More important than the parties, the plane rides, the magazine covers or the money, every great DJ is first and foremost, a collector. A discoverer of music. It’s this drive for sonic exploration that’s responsible for Souvenir, the Berlin label spearheaded by Tiefschwarz and their french partner Arthur Vélasquez. In little over a year the label has amassed an impressive roster of artists counting legends like Carl Craig, scene leaders like Radioslave, Samim or Riton or newcomers like Ziggy Kinder among its extended family. The label began from a need in Ali and Basti to do something with the amazing music they were discovering on their travels around the world. From the label’s home in the musical nucleus of Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin Souvenir continues to redefine the limits of electronic music. Think of each release as a gift from the edge — a token of ten years of Tiefschwarz’s quest to discover the club music of tomorrow.
