Wankelmut

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Jacob Dilßner (born 17 July 1987), better known by his stage name Wankelmut, is a German electronic music DJ and record producer based in Berlin. He rose to fame internationally through the remix hit "One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Remix)" by Israeli band Asaf Avidan & The Mojos. In autumn 2011 Dilßner was a young 24-year old student and part-time dj who had just relocated to his hometown Berlin to study philosophy and political science. Then one night he started playing around with one of his favourite songs in Ableton Live, cutting, filtering and adding a simple 4/4 groove until Asaf Avidan & The Mojos’ bitter-sweet folk song "One Day/Reckoning Song“ turned into what became one of house music’s biggest anthems of 2012. He uploaded the track to his Soundcloud account, marked as unsigned and within weeks it went viral, resulting in thousands of plays and causing a huge excitement in the blogosphere. Suddenly Wankelmut found himself in the midst of a full-blown internet hype. At that point few people outside Berlin actually knew who Wankelmut was. Sure, he had already been djing for a while in small Berlin undergound clubs like Sisyphos and M.I.K.Z. being his favorite haunting grounds. After his remix started to sweep through the internet, people began to investigate who was behind it. Inquiries and booking requests kept piling up in Wankelmut’s inbox. Without even being properly released, the track slowly but surely became an anthem. It’s perfect balance between folk’

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My Head Is A Jungle

My Head Is A Jungle (MK Remix / Radio Edit)

My Head Is A Jungle (The Remixes)

My Head Is a Jungle (MK Remix)

Almost Mine (Radio Edit)

Wankelmoods, Vol. 2

Wasted So Much Time

Vs Head Vs Heart

My Head Is a Jungle (Area10 MK Remix Radio Edit)

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Give & Take

Wankelmoods Vol. 1

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My Head Is A Jungle (The Remixes, Pt. 1)

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