Chameleon: nd_Baumecker, Allfield + Deo at The Crescent

The headline guest is nd_Baumecker, a longtime Panorama Bar resident. Andreas Baumecker, who is from Frankfurt, began his DJ career in 1991 in a bar called Romantica, near the city's main train station. The venue was run by Hans Romanov, who also operated Intimbar, where Baumecker later moved.

Ata and Heiko M/S/O from Playhouse invited him to work as a buyer for their record store Delirium and offered him a residency at their WildPitchClub night at the Club Nachtleben. He went on to play Frankfurt venues including XS - later The Box, Dorian Gray, and underground one-off parties, before moving to Heidelberg and Mannheim, where he promoted the club night HD800 with Dirk Mantei aka D-Man, Move D and Bouillabass. He worked at Humpty Records in Heidelberg and curated the label "Freund" for the labelgroup UCMG.

Guest DJ sets at OstGut in Berlin followed and he established his own label Freundinnen. He moved to Berlin in 2004 and took up a residency at Panorama Bar inside the newly opened Berghain, which he holds to this day. He also worked as the club's in-house booker until he stepped down from the role in 2016, and he curates and hosts the "Revolting" parties at Lab.oratory.

On style, Baumecker said: "A well known choreographer once said: 'Surprise is important. ' I think this approach describes my DJ style best. I'm constantly oscillating between nu disco, house, techno, electro, broken beats and pop.

Ultimately, I'm open to anything - from brute force to tender. I see the dance floor as an experimental field: If you manage to really capture the crowd, you can do almost everything with them. " He also said: "If something sounds truly new to me they give me a jolt.

Also, dance music should have a good portion of funk and, in a way, it needs to sound like "disco", whatever the style. I like vocals a lot.

In my opinion they are the most important and significant bits you're taking home after a good night out; They're the most memorable. "

Since 2010 Andreas has produced with Sam Barker as Barker & Baumecker, and the duo have released four 12"s and two albums on Ostgut Ton. He has also released as SNECKER, together with Snax aka Paul Bonomo, on Freeride Millennium, Permanent Vacation, and a Wild Pitch Club Compilation put together with Ata on Running Back. Support comes from Chameleon's own Allfield and Deo. Tickets are £10 online, with more on the door.