From the moment that Gabriel starts to play, his warmth leads you out of the cold. His years of enjoying the music as a dancer in Brazil allow you to feel that he is with you at your level, experiencing the vibe with you, present and connected throughout his entire set.

"I love to have eye contact with the crowd. I think its possible to connect simply through the music though which is one of the reasons I often dance with my eyes closed when listening to someone else spinning."

When I came across Ida Daugaard's music, I inevitably spent several days listening to it nonstop and voilà, she opened my ear to the beauty of minimal analog sounds, and the art of vinyl.

L.A.-based master of ethereal sounds, Robot Koch, is gracing our pages with inspiring interview insights and a brand new DJ mix he put together for WITNESS THIS exclusively.

I spoke with Nico Stojan at my small house in Venice, we sat in my living room and ate carrot pieces and hummus with Heidi Edwards, a photographer from Los Angeles. Read the interview, and tune into the exclusive mix that Nico has gifted the WITNESS THIS readers with!

DJ/producers Soukie & Windish from Berlin grace our pages with a brand new mix, and a massive interview about techno, drugs, and Swiss mountain dwarves.