Bine is a frequent and welcome guest at NTY, and we’re excited that she’ll be spinning her records for us again at the last edition of the Weekender!:

After many years of dancing across the floors of the German and international soul scene as Bee Bee Boogie (Sabbl Bimbolinski), I «switched sides» after moving to Hamburg in 2017 – and since then, you’ll also find me behind the decks.

With my own blend and take on 60s and 70s soul, seasoned with a touch of rhythm and blues, I play regularly at the Mojo Jazz Café as one of the B’s in BBL Unlimited!

My favorites I’m planning to play:

Bessie Banks – Don’t You Worry
Brief Encounter – Human
Stylus – We All Need One Another
The Debonaires – In the Rain
Ujima – I’m Not Ready

A regular at Kasheme Zürich and a familiar face at the NOT TOO YOUNG Swiss Soul Weekender over the years, Pinto has built a collection spanning continents and decades, with no small number of rarities and obscurities that make the Shazam screens light up mid-dancefloor. His sets have taken him from Basel basement nights to radio studios, from Lisbon record shops to international vinyl gatherings.

One thing has stayed constant: he clearly loves his music, and more than once he’s been spotted slipping off the decks and onto the dancefloor mid-set. For the 13th and final edition of NTY, it feels only right that he’s there – celebrating the end of a chapter that has been part of his story all along.

As records of western origin (mainly British and American Beat, Jazz and Blues) were tough go get in GDR times, most of my fathers records have a personal story beside the actual recorded music.

When I started buying records as a teenager, simultaneously starting a reggae band, stories and the songs were always more important to me than the rarity or the price of the record.

Hanging around with the local mods, skinheads, punks and hiphop scene made me dig deeper into reggae and soul trying to join the dots. so I started doing own events as Upon My Soul!

One of my first guests were Henning and Emel, who started around the same time with their own events. Our paths crossed quite often, especially when I lived in Zurich for 2 years. Thanks to them a lot of my records have a story that is connected to the Swiss family. Since then I was fortunate to have been invited by lovely likeminded people and to be able to travel with my records to places in and around Germany, Italy, England, Poland and of course the Swiss family’s NOT TOO YOUNG. I am really looking forward coming back the shore of the alps for a last waltz on Vierwaldstätter see.

Current Top 5
Ada Richards – Drunk and Real High (In the Spirit of God)
Crown Four – Birth Of A Playboy
Cymande – Brothers On The Slide
Embryo – Wajang Woman
Sharon Revoal – Reaching For Our Star

• Exactly 20 years ago, as a clueless young scooterist, I went with my friends to a scooter run with an allnighter.
• There I heard Northern Soul for the first time and instantly fell head over heels in love.
• I was fascinated by the feelings this music triggered in me and by the style of dancing (which I still can’t really do well today ).

DJing:

• Since 2008.
• Through the local club scene in Ingolstadt, I dove more into the house music scene and later into all kinds of genres (commercial).
• For 10 years I played intensively almost every weekend, regionally and beyond, across southern Germany.

Soul Scene:

• Only from around 2016 did I start occasionally visiting the big weekenders in Germany.
• I bought single vinyl records very sporadically.
• Only since the pandemic have I been collecting soul records intensively.

Genres:

• I love everything from 60s to early 80s R&B, Crossover, Northern, Modern, Sweet Soul, Funk that triggers a feeling in me.
• Alongside Northern Soul, in the last few years I’ve also developed a deep love for Sweet Soul and mid-tempo Crossover.

What I Love About Soul:

• I love bathing in melancholy with heavy lyrics and melodies.
• On the other hand, I love that especially in Northern Soul, sad lyrics are often carried by uplifting melodies.
• In no other genre can I feel music in the same way.

Records I Like to Play:

• Our Day Is Here – J.P. Robinson
• It’s All Over But The Shouting – Ann Sexton
• Chaos (In My Heart) – Vivian Copeland
• Look On The Good Side – The Invitations
• He Won’t Love You – Delores Eiler

Key Events:

• Dab of Soul Weekender (Llandudno, Wales): Matt Fox is one of the resident DJs at this Crossover Soul event, known for attracting lovers of midtempo Soul.

• Soul City (Cologne): Fox co-founded this event series, which ran from 2010 to 2015, becoming a key highlight in Cologne’s Soul scene.

