I am happy to let you know, that the conversation I had with Victoria Shen for Struma+Iodine in May, is finally online after her awsome gig at Westbahnstudios at Unsafe+Sounds festival in September. Here is a little teaser, in case you do not know her yet: “It is like sculpting experiences” – A conversation with Read the full article… »»»»
This interview is only available in German. Switch to German icon to read it or here: https://www.musicaustria.at/hoffnung-fuer-die-hoffnungslosen-ein-gespraech-mit-rent/ More info & sound: RENT (bandcamp) RENT (Soundcloud) Ventil Records »»»»
I am looking forward to holding the Robert Johnson Theory Lecture #83 on Friday 17th May 2024 at 22pm. A series of the Institute for Sound Research at the HFG Offenbach, curated by Partrick Raddatz. As the name suggests, the event will take place at the Robert Johnson Club in Offenbach near Frankfurt: Nordring 131 Read the full article… »»»»
This Info is only available in German… please switch to German language More Info: http://www.musikausstrom.at/programm/ »»»»
I am happy to be part of the symposium Reclaim! Clubnächte, Häuserkampf und urbane Freiräume. Organized by Moritz Pisk, Lukas Jakob Löcker and the great Mika Egal. Wed, June 28, 2023, starting at 5pm Stadtwerkstatt Donaulände and STWS. Lectures with: Eugenia Seriakov: No Future on the Dancefloor – Free Tekno as Antithesis to Club Culture. Read the full article… »»»»
A public platform for archiving online content from Berlin’s art & culture scene. For many years, websites and social media feeds have been a central form of publication of artists and cultural professionals’ own work. Self-representation on the web since the 1990s represents an important untapped archive of Berlin scenes, documenting works, spaces, events, and Read the full article… »»»»
In this lecture on queer counter cultures in music and clubbing I will outline discourses and concepts on music, collectivity and sonic bodies or feminist and post-colonial debates in academia and electronic music scenes (1). Early queer-diasporic clubbing in NYC in the 70s & 80s, Free-Tek in the 90s and Anti-Parades in the 2000s are Read the full article… »»»»
This article is only available in German, but here is a teaser in English: “With each soundride a collective body of sound is created” At the interface between DIY and establishment, the artist CONNY ZENK works with a wide variety of media forms and expressions which she links. In addition to visuals, films, circus artistry, Read the full article… »»»»
Fuckparade – 25 years protest from below Against displacement, commercialization and senseless highway construction! Against the commercialization of techno Against the closing of clubs, bars and neighborhood shops Against the sellout of the city Against Nazis On September 3rd 2022 the 25th Fuckparade took place in Berlin. Meeting point was at 14Uhr near subway Alt-Tempelhof. Read the full article… »»»»
RHIZOM is a transdisciplinary festival that has developed out of VAZEM collective dedicated to cultivating alternative electronic music and arts. It commits itself to uniqueness, character, innovation, passion and DIY-spirit. During the festival, alternative electronic music and uncompromising club-culture will be experienced. The social responsibility of culture and its consumers will be discussed and envisioned Read the full article… »»»»
The accompanying photo exhibition to the April event Transmedia Festivals – Between Experiment and Economisation, Reverberation #1 can be seen until the end of May during the opening hours of the echoraum. “Ars Electronica, Hyperreality, Heart of Noise, CTM Festival, Berlin Atonal or Ultrahang… These are some names of events that Bianca Ludewig examines in Read the full article… »»»»
Lecture/ Talk 9th of April – ‘Affective Communities’ at Korzo Club. “In my research I approach different urban scenes that come together through music as audio social communities. Audio social communities are in most cases affective communities. This is true for most of the scenes linked to electronic music, club culture or experimental sound practices. Read the full article… »»»»
This portrait of the transmedia artist Rainer Kohlberger is only available in German Links directly to Rainer Kohlberger and his work: Kohlberger Kohlberger (Twitter) Kohlberger (Vimeo) »»»»
Sound System Culture closes its event series of 2021 with a great day full of concerts, djs sets and a panel talk near Warschauer Brücke: “As we had to postpone our September date, here we are with our promised panel discussion, an exquisite lineup and more noisy glitches – this time in the lovely heated Read the full article… »»»»
