Chris Helmbrecht

23/12/2025

21/12/2025

Japan Trip – Part 2 🇯🇵

After sweating our way through the Osaka Bay conservatory, we did what any sensible human would do: fish market. Sushi, strolling, more sushi, waygu beef and ramen. Ridiculously good. End of discussion.

Then came my surprise for Charlotte: Umeda Sky Building. One of Osaka’s highest viewpoints, at night. Queueing (of course), perfectly organized (of course), elevator up. Charlotte wasn’t amused at first — too much walking, too much heat, too much everything. But hey, we didn’t fly around the globe to sit around and take it easy. Five minutes later she was glued to the view. Osaka at night is endless. Honestly, it reminded me a lot of New York. Not the skyscraper madness, but the energy. I could live there for a while. Somewhere between the former East Village vibes and organized chaos.

Next day: local express train to Kyoto. One hour. Train station so clean it felt fake. Shiny. Silent. Precise. Compared to most train stations in Germany or the world… let’s just say the contrast is brutal. You feel how much order and respect for shared space is part of daily life here.

Kyoto hit us with beautiful temples, mountains, and heat. No ocean breeze. Just humidity turned up to eleven. We walked another 10–15 km (yes, again), through temples, markets, tiny streets, and Gion. Food breaks, anime shopping for Charlotte (mandatory), more wandering.

Then: plot twist. Charlotte was “sick” the next day. Hotel day. Temples missed. Tragic.
I suspect it might have been less illness and more: too much walking, too much heat, enough already. Fair. She s a kid. Still — now we have a reason to come back to Kyoto, which I loved very much.

One more food mission later (priorities), and the next morning we boarded the high speed Shinkansen train. Again: spotless stations, trains every 10 minutes, on time to the second. Kyoto to Tokyo like clockwork. Unreal.

But that’s Part 3.
Kyoto → Tokyo → full sensory overload.

Stay tuned. More to come.

24/10/2025

Its already 2 weeks wgo, but I didn't manage to master and post the recording of (on of my DJsets) at the 3 days in the HEIDE.

Its been two years, since I ve been invited for the first time at that special house in the middle of the woods called HEIDE outside of Hamburg. This year we had a great time and a nice 3 day party. Whooohooo! Here is a 3h mix recording of that trip and it was truely a trip :-) Hope you enjoy the tunes, as much as I enjoyed that long weekend in the HEIDE, playing along with Alice and Benni aka "Dirty Dishes". More to come!

Its been two years, since I ve been invited for the first time at that special house in the middle of the woods called HEIDE outside of Hamburg. This year we had a great time and a nice 3 day party. W

01/08/2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Midlife crisis? Done.
Restart complete. I’m on my way up again.
Loving life – with an open heart and clear mind.

Thanks for being there.
Thanks for loving me, backing me up, sticking around –
not just lately, but all along.

Midlife-Crisis? Abgehakt.
Neustart gemacht. Jetzt geht’s wieder bergauf.
Ich genieße mein Leben – und das mit offenem Herzen und klarem Kopf.

Danke, dass ihr da seid.
Danke, dass ihr mich liebt, mir den Rücken stärkt, mich aushaltet
und das nicht erst seit gestern.
Ich seh das. Ich spür das. Und ich weiß es zu schätzen.

Love you all ❤️ 💀

28/07/2025

I played a nice sundowner yesterday in Bischofsgrün / Bavaria. I hope you like(d) the mix! Enjoy!

I played this sundowner in Bischofsgrün / Bavaria on a corporate event. Unfortunately it was raining, but now and then the sun showed through. This is a chilled organic downbeat mix with some afro, la