Micro-house luminary Ricardo Villalobos is the main focus of a new documentary premiering at the 66th Venice film festival. Filmed and directed by the German-born Romuald Karmakar between 2006 and 2008, Villalobos is a stimulating look into the c...
For all those who managed to get down to Melt! festival this year, you can now relive the full Melt! experience. Only three months after the festival took place Melt!l has put together a 45-minute feature documentary directed by Eric Siebert. The...
One of the coolest labels around, Soul Jazz, has readied a masterful collection of German electronic music from the 70s and 80s.The two-disc set entitled Deutsche Elektronische Musik brings together some of the finest German artists working from...
In one of the more bizarre stories to develop this year, a British factory operated by two German nationals was recently raided after police had uncovered a plethora of illegally pressed vinyl.The plant was found to have had 200 stampers producin...
History Clock is the brainchild of Jonny Burnip and Nathan Gregory Wilkins, who was incidentally Jarvis Cocker's wedding DJ.Born out of a frustration with the “soul destroying German minimal sound” and the fact that "all the truly brilliant disco...
The earth might shake when the Giants start walking around Berlin tomorrow, in their quest to tell the rousing story of finding each other after years of separation by the infamous 140 kilometer-long Wall. Today, the 13.5 and 25-ton Giants arrive...
Much more than a beach bash: at secret island, political ideas meet party spiritIt is a modern nomad's fantasy: gather on a remote island with like-minded people, discuss your political ideals and find new angles to some of the modern world's iss...
With the summer season gearing up for full swing, German labels, DJs and clubs are taking full advantage of the good weather and gearing up for all kinds of touring, releasing and partying.First up Ricardo Villalobos, Rhythm & Sound and Ivan...
We all know that Germany practically invented modern techno, and that Germans have a long and rich musical history, but Germany actually inventing music itself? Well not quite, but close. Scientists in Southwest Germany have discovered in a cave...
For those of you gripped by the current craze of psychedelic disco by way of artists like MGMT and Empire Of The Sun, The Phenomenal Handclap Band are sure to help feed your ongoing addiction. Appearing on the European import market via UK based...
During the mid-eighties, a wonderful obscure synth pop scene emerged in Western Europe. Now, a new compilation entitled Cold Waves and Minimal Electronics Vol.1 from London based record label Angular (The Long Blondes, Klaxons) rediscovers some o...
Only a few days after we reported on Paris’s looming nightlife extinction, party-island Ibiza seems to be following suit with a smoking ban rumoured to be hitting the island in June.Just in time for the summer, Spanish authorities have laid out a...
Over the last 15 years the Juicy Beats Festival has endeared itself with clubbers of the Ruhr valley by developing an affordable dance music event.Since 1996 Juicy Beats has made its home in Dortmund’s Westfalenpark, calling upon both local hot s...
Minus will be re-releasing a number of Richie Hawtin's Plastikman tracks on a compilation called, erm, Kompilation this September. Following Hawtin's return to the live arena earlier with his famed moniker at events like Movement in Detroit and T...
The music world is in mourning today; with the tragic news surrounding Germany’s Loveparade that took place on over the weekend. Nineteen bodies, 350 injured in the West German town of Duisburg. The numbers, astonishing, resembling something of a...
As of August 25th, Google has taken a giant stride within the telecommunications market. Users are now able to call any phone right from their Gmail account. Besides the obvious practicality, what makes this even more exciting is that U.S. users...
Watch out! New York’s Mike Weiss Gallery has been taken over by mechanized microorganisms. These creepy crawlies are the brainchild of Polish artist Sofi Zezmer, who is on her third solo outing at Weiss’ gallery. Dubbed Remote Control, Zezmer’s w...
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