In the planning stages since 2019, it is finally possible to hold this event: A night of Gabber, Breakcore and Happy Hardcore! I will speak about my book “Utopia and Apocalypse in Pop Music” and Riccardo Balli will talk about his book “Sbrang Gabba Gang”, for which I also wrote the foreword at the time. Read the full article… »»»»
In my text “Towards a New Class Society: Volunteering and Internship at Transmedia Festivals” was published at the beginning of October 2021 in the great volume Radical Realities (Radikale Wirklichkeiten) by transcript. Even though it is primarily about theatre festivals, there are a lot of important and exciting texts about festival work, and cultural work Read the full article… »»»»
mica-interview with BIANCA LUDEWIG 28 June 2021 BIANCA LUDEWIG has been researching club culture as a cultural anthropologist for years. She talks to Stefan Niederwieser about utopias, a communal love of music, stories that are missing and hard work at female:pressure to fight misconceptions. Heart of Noise 2014 / Lumisokea (c) Bianca Ludewig Is Read the full article… »»»»
The fifth edition of the international KISMIF Conference ‘Keep It Simple, Make It Fast! DIY Cultures and Global Challenges’ takes place in Porto, Portugal, from 7 to 10 of July 2021 for the fifth time (previous editions held in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018) . This conference is open to artists, researchers and academics likewise who work Read the full article… »»»»
After two years it is finally done, the AUzine is printed. It documents seven years of Viennese subculture at the AU Vienna, a club located at Brunnenmarkt in the 16th district, which was something like a living room for me in my early days in Vienna. It was also there that I organised the event Read the full article… »»»»
On September 11th and 12th, 2020 the third edition of the European Hip Hop Studies Network Meeting will take place – live and online – in the Netherlands for the first time. And hip hop city Rotterdam will be hosting it. I am happy that I will be part of this exciting conference. Though it Read the full article… »»»»
I am happy to announce that “our” collective volume edited by Anita Jóri and Martin Lücke has been published. For everybody, but especially for them it was a long way to go. The book was published with Springer what I am not too happy about as authors loose most if not all of their rights Read the full article… »»»»
I will do a videoinput about the history and aethetics of Hardcore Techno at/for The Balance Club / Culture Festival on friday. Here you can access the festival content: balance.ifz.me/webedition2020/ The festival would have taken place in various clubs, concert venues and off-locations in Leipzig from 20–24 May. With over 30 acts and as many Read the full article… »»»»
I am participating in a discussion on how music spaces and activists can deal with a growing commercialization and cultural gentrification. It is gonna happen in a new space in 15th district, can’t wait to see it – more info towards the end… Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger? Politics of Contemporary Techno & Club Culture in Read the full article… »»»»
Another year went by too quick and again it is time for CTM festival and transmediale. Whereas transmediale is much older, and CTM was an attempt to strengthen the music as media art within transmediale, CTM became an independent festival and some people consider it one of the best festival for experimental music and club Read the full article… »»»»
“This Ethnography skteches a vivid image of the gabber and breakcore scenes in the 2010s in Berlin. It positions sound and sonic qualities in the center of its subcultural investigation. Music is understood as a sonic event and physical sensation and is analyzed in its social context. Starting from the sonic, other layers related to Read the full article… »»»»
This year Berlins 3hd Festival is celebrating it’s 5th anniversary! 3hd Festival is organized by Berlin-based the interdisciplinary platform Creamcake since 2015. I will join a panel talk at the festival on thursday 24th with the topic E-scape. Breaking the Trance at Postscheckamt (Hallesches Ufer 40–60). More details here Here is the festivals announcement text Read the full article… »»»»
