Friday, 30.04.2010

A completely new interpretation of urban art will be seen from the 30th April in systM. The Constructed Styles exhibition makes the connection of LEGO and Graffiti inviting artists from the Street art scene. The conversion of Graffiti to the three-dimensional wasn´t shown so far in this form in a gallery; a symbiosis from plastic [...]

D/B Recommended: Synch Festival | 4&5 June 2010 in Athens @ Technopolis

Every June in the heart of Athens the annual Sych Festival attracts 15,000 revelers from all over Europe. The festival is back for its 7th edition, taking place in Technopolis industrial factory, featuring another whopping line up. The 2-day event has put Athens on the map musically, showcasing experimental to accomplished leftfield talent and well-known [...]

D/B RECOMMENDED: LFSM FESTIVAL in Berlin / 02-20 APRIL 2010

Spring in Berlin: The last isles of snow have disappeared, the first warm shafts of sunlight have finally made them melt away. One of the Berlin natural laws – you could call it the “Admiralsbrücke-law” has come into effect: As soon as the first warm breeze waves around the corner, people come outside to cover the Admiralsbrücke with music, chat and leisure-time spirit. And so it fits very well, that, in april, Berlin is going to become the hotspot of female indie music:

D/B presents: Serious Beat Producer SOLO with Yoggy One live in Berlin, Friday, March 05, 2010 @ St. Georg Club

Digital in Berlin presents the young and fresh french Beat Producer Yoggy One. With the addictive freshness of his sound and dense stream of productions, it’s easy to get the feeling that he’s a new player on the scene, but he already had his fill of music experience before finally landing in the beat game. [...]

D/B recommended Festival: Pictoplasma in Berlin / 9+10.04.2010

Again, the famous berlin cinema Kino Babylon Mitte opens his doors for the Pictoplasma Festival. Since 2005, this “festival for contemporary character design and art” brings together an international scene of artists, directors, designers and agencies, offering a unique forum for all those working with – or simply loving – the visualisation and application of contemporary character design.

D/B recommended: Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab solo concert @ Temporäre Kunsthall Berlin / 17.02.10

Solo LIVE concert by Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab, Monade) at Auto-Kino! / Temporäre Kunsthall Berlin. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Laetitia Sadier is singer, keyborder and guitarist of the British band Stereolab. Lending her fabulous and unique voice to a mixture of Post-Rock, Easy Listening and Lounge-Music, Stereolab have been called “one of the [...]

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 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 Video Feature: The MADEIRADIG Festival 2009 Documentation

A documental view of our MADEIRADIG Festival edition 2009. Based on an interview with Tony Herrington (The WIRE Magazine). Directed and produced by Vitor Joaquim / Editing: Maria Pacheco / Cameras: Hugo Rodrigues, Maria Pacheco, Rita Martins & Vitor Joaquim.

MADEIRADIG FESTIVAL 2009 | 110 PICTURES

What it sounds like when flowers start to think. Now the official MADEIRADIG Festival 2009 picture gallery is online! 110 beautiful impressions of the best and intimate Festival in the World. This was an amazing and adventurous time – thank you to all of you for creating one of the best weeks of the this [...]

D/B Recommended: WARP20 in Berlin, 4th & 11th @ Berghain

Warp20 (Berlin) | Fri 4th & 11th December @ Berghain. Fri 4th Dec / Battles (German debut of new material & D/B highly recommended!), Nice Nice (First ever German show), Gravenhurst (Solo Electric), !!! DJs. Fri 11th Dec / Hudson Mohawke vs Rustie, Plaid (live ‘classics’ show), Andrew Weatherall, Clark, Jackson, Tim Exile, Winston Hazell, [...]

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 [...]

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 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 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 [...]

Happy Birthday Berlin!

Happy Birthday Berlin – 20 Jahre Mauerfall – deswegen präsentiert Digital in Berlin auch die SERIOUS BEAT PRODUCERS an diesen Samstag den 14. Nov. 2009 – kommt alle vorbei und feiert mit uns Friede, Freiheit und Revolution!

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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.