And.Id's mobilee Back to Back Tour diary

And.Id’s fourth installment of the celebrated mobilee Back to Back compilation recently brought him a lot of attention and admiration. The jazz interpretations of some classic mobilee releases on disc 2, which he recorded in the studio with his B.A.N.D., were an incredibly unique approach to presenting mobilee’s catalogue to the world, and also an impressive demonstration of his wide range of musical talents. He is currently on the Back to Back tour, bringing his sound to dance floors across Europe and we managed to persuade him to document his travels to give you an idea of life on the road …

PARIS 13/2
CDG airport now…14:42 local time.. Just arrived with a cab. I haven’t had much time to visit the city, but I had a mini walk to the Eiffel Tower only for one hour this morning.. Fortunately my driver was kind enough to show me around the city by car yesterday evening when he was driving me from the airport to the hotel. I love Paris … I like the small cafes and restaurants along the sides the streets. It reminds me of home. The party was good! Regine club is great and the people too. I played from 2.30-3.30. The crowd seemed to enjoy my set .. after me Hector played a nice housey dj set .. It was a long night though, and I had to help him get back to the hotel..tequila…no? Hector was staying a few more days to see Paris, so the guys invited him to play again the next night … I have to go to Bologna ..14:53. A Japanese crew of girls just left from the waiting chairs in front of me. They were taking pictures and one of them was pretending to give a blow job with her sandwich .. crazy…. I almost forgot! Arc De Triumph or circle of death.. :) everybody here drives like crazy.. if you want to survive you have to avoid incoming cars .. dangerous but at the same time funny! French people are crazy.. Highlight at the airport - the security guy that was checking my equipment was wondering where it the first channel on my midi controller was.. Bonjour monsieur .. do u speak French? No! Ok…nobody is perfect! 15:02..ok I’m stopping now… I’m looking forward to coming back..my flight is at 15.55..I wait..I hate waiting..but this is why I’m getting paid..no?

MUNICH 19/2
Harry Klein, one of my favorites clubs at the moment.. I always enjoy to be here. This was a great night and one where I felt really reworded for my work - the people where shouting in every break down that I made! and of course, the best feeling is when everyone is clapping their hands at the end of your set …

SOMEWHERE AROUND VERONA 20/2 20.23.
I’m chilling in the hotel with my bro Locke..we are totally crazy without sleep..we can get no sleep.. We have another person with us..he followed us from Munich..he is not real..he was real enough to make the Harry Klein toilet brush to dance like crazy..who are you mr? Anyway I leave him for the moment. Anja was knocking on the door before..she wanted to smoke so badly and she did not have fire.. Ok ….we will meet in the hotel’s bar in a while so she can smoke and we can drink some alcohol! 20.27.. I have to get dressed now..

VERONA AIRPORT
14.20 The trio of stooges..we just had our breakfast and we are boarding in 5 mins.. the night turned out to be good.. We had lot of fun with Albi and Miki… I still believe that they are MAFIA! After the club we went to eat.. sear gnusprich..madness in the car, madness in kebab shop.. I found a new friend there..my Tunisian friend.. I had a very nice virgin sandwich only with salad..we grabbed some beers and we went to the hotel.. We end up in a room talking stories and smoking … while Miki was traveling back to his planet and Anja was back in her room… Oh! I forgot about our friend..yeah! The invisible one.. we lost him somewhere in the club! I don’t know what happened.. I stop now.. Anja is showing us some iphone photos from yesterdays’ dinner :)

MAD LAUSANNE 27/2
After a difficult flight we landed at last at Geneva airport..some times is seems even difficult very hard to handle regular flights! We drove for almost an hour and ended up in the small city of Lausanne. Our hotel was an old castle..so beautiful! We checked in (the girl on the reception was beautiful) and we went straight to soundcheck!! Mad club is big! with very good sound..I’m really looking forward to the party.. In fact in the big building that hosts Mad club, there is a very cozy restaurant, a bar and in the basement a small and special venue for special circumstances.. Time for dinner now..we will not come back after dinner for a rest so we take or our stuff (my equipment and Anja’s records) with us.. As I just mentioned Mad hosts a restaurant.. with an amazing atmosphere and very nice people.. A jazz trio is playing live and I’m amazed at their sound! A keyboard player, a drummer and a sax player.. so we enjoyed our dinner while we were listening to really nice live music!! A couple of hours later it was time to go downstairs to the club.. We had a small photo shoot session with the photographer of the club..all artists that play there have their portrait on small screens in the club.. People start to come..time to rock!… By the time I was on stage and ready to begin, the dance floor was packed. The only problem was that the dj booth was too high and I could not have contact with the crowd. As the promoter told me later, they plan to change it and make another structure for the dj booth… I enjoy my set a lot! The next day was also rewarding, I realise that Lausanne is built near a big lake..surrounded by mountains and you can nearly see the famous Mont Blac mountain! It’s a beautiful sight… I enjoy the ride while the promoter drives us to the airport.. Now we have to fly back to base!

BRUSSELS FUSE 20.03