Cole

Describe your style in three words?

Love, Death & Androids.

The first track you played on repeat?

Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again

My aunt (RIP) had the 7 inch single. I couldn't get enough of it. Always loved records when I was a kid, still do, but back then it was like magic to me. The sound of this era still haunts me today.

A song from your favorite album?

Cabaret Voltaire - Don't Argue

In the car, under the shower, during work, during workouts, whenever I feel that I am not giving enough, this is the soundtrack that makes my heart pumping and gets my body moving - every single time.

A song from your most memorable gig?

Alessandro Parisi - Praying Sages (Mick Wills Remix)

I visited my colleague Mick playing at this club in Berlin, but this cute and handsome french guy distracted me from dancing (which is a hard thing to do actually - congratulations!). We ended up making out in one of the many dark corners while Mick played also this one.

A song that always gets you up and dancing?

The Force Dimension - Algorythm - Manipulating Mix

It is so cheesy but still so good I could cry. This EBM funk has something that cheers me up and instantly pushes me to start moving.

A new song you're listening to?

Nick Hakim - QADIR - Single Version

A lot at home and during work, it is in several of my current playlists. I have a soft spot for Dub music and love references to that style. This song however is just the perfect jazzy, dub-ish sound that triggers the right keys inside me to lean back, relax and enjoy a moment.

Best song to turn up loud?

Skinny Puppy - Testure - 12" Mix

If your ears don't start bleeding, it is not playing loud enough. The 12 Inch mix is adding some more dub feeling, which I naturally prefer over the album version.

A song that defines the teenage you?

The Prodigy - Firestarter

Easy to guess my age with this one, right? I had to choose between Underworld, Nine Inch Nails and The Prodigy. This song is still the one closest to my heart and brings back memories of how this music made me feel back then and how much strength it gave me to endure those years.

An anthemic song?

The Soft Moon - Wasting

I simply enjoy the brute potential of this song. The arrangement, the lyrics - for me it has everything an anthem needs.

Best song to end an all-nighter?

Juliane Werding - Großstadtlichter (Hollywood Seven)

Mick Wills did an edit of this "German classic". Since I heard him playing it, I have secretly fallen in love with this cover version and which song is better to end a night then a tragic story about big city dreams?