DAVID LANGER
[ form.known as DAVE DuMONTE from TRESOR HQ / MARIA a.U. / OSTGUT BLN / MS Stubnitz HRO ll DLA Schalllplatten ll PSYCHO THRILL COLOGNE, BLN/CGN ]
DAVE LANGER aka DAVE DU MONTE got into his first contacts with electronic music during the mid of the 80's by synthie-pop bands like Depeche Mode or Front 242 and also Kraftwerk. At this time, Techno and House were still completely unknown words for him, but it finally changed all for him at the end of the 80's when Dave heard from the first Chicago and UK Acid House heroes like Adonis and Baby Ford. His interest in Techno and House devoloped more and more in 1991 due listening to diverse Berlin radio shows, club experiences like TRESOR and - since 1993 - E-WERK, that lead him to serious record collecting in the following.
Subsequently his DJ career started in 1994 in the German Eastside in Rostock, where he also begun his studies in construction industries. He got his first bookings in leading Clubs of Germany's North-East like MS STUBNITZ and MAU (HRO) together with the Berlin DJ-nomenclatura. This contacts brought him back to the Spree capitol, where one of the TRESOR HEADQUARTER DJs invited him to TRESOR'S "Headquarter / New Faces" event nights on regular Wednesdays. So he quickly developed a certain love for a style that was ranging between heavily grooving an minimal styles, also based on the deeper shades of Detroit's Techno blueprint and the hard and funky Chicago stuff as well. From 1998 on he became a regular player at the "Headquarter/ New Faces" nights at the Tresor basement. From 2001 till the end of the 1st Tresor phasis in early 2003 people could often hear him under his alias DAVE DuMONTE at the legendary OSTGUT CLUB parties and the HEILIGENDAMM Area. At that place a DJ and booker from Zürich (CH) took notice of Dave and invited him to the famous SPIDERGALAXY club in Zürich, where DJs used to play long running of 8 hours minimum. After the OSTGUT CLUB's closing there was intermittently a gap in the Berlin club-landscape. A group of OstGut adherents started to organize their own interim parties at secret off-locations in the Berlin Underground, and for most of these parties Dave Du Monte was spinning at their wheelz of steel. But for professional reasons, however, Dave finally ended up in the German West where he established himself professionally till today. He became a citizen of Cologne and a resident jock as well at the town’s famous PSYCHO THRILL Techno venue to the present day. Beside this he's also running a small collectors Vinyl imprint called "DLA Schallplatten" which is still distributed by KOMPAKT.
without the past … there’s no phuture … these alltime top25-faves in no particular order
01 AUSGANG [STEVE STOLL]: Wires [ A-side from "Wires" Synewave SW-002 / Formic Distr. US 12" | 1994 ] 02 BLACK JAZZ CONSORTIUM [FRED 'P'ETERKIN]: God's Promise [ Soul People Music SPM-014 / Hard Wax US 12" | 2007 ] 03 BEN KLOCK: Under Pressure / Voyage One / You [ Klockworks 006 / Hard Wax DE 12" | 2012 ] 04 DBX [DANIEL BELL]: Losing Control [ A1-track from Accelerate ACC-102 / 7th City Distr. US 12" | 1994 ] 05 DJ JUS-ED [Edward McKeithen]: Minimal Soul [Underground Quality US UQ-016 | 2008 ] 06 GOD OF THE MACHINE [DERRICK THOMPSON/ DRIVETRAIN]: Metroseum / North Tower [ Xplor Music XPR-007 / Soiree Rec. Int. / Cyber Distr. US 12” | 2009 ] 07 GREEN VELVET [CURTIS ALAN JONES]: Explorer [ B2-Track from "Portamento Tracks" Relief RR-730 US 12" | 1995 ] 08 LEN FAKI [LEVENT FAKI]: My Black Sheep Interpretations [ Figure 007 / Intergroove DE 12" | 2007 ] 09 MAURIZIO [MARK ERNESTUS & MORITZ VON OSWALD]: Ploy _ UR Mix [ Maurizio M-1 / Hard Wax DE 12" | 1992 ] 10 MARCEL DETTMANN / BEN KLOCK: Dawning [A-side from Ostgut Ton O-ton 001 / Kompakt DE12” | 2006 ] 11 MILLSART [JEFF MILLS]: Childhood Maria's Mix [ A3-track from „Humana" Axis AX-012 US 12" | 1995 ] 12 MODEL 500 [JUAN ATKINS]: Ocean To Ocean [ Transmat MS-014 / Submerge US 12" | 1990 ] 13 PHORTUNE [EARL SMITH JR., NATHANIEL PIERRE JONES, ROY DAVIS JR., VICTOR BLACKFUL]: Can You Feel The Bass [ B-Side from "String Free / Can You Feel The Bass" Hot Mix 5 Records HMF-114 US 12" | 1988 ] 14 MAURIZIO [MARK ERNESTUS & MORITZ VON OSWALD]: M-4 [ M-4 / Hard Wax DE 12" | 1995 ] 15 ROBERT HOOD: Rhythm [ Track from "Minimal Nation" Axis 007 US 2x12" | 1994 ] 16 ROK / JONZON [JÜRGEN ROKITTA & JON STÖCKEMANN]: Sequential Polka [ A-Side from "Club Berlin" International Deejay Gigolo Records 003 / EFA DE 12" | 1996 ] 17 PSYKOFUK [SEAN DEASON]: Psykofuk _ Mix 2 [ B-side from Matrix Records MATRIX 002 / Detroit Threads US | 1996 ] 18 ANTHONY 'SHAKE' SHAKIR: Levitate Venice [ Morphine Doser Doser-010 / Hard Wax | 2009 ] 19 MENTAL MAYHEM [FRANKIE BONES & JOEY BELTRAM]: Joey’s Riot [ B-side from “"Where Are They Hiding / Joey's Riot" Atmosphere Records AT-004 US 12” | 1990 ] 20 SHAWN RUDIMAN: No Hope.No Fear. [ Technoir Audio TNA-010 / Submerge / Detroit Threads US 12” | 2009 ] 21 STEVE POINDEXTER: Work That Mutha Fucka [ A1-Track from Muzique Records MR-001 / Barney's Distrib. US 12" | 1989 ] 22 SUBURBAN KNIGHT [JAMES PENNINGTON]: By Night EP [A1-Track from Underground Resistance UR-036 / Submerge US 12” | 1996 ] 23 THE MEMORY FOUNDATION [MARTIN RETSCHITZEGGER & MICHAEL PETER]: 3 Untitled Tracks [ From "Made In Vienna" M-Plant 303 / Submerge US 12" | 1995 ] 24 THE MOLE PEOPLE [ARMAND VAN HELDEN]: Break Night [ Strictly Rhythm SSR-12357 US 12" | 1995 ] 25 D.J. FUNK #1 [CHARLES CHAMBERS]: Work That Body [ A3-track from "Street Traxx II" Dance Mania DM-070 / Barney's Distr. US 12" | 1994 ] #pics by Claudio Kalex & Psycho Thrill Cologne #bookmarks: FACEBOOK ll DAVE DUMONTE ll DLA SCHALLPLATTEN ll RA SOUNDCLOUD ll DLA 001 ll YOUTUBE ll PSYCHO THRILL