Producer. DJ. Visual artist. Label manager. Raver. To Barnt, real name Daniel Ansirge, it's the latter activity that informs his music the best, both as a creator and as a curator. That music is abstract, different, raw even - but keeping the clubbers' experience at the center of the compulsion.
"For me the bass drum and +-120 bpm are the core of my message. All my tracks must be playable in the club", he shared in a recent interview. That makes sense, weren't he the type of person who can endure 30-hour marathons as a clubber in Berlin's scene.
But it all started in Cologne, the city where he grew up and that he stills call home. As a teenager, he went to a local band's concert. By the end, he got a tape off the merch stall, added some scratch over it, and gave it back to the band: "your music sounds better now". Granted, he was recruited to join the formation. Throughout the years, his creative output took different shapes: film, photography, piano and even hip hop DJing.
Fast-forward to the present decade: in 2010, with 20 years of DJ experience under his belt, he releases his debut EP on his own label Magazine, and it's played by none less than Caribou in his Resident Advisor mix. Two years later, his track Geffen comes out on the great, Matias Aguayo-founded Cómeme. The record, minimalistic but full of new ideas, is praised by everyone from Daniel Avery to Dixon and the legendary Optimo.
Since then, he's been cruising the planet, gracing the most discerning dancefloors with his sets. Leveraging his oddball reputation, Barnt delivers a slow-burning journey that is 100% empathic with his crowd, guiding us from tension build-ups to perfectly oniric moments, twisting and turning to quasi-archetypal heavy hitters, proving us that the best ecstasy is the one we reach slowly.
- Inês Coutinho
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