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Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Spanish
  • 31, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Student / Hostel-Receptionist / Radiomaker / Musician
  • Abitur (A-Levels), Bachelor of fine Arts
  • From Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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About Me

Im Musician, Sound-Designer and Radiomaker from Weimar (Germany). In the moment I’m studying Experimental Radio and Electroacoustic Composition at Bauhaus University Weimar and am working as a Receptionist for the Labyrinth Hostel Weimar. Furthermore i am involved in several Music Projects as DJ and guitarist and i am occasionally composing music for Film and Radio.

In the moment im living in Granada studying Fine Arts for one Semester and will be traveling for some months afterwards.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy traveling the most when im visiting people. Im traveling to get to know people, places, languages, food, history and most of all the local music scenes.

Interests

Im interested in getting to know the music scenes of the places i visit and love to go to concerts and play on jamsessions. i also love to get to know the history of places, visit museums and historic sites. i enjoy good food and am exploring different food cultures, by now i especially love the arabic, vietnamese, indian and mediterrean kitchen and am always open for exploring new food and learning how to cook new dishes.

  • music
  • jazz
  • history
  • journalism
  • psychology
  • sociology
  • radio
  • museums
  • djing
  • finearts

Music, Movies, and Books

To get to know my music taste you can check out my DJ Project Crème Delir (soundcloud.com/cremedelir)

Favorite Artist: King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard, Mild High Club, Bab'l Bluz, Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek, Only Lovers Left Alive, Altin Gün, Connan Mockasin, Soft Hair, LA Priest, Devendra Banhart, Domenique Dumont, Fela Kuti, Floating Points, Kutiman, Ballaké Sisoko, Los Bitchos, Manu Chao, Can, Mac Demarco, Melodys Echo Chamber, Mop Mop, Nu Genea, Ray Barretto, Shaolin Afronauts, Skinshape, Sun Araw, Tame Impala, Tommy Guerrero, The Whitefield Brothers, Neu!, Zoufris Maracas

Favorite Books: The Insanity of Normality, In die andere Richtung jetzt, The Royal Game, The Creative Act, The World of Yesterday (Zweig)

Favorite Films: Only Lovers Left Alive, The french dispatch, American Honey, In den Gängen, Anatomy of a Fall

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

a masquerade ball in the woods

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Music Theory, Guitar
Learn: Spanish
Share: Cooking Skills

What I Can Share with Hosts

decent dishes, deep talks, music theory and some guitar skills,

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain

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