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Norman Lenden doesn’t just play tracks — he curates moments. As the creative force behind Club NIX and one half of the iconic trance duo Mark Norman, he’s been shaping dance floors worldwide for over two decades. Now, he channels that legacy into his bi-weekly Club NIX podcast — a raw, genre-blurring journey through melodic techno, progressive sounds, and everything in between.

Each episode is more than a mix — it’s a statement. Norman blends his own productions, tracks that once set dance floors on fire, and cutting-edge releases from emerging talent you need to hear before the rest of the world does.

This blog dives deeper into that vision: behind-the-scenes stories, creative insights, and the mindset of a DJ who still believes music should move you — not just algorithmically, but emotionally.

Posts (33)

31 aug 2026 ∙ 2 min.

CLUB NIX 173: Why Six Good Records Didn’t Make the Mix

I started this edition with twenty records. I liked all twenty. That was the problem. When I’m digging for CLUB NIX, the first decision is usually pretty easy: does a record do something to me or not? The harder part comes later. You start putting the tracks together and suddenly a record you loved on its own doesn’t work anymore. It slows the mix down. Repeats something another track already says better. Or simply takes the hour in the wrong direction. So I started removing them. Eventually,...

20 aug 2026 ∙ 3 min.

CLUB NIX 171: Coming Back With Fresh Ears

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your ears is stop listening for a while. I had a few weeks away before putting together CLUB NIX 171. No endless digging through new releases, no promos piling up, no wondering what might work in the next mix. Just some distance from it all. Coming back, I noticed something almost immediately: I was listening differently. Less analysing. Less thinking about whether something was Progressive House, Indie Dance or Melodic House. Less wondering whether a...

20 aug 2026 ∙ 3 min.

CLUB NIX 169: I Thought I Knew This Record

More than twenty years ago, I made a record called Shine. I thought I knew every second of it. Then Frankyeffe remixed it, and suddenly I wasn't listening to an old Mark Norman record anymore. I was listening to something I genuinely wanted to play in CLUB NIX. That's a strange feeling — and a very good one. Hearing Your Own Music Differently When you've lived with a record for that long, it becomes almost impossible to hear it objectively. You know every sound, every change and every little...