• Various Soul Weekenders and Nighters Across Europe: He has performed in cities such as Bristol, Manchester, St. Petersburg, Bamberg, Stockholm, Aberdeen, Albufeira, Paris, Barcelona, London, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Milan, Rome, Vienna, Ibiza, Valencia, and Zurich.

Top 5

Willie Mason – Why
Chuck Stephens – Paying for Your Love
Pulse – Sunshine
Archie Hodge – I Really Want to See You Girl
Psychodelic Frankie – Putting You Out of My Life

A couple months later I saw a Northern Soul book behind the counter at another record store so decided to have a go, but it turned out to be an absolute disappointment! The book was just full of titles and artists and prices, which made for very mediocre toilet lecture. Turned out I had unknowingly bought a Manship price guide. Since doom scrolling was not an option back then, I started going through the lists and becoming more and more curious about the names. Fluorescent Smogg? The Sub Dominants? Rita & The Tiaras? I needed to find out what that was all about, so I did…

Started buying like a madman, completely plundered the bank account within months, so decided I needed to sell some to fund the habit. More than 20 years later, not much has changed. I’m still buying like crazy, still broke and my heart still fills with joy when I stumble upon an unknown gem, so long may it continue…

Over the years I have enjoyed dancing at soul weekenders around Europe and have played at a few myself, and some of the fondest memories are definitely from the NOT TOO YOUNG weekenders! With the family situation it has become difficult to attend these so I super duper happy to have the perfect excuse to come down for the last edition.

I don’t just stick to soul music when playing out, so if you feel like expanding your horizons, here’s a bunch of links to sets I’ve done over the years: Lovely link.

And here’s some tunes that might get a spin at NTO (although my hot box is still empty at this point):

• Mr Lucky – Born To Love You
• Jodesha – Star Ride
• Kiosk – Mona Call
• New Horizon – I Get That Feeling
• Aged In Harmony – I Feel Like Dancin’

After some years unfortunately, our original core member Andy left the crew. It was quite a loss, so the remaining members Witschi and Jefy aka Brick Top The Tiger decided to stop as gig promoter. So, we went back to put on Reggae & Soul do’s with the intention to invite one (international) guest DJ each and every do. Over the years and with our countless trips to the UK, the wish to build an own Sound System grew more and more. Finally, in 2014 we managed to realise our dream together with Rouven, another long-term Reggae aficionado. Now, it’s 2025 and the Rude Attack train keeps on rolling, already for 25 years!

Brick Top Top 5

Well, it’s really difficult to name a top 5 spin list, as it depends on the mood, the crowd (of course!) & the session what will land on the turntable. I’m spinning all different kind of Reggae genres, from Ska to Rock Steady, Boss Reggae, Roots & Dub.

• Don Drummond – China Town
• Jackie Mittoo & Soul Vendors – Tropic Island
• Sensations – Darling Forgive Me
• Errol Dunkley – Keep The Pressure Down
• King Tubby – King At The Control

Witschi and his Top 5

As we bring our Soundsystem to the Boat at the Soul Weeekender, I’m gonna play Rhythm & Blues which played a big part when the first Soundsystems appeared in Jamaica and in developing the Jamaican music we all love.

• Clue J and his Blues Blasters – Hard Blues Woman
• Higgs & Wilson – Sha Ba Da
• Percy Mayfield – Cookin’ in Style
• Junior Parker – I Feel Alright Again
• Etta James – Pick Up

My current Top 5

Innervision – Gotta Find a Way Back Home
Philly Devotions – I Just Can’t Say Goodbye
Intrepids – After You‘ve Had Your Fling
Solaris – You And Me
Donny Gerrard – He‘s Always Somewhere Around

Fri. till Sun., Alldayers and Allnighters

Ingvar Geirsson (Lucky Records Reykjavík, IS)
Leo Mastropierro (Rome, IT)
Matt Fox (Cologne, DE)
Bee Bee Boogie (Hamburg, DE)
Diggin Dave (Ghent, BE)
Max aka. Sir Vivor (Dresden, DE)
Max aka. Soul2theMax (Ingolstadt, DE) 
Dani Herranz (Valencia, ES)

and Residents (CH)
Flo Matt
Funky Fever Crew feat. DJ Dan & Murphy
Martin Erdmann
Pinto Galli
Raphi Grünig
Rude Attack Soundsystem
Spin Club’s vers own Henning & Emel