Bye Bye Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin | Final Ceremony with Raster Noton Concerts | Tuesday, 31. August 2010

Posted on | August 27, 2010 | Michael Rosen | No Comments |

Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin closes down on August 31, 2010. The Closing Party with Aoki Takamsa, Grischa Lichtenberger and Kangding Ray.

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Raster-Noton is a German electronic music record label founded in 1996 by Olaf Bender, Carsten Nicolai and Frank Bretschneider. Based in Chemnitz, Germany, Raster-Noton merged in 1999 from separate labels Rastermusik and Noton (Archiv für Ton und Nichtton). Read more

D/B Recommended: Embryo live in Berlin @ Madame Claude | 30.08.2010

Posted on | July 27, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

Embryo are considered one of the most important German Krautrock bands of the 1970s.

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The musical collective from Munich has been active since 1969, although its story started in the mid-1950s in Hof where Christian Burchard and Dieter Serfas met for the first time at the age of 10. Read more

D/B Recommended: The Mokkers @ Bassy Cowboy Club in Berlin | 11.09.2010

Posted on | August 30, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

Ringo Starr was probably the first who felt pretty certain that one day the establishment of the so called “Mokkerscene” will be inevitable. At a press conference (1964), a reporter asks Ringo Starr, “Are you a mod or a rocker?”, to which he replies, “No, I’m a MOKKER.”

Back in these days it was a mystery to us what Ringo wanted to hint at…but here we go ladies and gentleman, just some laughable decades later four girls from Berlin converge to Ringos dream: Read more

D/B Recommended: Elevate Festival 2010 in Graz/Austria | 21.10. – 26.10.2010

Posted on | August 30, 2010 | Michael Rosen | No Comments |

From October 21st to 26th, Graz’s Elevate Festival once again stimulates new ways of thinking and listening through an extraordinary combination of electronic music, art and political discourse.

With Fritz Ostermayer (AT) w/ Felix Kubin (DE), Hudson Mohawke (UK), Jamie xx (UK), Joy Orbison (UK), Merzbow/Pandi (JP/HU), Mount Kimbie (UK), Pursuit Grooves (US), Terre Thaemlitz aka DJ Sprinkles (US), Walls (UK) and many more… Read more

D/B Recommended: Möbius & Moebius @ Bar 25 in Berlin | Friday, 27.08.2010

Posted on | August 27, 2010 | Dirk Markham | 1 Comment |

Neumund presents an insurpassably infinite double bill at the Circus of Bar25  this Friday with solo live sets by Dieter Moebius, one half of  Krautrock legends Cluster, as well as Berlin’s guitar-loop experimentalist Guido Möbius.

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They already share a name, now they will share a stage too. With Djs Kick’n'Rush and Samtbody rounding off the line-up, this is set to be a late-summer show of the highest quality. Read more

D/B Recommended: Shorts Attack Berlin Beats / 14.09.2010 @ Babylon Kino

Posted on | August 25, 2010 | Michael Rosen | No Comments |

Shorts Attack gets to the bottom of diverse Berlin realities in 9 short films:  Experience the weird chaos at a late night shop, witness a ridiculous sausage hold-up, try following the historic tale surrounding the Köpenick district and expose undercover ticket inspectors.

Be moved by a memorable homage to the interchange station Ostkreuz and a speedy fringe-group hymn. Read more

D/B Movie Feature: The Melancholy Fantastic

Posted on | August 25, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

Against the objections of a life-size doll, a delusional young girl falls for an alluring Goth in this unconventional psychological thriller.
Suffering from her mother’s recent suicide, a delusional young girl falls for an alluring Goth, against the objections of a talking muslin doll. Read more

D/B Movie Feature: Life During Wartime

Posted on | August 25, 2010 | Michael Rosen | No Comments |

Life During Wartime is a film by Todd Solondz, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2009. It is a sequel to his 1998 film Happiness, even though the characters are all played by different actors.

The title song is performed by Devendra Banhart & Beck, lyrics written by Todd Solondz. Read more

D/B Movie Feature: Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky

Posted on | August 24, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, BLACK SWAN stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company (Mila Kunis).

A release by visionary director Darren Aronofsky, BLACK SWAN takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect. Read more

D/B Movie Feature: Nitrate | …some things are best left unfinished.

