Heron

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• 27th January

The very first episode of The Grasshopper Warbler in 2024 is online on Soundcloud and iTunes. Listen here.

• 27th December

All recent episodes are online. Have a good slide into 2024 and listen some proper Techno here.

• 27th September

The recent episode of The Grasshopper Warbler is online. Listen to my studio session through Soundcloud.

• 27th August

The late summer episode 116 of The Grasshopper Warbler is filled with Old School tracks – delivered by myself. Listen here.

• 27th July

Episode 115 includes a fresh studio mix by Heron. Enjoy this ride through Soundcloud.

• 27th June

Munich based artist Dancing Lessons joins The Grasshopper Warbler with a very special mix – listen here.

• 27th May

The scottish artist Lex Gorrie joins The Grasshopper Warbler for the third time. Listen his belter of a mix here.

• 27th April

The legendary german artists Toktok contributed an exclusive mix for The Grasshopper Warbler. Listen here.

• 27th March

The Swedish dj and producer Abi Bah 2.0 joins The Grasshopper Warbler with a very special mix – Abi Bah tracks only. Enjoy this belter here.

• 27th February

The recent episode of The Grasshopper Warbler is online. It features an exclusive studio mix by myself. Listen here.

About

Many times, biographies of techno acts start by singing their praise of an extremely early, extraordinary talent on synthesizers and other electronic devices…

In Heron’s case, things are different. Because Martin Spittel has been shaped musically since his childhood, the influences were as diverse as music can be.

On one side, there was his grandfather, who played various instruments, and to whom young Martin related closest to and whose influence still lasts until today. On the other side there were his cousins who were not much older than himself, enthusiastic about AC/DC, and band members themselves. Over the course of the following years, he explored the diversity of Black, Death and Trash Metal, EBM and Industrial, right up to Detroit Techno. 

Ever since then, Heron’s environment served as compensation to ferce parties and expanding his musical horizon. This symbiosis from the love of nature and the musical influences from his early childhood are a direct reflection of Heron’s entire life.

Following the scream of the waders (limicoline birds), he moved to picturesque island Norderney in 2003. There, exploring the island’s national park, he decided to live up to his enthusiasm about nature by going to study landscape ecology at the University of Münster. It turned out: The relocation to Münster was the initial spark for his career; the months in Norderney were inspiration for the name of his label “Limikola” which was founded in late 2008 and enjoyed enormous support by both DJs and fans. 

After launching his now very successful °Schaltkreis-parties with four friends in mid-2007, everything went quickly: His first own radio show “The Grasshopper Warbler”, contacts to prominent players like Someone Else and Heartthrob, and finally the moment in early 2008 during the season’s opening at Time Warp, when Richie Hawtin played all three tracks from Heron’s Retro EP. It was merely his second EP, released on a netlabel (Minisome), and it became immediately successful. A knightly accolade.

The journey that Heron started lead to his bombshell track “Welcome to the Adventure Club” that charted in the Beatport charts in 2008, and continued with remixes and releases for Synewave, Supdub, Swap, micro.fon, Prosthetic Pressings and Sleaze Records. In 2010, it culminated with a tour across North America during the summer. 

Two years later he released his very first EP on the legendary Detroit label KMS Records, owned by Kevin Saunderson, followed by remixes for Drumcomplex, P-Ben and Chris Gekä, one collaboration project with Inner City’s Ann Saunderson and his second solo release „Ride The Pride“. Furthermore he made the step into the Soma family by publishing three solo EPs and an EP with Kevin’s son Dantiez Saunderson, as well as he started to release on Florian Meindl’s FLASH Recordings.

Dates

The Grasshopper Warbler

The very first episode of The Grasshopper Warbler in 2024 is online on Soundcloud and iTunes. Listen here.

The Grasshopper Warbler is finally available through iTunes & Google Podcasts.

Streaming Schedule

About

Heron’s monthly radio show, “The Grasshopper Warbler”, delivers a wide range of electronic dj & live sets to the listener while not focusing on Techno only.
Founded in 2006, his show is getting a worldwide relaunch in 2014 with international guests from the whole electronic scene.

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