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Counterweight is a Munich based record label releasing straight-forward Techno and promoting events without compromise.

Record Label run by Gonzo MDF and Marco H. Counterweight events are characterised by their focus on premiere international acts appearing for their first time in Munich. Our aim is to release music from new artists with the same view and understanding of music. Industrial, dark, heavy… we call it techno. Bookings:
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09/12/2022

Of course you are missing us!
Gonzalo & Marco, Gonzo MDF & Marco H. We started this project 7 years ago and we can’t describe with words what this mean and meant to us. The music and the parties are our passion and we actually became friends through both of them. When we started throwing parties at the Tante Erna we could never imagine that we would still be here today with such a nice project and this incredible support we had over the years.
Of course, there were ups and downs… but Counterweight is our baby and Rote Sonne our home.
It’s not yet the time to write a long sentimental post saying how much we love you, our neighbors, bla bla… so, I’ll stick to the facts of the night B)
You know the deal, we will be delivering 200% energy, and 300% techno tonight. Let’s have fun, respect each other and let’s make this a night a night to remember in 10 years.
Catch Gonzo MDF playing from 4:30 to 6:30
Catch Marco H closing from 8:30 to 12:00

Bussis,
Gonzo & Marco

08/12/2022

You see the handsome boy in the picture? He doesn’t need any introduction, so, let me tell you something else.
Stranger played for us for the first time in September of 2016, this was the 4th Counterweight event and tomorrow, he will play his last set for us at the party number 53. During this time he’d played at Rote Sonne many times and we shared many unforgettable nights, many chats and many laughs. But, there is simply one honest reason why we would book him over and over again: we really love his sets. If I had to define his sets I would say: Techno + good vibes + some techno classics + action. Again: No boring mixing! Only action! 😍
Besides the musical stuff, which obviously the most important for a techno party 😅... Stranger is a great person and a friend. We hope that this is not our last stop together, the journey must continue and the crazy laughs, chats and nights won’t stop. Let’s rock it this Friday/Saturday!!!!!
Catch Stranger playing this Saturday morning from 6:30 to 8:30.

PD: if you needed an introduction… I am sorry for you, just go to resident advisor and read the Bio there.

07/12/2022

Phara played for the first time at a Counterweight in 2019 and this Frida will be his 3rd visit, however, this will be his first time doing a live-set for us.
I’ve been a fan of his music since his release on Black Sun Records in 2016. Back then, Phara was an emerging artist who released this extremely impressive double EP on Black Sun Records. From 2016 till today things have changed quite a bit for him! Nowadays he is playing all around the globe in some of the best clubs and festivals and his releases are widely acclaimed and go from labels like Planet Rhythm, Ear to Ground to SK_Eleven and of course, in his own imprint PHAAAR. He is also one of the residents of the legendary club Fuse in Brussels and part of the Voltage Festival residents.

Now, let’s see what he can bring out of his Electribe in his live set this Friday!
Catch him from 3:30 to 4:30.

06/12/2022

Yessss! Finally we can welcome Olivia Mendez at one of our nights. Olivia is a Berlin based and french born DJ & Producer that we’ve been following for a while now. She was on our “future-bookings-list” for very long but…honestly, after we witnessed her set at the “Rote Sonne Weekender” earlier this year we couldn’t wait anymore to book here. Here you go! Do you want to see real skills playing vinyl? OK, that’s your slot, come and check this out! Excellent selection and impeccable skills mixing. We are really looking forward to enjoying her set and sharing the whole night with Olivia!
Catch her this Friday night from 1:30 to 3:30.
By the way… this counterweight night is going to be our longest event till today. We can’t stop thanking Rote Sonne for this opportunity to celebrate our birthday like this.

05/12/2022

The first guest for this special night is SYLK.
This Munich born & raised DJ and producer is one of the most promising newcomers in the city. Once we heard his “1990 EP” and we were pretty sure that he is going to be part of the future development of techno in Munich … and hopefully worldwide. He had his first appearance already at Rote Sonne this year but this will be his first night playing for a counterweight, and actually the last one too ;)
The only thing we can say is, just follow his future projects and productions!
His hypotonic & groovy sets are the perfect ingredient to start this veeeery long night.
Catch him from 23:00-01:30.