Another cooperation with TerrorNoiseIndustries. TNI (CH) brings Hedonist and Rage Reset of Bloody Fist Label (Australia) along to bass the Venster. DJ Balli (IT) will spin another of his just perfect hardcore sets, and so will Schirin (AT) und Grrrr (AT). Another local support is the label Fall Into Dry Lungs. The evenings kicks off Read the full article… »»»»
A dance performance by Gloria Höckner In September the dance piece Futurecore 2000 by the Viennese choreographer Gloria Höckner, who lives in Hamburg, can be seen at Kraftwerk Bille. On Friday we will talk about our perspectives on Hardcore Techno. Dates, see below. Here some excerpts of the info text: “Inspired by the practice of Read the full article… »»»»
For its 40th anniversary the Ars Electronica composed a ever larger programme of over 500 events and exhibitions. AE is “one of the world’s largest stages for media art, a festival for digital music, a playground for the next generation, a showcase for creativity and innovation – Ars Electronica is a unique festival for art, Read the full article… »»»»
The CCCamp2019 takes place every four years and was materialized in August in Brandenburg. As a lecture on “20 Years of Camp” (subtitles available) clearly showed, the CCCamp is a fusion of “open air and hacker culture”, if not rave and hack. One of the active members of the Chaos Computer Club Hamburg, Tim, was Read the full article… »»»»
For the 23rd time, since 1997, Berliners demonstrated with the means of hardcore music on mobile soundsystems against gentrification and the sell out of their city. As every year numerous political projects and cultural spaces are in danger: Syndikat, Friedel54, Meuterei, RAW, Kili, Mainzer Strasse, Liebig 34, Rummelsbucht. Sorry infos only in German. You might Read the full article… »»»»
“Utopia and Apocalypse in Pop Music” is a study of hardcore techno in Berlin in the 2010s, but also a study of the sonic characteristics of these styles. Using tracks and videos, the emergence of these styles will be sketched and their references to the sound system culture or gender aspects highlighted. I will present Read the full article… »»»»
“The ZK/U Berlin (center for art and urbanism Berlin) concept and practice were initiated by the artist collective and non-profit organization KUNSTrePUBLIK e.V.. The association managed to become the owner of the former railway depot and holds a 40 year lease on the ground. KUNSTrePUBLIK‘s concepts and projects are equally focused on local involvement and Read the full article… »»»»
There will be a bookpresentation of “Utopie und Apokalypse in der Popmusik. Gabber und Breakcore in Berlin” organized by Remote CTRL & Reclaim The Core presenting a bit of the content, and especially the Fuckparade, as there is still the Streetparade in Zürich, the biggest rave-demo in Europe. I will also talk about Gender, play Read the full article… »»»»
When it is spring time in Vienna people who are into performance and edgy music take a trip to Krems an hour away from Vienna to attend the annual donaufestival. The festival frames its linup by a theme which is this year “new society”. This seems a bit overexcited at first glance, or is it Read the full article… »»»»
The Mo.ë Records. Documents of a Canceled Future. This book documents the former arts and music space mo.ë in Vienna and discusses issues related to gentrification and urban planning. It reflects on the invasive displacement of functioning arts spaces that are put up by the unpaid work of dedicated artists and activists which eventually leads Read the full article… »»»»
Wonderful Sound System Culture Berlin is a not-for-profit organization based in Berlin. Soundsystem Culture Berlin are working to create a participatory arts and social space around the theme of sound system culture, which will take place on the 19th of April 2019 in Berlin. I will give a presentation on Sound System Culture and the Read the full article… »»»»
CHAOS COMMUNICATION CONGRESS REVIEW For the second year we joined forces with Reclaim Club Culture (RCC) at the congress which was again an exceptional experience! For those who don’t know: This Hacker Meeting is organized by the Chaos Computer Club which was founded in 1981. The annual congress was launched in 1984. In the past Read the full article… »»»»
In October 2016 the German Speaking Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM – D-A-CH) met in Graz – with 70 researchers of popular music attending, who discussed different aspects of popular music and transgression. In November 2018 the conference proceedings were published via the BIS Verlag. The publication is Read the full article… »»»»
