FACT‘s latest weekly mix comes by one of the most in-form veterans of house and techno, Gerd.

Talking to FACT about his mix, Gerd explains that he “wanted to make a selection with a lot of variation, maybe even use genres that are extreme compared to each other when put together into one mix. The first half is more organic and the second half is pure electronic. The mix starts with some (known) disco classics, island boogie, afro disco and some weird Eastern Europe disco/boogie. Halfway throughout the mix you’ll hear the atmosphere’s getting darker with more modern jackin’ tracks: just tracks that I love to play out on the right occasion.”

They also asked him a couple of questions:

What have you been up to recently, both in terms of your productions and your label?

I remixed Victor Simonelli’s classic ‘Do You Feel’ me that will come out this summer on 4lux (vinyl) and Bassline (digital). I am currently remixing 2 other classic house tunes from the 90’s as well as some new tunes. Can’t say too much about this but hopefully they will all be released after Summer. I almost finished a new NY Stomp release with a singer from the early Tribal USA/UK stable and new trax as Gerd and Geeeman are also in the pipeline. With 4lux we just released Nicholas’ new single called Stronger. It’s a really nice house record featuring vocals by Jessy Allen and a remix by Quell. After summer we have singles coming up by Mateo & Matos (a re-release of one of their classic tunes including some nice remixes), Frenchman Mome, Eurotrash, De Sluwe Vos, Kaspar, Life On Mars and hopefully CHesus aka Earl Jeffers. The Organ Grinder is working on a full album.

What particular artists / records have you been feeling lately, both old and new?