DJ Kitsune on Balancing As a Way of Surviving in the Music Industry, The German Hip Hop and Beat / Lofi Scene and Curation as an Editor for TIDAL (Ep. 21)

We’re beyond happy to welcome Philipp Senkpiel AKA DJ Kitsune on our podcast. The German DJ, music producer, label owner and editor at TIDAL shares his journey through various fields of the music industry and goes back to his early days as a DJ in Frankfurt. We also touch upon the difference between DJ-ing and curating playlists and how fluid genres have become nowadays.

In this hour-long conversation, we also discuss the foundations, growth and strength of the German Hip Hop and Instrumental Beat scene, the rise of new sounds from South America (Latino Music), Africa (afrobeats) and Asia (k-pop)his way of making it and surviving in the music industry all these years, and last, but not least -  a few of his guidelines when comes to managing artists, running your own label and publishing company.

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