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October 20th MEK Berlin – artist talk with dancer & choreographer Kadir [amigo] Memiş
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Review 25 Years of Fuckparade – Berlin September 3rd 2022
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… »»»»
November 27th 2021 – Sound System Culture: Solidarity Networks in Te(k)no Communities – Panel Discussion @ CURA Berlin
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… »»»»
Anthology “New Age of Electronic Dance Music and Club Culture” Out Now!
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… »»»»
CTM and transmediale 2020, 28 january -2 february, Berlin@HKW, Bethanien, Berghain and other venues
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… »»»»
Utopia and apocalypse in popular music: A case study on gabber and breakcore in Berlin. Out now!
“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… »»»»
3hd Festival – Fluid Worlds, Berlin 22nd-27th of October 2019
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… »»»»
Fuckparade #23, 31st of August, Berlin Hermannstrasse 14pm
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… »»»»
Article “Greetings from the Fuckparade” @ ZK/U Fact Finding Committee #3 Report
“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… »»»»
Rediscovered: Documentary “The Empty Citycenter”, Hito Steyerl (1998)
At university we watched Hito Steyerl’s documentary “Die Leere Mitte” in a seminar, for the work on an article I wanted to quote now some passages from the film and watched it again. 2010 it was already a document of contemporary history, to see it eight years later was just as affective as the first Read the full article… »»»»
Soundsystem Culture Berlin: Presentation & DJ Set @ Mensch Meier, 19th of April 2019
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… »»»»
Superbooth, 3.-5. Mai 2018 @ Berlin FEZ Wuhlheide
Sorry this article is only available in German language. But you can find english infos, programme and past press articles about superbooth here: https://www.superbooth.com »»»»
MaerzMusik – festival for time issues, Berlin 16.-25.3.2018
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… »»»»
CTM Festival 26.1.-4.2., Berlin
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 31.1.-4.2.2018 @ HKW Berlin
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… »»»»
We Make Waves Conference & Festival, 09.11. – 11.11.2017 Berlin
Introducing We Make Waves, a new Berlin-based festival and conference made for women, trans and non-binary people poised to disrupt the music industry. This November, we will bring together a group of renegade performers, artists, and activists from Berlin and beyond in order to share transformational ideas, experiences, and motivation for future projects and collaborations. Read the full article… »»»»
Reframing Worlds – Mobility and Gender in a Postcolonial, Feminist Perspective, 4.11.-21.1.2018
Galerie im Körnerpark: 4 November 2018 – 21 January 2018 nGbK: 2 December 2017 – 21 January 2018 Friday 03rd November 2017, 18h, Exhibition Opening: Galerie im Körnerpark Sunday 05th November 2017, 17h, Performance: Unlistening White Feminism – Ida Pfeiffer’s Travel Diaries Revisited (en), Galerie im Körnerpark, A Sound-Performance by Antye Greie aka AGF Friday Read the full article… »»»»
Bookrelease: The Death of Graffiti, Possible Books
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… »»»»
Film zu Berlin, Arbeitsverhältnissen und Gender
Tipp: http://www.filmgalerie451.de/filme/eine-flexible-frau/ »»»»
WiseUp! 04/2016 Subculture Berlin 80: Mark Reeder & K7
WiseUpRadio is focusing this time on Berlins Subculture of the 1980s. This was an evening in Berlin with rare videos of concerts in West-Berlin which Horst Weidenmüller, now head of !K7 Records, was filming in the 80s featuring bands like Neubauten, Malaria or Nick Cave. These videos capture “the nervous energy of Berlin’s subculture of the 1980s”. Wiseup sat down for an interview with Weidenmüller and Mark Reeder who edited the material & organized the screening. This is accompanied with music of the artists featured in the footage. »»»»
We Love Surveillance – Mix By Jukebox Utopia
https://bnd-an-die-kette.de/ http://www.amnesty.de/ https://digitalcourage.de/ https://www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de/ http://www.whistleblower-net.de »»»»
WiseUp! 03/2015 Borusiade