Posted on | August 23, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

Hotshot young filmmaker George Lewis sets about reconstructing the unfinished final masterpiece of a maverick director murdered back in 1960.
As George struggles with an impossible mountain of footage, he and his producer Emily investigate the dark mystery surrounding the director’s murder. A tale of obsession, old lies and history repeating itself. Read more

D/B Movie Feature: Red Nights | Trailer

Posted on | August 20, 2010 | Michael Rosen | No Comments |

A pulpy, fetishistic thriller, Red Nights marks the startling directorial debut of Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud, best known as the screenwriting team behind Hong Kong director Johnnie To’s thriller Running Out of Time.

Red Nights also boasts the long-overdue return of Hong Kong starlet Carrie Ng, famous for her sexy and deadly presence in such films as Naked Killer and Sex and Zen. Read more

D/B Movie Feature: I’m still here about Joaquin Phoenix | Trailer

Posted on | August 19, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

The directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Casey Affleck. I’m Still Here is a striking portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of internationally acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix.

The film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip hop musician. Read more

D/B Recommended: Six Organs of Admittance in Berlin @ WestGermany | Monday, 20.09.2010

Posted on | August 19, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

Six Organs of Admittance is the primary musical project of guitarist Ben Chasny. Chasny’s music is largely guitar-based and is often considered new folk, however it includes obvious influences, marked by the use of drones, chimes, and eclectic percussive elements.

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Via Drag City Six Organs of Admittance is is the music of one man — Ben Chasny, along with whomever he ropes in for recording sessions and shows. Read more

D/B Recommended: Zero ‘n’ One. Composing in the digital age @ Akademie der Künste | 15-18.09.2010

Posted on | August 19, 2010 | Michael Rosen | No Comments |

This four-day festival, staged by the Akademie der Künste in partnership with its own electro-acoustic studio and the ZKM, undertakes a survey of the multi-facetted landscapes of digitally-assisted musical creation.

What happens when we transform music into zeros and ones? The computer has long been an essential tool in the creation and enjoyment of music. Read more

D/B Recommended: MADLIB LIVE in Berlin feat. EMBRYO, J.ROCC & THE SMELLS @ Festsaal Kreuzberg | 13.10.2010

Posted on | August 18, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

The Beat Konducta and living legend himself hits Berlin! Known as Quasimoto, Yesterdays New Quintet, The Loopdigga, DJ Rels, The Beat Konducta & more.

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Otis Jackson Jr., known professionally as Madlib, is a Los Angeles-based DJ, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, and music producer born on October 24, 1973 in Oxnard, California. D/B Higly Recommended! Read more

D/B 11+3 Interview with Max Tundra

Posted on | August 17, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

11+3 is designed to give you an insight into the motivations and aspirations of the best creative minds in the world.

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This time with Ben Jacobs aka. Max Tundra from the UK. Each artist is asked 11 set questions and to contribute 3 “facts” which can be any statement from them on absolutely anything: their own views on politics, religion, the environment, sport…or just something they read in the paper or saw on TV. Read more

D/B 11+3 Interview with Cylob

Posted on | August 17, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

11+3 is designed to give you an insight into the motivations and aspirations of the best creative minds in the world.

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This time with electronic music maker Chris Jeffs aka. Cylob. Each artist is asked 11 set questions and to contribute 3 “facts” which can be any statement from them on absolutely anything: their own views on politics, religion, the environment, sport…or just something they read in the paper or saw on TV. Read more

D/B Recommended: KRAKE Festival in Berlin / 11.08-15.08.2010 @ Berghain & Suicide Circus

Posted on | August 12, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

KRAKE is a Berlin based festival for challenging electronic music. KILLEKILL and SALON DU KATZ have joined forces to bring this festival to life. KRAKE is about dancing, freaking and listening.

Numerous groundbreaking artists could be assigned. Amongst those are IDM legends PLAID, techno avantgardist CRISTIAN VOGEL, electro futurist RADIOACTIVE MAN and breakbeat nerd BOGDAN RACZYNSKI to name but a few. Read more

D/B Video Feature: The Last Defender

Posted on | August 12, 2010 | Radu Lupo | No Comments |

Here the awesome looking concept trailer for the invasion robots film The Last Defender.

And the Statement of the Production Studio: “This is only a teaser trailer. The movie hasn’t been made yet. Would you like to contribute a few million euro to help us fund it?” Read more

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The MADEIRADIG Festival 2010 3-6.12.2010 | Madeira Island

 

From Beats, Wonky, Glitch and Downbeat to advanced Hip Hop, we present you extraordinary producers from around the world.

 

Live laptop concerts featuring contemporary new atmospheric sound scapes and field-recordings.