’. According to Koch, it was all about “creating a magazine that would meet my own needs. I assumed there were many others with similar needs out there.” And history proved him right. Besides serving as Groove’s publisher and author for fifteen years, he also contributed to anthologies on club music, among others ‘Localiser 1.0’ and ‘techno’. (Read More)

Tracklist

Douglas Greed and Einzelkind - La Belle (Original Mix)

Johnny D - Orbitalife

Kabale Und Liebe and Daniel Sanchez - Mumbling Yeah (Marco Carola Kick Remix)

Markus Fix - Nobody Told Me About This (Original Mix)

Markus Fix - Yes You Know Me (Original Mix)

Matchbox - U Can Get (Sonar Original Mix)

Matthias Tanzmann - Keep On

Patrice Baumel - Roar (Original Mix)

Poxy Music - War Paint feat. Gina Mitchell (Claude VonStroke Remix)

Style Of Eye - The Big Kazoo

Thomas Schumacher - Pink Boots (Original Mix)