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BRANCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF POPULAR MUSIC (IASPM D-A-CH) University of Bern & Bern University of the Arts Partner: Norient – Network for Local and Global Sounds and Media We will do a panel at the conference: Club Cultures between difference, representation and cosmopolitism (Club Cultures zwischen Read the full article… »»»»
Unsafe + Sounds Festival for Adventurous Electronic Music + Arts Unsafe+Sounds wants to investigate the interrelatedness of the fundamental changes in our environment and aesthetics, and look for apt noises for our disturbed existence. Under the banner of “Brutal Times”, we gather workers from the musical frontiers to find some medication for this pathological time. Read the full article… »»»»
I will participate in a discussion with Merle Vorwald of 3ncore and Federico Chiari on gabber/ speedcore – genres & subcultures in Antwerp, Belgium. Here are some infos about the project Is It Dark? “Finally the collectives ENCORE + SEXES are presenting the outcome of their residency at AIR Antwerpen. After looking extensively into the Read the full article… »»»»
“A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed. When you post something on the web, can you be sure it stays there? Enter a hidden shadow industry of digital cleaning where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn’t like – violence, pornography and – political content. Who is Read the full article… »»»»
In Austria there are plenty of festivals that showcase experimental and (post-)club music. Plus something else. In the following series I will discuss three of them. They happen in springtime: donaufestival, hyperreality and the heart of noise festival. This will happen at different platforms. Part I is published on the blog of the shituationist institute: Read the full article… »»»»
“Don’t go to Resonate Festival in Belgrade – a warning to artists and audiences“, posted Thomas Ankersmit on April 17th, a day before the festival started. He writes: “Phill Niblock and myself played a two-hour concert to a full house at the Resonate Festival in Belgrade in April 2017. A year later we, among many Read the full article… »»»»
With: ZONAL feat. Moor Mother, Lotic, Perc, Lawrence English, The Space Lady, Mouse on Mars, Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois, Puce Mary, Demdike Stare, Deerhoof, Pan Daijing, Simon Reynolds and many more. Curatorial statement 2018 (Thomas Edlinger, donaufestival artistic director): You always have new messages; it just takes the next click for the next kick. Read the full article… »»»»
The festival 2018 Music offers time a centre. – This trope by John Berger puts the two main concerns of this festival – music and time – into a generative relation. Such a centre – in motion, elusive, non-geometric, plurimodal as it must be – would allow for a different point of view. From such Read the full article… »»»»
This article was written in summer 2015 for the ECAS network publication “Networking Tomorrow’s Art for an Unknown Future” – documentation European Commission Culture Programme. It hasn’t been published as of yet. I am providing here up front the German original version as the publication will be in english translation. English Abstract: I sum up Read the full article… »»»»
Elevate Festival – Music, Art and Political Discourse Elevate is an annual interdisciplinary festival held in various central venues around the Schlossberg in Graz, Austria. With its unique combination of critical political discourse and contemporary music and art, the Elevate Festival stands out of the “usual” festival circus. Amongst the guests are Human rights experts, Read the full article… »»»»
Feature by the experimental radio of Bauhaus University Weimar on our Input at Cynetart Festival: The lecture is in German. Vortrag „Hardcore Territories“ »»»»
CTM – festival for adventurous music and art – is an event for electronic and experimental music, happening since 1999 in Berlin. CTM 2018 Theme: Turmoil Uneasy times demand uneasy music. The world is in turmoil. And so are many of us. No matter what perspective we take, what used to be familiar is becoming Read the full article… »»»»
transmediale is a Berlin-based festival and year-round project that draws out new connections between art, culture, and technology. The topic of this year issue is face value Things are what they are—but could they be different? transmediale 2018 face value aims to take stock of current affairs, to recognize things for what they are before Read the full article… »»»»
