D/B Recommended: Embryo Live @ Madame Claude Berlin | 14.11.2011

One of the most original and innovative Krautrock bands, Embryo is fusing traditional ethnic music with their own jazzy space rock style. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Over their 30-year existence, during which Christian Burchard has been the only consistent member, the group has traveled the world, playing with hundreds of different musicians and [...]

D/B Recommended: Krautrock Nacht w/ Damo Suzuki & The Holy Soul, Camera with Dieter Moebius & Squadra Omega @ .HBC Berlin | Saturday, 22.10.2011

Damo Suzuki is best known as the singer of German group Can on their LPs ‘Soundtracks’, ‘Tago Mago’, ‘Ege Bamyasi’ and ‘Future Days’. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]This period exerted a considerable influence on artists such as P.I.L, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Fall, who [...]

D/B Recommended: Damo Suzuki & Sound Carriers @ Marie Antoinette Berlin | Thursday, 24.11.2011

Anyone who is a fan of space rock or krautrock has most certainly heard the name Damo Suzuki. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Besides lending his unique vocal talents to four classic albums by legendary German avant-rockers Can, Damo has continued to be busy through the 1990′s to the present, performing with numerous musicans [...]

D/B Recommended: Polyhymnia Festival @ Maria Berlin | Friday 18th & Saturday 19th March 2011

Polyhymnia is a two day spectacle of Prog and Kraut rock including Goblin’s German premiere concert plus live performances by Von Spar, Schneider TM, Zirkon and Turzi as well as DJ sets by Tim Gane (Stereolab) and many others. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]The extensive programme also includes a public discussion featuring Hans-Joachim [...]

D/B Recommended: Michael Rother & Friends perform NEU! / 23.09.2010 @ Admiralspalast Theater Berlin

Neu! was a German band formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s. Win 3×2 Tickets for the Concert tonight in Berlin! Just send a mail to win@digitalinberlin.de [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Though the band had minimal commercial success during its existence, Neu! are retrospectively [...]

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

Embryo are considered one of the most important German Krautrock bands of the 1970s. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]

D/B Book Feature: Krautrock / Cosmic Rock and its Legacy

A new book charting the history of krautrock will be published by Black Dog in November. Krautrock charts the history of this influential music genre, from its roots in free jazz, psychedelia and the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, to the groundbreaking experiments of Faust, Kraftwerk and Can. The late 1960s in West Germany was a [...]

Select Month February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 April 2008 February 2008 January 2001

D/B is the digital Guide for serious music lovers and adventures. New and quality music – away from mainstream, pop-culture and the convent- ional society; we report on the most breathtaking city in Europe. Because the destiny of Berlin is a continuous journey with out ever arriving.