Hartojo, also known as Daniel Wiess, featured in Scientific Sound Radio Podcast 44 with his first guest show for Scientific Sound Asia. Scientific Sound Asia is an Asian electronic music radio station, promoter and music-news platform connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
Educated at Stammheim Kassel (Aufschwung Ost) at the end of the millennium, Hartojo soon began producing music and moved to Berlin. His first releases appeared on Pulsar Records, while his first live act took place at Icon club in 2006.
He began DJing in 2009 and has played at Sisyphos, Suicide Circus, Kosmonaut, Kitkat, and Birgit & Beer. In 2013, he received his first EU booking, followed by his first international appearance in Nevada's Burning Desert in 2014.
In the following years, he played at every Burning Man Regional event he attended in South Africa, Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, the UK, and Germany. His festival appearances included Fusion Festival in Germany, Rave the Castle in Luxembourg, and Block Rave in Germany.
Hartojo released his first record on Superstrobe's IU2U label in 2015, followed by releases on Lauter Unfug alongside artists including Township Rebellion, Channel X, and Beatamines. At the end of 2015, he also started the music blog 'itsoundsfuture.com' to explore the Techno and House Music scene in all its facets.
He and his contributors write about electronic music, festivals, events, technology, and Burning Man. In 2017, he partnered with his friend Mon Groove, a Suicide Circus resident for more than a decade who has been active in the scene since the early 1990s, and they founded Fehler Musik.
The label released new music every month with artists including Andre Crom, Skober, Lützenkirchen, Christian Hornbostel, and Elmar Strathe. This partnership marked the establishment of Hartojo's own label following his work as a producer, live act, and DJ.
Hartojo's Scientific Sound Radio Podcast 44 guest show opens with Oliver Deutschmann's Plant Division on Off Recordings, establishing a Peak Time Techno direction. DJ Wank's Sagostunden on Biotech Recordings and David Temessi and Atze Ton's Dyson on Off Recordings reinforce that opening pressure.
Rene Wise's Sling Jockey on Mote Evolver introduces Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) textures before Joyce Mercedes' Control on Le Club Records restores the sharper pace. DJ Wank's Pneumethorax on rawthing. and Regal's Overground on Bpitch Control keep the selection focused on forceful club material.
Uun's The Vizier on Modularz adds a darker, more reduced passage, followed by DJ Wank's Bells of Recognition on rawthing. DJ 3000's Michael Klein remix of Illyrian on Motech Records leads into Hartojo's own The Elevator on Fehler-Musik, presented as an LTU Premiere, before DJ Wank's Neurological Territory Rave Mix on Elektrax Music.
Oscar Mulero's Solarized on Warm Up Recordings returns to the rawer side of the programme. Roel Salemink's My Body Is My Temple on Intec and Steve Bicknell's Oscar Mulero remix of Constant Movement on Granulart Recordings balance intensity with a more hypnotic close to this section.
TWR72's Fantazia on AEROBIK and Edetto's Got The Body keep the late sequence direct and physical. The closing stretch passes through MPX's L and K, then Distorted Planet's Faccia Staccata.
Rico Puestel's Exhibit 1.3 on Exhibition brings Hartojo's guest show to its final resolution. The last record preserves the programme's insistent club focus while bringing its contrasting peak-time and hypnotic elements together.
Hartojo Guest Mix 13th of November 2019
Oliver Deutschmann - Plant Division
DJ Wank - Sagostunden
David Temessi, Atze Ton - Dyson
PØLI, Lorenzo Raganzini - The Last Station (VII Circle Remix)
Rene Wise - Sling Jockey
Joyce Mercedes - Control (Original Mix)
DJ Wank - Pneumethorax
Regal - Overground
Uun - The Vizier
DJ Wank - Bells Of Recognition
DJ 3000 - Illyrian (Michael Klein Remix)
Hartojo - The Elevator
DJ Wank - Neurological Territory (Rave Mix)
SLV - Talking With The Shadows (SLV Rave Mix)
Oscar Mulero - Solarized
PØLI, Lorenzo Raganzini - The Last Station
Roel Salemink - My Body Is My Temple
Steve Bicknell - Constant Movement (Oscar Mulero Remix)
TWR72 - Fantazia
Edetto - Got The Body
MPX - L
MPX - K
Distorted Planet - Faccia Staccata
Rico Puestel - Exhibit 1.3
Listen on Mixcloud here.