24/06/2022
Gerd Janson

Gerd Janson

Gerd Janson is one of the most highly respected DJs in the world of
house and techno. Quite often, “highly respected” goes hand-in-hand
with “underrated” but over the past few years, audiences around the
world have also found out what insider types already knew: Janson is a
DJ that reconfigures the classics you already knew in an unexpected way
– and introduce you to new classics, a few months (or years) before
you’ll hear them played everywhere else.
Raised just outside of Frankfurt, Janson came to dance music at a young
age. He was introduced to techno via a scout leader, who lent him a tape
in the early ‘90s made by German techno legend Sven Väth. The region –
at that time – was Germany’s most vibrant outpost for the stuff, and he
soon fell in love.
A few years later – once he got old enough to credibly sneak into clubs –
he found himself traveling around the country to see heroes both local
and international Masters at Work. Moodymann. Robert Hood. Techno.
House. The style didn’t matter. He was hooked.
This genre-free philosophy been a theme throughout Janson’s career.
House and techno have been an underlying theme, but listening to his DJ
sets, you’ll often hear different types of things filtering through: UK
funky, synth pop, industrial. It’s a cliché, to be sure, but he’s the type of
DJ that digs so that you don’t have to.
Gerd Janson is one of the increasingly worst kept secrets in the world of
dance music. A DJ versatile enough to rock just about any dance floor. A
DJ who cares about the profession of DJ. A DJ worth hearing.