ABOUT
Contributing to a vibrant Hamburg tradition of inspired electronic imprints such as Dial, Pokerflat, Smallville or Diynamic, Room With A View can be described as the “personal musical fantasy” of its founder and A&R Phil “Dairmount” Darimont, a fantasy deeply rooted in his early DJ days when House & Techno were colliding in a big musical patchwork of sounds, sweat & dust. The label was founded in 2009 by Phil and his long time partner Anja Knupper with the help of supporting friends who believe in the power of quality & honesty.
The inspiration of Room With A View can be traced through more than 15 years of DJing across Europe and beyond – and echoes many of Dairmount’s musical milestones: from the synthetic melancholy of Detroit to the “hybrid” versatility of London, from the ashes of Mother Disco in Montreal to the quintessential Techno renaissance of Berlin.
The label’s ethic is aiming to get back to timeless “emotional content” club music with a futuristic flair, while breaking the pattern of “functionality” that club music too often slips into these days. The desire to make people dance doesn’t have to mean excluding some message, emotion or sincerity. Room With A View is about sincerity & self-expression – strongly represented by genuine musical characters that saw in the label a new way to display rare aspects of their musical psyche.
With this mission, Room With A View has managed to nurture a unique & unexpected roster of international artists. It is quite a little performance to invite a wide range of dj’s to enjoy the same sound these days : Techno mammoths such as Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, Ritchie Hawtin, Dubfire or Dj Hell, Deep House heavyweights such as Jimpster, Dj Deep, Manuel Tur or Brothers Vibe, Tech House masters such as Steve Bug, MANDY, Milton Jackson, Phonogenic or Joris Voorn, Leftfield wizards such as Lawrence, Peter Kruder, Jazzanova or dj legends such as Danny Krivit or Francois K have all embraced the sound of the label with real enthusiasm…
Soon followed by a solid international print & online media following : De:Bug (Ger), Tsugi (Fr), Dj Mag (UK), Xlr8R (US), BBC1 (UK), Kiss FM (UK), Proton (UK) , Ibiza Voice, Resident Advisor and many online shows & podcasts around the globe…
Our releases have also met a fantastic approval amongst leading digital retailers such as iTunes, Beatport, Juno Download, Traxsource & many others which showed us tremendous support. Record shops like Hardwax, Juno Records, Rush Hour, Phonica, Decks or Freebase (between others) are treating our vinyls with great care too..
As Heidelberg’s electronic hero Move D mentioned one day, “Music deserves more space for your own interpretation and imagination”. This is ours : welcome to Room With a View…
Room With A View releases are cherished, played and charted by an impressive list of international heavyweights including Sasse, Tim Sweeney, Gilb’R, Rocky, Pezzner, Basic Soul Unit, M.A.N.D.Y, Richie Hawtin, Mike Clark, Karotte, Danny Tenaglia, Dubfire, Mark Farina, Shlomi Aber, The Revenge, Trevor Jackson, Carl Craig, Will Saul, Alex Dallas, Kolombo, Dj Hell, Steve Bug, Sian, Jimpster, Osunlade, Darko Esser, Konrad Black, Laurent Garnier, Brothers Vibe, Manuel Tur, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Brendon Moeller, Rainer Trüby, Atjazz, Mad Mats, Alex Kid, Stacey Pullen, Russ Gabriel, Charles Webster, Phonogenic, Fabrice Lig, Peter Kruder, Tiefschwarz, Gerd, Audiofly, Mad Mats, Dixon, Dj Hell, Kiko Navarro, Djulz, Technasia, Nick Holder, Slam, Estroe, Joris Voorn, Tiger Stripes, Milton