Sound Traveler | Femdelic
Kicking off the first 2025 installment of our Sound Traveler series, Globetrotter Lab heads over to the vibrant city of Berlin for an exclusive mix from the amazing Femdelic.
An artist whose sonic journey began with a passion for dance as well as discovering and digging through her father’s vinyl collection, Femdelic has carved a path from digging through those records to serving sonic gold on dance floors in Berlin’s underground scene and beyond. Her journey is as captivating as her sound and a testament to the power of music.
Think funk, boogie, soul, and everything in between. We’re excited for this one!
Globetrotter Lab: What does being a sound traveler mean to you?
Femdelic: I like the term sound traveler! I believe that in the beginning there was Sound – that’s how a lot of cultures referring back to point zero and the creation of the earth and cosmos.
Being on my personal sonic trail helped me not only to meet and connect with different people through our universal language‚ music. It is opening also a portal to other realms and dimensions, shaping and shifting the reality we know. It’s a doorway out of the head into one’s feelings and depth of the soul. I love how music can create a certain energy and vibe and the synergy we can create together with the people dancing. It’s a way connecting deeply, from the heart, with each other.
Globetrotter Lab: What inspired this mix for Globetrotter?
Femdelic: I got inspired by many artists and their particular sound. Some well known but maybe sometimes also underappreciated tracks.. Some rare treasures like boogie fire – that I never heard in another set. Some of the records I just found recently and some have been sitting in my crates finding their way into this Globetrotter mix. Everything groovy and uplifting that I consider as funky. My favorite Crazy P track, in Hommage and remembrance of Danielle Moore who recently left this plane of existence. A few of the immeasurable range of artists that shaped my musical journey.
Globetrotter Lab: How has the city of Berlin shaped/embraced your craft?
Femdelic: Berlin is very vibrant and a melting pot for people from different backgrounds. It has a good dancing scene and that’s how I connected with funk and boogie music, through breakdancing and popping. Going to sessions, expressing oneself, supported by funk music. There was always a little funk scene here and over the years I connected to other funkateers all over the globe, shaping my musical identity.
Berlin has always been a place where it felt natural to express myself creatively.
Globetrotter Lab: What are you hopeful for in the future?
Femdelic: I am hopeful that humanity becomes our highest priority. That the flow of compassion takes us beyond judgment, which is a trap separating us. I hope and believe that we finally will wake up to one another, including all animals, plants and most importantly our home, Mother Earth.
The life of flowers, animals and humans – all are valuable.
I hope that people stop listen so much to society and to official versions of reality. I hope people stop giving away their responsibilities and stop projecting instead listening to the earth and their inner guides.. We are the people. Faith over fear!