D/B BOOK REVIEW: RAFAEL RASHID – BEHIND THE BEAT: HIP HOP HOME STUDIOS
Before the track, there is a love… Behind the Beat is a look into the creative spaces of producers and DJ’s from the US and UK.
D/B Recommended: 2 Years Madame Claude Event in Berlin / 27.02.10
One of Berlin Kreuzberg’s very finest authentic lounge bars and concert venues, Madame Claude reaches the ripe old age of 2 at the end of the month. The exceptional live program features concerts most nights including the weekly “Experimontag” for experimental sounds and a fortnightly “Campfire Session” for singer-songwriters.
D/B Artist Feature: eLan
eLan is an another superb producer from San Diego, United States. His cool synth sounds are a musical journey rooted in Funk, Boogie, Down- and Instrumental Beats. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] You can Download his latest Album famLay free on his MySpace site. Highly recommended. You heard it first here.
D/B News: Stones Throw Podcast 56 available: Valentine’s Jams
Stones Throw All-Star DJs: Peanut Butter Wolf, J.Rocc, Dam-Funk, Mayer Hawthorne and James Pants. Each with a 10-minute mix of music for Valentine’s Day. Free on iTunes.
D/B Movie Feature: Das letzte Schweigen
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past. Directed by Baran bo Odar based on the novel “Das Schweigen” by Costin Wagner.
D/B recommended: Bogdan Raczynski live in Berlin @ Tacheles / 26.02.10
UK based electronic arts collective The Centrifuge celebrate their 3rd birthday with special live guest Bogdan Raczynski from Aphex Twin’s very own Rephlex label. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Canadian artist practices a mind-bending form of electronica that verges at times on experimental and drum & bass. A plentiful array of DJs, [...]
D/B Movie Feature: Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec
Les Aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Dry-White) is a Franco-Belgian comics adventure series written and illustrated by French comics artist Jacques Tardi. The movie adaptation of Adele Blanc-Sec, titled “Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec” and directed by Luc Besson, will be released in France on April, 14th, 2010.
D/B recommended: Burnt friedman & jaki liebezeit @ Volksbühne 26.02.10
No sooner is the Club Transmediale festival over than CTM Concerts present us another highlight show for the month of February. Jaki Liebezeit and Burnt Friedman share a preference for so-called Secret Rhythms, which means that the rhythms are not hidden but less common, often foreign to western culture. [Audio clip: view full post to [...]
D/B Movie Feature: SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS
Some Days are Better Than Others is Matt McCormick’s poetic, character-driven debut feature-length film that asks why the good times slip by so fast while the difficult times seem so sticky. Here the first trailer for the upcoming feature film written and directed by Matt McCormick and featuring James Mercer, Carrie Brownstein, Renee Roman Nose [...]
11+3 | Interview with Jason Forrest
11+3 is a section of Digital In Berlin dedicated to personal interviews with all the musicians and bands that have appeared in our Artist Features. 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, [...]
D/B Artist Feature: ASURA
The inaugural Non Projects release is the debut multi-genre album by Los Angeles resident Ryan York. An album of pure emotion and evocative powers, Asura plays out like a continuous movie for the mind. Brand new and D/B highly Recommended. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Complete with neck snapping beats and snaky synth [...]
D/B Movie Feature: EARTHLING
After a mysterious atmospheric event aboard the International Space Station, a small group of people wake up to realize that their entire lives have been a lie. They are in fact aliens disguised as humans. Now they have to make a choice. Live amongst men, or try to find a way back home. Here the [...]
D/B Recommended: CHRIS CUNNINGHAM LIVE @ ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL / SOUTHBANK / LONDON | APRIL 23, 2010
Acclaimed film director and video artist Chris Cunningham has created some of the most iconic music videos of recent years from Bjork’s ‘All is Full of Love’ to Aphex Twin’s ‘Windowlicker’. This special live show sees him combine his own and remixed music with brand new and unreleased videos to create a hugely anticipated multimedia [...]
D/B News: Madlib returns with “The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble” / Miles Away
On February 23, Stones Throw Records will release “Miles Away”. This is the latest in releases to evolve from producer & arranger Madlib’s first jazz releases with the group Yesterdays New Quintet. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] As Yesterdays New Quintet dissolved in 2007 the collective was expanded under the name “Yesterdays Universe,” [...]
D/B 11+3 | interview with Jade
11+3 is a section of Digital In Berlin dedicated to personal interviews with all the musicians and bands that have appeared in our Artist Features. 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, [...]
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