Jackson, Mazi, Domu, Chicken Lips, Lovebirds, Afrilounge, Ken Ishi, Sei A, Dj Naughty, Alland Byallo, Lovebirds, Dj Disciple, Nick V, Boddhi Satva, Mark August, Cloud, Deetron, Art Of Tones, Master H, Trevor Walker, Shur-I-Kan, Technasia, Mike Clark, Audio Soul Project, Nacho Marco, Dj Yellow, Agnès, Bangana, Sebastian Roya, Recloose, Quarion, Morpheus, Liapin, Jazzanova, Lars Behrenroth, St Plomb, Murray Richardson, Swirl People, Benny Rodriguez, Dubfire, Nicolas Matar, Technasia, Jimmy Savard, Harri, Nils Krogh, Fred Everything, Leigh Morgan, Neil Quigley, Titonton Duvante, Alex From Tokyo, Motorcitysoul, Ski Oakenful, Domu, Marcus James, Markus Enochson, Alton Miller, Onionz, Rob Mello, Chymera, Alex Flitsch, Slam, Trickski, Milton Jackson, DJ Deep, Nick Chacona, Estroe, Steve Sole, Ingo Sanger, Marlow, Matt Masters, Tomas Hedberg, Vidis, Andrew Jervis, JC Freaks, Karotte, Nacho Velasco, Wamdue Kids, Willie Graff, Christoffer Berg, Gerd, Trinadadian Deep, Roberto Rodriguez, Simbad, Nick Holder…
Room With a View is followed & supported by editorial sites & fan blogs as Resident Advisor, Ibiza Voice, Little White Earbuds, Feel My Bicep, Hearing is Believing between others …
Room With A View releases are reviewed regularly in DJ Mag (UK), Trax Magazine (FR), Tsugi (FR), Clash Magazine (UK), Electronic Beats (GER), De:Bug (GER), XLR8R (US) …
Room With A View releases are playlisted & followed on radio.de (WW), novaplanet.com (FR), Radiofg.com (FR), scannerfm.com (WW), lamegaradio.fm (SP), ibizasonica.com (SP), planetradio.es (SP), radio-klub.fr (FR), iloveradio.fm (IT), ohmradio.org (WW), clubfm.com.mk (MAC), proton.com (US), danceradio.gr (GRE), justmusic.fm (HUN), pulseradio.net (AUS), afterhoursradioshow.com (Peru), sevenskies.ru (RUS), lasrosasonline.com (ARG), Proton Radio (USA), futurebeatradio.com (UK), raunchyrhythms.com (UK)ssradiouk.com (UK), dinamo.fm (TUR), lushradio.com (DUB), universalvibes.com (UK), xmradio.com (US), motionfm.com (US), pushfm.com (US), karmasj.com (UK), netmusique.com (GER), Partystation.it (IT), Peppermint-fm.de (GER), di.fm (UK) , play.fm (GER), iwanaimusic.blogspot.com (CAN), fritz.de (GER), Clubzone.lu (LUX) between others…
This humble record label was created & founded by Phil Darimont & Anja Knupper
Room With A View is a true labor of love thanks to the great people contributing to it
This website, label C.I & artwork are designed & produced by Hannes Pilz for INTU Services, Hamburg
Room With A View is working in partnership with the following booking agencies :
Audiofamilies representing our artists for the world.
Phat Elephant representing our artists in Netherlands & Turkey only.
Our releases are carefully mastered by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering, Berlin
Our vinyls are “cut” by Hans Schaaf at Calyx Mastering, Berlin
Our records are manufactured with care by R.A.N.D. Muzik, Leipzig
Our records (& forthcoming merchandise) are self-distributed. Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you are interested…
Our releases are digitally distributed worldwide by Finetunes, Hamburg
Feel free to contact our digital label manager Ellen Vorac
Big shouts to Romain Lepine, Oke Göttlich & Henning Thieß for their continuous support, trust & guidance
IMPRESSUM
Room with a View, a division of Metronomic Family GmbH
Stresemannstrasse 375 / Haus 11
22761 Hamburg
Germany
Tel: 0049-(0)163 6826299
Fax: 0049-(0)40 39991888
info@roomwav.com
Commercial Register No.:
HRB 108174 Amtsgericht Hamburg
Tax No.:
02/859/03505
Managing directors
Phil Darimont & Anja Knupper
© Copyright Metronomic Family GmbH 2009
