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Bertolt Brechtakt

Music was my first love...

About Me

It's all about music - no boundaries here. Bertolt Brechtakt is Jens Pacholsky who began DJing somewhat around 2001. But music has been there since the very beginning. What started as a fun activity has become a more or less regular thing to do beside the proper job - so actually nothing has changed ever since...
Mainly playing an eclectic mix of Electro, Dubstep, Nujazz & Samplism, HipHop, Breakbeats, D&B, Electronica and good old IDM on soloist paths as well as an occasional part of The Bertwins Collective in different locations around Berlin, he also appeared as TJ Hooker at Funkalicious Soulnight (with DJ G-Cut) playing Funk, Soul, 70s Disco & Finest HipHop tunes every two weeks at Berlin's notorious Delicious Doughnuts before recently moving to Leipzig where he is about the work as a proper engineer for quality and environmental management (believe it or not). Bertolt Brechtakt / TJ Hooker is also part of the goon magazine DJs.
Beside all this, Jens Pacholsky is regularly writing for the wonderful goon magazine, cause goon fetzt (www.goon-magazine.de).
MIX IT RAW: Two Turntables & a Battlemixer (for full track lists check my blog entries)
Bertolt Brechtakt presents "Welcome To My Broken Neck - 3rd Vertical Vertebra (Bass Hit). A journey through Dubstep and D&B and back featuring Shackleton, Squarepusher, Hecq, Skynet, Boxcutter, Alec Empire, Goldie, Elemental, Aphex Twin, Hawerchuk, DJ Distance and many more.
(3) OUT OF DOWNLOAD
Bertolt Brechtakt presents "Floor Excursions Vol. 1". This time it's about some clubby 4/4 experience including LFO, Ellen Allien, Einóma, Autodrive, Ras, Para One, Jean Michel, Dan F, Chemical Brothers, Jay Jay Johanson, Orbital, FSOL, Luke Vibert, Goldfrapp, Four Tet, Jedi Knights and more (see Blog for full tracklist).
(2) OUT OF DOWNLOAD
Bertolt Brechtakt presents "Welcome To My Broken Neck - 1st Cervical Vertebra". This is the first installment out of 7 featuring kick-arse Drum&Bass as well as some DubStep & IDM excursions including DiViNCi, Breakage, Equinox, Goldie, The Teknoist, Photek, Roni Size, Boxcutter, Odyssey, Elementz of Noize, Bizzy B., Gorillaz and Boards Of Canada.
(1) OUT OF DOWNLOAD: TJ Hooker presents "Groove Standards - Lesson 1".
71 minutes of 29 Groove Standards feat. Isaac Hayes, Joy Denalane, Roberto Blanco, Uschi Brüning, Curtis Mayfield, Average White Band, B. Maupin, Aaliyah, Alicia Keys, Mr. On, Nash, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Afrique, Diplo, Su Kramer, Time Machine and others... Just for the fun of it.
I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

You and you... and you!

Music:

Coming from HipHop in 89, dropping into Hardcore Techno and Drum & Bass in 94, continuing the journey to drown in IDM & Electronica in 96 to merge all that with Electro, Post Rock, Soul & Funk, Minimal and Dubstep at present. There you go. This is

Movies:

2001 - A Space Odyssee // Qatsi Trilogie by Godfrey Reggio // A Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas // BarbarellaAwesome visualisation of Venetian Snares' "Szamár Madár".

Books:

James Joyce: Ulysses // All you can get by Philip K. Dick & Stanislaw Lem // Jeanette Winterson: The Passion // Flann O'Brien: At-Swim Two Birds // Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy

Heroes:

Planet µ // Warp Records // Skam Records // Big Dada Records // Ninja Tune // Rephlex // Public Enemy // The Treacherous Four // Björk // Jega // Ty // Skull Disco // Beastie Boys // Autechre // Squarepusher // RUN DMC // Destructive Rec. // James Brown // MC 900 Ft Jesus // RDJ // µziq // Amon Tobin // Luke Vibert // goon magazine // Bodach // The Bertwins Collective // Philip K. Dick // Stanley Kubrick // Giant Panda... to be continued for hours and hours.

My Blog

Tracklist for new Dubstep & D&B mix

Bertolt Brechtakt presents "Welcome To My Broken Neck - 3rd Cervical Vertebra (Bass Hit). For download check the "About me" section on my profile. ..> WELCOME TO MY BROKEN NECK Cervical Verteb...
Posted by Bertolt Brechtakt on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:39:00 PST

New Dance Mix for Clubbing and Smoking

Bertolt Brechtakt presents "Floor Excursions Vol. 1". This time it's about some clubby 4/4 experience. You find the download on my space site.Playlist: LFO       &n...
Posted by Bertolt Brechtakt on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:00:00 PST

Welcome 2 My Broken Neck - 1st Cervical Vertebra (D&B Mix) uploaded

Bertolt Brechtakt presents "Welcome To My Broken Neck - 1st Cervical Vertebra". This is the first installment of 7 mixes to break your neck. The 1st Cervical Vertebra contains a dense mix of kick-arse...
Posted by Bertolt Brechtakt on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:27:00 PST

Groove Standards Mix uploaded & ready for listening pleasure

TJ Hooker presents "Groove Standards - Lesson 1" is now uploaded.71 minutes of 29 Groove Standards feat. Isaac Hayes, Joy Denalane, Roberto Blanco, Uschi Brüning, Curtis Mayfield, Average White Band, ...
Posted by Bertolt Brechtakt on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:34:00 PST

Venetian Snares visualised

This is a video my brother did for Venetian Snares' "Szamár Madár" using cell imaging only. It was presented as part of the Uppsala International Shortfilm Festival, October 2006, in Sweden... width="...
Posted by Bertolt Brechtakt on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:50:00 PST