Off The Record

It’s been two years, but Simon Haehnel and Tobias Mueller AKAAndhim[above] have locked in a return Down Under.

If you like your house with a side of tech, the Cologne natives are about as good as they come, with their releases finding homes on labels such as Black Butter Records, Defected Records, Get Physical Music, Heulsuse, Kompakt, Monaberry and Terminal M. It’s going down on Saturday June 11 at Chinese Laundry.

Speaking of which, Laundry keeps on bringing in the big names. This time around it’s pulling in one of London’s finest – Weiss. Best known for his dancefloor bombs such as ‘My Sister’ and more recently ‘Rollin’, the don is adored by the likes of Loco Dice, Green Velvet and Kenny Dope, bringing a distinctively European flavour to the archetypal Chicago house grooves. Catch him on Saturday June 4. As always, support will come from the regular Laundry heads.

Fancy a little bit of live house techno this weekend? You’re in luck. German luminary Christian Burkhardt will be bringing his extensive hardware set-up to Sydney. A mainstay of the scene for the past decade, over the course of his career Burkhardt’s sonic explorations have found homes on the likes of Oslo, Pressure Traxx, La Pena, Deep Vibes and Cocoon. On top of that, he also runs his own label, CB Sessions, which has fostered top-tier names such as Andre Buljat, Hybris and Sascha Dive. Catch him alongside the S.A.S.H residents on Sunday May 15 at Home Nightclub.

If you dig your dancefloors ranging from the 150-170BPM spectrum, you’ll want to make sure you catch the return of Bristol-based selector Sam Binga later this month. Renowned for conjuring up melting pots of everything ranging from jungle to grime, footwork, juke and DnB, recently he’s also been called up to remix the likes of Om Unit, Fracture and Tessela, with regular releases on labels such as Critical Music, Exit Records UK and 50Weapons. Catch him on Saturday May 21 at Plan B Small Club, where support will come from 8 Diagram, Boot + Sook and Monako.

Tour rumour: can’t make it over to Berghain anytime soon? Never fear – you can get your fix as the one and only Marcel Dettmann will be returning our way mighty soon.

Best releases this week: the new 12-inch from DJ Metatron finally surfaced on the Giegling website shop during the week. I’d be careful before heading over and listening to the (friggin’ delicious) samples, though. It sold out immediately, and I would have cried if I didn’t secure one. To soothe the pain of missing out I’d suggest giving some solid spins to Folamour’s Oyabun (on Moonrise Hill Material), Africans With Mainframes’ K.M.T. (Soul Jazz) Lukas Nystrand von Unge’s Studio Barnhus EP No. 2 (Studio Barnhus) and Acasual’s Spring Theory Reworks (Closer).