03/12/2022

I am starring at an empty document for minutes before I can even write.
How should we start? and… end?
This December 9th we’ll celebrate 7 years of the birth of our baby Counterweight. We’ll celebrate it with our longest event till this date and with more artists than ever before.
However… that’s not everything. This will be the last Counterweight event. This will be a… good bye? Only the time will answer that question ;)
This will be our 53rd Party at Rote Sonne and, what a line up! We are more than proud to have SYLK on this special night, this is newcomer and future of the Munich techno will play for the first time for Counterweight but we are sure you will see him playing a lot over the next years.
We ‘ll also have the vinyl beast Olivia Mendez… we can’t wait to see her skills on the decks and enjoy her selection: best quality, best skills… her set on Rote Sonne’s Weekender this year is still in our minds!
What else? Phara! He played already a couple of times for Counterweight but finally he will be playing one of his awesome live-sets burning the Electribe for us too!
Of course we couldn’t say goodbye without the master of the good-vibes, Stranger. We booked him for the first time back in 2016 and now here we are, closing the circle. There is not much we can say about his sets… you should know it already!

We (Gonzo & Maco) will be giving 300% energy during our sets and beyond, from the beginning till the end. We can’t wait to celebrate the 7 years with all of you and we hope to see a full dancefloor in the morning! You know the final hours are so special… this time even more!
As part of the lineup we actually should mention Rote Sonne. Every single person working here makes the difference every night. Thank U. Let’s dance this last time together again!

Love,
Gonzo & Marco

24/11/2022

This weekend excursion to Milano!
We are playing for the beautiful-amazing-madafuking Closer. The line up is hot as hell and the company couldn’t be better!
Sharing the room with & the lovely … mamma mia!!!

09/11/2022

Round #52!
Counterweight pres. Chlär & Habgud
Yes! This will be our penultimate event, no time for sadness, it’s just time for celebration!
Let’s enjoy it while it lasts! And what a booking we have this night? The mighty Chlär and the great Habgud! 😍 These boys are going to rock the decks, no doubt about i! Of course, covering their back you’ll have Marco H & Gonzo MDF. That’s a Certified and 100% guaranteed foking awesome party… don’t you think?

04/11/2022

It’s Bandcamp Friday!
That means that they are waiving their share for your orders!
You’ll find the new shirts and the full Counterweight discography online! 😘

17/10/2022

The End

It’s time to say goodbye. We started this project by the end of 2015 with our first event happening on January 2nd, 2016. After almost 7 years of incredible nights and adventures we’ve decided to stop this project.
Counterweight has been like our baby during all this time. We’ve spent a lot of effort and countless hours on this project, this was our passion and our love and it’s pretty accurate to say that this period will mark our lives forever and hopefully, the lives of some of our best friends too. We feel that we created something special and you are all part of it.

Unfortunately we don’t have the time that this project really requires and we prefer to rather stop it now than continue without the time it needs and deserves.
We have now two more events coming up at Rote Sonne including the 7 years anniversary in December (!!!). The only thing we want to say now is: Let’s make these last parties something special!!!! We hope to see you all on the dancefloor very long!
It feels pretty hard writing these lines but we feel that this is the right time for it and this is an honest decision.

Counterweight is saying goodbye but we, Marco & Gonzalo, will stay playing records as much as we can! We love techno and we love to share music with you!
Btw.: You’ll have the full Counterweight discography available in bandcamp as well as the new shirts (they’ll be up very soon!)

Now mark these dates on your calendar!

11.11 - Counterweight pres. Chlär & Habgud
09.12 - 7 Years anniversary

31/08/2022

“Dancing People’
The new Counterweight Shirts are here!!! And we are hyped!

It’s been a while since our last shirts and.. it was about time to update them.
This time we have a huge improvement in quality and design. Honestly, we can’t be more happy about the design of the shirts… After a chat with the designer () he came up with this crazy-awesome-whattha**ck design illustrating dancing people… What the hell? This is perfect! We can’t stop looking at it! The more you look at it, the more you see!
High quality T-Shirts with an incredible design that “shows” our nights at Rote Sonne.
The shirts will be sold at the “Garderobe” this Friday during our event. First come first served!
See you on Friday!
Thanks for the constant support. We love you!

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https://counterweighttechno.bandcamp.com/

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