Anja Schneider presents Club Room: Backstage with Heiko Hoffmann

In this latest episode of Club Room: Backstage Anja Schneider is talking to Heiko Hoffmann - one of the most important personalities in the German electronic music business. Heiko was until recently the chief editor of Groove Magazine, a publication he ran for 17 years, before working for Beatport - the worlds biggest retailer of electronic music - where his job is Vice President of Artist and Community Relations. Listen in as Heiko and Anja discuss about Heiko’s early experience as a child of the 1970’s growing up in a divided Berlin, cutting his teeth as a young journalist in the 90s, transforming Groove Magazine into an internationally renowned tastemaker publication, how Beatport are adapting their offering to include live streaming events and developing streaming for DJs via their Beatport Link initiative, and finally the curation, exhibition and publication of Heiko’s No Photos On The Dancefloor book

Club Room: Backstage sees Anja Schneider ditching the turntables in favour of a microphone as the lauded DJ, renowned talent scout and trailblazing label owner of Sous Music gets to grips with the opinions of leading names from the music industry as they discuss the most pressing issues affecting the electronic music right now.

• No. of episodes: 21
• Latest episode: 2021-05-04
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