When scenes move faster than structures can hold, what makes an independent dance label a twenty-year outlier?

Co-founder of Mobilee Records, Ralf Kollmann reflects on two decades at the heart of electronic music, navigating seismic shifts in technology, culture, and the economics of independent labels. Recorded in Berlin during Mobilee’s 20th anniversary year, this conversation traces a long view from the dancefloor, from collective beginnings with Anja Schneider, and genre-fluid curation, to the pressures facing labels and artists today.

With characteristic honesty, Ralf explores what has changed, what has endured, and why patience, timing, and restraint have become radical tools in an industry increasingly driven by volume, visibility, and constant output. It’s a conversation about longevity over momentum, intuition over noise, and building structures that can survive more than a moment.

“Survival isn’t about chasing trends. It’s about knowing when to move, and when to pause.” - Ralf Kollmann

Join us as we explore:

✅ What it takes to sustain an independent label across 20 years

✅ Why collectives form, evolve, and sometimes dissolve

✅ Timing, trust, and the human side of A&R decisions

✅ The pressure of constant output in the streaming era

✅ Revisiting the catalogue over chasing the next release

✅ Immersive audio, Dolby Atmos, and the question of adoption

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➤ Credits:

Music: Mission Makers - N1NJA (Unreleased)

Producer: Farah Nanji

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When success is measured in moments, how do you build something that lasts?

One of the most recognisable voices in house music, Mr. V reflects on a career spanning more than three decades, from the golden era of New York house to today’s global circuit.

Recorded live at Amsterdam Dance Event, Mr. V unpacks the unseen realities behind the anthems - from creative ownership and life on the road to the quiet choices required to build something meaningful over time. It’s a reflection on patience over pressure, craft over clout, and what it really means to build something that endures in a culture constantly chasing the next moment

“This is a marathon. If you want to last, you have to be ready for the long road.” Mr. V.

Join us as we explore:

✅ Writing The Vibe with N1NJA

✅ The real story behind Jus’ Dance

✅ The hidden pressures on vocalists

✅ Protecting the voice in the age of AI

✅ Phones vs presence on the dancefloor

✅ Navigating ego, narcissism, and power

✅ The values that outlast trends in dance music

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➤ Credits:

Music: Mission Makers - N1NJA (Unreleased)

Producer: Farah Nanji

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When success accelerates faster than you can breathe, how do you stop the dream from becoming the thing that breaks you?

Recorded live at Amsterdam Dance Event, we unpack the unseen reality of one of electronic music’s most quietly influential polymaths - producer, film composer, DJ, and Days Like Nights label boss Eelke Kleijn. From viral performances like his Cercle show to scoring trailers and gaming worlds, Eelke has built a career that spans genres, industries, and decades. But behind the milestones is a deeper story: creative processes built on patience rather than pressure, the near-burnout that followed his post-Covid touring boom, and the personal recalibration required to remain an artist, a father, and a human being in an increasingly metrics-driven landscape.

Grounded, reflective, and disarmingly honest, Eelke opens up about the emotional toll of touring, why introversion shapes the way he performs, how becoming a parent transformed his relationship to time, and what it means to build a label for music that doesn’t fit anywhere else. This is a rare look into the inner mechanics of an artist redefining longevity on his own terms - slowing down in a world that only knows how to speed up.

“Consistency is everything — you have to train creativity like a muscle.” — Eelke Kleijn

Join us as we explore:

✅ Reflections from ADE 2025

✅ The artist vs the algorithm

✅ Burnout, balance, and building a sustainable artistic life

✅ How fatherhood reshaped his identity and his calendar

✅ The emotional cost of touring as an introvert

✅ The relationship between Armada and his label

✅ His love for cars & F1

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⁠Soundcloud:⁠⁠ @dj-ninja⁠

➤ Credits:

Music: Mission Makers - N1NJA (Unreleased)

Producer: Farah Nanji

➤ For show notes + more on our host visit:⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠https://mission-makers.com/⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠https://www.dj-ninja.com/⁠⁠⁠