DIXON IS A DJ. A DISCJOCKEY IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD, AND A MAN ON A MISSION.
BORN IN BERLIN 30 YEARS AGO, STEFFEN "DIXON" BERKHAHN IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A HOUSE DJ. HE WAS A WEEKLY RESIDENT AT THE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHTCLUBS IN BERLIN SINCE THE MID NINETIES - SUCH AS THE LEGENDARY E-WERK,OR THE THE TRESOR CLUB. BUT IT SOON BECAME OBVIOUS THAT HIS DEFINITION OF HOUSE WAS MUCH DEEPER THAN THE HOUSE MUSIC WHICH WAS PLAYED IN BERLIN AT THAT TIME.
FROM 1996 ON HE RAN "AUDIO VIDEO DISCO" ONE OF GERMANY’S MOST INFLUENCIAL HOUSE NIGHT AT THE WMF CLUB IN BERLIN TOGETHER WITH HIS PARTNER MITJA PRINZ. THERE IS NO WAY OF AVOIDING DIXON IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ABOUT CONTEMPORARY HOUSE MUSIC IN GERMANY TODAY.
IN 1998 HE HOOKED UP WITH THE JAZZANOVA BOYS AND HIS FIRST RELEASE FOR THEIR SONAR KOLLEKTIV LABEL WAS HIS REMIX FOR THE JAZZANOVA SIDE-PROJECT EXTENDED SPIRIT. SINCE THEN HE HAS REMIXED TONS OF ARTISTS SUCH AS FEMI KUTI, ATJAZZ, JAZZANOVA, ATTICA BLUES, BROOKS, I-CUBE, GEORG LEVIN, TAXI, KEMETIC JUST, BEANFIELD, CLARA HILL, FAUNA FLASH, MEITZ AND NOT SO MANY OTHERS. HE ALSO PRODUCED SUCH CLASSIC HOUSE TRACKS LIKE "WHEN I`M WITH YOU" OR "(I GOT) SOMEBODY NEW" FOR GEORG LEVIN. IN 2002 HE STARTED A PRODUCTION COLLABORATION WITH GEORG LEVIN CALLED "WAHOO". THE FIRST SINGLE THEY PRODUCED AS WAHOO IS CALLED "MAKE EM SHAKE IT" AND WAS SUCH A BIG HIT IN 2004 THAT IN 2005 IT WAS SIGNED TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOUSE LABELS OF THE WORLD - DEFECTED RECORDS. WATCH THEM COME.
OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS, THE SUCCESS OF HIS REMIXES AND HIS OFF LIMITS MIX CD BROUGHT HIM TO NEARLY ALL GOOD HOUSE-CLUBS WORLDWIDE HE WAS SO BUSY TRAVELLING AND PRODUCING THAT HE STOPPED HIS WEEKLY RESIDENCY IN BERLIN IN 2004. BUT SINCE THERE ARE JUST A FEW GOOD HOUSE CLUBS LEFT IN GERMANY HE DECIDED TO RELAUNCH HIS CLUBNIGHT AGAIN THIS SPRING. THE NIGHT IS CALLED INNERCITY AND IS AT THE WEEKEND CLUB IN BERLIN.
REMIXES:
ARTIST TITLE LABEL
EXTENDED SPIRIT PROPULSION DIALOG REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
MEITZ AFRICA AIRDROPS REC. / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
HILL & FUNčS DON'T HESITATE RECREATION REC. / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
FEMI KUTI VICTIM OF LIFE BARCLAY FRANCE
BEANFIELD THE GREAT OUTSIDE COMPOST RECORDINGS
JAZZANOVA THAT NIGHT (WAHOO MIX) JCR
ATJAZZ IT'S COMPLETE MANTIS REC.
CALM PEOPLE FROM THE SUN YELLOW,/ WAVE RECORDINGS
TAXI PEOPLE COME RUNNING INFRACOM RECORDS
FAUNA FLASH ALONE AGAIN COMPOST RECORDINGS
VICTOR DAVIES RUNAWAY TRAIN JCR
KEMETIC JUST FOR YOUR LOVE SILVER RECORDINGS
BROOKS COLOR ME BAD MANTIS RECORDINGS
WAHOO MAKE EM SHAKE IT SONAR KOLLEKTIV
WAHOO TAKE OVER ME SONAR KOLLEKTIV
I- CUBE OBLIVION VERSATILE
WAHOO CANDLELIGHT (SONAR KOLLEKTIV SPRING 2006)
WAHOO SHINE (SONAR KOLLEKTIV SPRING 2006)
WAHOO THAT NIGHT (SONAR KOLLEKTIV SPRING 2006)
1 LOVE I ADORE U (SONAR KOLLEKTIV SPRING 2006)
ISOLEč BLEU (PLAYHOUSE SPRING 2006)
PRODUCTIONS:
GEORG LEVIN WHEN I'M WITH U RECREATION REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
GEORG LEVIN I GOT SOMEBODAY NEW SONAR KOLLEKTIV / MAW
PHONIQUE CANNES DESSOUS RECORDINGS
COMPILATIONS:
VARIOUS ARTISTS OFF LIMITS RECREATION REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
VARIOUS ARTISTS OFF LIMITS 2 RECREATION REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
VARIOUS ARTISTS OFF LIMITS 3 RECREATION REC / SONAR KOLLEKTIV
VARIOUS ARTISTS SONAR KOLLEKTIV VOL. 1 SONAR KOLLEKTIV
VARIOUS ARTISTS YOGA SESSIONS - DRAWING FROM THE ROOTS (MAN RECORDINGS SPRING 2005)
