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The British label head, experimental producer and electronic provocateur (he sampled a Hitler speech in Berghain a few years back) returns to Berlin, where he ought to be welcomed with open arms.
View ArticleBooka Shade
After last month’s "Movements 10", a remastered version of their 2006 breakthrough album, the infamous German house duo conquers the stage at Heimathafen Neukölln.
View ArticleScared to Dance
The London indie/new wave party rejoins like-minded Berlin DJs What Difference Does it Make! behind the decks at Loophole.
View ArticleFamily Reunion
Pushing the boundaries of all things soul, the JAW Family takes over Prince Charles with live performances and DJ sets by Theo Parrish, Rabih Beaini, Abdul Forsyth and more.
View ArticleBerlin Jazz Fest 2016
Apart from Jazzfest’s generally eclectic performances at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, this year’s female lineup – Matana Roberts, Mary Halvorson, Myra Melford and Aki Takase, to name a few – truly...
View ArticleSampling Baroque: Exposing Händel
Georg Friedrich Händel’s operas clash with synth sounds and samples at Radialsystem V when Ensemble Musica Sequenza and bassoon player Burak Özdemir hit the stage.
View ArticleThe Ballad of Li Qingzhao and Su Dongpo
Benjamin Hiesinger pays tribute to the Chinese poets by reinterpreting pieces of the aptly named Song dynasty at Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche.
View ArticleSpectrum Concerts Berlin Opening
The renowned chamber music ensemble turns to Dmitri Shostakovich, Ernst von Dohnányi and César Franck for its fi rst out of six concerts at the Philharmonie’s Kammermusiksaal.
View ArticleDesire Will Set You Free: Soundtrack Release Party
Head down to Ludwig for a soundtrack listening session and screening of Yony Leyser's movie 'Desire Will Set You Free.' With Peaches, Molly Nilsson and more, the film's sonic backdrop is a who’s who of...
View ArticleMothers
Hop across the Spree to Badehaus Szimpla, where Mothers play what might be one of their last intimate Berlin gigs before they blow up. Having released their debut album this February, the band...
View ArticleNo fear of failure: Automat
INTERVIEW! Berlin trio Automat (among them Einstürzende Neubauten's Jochen Arbeit) celebrates the release of its Tempelhof trilogy’s final instalment, OstWest, Nov 11 and backs it up with a unrehearsed...
View ArticleSplit the difference
Do punk and experimental classical belong together? Techno and classical? Time to check out Echtzeitmusik. Get acquainted with one of Berlin’s most avant-garde subcultures at Splitter Music Festival on...
View ArticleMartin Kohlstedt
With gadgets and looping, experimental piano player Martin Kohlstedt thinks outside of the 88-key box, always questioning preconceived styles of playing without drifting off into avant-garde obscurity....
View ArticleLubomyr Melnyk
Claiming to be the world’s fastest-playing pianist at 19.5 notes a second, Ukrainian Lubomyr Melnyk draws inspiration from the repetitiveness of minimal music mixed with elements of late romanticism, a...
View ArticleYuja Wang
If drums and rhythm are more your thing instead of endless arpeggios, make sure to check out Yuja Wang percussively hammering away on the piano at the Philharmonie, joined by percussionist...
View ArticlePaul Frick
The BKA Theater invited techno trio Brandt Brauer Frick’s Paul Frick to their “anything goes” concert series Carte Blanche. Bass clarinet and percussion instruments will add to Frick’s piano play.
View ArticleBeyond rap: Black Cracker
After tackling Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Deutsche Oper, expat multihyphenate Black Cracker presents video album Come As U R at SomoS Art House on December 4.
View ArticleEdge of '17
Rejoice, 2016 is almost over! Here are your options for taking shelter from the street carnage. Exberliner presents you with its guide of where to go for Silverster. Have a happy New Year!
View ArticleThe Notwist
The Notwist coined the German indie scene like no other. Starting out as a metal-indie hybrid with a jazz education at the beginning of the 1990s, the boys from Weilheim, Bavaria soon turned towards a...
View ArticlePhillip Sollmann: Monophonie
Berlin clubbers know Sollmann from turning knobs behind the decks of Berghain and co. as DJ Efdemin. For his latest project, he put away his electronic gadgets to focus on microtonal theories and sound...
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