D/B Recommended: Diogenes FREE 2010 staff compilation| Download

Diogenes curated an exclusive compilation of some of the best stuff they liked during the year. It is available here for FREE until the 10th of January for you to discover some of our major digital releases of 2010. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]The Xmas compilation includes labels such as Fonal, Digitalis, Vital [...]

D/B Movie Feature: The Meaning of Life | Watch on week for free by MUBI

Four years in the making (and made all by hand), Don Hertzfeldt’s award winning animation condenses the evolution on Earth over the course of a billion years into one magnificent short film. D/B highly Recommended and presented by our Partner MUBI. Don Hertzfeldt is the creator of many short animated films, including the Academy-Award nominated [...]

D/B Recommended: Bedroom Community Christmas Compilation

One of our favourite Labels Bedroom Community is in a festive mood. In true Christmas spirit, the album – Yule, will be free to download exclusively with every purchase made through the web store between 24.11 – 31.12.2010. The album contains over 60 minutes of remixes, exclusive tracks, unreleased album outtakes and scores from all [...]

D/B Recommended: The Yummy Fur @ West Germany, Berlin | Saturday, 18.12.2010

More exceptional music from Scotland! Featuring Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand and billed as their last ever concert, The Yummy Fur at West Germany’s Christmas special are a must see for anyone with a passion for 90s indie. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]And with support from Zirkon, featuring members of Stereolab, Chrome Hoof [...]

D/B Recommended: Screening | All the way from Michigan not Mars @ .HBC Berlin | Sunday, 19.12.2011

D/B Recommended a screening of the tour documentary “All the way from Michigan not Mars” featuring Rosie Thomas, Sufjan Stevens and Denison Witmer. Denison’s last album Carry the Weight nods toward the ‘70s singer-songwriters (such as Jackson Browne, Carol King, and Leonard Cohen) that have served as Witmer‘s inspiration since his earliest recordings.

D/B Recommended: Murcof, Oval, Rechenzentrum @ Berghain | 16.12.2010

This weeks’ electro-acoustic salon at Berghain features three pioneers of “a possible different music”.  Fernando Corona a.k.a. Murcof from Tijuana, Mexico, builds his works on the basis of samples of classical music as in his much acclaimed “Versailles Sessions”. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Both Oval (Markus Popp) as well as Rechenzentrum (featuring Hilary [...]

D/B presents: Nils Frahm, Stephan Mathieu & Caro Mikalef @ .HBC Berlin | Friday 17.12.2010

Nils Frahm, born in 1982, had an early introduction to music. During his childhood he was taught to play piano by Nahum Brodski – a student of the last scholar of Tschaikowski. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It was through this that Nils began to immerse himself in the styles of the classical [...]

D/B presents: Swans @ Volksbühne Berlin | Monday, 13.12.2010

Michael Gira has decided to reconvene his legendary group Swans: “THIS IS NOT A REUNION. It’s not some dumb-ass nostalgia act. It is not repeating the past. After 5 Angels Of Light albums, I needed a way to move FORWARD, in a new direction, and it just so happens that revivifying the idea of Swans [...]

D/B Recommended: My Imaginary Portrait Gallery by Stephan Guillais @ Staatsgalerie PBerg | 18.12.2010

Das Visier präsentiert vom 18.12. bis 15.01.2011 die Ausstellung “My Imaginary Portrait Gallery” von Stephan Guillais. Imaginäre Portraits und Akte, die man auch Abstrakte nennen könnte, sind das Hauptmotiv Stephan Guillais. Die menschliche Figur taucht immer wieder in Guillais Bildern auf, der sich buchstäblich in seine Arbeit vertieft und ihnen mit expressivem Gestus zu Leibe [...]

D/B Recommended: Lonski & Classen @ Astra Kulturhaus | Tuesday, 14.12.2010

As part of their collosal Jan Tiersen support tour, Berlin indie-duo of the highest order make a home-coming live appearance at Astra Kulturhaus in December. Lets give these local favourites a warm welcome back after a gruelling 47-date  European tour. Rock pop doesnt get any better than from these home-grown talents. If you’ve never seen [...]

D/B Recommended: Stanley Brinks a.k.a. Andre Herman Düne @ Roter Salon Berlin | Tuesday 7.12.2010

To escape the success of his self-titled Band, Andre Herman Düne moved to Berlin and since 2006 has been publishing more intimate material under the name Stanley Brinks. Stanley Brinks’ ideal is to make simple recordings, that require little in the way of technical logistics, and intimate live shows in small venues – “butt to [...]

D/B presents: Silje Nes & Band @ .HBC Berlin | Saturday 4.12.2010

In 2008 Silje Nes gained widespread critical acclaim, her music being described by Mojo as “enchanting… one to lose yourself in time and time again”. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Now Silje Nes is touring with her album “opticks”.  It was recorded during summer and winter nights in a bright little room, behind seven [...]

D/B Recommended: Frank Bretschneider @ General Public Berlin | 04.12.2010

General Public’s DISK Session #21 presents audio-visual performances by Frank Bretschneider and MimiCof (a.k.a. midori hirano) with Jeffers Egan. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Frank Bretschneider is a musician, composer and video artist from Berlin. His work is known for precise sound placement, complex, interwoven rhythm structures and its minimal, flowing approach.

D/B Recommended: Matthew Dear (Live) @ Berghain Berlin | 01.12.2010

Matthew Dear, backed up by his live band, will present his latest album, Black City, today at the Kantine am Berghain. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Released in August, Black City (Ghostly International) is the fourth album from this american music producer/dj (following the acclaimed Asa Breed).

D/B Recommended: Misty In Roots @ Yaam Berlin | Thursday, 02.12.2010

Legends of reggae-dub roots music, Misty In Roots, make a rare live appearance in Berlin at the start of December. The band were a firm favourite of John Peel and one of the most popular reggae bands in the late 1970s. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]This concert is absolutely unmissable for anyone interest [...]

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