Pan-Pot does not deliver music with a pretty bow and a side salad – the duo’s game is knock your tooth in, smash you over the head with a musical mallet techno, which has resonated in the cores of countless clubbers over their nine years together as a deadly team. Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix met at Berlin’s SAE Institute, so come at you with a strong musical and technical background that informs their sets and strengthens their productions. They’ve also got a juicy sense of humour as you’ll discover below, an important ally in the sombre circles of serious techno. Thanks to a fortuitous connection with Anja Schneider back in 2005, Pan-Pot provided the illustrious Mobilee Records with its second ever release (Copy and Paste) and has risen the industry ranks alongside the label ever since. MEOKO caught the duo at a very exciting time, as Tassilo and Thomas are about to launch their new label Second State – transitioning into the next level of industry involvement. But this is the clubbing business after all, and there always has to be time to get Not So Serious…
If PAN-POT was a cookery duo, our signature dish would be…
Tassilo: Wiener Schnitzel from my side, cooked in a nice proper PAN.
Thomas: StampPOT, a dutch delicacy.
A great song to clean your house to is…
Thomas: John B – All Night: Because I need some powerful dnb to clean my flat .
A Sunday afternoon is best spent…
Tassilo: Couch, cooking, movies, cuddling the lady….
Thomas: 90% agree. I also need my xBox sometimes too play some Tower and Defense games.
Marooned on a desert island with two decks, a mixer and rum rations. Three DJs we would invite to share our plight are…
Tassilo: Martin Eyerer, Vincenzo and Marusha.
We’ve always wanted to play a gig at (needn’t be a conventional venue!)…
Tassilo: A beer swimming pool party
Thomas: In a plane would be amazing, in a big A380 and up in the air.
Our parents used to always listen to…
Tassilo: Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and all the other early raver stuff.
The first records we purchased were…
Tassilo: A bundle of used records from ebay, big selection of bad techno and house.
Thomas: A friend of mine sold his old records and I was crazy enough to buy them.
If a fan threw their underwear at us during a gig, our reaction would be…
Tassilo: Smell it!
Thomas: I will take my slip off and throw it back.
If a fan threw a rotten tomato at us during a gig, our reaction would be…
Tassilo: Throw it back, additionally with beer bottles.
Thomas: …and ice cubes.
The prettiest member of Pan-Pot is…
Tassilo: Thomas
Thomas: Tassilo
The most important thing everyone needs to remember about clubbing is…
Tassilo: Don’t forget to go out and don’t forget to go home.
The weirdest thing we’ve done on tour is…
Tassilo: Sleeping.
Thomas: Not drinking.
If we could bring back any dance move in history to our clubs, we would like to see the return of…
Tassilo: The moonwalk.
Our ‘going into battle’ tune is…
Tassilo: Hinz & Rumhardt – Doch
The best thing about our job is…
Tassilo: Loads of fun with a load of different people.
Thomas: Seeing so many things around the world and bringing the music to all these great people and places.
Catch an extended Pan-Pot set at their London Warehouse Events showcase party on Saturday the 15th of March in London’s East. Tickets and details here.
Jordan Smith
