CINTHIE

Berlin-based DJ and producer Cinthie has been immersed in the city’s electronic music scene, not just as a music maker but as a label owner and, right at the opposite end of the scale, working for music software icons Ableton as a day job.

Since being inspired by early electronic tunes in the mid 90s, she has become an in-demand DJ, touring across the globe, but her passion also lies in music production and she has built a stunning studio merging the best hardware – described as “a wide spectrum of some of the most noteworthy vintage drum machines and synthesisers in existence” – with the latest plugins to produce her own unique house and techno tunes. These have appeared on her own label, 803 Crystalgrooves, while her debut album,

Skylines – City Lights, came out on Aus Music in 2020.

And her computer music history? It all started aged 11 on a Commodore…

1 When did you first get involved with music production?

“I’ve always been really interested in music, and when I just started to shape my taste in music as a young teenager, one of my cousins gave me a tape by Sven Väth. That must have been around 1994 and it contained all kinds of music ‘cause