STM 310 - Das Ding

For this mix, we need to go back to the early eighties, when a young Danny Bosten (a.k.a. Das Ding) started, together with Johan de Koeyer (a.k.a. Les Yeux Interdits), the label Tear Apart Tapes in The Netherlands. Those were the days of mail-art, DIY, lo-fi, fanzines and post-punk. Less than a year later, Danny had already put out on STUM what would later become a milestone of electronic music. “Highly Sophisticated Technological Achievement'' —“HSTA”— would see the light of day. It was 1982.

A quarter-century later, NYC photographer, DJ and label owner Veronica Varsicka found out about this precocious Dutch musician and the fairy tale just came true. Minimal Wave released his first work in almost 25 years and Danny captured the attention of an audience eager to dig into old analogical gems. Maybe it was the right time and the right place, but undoubtedly —and deservedly—, Das Ding became a big name among underground electronic music lovers.

“Lockdown Headphone Apocalypse Mix”, as STM310 is entitled, paints a polychromatic collage of sounds, tracks, movie clips and snippets. Built upon a firm political perspective, this long mix —almost 2-hour long— is thought-provoking, surprising