Why it is important again today to live the values of the Techno movement
Manifesto ~ Info ~ what defines us ~ who what and why: Electronic music, especially Techno, has developed in a very versatile way in various genres and styles over the last thirty years. From the experimental visions of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, from Kraftwerk, to the gay or queer disco and Read more…
Aside from the electronic DJ sets or Live Acts, the ingredients of the formula of happiness for the club night experience are the architecture of the club, the sound of the club and the clubbers of the club. In this regard, the respective fashion style of the dancers reflects more or less Read more…
This summer presents Berlin with very serious challenges, due to the regulations against the spreading of the Corona virus. Until recently, it was not predictable whether clubs and other organizers would be able to open outdoor spaces to the public at all. But now, after some of the Corona prevention measures Read more…
Since Groove came out back in 1989 with the original concept by Thomas Koch alias DJ T to launch a magazine for DJ charts, more than thirty years have passed. The magazine has succeeded in showing how multifaceted and thus varied the topic of electronic music is. It is not only the demand for Read more…
I don’t know anyone who questions his streaming habits. Do you? Hardly anyone realizes how harmful online streaming is to climate, be it series, movies, music or other digital content. No matter how environmentally conscious we try to give our best for sustainability in everyday life, we eventually reach a Read more…
When you enter the universe of the Techno and House DJ culture of Berlin, you will inevitably come across Oliver Marquardt alias DJ Jauche. His desire to become a DJ sprouted already in the mid80s, still in the GDR. Before the fall of the Wall, DJ Jauche completed an apprenticeship Read more…
Kay-Uwe Lenk aka DJ DASFAX At the time, a lively scene was developing in Berlin around a new subgrenre of Techno: Electroclash – as celebrated by Fischerspooner with elements from Punk, New Wave and Electro. Clubs like the WMF or the Cookies were among the most prominent players of this new musical current with DJ Hell – who already played the Read more…
Kay-Uwe Lenk aka DASFAX The Techno scene had its dark sides. It was also the case in Hanover’s Techno scene – the abuse of hard drugs. My friend Daniel perished from it. It wasn‘t my thing to party during the week. I preferred to flood my ecstasy hangover with plenty Read more…
Kay-Uwe lenk alias DASFAX As a youth of the mid80s who took an increased interest in experimental music, I experienced how influential acts such as Anne Clark, New Order, Depeche Mode or Soft Cell – representatives of the electronic avant-garde of their time, parallel to mainstream music – became my favourite musical genre. Their Read more…
Since Techno music arose in Detroit more than 30 years ago, a complex number of generically related music styles have been created. From that time on, Techno music producers and DJs followed their intention to produce the sound of the time in accordance to their musical likes and to give Read more…