Niklas Wandt is a percussionist, producer, DJ and radio host . He lives in Berlin, where his eclectic approach is heard most regularly in basement club Sameheads –  a lush sonic palette with a hypnotic, heavily percussive drive, from tripped out downtempo and afrofunky cosmic sound (think Rimini 1995) to driving progressive house, trance, warped techno and warming tech house – high energy in a smooth, long blend.

Active in music since about 2008, Niklas has played in hiphop, psychedelic rock and free jazz projects and has been part of a number of projects centered around Salon des Amateurs in Düsseldorf. A wide, open minded range of practices that still feed into his music today – at Salon he forged his musical bond to producer Jan Schulte aka Wolf Müller. The pair released the acclaimed double LP “Instrumentalmusik von der Mitte der World” in 2018 via Growing Bin Records and have taken its music on the road as far as China.

Niklas can be also heard as part of the band Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge (whose fourth record “Neulust” just came out via Swiss imprint Lustpoderosa) and in a duo with veteran producer Sascha Funke (with their third duo record recently released via R.A.N.D. Muzik), plus on a string of solo releases for imprints such as Bureau B, Permanent Vacation, Animals Dancing, Warning and Edizioni Mondo.

A music journalist, critic and presenter by day, his features, portraits and reviews mostly on jazz and its many branches can be heard regularly on German public radio stations WDR 3, Deutschlandfunk and SWR Kultur.

Latest Update: 10 May 2024