Hello dear friends, I’d been planning for a very long time to take my kids on a trip to the Spessart’s landmark—Mespelbrunn Castle. If you live nearby, I think you really should see this beautiful building

Hello dear friends, For a long time this year, there were absolutely no mushrooms to be seen here in the Tauber Valley. And so far, the haul in my main hunting grounds has also been extremely meager. I’m

Hello dear friends, Right now I’m working full steam ahead in the studio and am back to putting together lots of new tracks. The weather is definitely perfect for spending more time in the studio again.

Hello dear friends, I’ve made the most of the last few days by biking from the recording studio to our two quarry lakes after work and swimming there to my heart’s content. I’d guess the lakes were still

Hello dear friends, Preparations for the fair in Wertheim are currently in full swing again. But that also means it must already have been almost a whole month since my bike ride to Miltenberg to visit

Hello dear friends, A new single by my colleague DJ Fait and me has just been released. Andy Jay Powell & DJ Fait - Always In My Heart 2.0 is out today, and like the three previous singles from this

Hello dear friends, Hidden in the forest—above Boxtal—lies the “Hohe Steine” (=Tall Stones) natural monument. It’s a sight that even many locals are almost certainly unaware of. But when you’re out biking

Hello dear friends, Right now, the fair is back in our beautiful neighboring Bavarian town of Miltenberg. Even though the rides there haven’t really changed much, we still enjoy stopping by once or twice

Hello dear friends, The new trance label Arive Records recently launched with the single “Andy Jay Powell & Basslovers United – Turn Off The Light.” You can find an article about it on my HIVE account.

Hello dear friends, My personal mushroom-hunting season usually begins in early summer, when it’s realistic to expect the first finds of chanterelles—arguably my favorite mushroom in terms of taste. What

Hello dear friends, Well, it seems to be over now. The consistently high summer temperatures—steadily above 30 degrees Celsius—have apparently been a thing of the past for this year since August 17, 2026.

Hello dear friends, Yesterday, I set out once again for Trennfeld (Bavaria). However, I didn’t take the direct route; instead, I chose the path along the Main River into the area known as Himmelreich.

Hello dear friends, Regular readers of my blog know that I don't just compose and produce trance music, but have also been making a lot of “Hands Up” music since the early 2000s. Not least since 2005,

Hello dear friends, My family and I are enjoying the wonderful summer in Germany this year. For the past two months, we’ve had nonstop swimming weather here in Franconia. Fortunately, it still gets quite

Hello dear friends, A few days ago, I released a new single in collaboration with DJ Frankforce One. It’s another faster-paced track—so not uplifting trance. The release is titled Andy Jay Powell, Calderone

Hello dear friends, I haven’t been posting much on this blog as an author in recent weeks. But I’m far from done with Hive. Over the past few months, I’ve cycled thousands of kilometers to take photos.

Hello dear friends, A new trance label from Germany has arrived, and fittingly, it’s called ARIVE Records. Arive Records is a sublabel of Munix Music, which also owns Hands Up Freaks Records—the label

Hello dear friends,_ And another year has gone by. Nine years ago, I signed up for the blockchain that later became HIVE. As far as I can remember, it must have been May 17, 2017, when it happened. Well,

Hello dear friends, Although I often ride my eMTB in the area around Triefenstein, I haven’t yet managed to thoroughly explore Lengfurt’s “local mountain,” the so-called “Hemmerich.” Yes, I’ve ridden through

Hello dear friends, I think it’s time to give a sign of life in the form of a post. I’ve finally gotten around to producing new tracks again, after my work at the beginning of the year consisted almost