We Chat To Diffrent Ahead Of His B2B Set With Silva Bumpa At All Points East

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We spoke to Berlin DJ/Producer Diffrent before his B2B with Silva Bumpa at All Points East

From his first official release ‘Live and Direct’, to 2025’s ‘Pump It Up,’ German DJ/Producer Diffrent has been one of the fastest rising names in the UKG scene and beyond. With initial attention from Interplanetary Criminal, he has quickly been gathering momentum, with plays coming from all over the world.

Before his B2B with Silva Bumpa at All Points East, their 5th appearance together, we chatted to Diffrent about his growth, life in Berlin and approach to his sets.

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How are we feeling about playing All Points East today on West stage?

I’ve had a look at the stage- and it looks massive. I’m a bit nervous but also really excited, especially to play with Harry (Silva Bumpa) again.

You’ve had a very successful summer season, one of the busiest you’ve had in your career. What have some of the highlights been?

Amnesia Ibiza for the first time. Boiler Room playing just before Chase and Status, it was a mission to play in an hour and half from house to drum and bass.

You’re now based in Berlin, how has living in the home of techno influenced your sound?

I don’t think it has- perhaps slightly. I’m trying to stay true to myself. It’s very common for people to move to Berlin and they turn into the ‘godfather of techno’. I’m sticking to what I really like, Berlin has a lot to offer with other things such as Toy Tonics (an independent music label based in the city).

You primarily describe your music as UKG – how do you think this sound has progressed over time?

In the beginning it was a mixture of hard groove and house, UKG influenced music. Now it’s moving more towards disco-ey sounds – my next remix (which is coming out soon) has more of that influence. I’m progressing and I’m really happy with that progression so far.

Tell me about your new single ‘Pump It Up’.

It released at the start of August, and it’s still my old stuff from the beginning but it’s working its way into new genres and sounds. I don’t fuck around with details as much; the rough idea is put down and is either kept like that or worked around. I got sent top lines for the track – and the vocal style sounded familiar – it was the same vocalist from one of Malugi’s songs. It was great to work with him on that.

Your first proper release was ‘Live and Direct’ in 2023. How was the response to that first official track?

‘Live and Direct’ wasn’t that quick in the beginning. It started with IPC (Interplanetary Criminal) playing it at AVA Festival – at that time my head was blown. The hype was small at the start, but now it’s been picked up by more DJs and played all over the world.

What’s your production and studio process like, and how has this changed throughout your career?

I’ve just moved into a new studio in an established Berlin club; I can go whenever I feel like it. I start tracks randomly, going through samples. I’m not going to make friends with this, but I love browsing through Splice and finding random non-genre specific stuff. Then I go with it and it either works out or doesn’t. In the beginning at my parent’s house, I had a little desk with X-DJ, but I had no money, so I had to sell them. Then in Berlin it was in my kitchen until we found our current space.

Your set today is a B2B with Silva Bumpa, a long-established friendship at this point. How are you feeling?

I think it’s our fifth B2B now, I’ve played the most with him so far. We had a rough start in the beginning, he was trying to do his stuff, I was trying to do mine. But I’ve learnt now from conversations and watching other B2B’s that it’s not about promoting your own music; it’s about having fun and playing something different – no pun intended. Every B2B got clearer and clearer – we’ve been texting about ideas leading up to this so it’s going to be a good set.

You mentioned that social media has been a big adjustment. What importance do you think social media has in promoting tracks?

100% promotion is so important. When I blew up with ‘A Little Closer’, I had all these tracks and the pressure of which one to promote first. Obviously, I can’t play every single song in every set. There was a lot of chaos and confusion, but now it’s getting more and more clear.

Talking about range of tracks and different genres- how do you arrange your sets? Is it based on festival or genre?

I’m not the biggest fan of doing one-genre sets. I’m a massive fan of bringing all the genres I want in there, so most of my sets start from house/tech house over to speed UKG to hard groove and house. My aim is to always surprise.

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