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Photo: Wolfgang Voigt in Kompakt HQ Cologne photographed by Andrea Stappert.

Stefan Betke vs. Wolfgang Voigt

  From Kraftwerk’s travel obsession and the endless poetics of Manuel Göttsching’s E2-E4 to Atom™’s overt Schubert references on Winterreise, German Romanticism has been an enduring presence in electronic music. So too for Berlin clicks and cuts/dubtechnoist Stefan Betke and minimal techno godfather Wolfgang Voigt. Over the past fifteen years, both artists have forged a – more

Electronic Beats - Counting with: Kathleen Karrer

Counting with Kathleen Karrer

Between handling a multitude of telephone conferences and other imperative work for Electronic Beats, we’re amazed that Cologne-based Kathleen Karrer has time to visit us here in Berlin and still find time for her sweet pooch (pictured above). Learn what makes EB’s right-hand woman tick in our latest Counting With! 1 memorable line in a – more

Next is Saschienne

Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Julienne Dessange and Sascha Funke spontaneously started their own music project called Saschienne last year, while making music together in Burgundy, France. Their first album is out this fall via Kompakt. When Sascha moved to Berlin years ago, he joined Ellen Allien‘s BPtich Control label. He dropped his debut album Bravo back – more

Cologne goes ambient again

Lights and love is what we anticipate from E’De Cologne’s 5th annual Ambient Festival. Hosting top ambient artists from around the world, this one of a kind festival takes place in Cologne’s idyllic St. Aposteln church from the 21st of January. Boasting an international music lineup, and equally impressive artistic program, its no wonder this – more