Nachtblumen Podcast #16 Fløbo
Florin also known as Fløbo is a Swiss DJ and Producer currently based in Berlin. It all started back when at the age of 15, Florin had the chance to experience a performance by Jeff Mills, which cemented his curiosity towards electronic music and put the beginning of a lifelong journey into it. Naturally, he decided to buy some software right away and start exploring the technical side of this music. Parallel to that throughout the years he collected a lot of music and also started practicing how to DJ.
After a couple of solid years of practicing both producing and playing, the artist finally started putting some of his material out there, and soon he was noticed by a local promoter Ruben, who booked him to play his first gigs at Raumstation, a local club where many popular techno artists performed often. At that time Florin’s focus was more on the minimal techno sound, as he was inspired by artists like Chris Liebing. His curiosity and love for this music were growing, and that ultimately led him to discovering also the deeper, more experimental side of techno.
Soon after he entered the underground scene, he met with the Adroit crew in Zürich. Adroit is a project that consists of an event series and a label born to make room for musical experimentation electronics in all its forms, the experimental art of painting and graphics highlighting the passion and love for music and art. These were exciting years for Florin’s artistic development, as he had the chance to play alongside artists such as SNTS, Etapp Kyle, Matrixxman, and also to release on Adroit Recordings. The conversations and touch points with these artists inspired him to make further steps into music.
Nowadays, Florin describes his sound as raw, cinematic trippy and deep. He loves to experiment a lot within the hypnotic realm of electronic music – from unknown soundscapes, through deep atmospheric sounds to bleepy sci-fi harder techno. At a club night, you can expect hearing Fløbo either opening the night, as he loves that timeslot because it gives him the chance to experiment more and even start with ambient to slowly building the night, or he would be keeping you on your feet dancing during peak time.
In 2019 he moved to Berlin, where he found his intuition in sound design and began working with analog gear. In the same year he launched his platform Hypnaughtic with a mix by Takaaki Itoh. Together with his partner Ilenka, he is working and developing this platform. In the future, Florin plans to develop Hypnaughtic further, launch a label and release more music for other labels, while continuously working hard on his sound.
Fløbo recorded a special mix for me, where he showcases solid mixing skills, and his diverse interest in hypnotic techno. As we are approaching the summer and the time to get back on the dancefloor, this set is a great opportunity to warm up your mind and body and prepare for those special nights. I am looking forward to experiencing Fløbo on the dancefloor while I completely get lost in his hypnotic world. Enjoy!