My guest in the studio is this time Miruna, performing under the moniker of Borusiade (formally DJ Boru). She is a DJ and producer from Bukarest who is living in Berlin since many years. As part of the electronic music scene in Bukarest as well as Berlin we are listening to some of her new tracks and to other artists from Romania and get to know the Berlin based label Cómeme. We will take a preview on the Rokolectiv – festival for electronic music and related arts – in Bukarest end of april, where Borusiade will be playing. »»»»
WiseUp! 02/2015 Die ersten Tage von Berlin – Der Sound der Wende
(Deutsch) Zu Gast ist der Journalist Ulrich Gutmair – Autor des Buchs “Die ersten Tage von Berlin – der Sound der Wende” mit dem sich diese Sendung intensiv beschäftigt. Das Buch ist eine Spurensuche in die Nachwendezeit von Berlin-Mitte und die Anfänge der lokalen Szene der elektronischen Musik. Gutmair liest Auszüge aus seinem Buch, spielt Platten aus dieser Zeit und beantwortet Fragen. Musik, Orte, Menschen, Geschichtsschreibung sowie die Erinnerung oder das Vergessen werden thematisiert. »»»»
WiseUp! 01/2015 Pure
(Deutsch) der pure wahnsinn: peter votavar aka pure war zu gast im studio. der wiener-berliner oldschooler intensiviert sein musikverhältnis 1990 als dj in wien und sein erstes solo album erscheint 1994. bekannt machten ihn vor allem seine abentheuer mit christopher just als ilsa gold in den 1990ern. seit dem sind genres wie experimental und dark ambient ebenso seine vertrauten wie breakcore/hardcore oder oldschool techno/acid/electro. Über all dies weiss er zu berichten, ebenso wie über seine projekte heart chamber orchestra, prszr, bolder oder musiksoftwareprogrammierung. wir tauchen in die tiefen der letzten schallplattenrille, streifen durch die diskografie und bringen rostschutz in die gehörgänge. »»»»
Prolls mit Klasse
(Deutsch) WiseUp folgt diesmal der Figur des Prolls. Anlässlich des 50jährigen Jubiläums der Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) stellte Moritz Ege seine Dissertation “Ein Proll mit Klasse. Mode, Popkultur und soziale Ungleichheiten unter jungen Berliner Männern in Berlin” an der Universität Innsbruck vor. Das CCCS war ein kleines, aber bis heute in der Kulturwissenschaft einflussreiches Institut an der University of Birmingham, die in den 70er und 80er Jahren grundlegende interdisziplinäre Forschungen zu Subkultur und Popkultur vorlegten. Diese untersuchten kulturelle Erscheinungen unter Berücksichtigung von sozialstrukturellen Merkmalen wie class, race, gender. Moritz Ege befasst sich in seinem Vortrag und seiner ethnografischen Studie mit der Aktualität der CCCS Studien. Berliner Prolls mit Klasse hören auch deutschsprachigen HipHop, der als illustrativer Soundtrack, den Vortrag begleitet. Eine Einladung zur Suche nach den vielfältigen Facetten des Prolls und dem Proll in uns. »»»»
Wiseup! 02/2014 – CTM Festival
(Deutsch) Das CTM – festival for adventurous music & art – fand dieses Jahr zum 15. Mal vom 24.01.-2.2.2014 in Berlin statt. WiseUp war bei der Jubiläumsedition dabei und hat Oliver Baurhenn, einen der Initiatoren und Macher, zum Interview geladen, um die Frage “was ist und will CTM?” en detail zu beantworten. Dazu Musik aus dem CTM 2014 LineUp. »»»»
WiseUp! 11/2013 – Böse Musik
(Deutsch) Böse Musik – Oden an Gewalt Tod und Teufel @ HKW Berlin 10’2013: Performances, Lectures, Exhibition, Microsymposium. Keynote/ Dietmar Dath und Interviews mit Ale Dumbsky/ Pure Hate, Kode9/ AUDINT/ Martial Hauntology, Duna Brill/ Schöne Böse Welt, . Evil Music Soundtrack. »»»»
Prinz Pi – WiseUp! Chaosradio – 2008-10-19
Tracklist (23) 1 SUNDAY NIGHTLINER WISEUP! 2 Prinz Pi / Maeckes & Plan B ? 3 1. Artist, 2. Titel, 3. Label, 4. Jahr, 5. Record Title 4 part 1: 5 prinz pi, super seiajin feat dj craft, no peanuts/universal 2008, neopunk 6 prinz pi, kann es sein, no peanuts/universal, 2008 7 interview prinz pi, Read the full article… »»»»
Kool Savas – WiseUp – Geschichten und Legenden um Rap – 2008-07-20
Tracklist (39) 1 SUNDAY NIGHTLINER WISEUP! 2 KOOL SAVAS ? 3 1. Artist, 2. Titel, 3. Label, 4. Jahr, 5. Record Title 4 sammy deluxe, john bello story, 2005 Kool Savas 5 kool savas, hate/ you dont stop, tapes 1996 6 kool savas, freestyle, optik 2005, john bello 7 savas, ich bin rap, optik records Read the full article… »»»»
Writing the Memory of the City – Thomas Wiczak
Thomas Wiczak is one of the co-publishers of the book “Writing the Memory of the City”. He was involved in important group actions in Berlin and activities like Jazzstylecorner or the Outsides exhibition. During the work on his book he decided to no longer work on the streets and write his name. His text describes trains of thought instead, no trains of metal. His article describes the cessation as an existential part of writing. »»»»
