Digital in Berlin proudly presents the monthly Radio and Podcast Series
D/B Radio and Podcast appears monthly at radio.digitalinberlin.de with a view to bringing different styles and directions in music to a wider audience, and so fostering music that has a formidable and extraordinary approach. The D/B Podcast is a unique compilation of our favourite songs each time with a specific theme in mind. The mix [...]
D/B Retrospective: Delia Derbyshire & Download unreleased Audio
One of ours early gurus of electronic music Delia Derbyshire. Delia-derbyshire.org is currently offering 8 free mp3s of rare and previously unreleased material by her. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001) was an English musician & composer of electronic music\musique concrète. She is best known for her electronic realisation of Ron [...]
Zion Train in Berlin @ Yaam Fri. 27.11.09
If your looking for dub look no further / it comes no finer than Zion Train. The UK dub pioneers, currently based in Cologne, hit the road on a German tour this week including dates in Leipzig, Cologne, Detmold and Berlin. Their last album ‘Live As One’ was awarded a Reggae Grammy for ‘best dub [...]
D/B Album Feature: Paul White / sounds from the skylight
19 weird and wonderful beat constructions fresh from Paul’s South London attic studio, known as ‘The Skylight’. Woozy, psychedelic hiphop from one of the most fertile imaginations of our time. D/B highly recommended! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Paul White from One-Handed Music has risen to claim status as one of the UK’s [...]
D/B Recommended: Groupshow LIVE @ Jesus Club Wednesday 25.11.09
20:00 / Jesus Club @ Maria am Ostbahnhof / An der Schillingbrücke / Berlin. As a record release party for their new 7″ single on Hamburgs Dekorder label, Groupshow (Jan Jelinek, Andrew Pekler & Hanno Leichtmann) will give another of their very special improvised live shows at Jesus Club this wednesday. Also playing live is [...]
D/B Movie Feature: Road Train
Four young friends on a camping adventure in outback Australia are run off the highway by a road train, a massive diesel truck hauling two large trailers. Seemingly preying upon them, the monstrous vehicle had come up behind their SUV and seemed to intentionally push them off the road. With their own vehicle wrecked, and [...]
D/B Artist Feature: Blue Daisy feat. LaNote
23 year old London based artist Blue Daisy who just recently released his debut. Wunderful minimal late night ambient space beats with a stunning whiff of voice. Highy Recommended. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] ‘Imagine yourself in a box, a normal four-by-four box, and you’re sitting in there, and you’ve got little holes [...]
D/B Recommended: Tortoise + Cluster, Sunday 22 November 2009 @ Royal Festival Hall London
A one-off show featuring sets from Tortoise and Cluster, as well as a special collaboration between the two bands. Chicago’s jazz post-rockers Tortoise play material from their acclaimed new album Beacons of Ancestorship, their first in 5 years, while seminal electronic pioneers Cluster – a key influence for musicians such as David Bowie and Brian [...]
No Music Day 21st November
Bill Drummond (formery one half of the KLF together with Jimmy Caughty) founded No Music Day in 2005. The 21st of November being the day before the 22nd of November, which is the feast of St. Cecilia – the patron saint of musicians. This year his 5 Year plan reaches completion. To mark the occasion [...]
D/B Festival Feature: PLATEAUX Festival in Poland, November 19-21, 2009
The PLATEAUX Festival presenting the newest and most interesting multimedia artists, praised and prize-winning audiovisual art, experimental films, electronic and electro acoustic music and vj-art. Leading audiovisual artists for the first time in Poland: deaf center [NO] + claudio sinatti [IT], glitterbug [IL/DE] + ronni shendar [IL], tilman ehrhorn [DE], byetone [DE], lusine [US], ezekiel [...]
D/B Festival Feature: EME Live Laptops in Porto, November 21-22, 2009
After 8 years of EME, this year EME turned EME.LL – EME Live Laptops. This years edition is a parallel event, an off ramp, dedicated exclusively to laptops in the live performance context. With a amazing and serious Line-Up for us one of the best Festivals in Portugal. Highly Recomended! It is also a moment [...]
D/B Recommended: City Guide by XLR8R
The fabulous Music Magazin XLR8R and Scion present a city guide for NY, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and hopefully soon Berlin. Locate XLR8R`s picks for the best music, food, shops, galleries and more, in the top cities across the US. Log on to xlr8r.com/cityguide or download the City Guide iPhone app from the iTunes [...]
D/B Movie Feature: BBC`s Synth Britannia Documentary
Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. 87-minute documentary available for free stream. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League, Daniel Miller and Cabaret Volatire were inspired by Kraftwerk and JG Ballard and dreamt [...]
D/B Movie Feature: SECONDHAND SURESHOTS
This documentary film by the dublab.com creative collective is an experiment in sound recycling. Secondhand Sureshots features four amazing, LA-based beat makers: Daedelus, J-Rocc, Nobody and Ras G in a secret mission to create new musical magic from the dusty remains of thrift store vinyl.
D/B Artist Feature: ARAYA
With the Album “Whilst We Try” sees highlander Keir MacCulloch return to the shores of Benbecula for a second outing. This trip proves to be a much more focused and dancefloor-friendly affair. Wonderful and highly recommended! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] From the lush guitar-laden opener “Sergio Leone”, to the orchestral synth fusion [...]
D/B Recommended: WORLDTRONICS 2009 | 25–28.11.09
Pop music is a hybrid, ever-changing global phenomenon. For this reason it is important to constantly redefine the function and significance of a festival such as Worldtronics. Once again in the third year of the festival, the work of the curatorial team centered around Detlef Diederichsen, follows no rigid concept. But there are a few [...]
D/B Ad Feature: Guinness / Bring it to Life by AMV BBDO
New & beautiful AD of irish beer Guinness. Created by british agency AMV BBDO. http://www.amvbbdo.com/ | http://www.guinness.com
D/B Recommended: JESUS CLUB BERLIN
The JESUS CLUB blends innovative music, dance, performance, visual arts and food to create a socially engaging atmospherical miracle. Art and life have to collide, encounters must happen and food and drinks must flow at all times. Since the 4th of November, they installed a daring program of concerts, shows and performances on three days [...]
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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.