Simon Reynolds is visisting Berlin to present his recent book and discuss writing about popular music at the Humboldt University Berlin. Paneldiscussion „Writing as Performing Pop“ with Simon Reynolds, Sonja Eismann and Bodo Mrozek Medientheater of HU Berlin, Georgenstr. 47, 10117 Berlin// 19h// Free entrance Glam. Glitter Rock and Art Pop in the 1970s and Read the full article… »»»»
End of August the network female:pressure presented their new facts counting on female presence in electronic music festivals at Pop-Kultur Festival Berlin. WiseUp cut-up some excerpts on the outcome of the survey. In October WiseUp made a trip to UH Festival in Budapest, a festival for adventurous music, where Monika Werkstatt played the opening concert Read the full article… »»»»
The Berlin Society of New Music presents the festival Sonifications Villa Elisabeth, Invalidenstraße 4a, 10115 Berlin How does a pulsar sound? What noises are made at night by a dreaming human brain? What might we hear when New York guitarist Hans Tammen sonifies his own DNA data live on stage during his „Endangered Guitar“? How Read the full article… »»»»
For everyone who seeks to find out about graffiti practices and its entanglements with the social, the economic, the arts and society at large. 33 Activists, Scientists and Practitioners discuss, analyse or reflect on the 50 year history of graffiti as a social and asthetical phenomenon of the present. The Death of Graffiti is finally Read the full article… »»»»
CYNETART 2017: First Announcement 24 HOURS Caroline Beach / Valentina Cabro / Katharina Christl / Marcello Lussana / Jonas Marx / Lotte Mueller / Mika Oki / Guillaume Pires Parada / Jo Siamon Salich / Robertina Šebjanič / Anne Seidel / v4w.enko / Charles Washington / Luo Yuebing AUSSTELLUNGSPROJEKTE HeeWon Lee : Plui / Infinity Read the full article… »»»»
UH Fest – Ultrasound in english – is dedicated to adventurous modern music in Hungary. Since 2001 we have staged more than 450 performances during 7 festivals and a number of one-off events. Due to our decade-long activity and the scope of our events (both in terms of number of acts and stylistic variety) UH Read the full article… »»»»
Dieser Beitrag ist nur in englischer Sprache verfügbar. Für mehr Informationen nach oben rechts auf die Ansicht in Englisch gehen. Oder hier: www.ctm-festival.de/news/ »»»»
»VARIABLES OF THE IMAGINARY« 4th Edition of Unsafe+Sounds Festival! There is no english Text for this available. You can view the program and more information here: www.unsafeandsounds.com www.facebook.com/unsafeandsounds »»»»
“Facts 2017 – what needs to be done?” The new facts were presented at the Pop-Kultur Festival in Berlin on 25.08.2017 and discussed with Sky Deep and Marlene Engel. These are some impressions of the presentation. For all detailed numbers, graphics, methods, download the full survey here: full survey as PDF [2.1 MB] You can Read the full article… »»»»
This entry is just available in German language. Switch to German or find all the infos in English on the ars electronica homepage: https://www.aec.at/ai/en/ »»»»
Its time again for Berlin Atonal! After its long break since the 1980s it is going into its fifth round in a new makeup with a new curatorial team mentored by Tresors Dimitri Hegemann. Like the last couple of years all venues of Kraftwerk, inkluding Tresor and OHM will feature new premiering concerts, showcases, installations Read the full article… »»»»
HEROINES OF SOUND – FESTIVAL 2017 7–9 Juli 2017 Radialsystem, Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin Curated by Bettina Wackernagel, Mo Loschelder and Sabine Sanio, the Heroines of Sound Festival, now in its forth year, presents past and present heroines of electronic sound. In concerts, performances, videos and discussion events, early female electronic music is showcased together Read the full article… »»»»
Tipp: http://www.filmgalerie451.de/filme/eine-flexible-frau/ »»»»
Popular Music Studies Today 19th Biennial IASPM Conference 26 June – 30 June 2017 University of Kassel, Germany 19th Biennial IASPM Conference Dancecult Presents… EDM Contexts and Representations Bianca Ludewig, University of Vienna: Researching popular music through transmedia festivals The proposed presentation will offer a further development of ethnographic research methodology within the context of Read the full article… »»»»
