DJ Yaffle @ SOSS, A MAZE. /Berlin 2026 [Backup DJ Mix]
	2026 May 16
	Current Mood:	hoping for a new opportunity to play a DJ set irl
	Now Playing:	"Detached From The Rest Of You" by Loraine James

We went to A MAZE. /Berlin festival this week for two days: played a bunch of cool games (some, like MINE MIND, we wouldn't be able to play anywhere else), met a couple of friends, enjoyed the hypertalks, ate delicious gluten-free cakes at MARS again. Unfortunately, one thing that I really wanted to do this year I wasn't able to :(

A couple of weeks ago I started working on a short DJ mix to play on stage during the Super Open Sound System event [bsky announcement post] — while I've been a radio DJ for many years already, I've never played a DJ set at a club, so I was very excited and was getting myself hyped to an unhealthy amount. I was planning to play some of my favourite 170-180 BPM songs and even made Megurine Luka sing a silly DJ jingle for me. I installed whatever the free DJ app I could for an old iPhone, and that was basically it.

The day before the event it was announced that the poster to sign your name on for performance was going to be hanged on a wall at 18:00, but for only half of the slots (I was not in Berlin yet at all that day), and then the other half was supposed to be available for sign ups at 12:00 on the next day. Unfortunately, by the time I could arrive to A MAZE all the slots have already been taken, and I didn't get to play my DJ set that night. Maybe next year! Theoretically one could just ask someone to write down their name on the poster for themself during the first evening...

Anyway, now I'm just happy to finally share the mix the ordinary for me way — by uploading it ONLINE. Hope you enjoy it :)