Time Raves.

What would a rave have looked like back then? In ancient Rome, in the Middle Ages, in the Wild West, in the Roaring Twenties? Time Raves is the answer to that one question — loud, cinematic expeditions into history, in which every epoch becomes its own rave.

Musically I take a signature instrument of the time and mix it with minimal techno — the violin with Mozart, the banjo out West, the saxophone in the Twenties, the horns with the Vikings. And then I work the whole thing up visually, so the images match the sounds — or the images explain the sounds. For me the two are inseparable.

That comes from the fact that funny scenes from the videos have burned themselves into me. Now I hear the music — and at exactly that spot I see the clip. Image and sound merge into a single memory. That's exactly what I try to pass on: not just music to hear, but moments that stick.

Time Raves was also a journey for myself. Across the many epochs it turned out what pulls me most: Western, swing and jazz. But the beauty is the mix — the range is what makes it. Only by playing through all the times does what connects them become visible.