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Party with DJ Hans Nieswandt
http://www.hansnieswandt.de

Born in 1964 in a medium-sized industrial city in the northern south of
Germany, Mannheim, Hans Nieswandt is a permanent, respected character
in the world of DJ- and clubculture, of electronic music production and of
quality music writing for more than 15 years. Extensive DJ- and lecturing
travels took him around the world. Solo and together with the group
Whirlpool Productions, he produced six albums and countless remixes (see
also Discography). In 2002, his first book “plusminuseight – DJ days, DJ
nights” was published at KiWi, Cologne. Since february 2003, his weekly
radio show “Electronic Melodies” is broadcasted on main german station
WDR 1Live. A man, who transmits on many channels...

The DJ: As soon as 13, 14 years old, Hans Nieswandt tried to take control of the
sound system during school parties as well of the music pages in the school
paper. First payed for playing dance music in a public nightclub in 1983: early
Rap, Dance and New Wave in the southern provinces of Germany. Moved to
Hamburg in the mid-80ies. Hit hard by Acid, Deep and Garage House in the late
80ies, inspired to become a proper mix DJ.

Since the early 90ies Hans Nieswandt is traveling around with his record box,
mainly playing his unique mix of Disco, House and Techno, but you can ask for
special services...such as late 60ies westcoast baroque pop.

The Producer: While always playing in Punk- and artsy kind of new wavy dancy
pop groups as a teenager in the early 80ies, Hans Nieswandt created his first
succesful project in the early 90ies. With Eric D. Clark and Justus Köhncke, he
founded Whirlpool Productions, eventually becoming (sur)real popstars in Italy
in 1997 with their Number-One-Hit “From: Disco To Disco:” After four albums,
this project was put on ice in the year 2000. Besides, Hans Nieswandt released
two solo albums, “Lazer Muzik” in 1999 and “The True Sound Center” in 2004
as well as numerous remixes for national and international artists from many
fields. See also discography.

The author: After publishing a fanzine while going to school near Lake
Constanze, Hans Nieswandt got his education as an editor and journalist in
Hamburg, dropping his literature studies for a job at a city magazine, eventually
becoming editor of the movie pages. Extensive freelance-writing for a lot of
bigger and smaller german music and culture publications. Finally getting
offered the dream job: editor at the most respected german music magazine
SPEX in Cologne. Dropping the dream job after three years to focus on DJing
and music production with Whirlpool. Less writing in the late 90ies, but a book
offer from honorable Cologne publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch. First
book “plusminuseight – DJ Days, DJ Nights” is published in 2002 to great
public and critical acclaim. One year later, the audio book version is relaesed on
Deutsche Grammophon, produced and read by the author. Second book:
"Disko Ramallah", published in 2005 by Kiepenheuer & Witsch.

The lecturer: Hans Nieswandt has been invited for guest lectures to academies,
universities and institutions in Bonn, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Bochum, Osnabrück,
Karlsruhe, Turin, Frankfurt etc., covering a wide range of topics from elctronic
music production, Djing, youth culture, fashion, politics, art and social sciences.
For the Goethe Institute, he traveled to Brasil, Mexico, South Africa, the Middle
East, Turkey and Italy, doing workshops and performances.