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DARREN FOREMAN AKA BEARDYMAN, AMR MALLASI

DARREN FOREMAN AKA BEARDYMAN: JAMES BROWN He knew what he wanted, he knew what people wanted, he refused to compromise his dream and never took any shit from anyone. He was a true artist, made his own path and didn't follow the accepted routes to anything. True, he did start as a typical,...

JFB, JIM “2 TALL” COLES

JFB: Q-BERT I would choose Q-Bert because he's the best turntablist I've seen so far. He's been breaking the boundries of scratching and showing it to the world. Whenever I feel the need to learn some new scratching techniques I go on YouTube and type in the name: Q-Bert. JIM “2...

RJ KROHN (RJD2), BENI G

RJ KROHN (RJD2): JIM HENSON Henson was so devoted to his craft and he produced a huge amount of art that really has affected millions of lives. He also did the kind of art that is accessible for kids as well as adults. He was a total genius that left the world a better place than he found...

DIXON

STEFFEN BERKHAHN, BETTER KNOWN AS DJ DIXON AND ONE HALF OF ELECTRO SOUL OUTFIT WAHOO, IS A BERLIN HOUSE MUSIC LEGEND. FROM RUNNING THE BENCHMARK HOUSE NIGHT AUDIO VIDEO DISCO AT WMF TO HIS CURRENT MONTHLY SHINDIG INNERCITY AT WATERGATE, DJ DIXON HAS ALL THE MUSICAL BASES MARKED HOUSE COVERED. H...

CLARA HILL

CLARA HILL IS WHAT YOU COULD DESCRIBE AS NU-FOLK. OR JUST FOLK. WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, SHE MAKES MUSIC THAT IS HEARTBREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL. ALTHOUGH SHE STARTED HER MUSICAL CAREER AS A VOCALIST IN MORE UPTEMPO ACTS SUCH AS STEREOTON, CLARA’S WORK ON HER SOLO PROJECTS IS SET TO GIVE HER HER...

MAERTINI BROS

THE BROTHERS KNOWN AS MAERTINI, WHO ARE NOT ACTUALLY BROTHERS, ARE SOMEWHAT LOCAL HEROES HERE IN BERLIN. THEY FIRST STARTED DJING TOGETHER BACK IN 1998 AT AUDIOPARK, HELD AT THE NOTORIOUS SUICIDE CLUB, AND HAD THEIR FIRST RELEASE THE SAME YEAR. WITH DJ SETS THAT INCORPORATE LIVE GUITARS, PERCUS...

GORDON RAPHAEL

GORDON RAPHAEL IS THE PRODUCTION TALENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STROKES’ FIRST TWO ALBUMS THIS IS IT AND ROOM ON FIRE. GORDON LIVES IN BERLIN BUT HAS RECENTLY BEEN WORKING IN HIS EAST LONDON STUDIO WITH SLEEK-HEADED SINGER SKIN FROM SKUNK ANANSIE AND SINGER/SONGWRITER GEORGE DEMURE ON HIS FORTHCOMI...

KANO

KANO HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF THE LEADING LIGHTS OF URBAN MUSIC IN THE UK. NOW, WITH HIS NEW ALBUM LONDON TOWN, FEATURING COLLABORATIONS FROM STAR LINE-UP CRAIG DAVID, KATE NASH AND DAMON ALBARN, HE’S ABOUT TO TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM. “My mum Melrose is my biggest hero. She was a single p...

RHYTHM KING AND HER FRIENDS

RHYTHM KING AND HER FRIENDS, OR LINDA AND PAULINE AS THEY CALL EACH OTHER, ARE A SUBVERSIVE ELECTRO POP ACT STRADDLING PARIS AND BERLIN. THEY SING THEIR SONGS IN FRENCH, ENGLISH AND BULGARIAN, AND FILL THE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN LE TIGRE AND THE B-52’S MAKING IT ALL THEIR OWN, PRODUCING INTELLIG...

TRICKSKI

DJ TAG TEAM YANNICK LABBE AND DANIEL BECKER AKA TRICKSKI HAVE BEEN LIGHTING UP DANCE FLOORS ACROSS BERLIN, LONDON AND PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE ELSE YOU CARE TO MENTION IN EUROPE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. THE HECTIC HOUSE LOVERS HAVE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF WELLRECEIVED RELEASES OVER THIS TIME, WITH THEI...

EVA BE

EVA BE IS NOT ONLY A DJ WHO THREADS TOGETHER THE MORE OBSCURE ELEMENTS OF HOUSE, ELECTRO AND DUBSTEP, SHE IS ALSO WHAT YOU COULD DESCRIBE AS A DUB ACT IN HER OWN RIGHT. WORKING WITH PRODUCTION PARTNER BORIS MEINHOLD (MICATONE) AND COLLABORATING WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS JOE DUKIE OF FAT FREDDYS DROP...

MODESELEKTOR

MODESELEKTOR, BETTER KNOWN TO THEIR PARENTS AS GERNOT AND SZARY, ARE THE GENRE-DEFYING ELECTRONIC ACT OF THE MOMENT. WITH THOM YORKE OF RADIOHEAD NAMING THEM AS HIS FAVOURITE BAND, AND COLLABORATIONS WITH ARTISTS AS DIVERSE AS APPARAT, MAXIMO PARK AND TTC, MODESELEKTOR ARE ONE OF THE MOST EXCIT...

NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB

TAHITA BULMER IS LEAD VOCALIST OF HIP NEW RAVE ICONS THE NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB. RECENTLY NOMINATED IN THE RACE FOR THE MUCH-LAUDED MERCURY PRIZE, THESE FRISKY YOUNG PONIES ARE ABOUT TO BE PROPELLED TO THE DIZZYING HEIGHTS OF CHART STARDOM. “I first encountered Lord Byron when I was 16 an...

PARIS TRADING

LEEDS-BRED SINGER/SONGWRITER PARIS TRADING IS THE LATEST ADDITION TO LONDON’S INDIE POP SCENE, AND IS ABOUT TO CLEAN UP. ONE-TIME MEMBER OF THE KOOKS, PARIS TRADING HAS TALENT AND LOOKS THAT WOULD MAKE PETE DOHERTY BLUSH WITH ENVY. WATCH THIS SPACE. “I first met Sadie Frost about three...

FETISCH

HE IS A DJ AND MUSIC PRODUCER, KNOWN SIMPLY AS FETISCH. HE RUNS THE RECORD LABEL TERRANOVA RECORDINGS AND IS ALSO ONE PART OF LOTTERGIRLS WITH BAXTER WILDERBEAST AND PRINCESS SUPERSTAR. FETISCH HAS HIS OWN UNIQUE WAY OF LOOKING AT THE WORLD AROUND HIM AND THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC INDUSTRY WITHIN WH...