Tag: "Berlin"

dEUS
0 Comments. 568 Views. Posted 11 May 2012 @ 2:18pm.
Tom Barman is used to taking his time. As the vocalist/guitarist and founding member of Deus, long renowned as Belgium’s most celebrated musical export, Barman prefers never to rush the process of making records. Since 1999, the band have released only four full-length records, culminating in the three and a half years between their 2008 release Vantage Point and their most recent release, Keep... Read More
Modeselektor No More for Playground Weekender
0 Comments. 1,302 Views. Posted 13 Jan 2012 @ 3:06pm.
Augh! All of these tour postponements and cancellations are bringing a girl down something hardcore, and the latest one to land in our inboxes is a bit of a heartbreaker. Berlin duo Modeselektor, slated as headliners for Playground Weekender, have been forced to postpone their string of shows due to unforeseen circumstances until later in 2012. Sad news, especially given how much we’ve been... Read More
Oliver $ Heads Down To Tour
0 Comments. 680 Views. Posted 1 Dec 2011 @ 8:23am.
Berlin-born and based Oliver $ is an adorable-looking dude – his innocent appearance belying an instinct for house beats that sounds refreshingly mature and refined.  One of Made to Play's hottest new talents, the past few years have seen him turning heads with stunning releases on Made to Play such as Whatcha Gonna Do and You Got It, touring with label heads Jesse Rose and Riva Starr and a... Read More
Marcel Fenger Hits The Town
0 Comments. 1,063 Views. Posted 12 Oct 2011 @ 9:29am.
Following in the footsteps of fellow Berghain purveyors of techno Ben Klock and Marcel Dettman (touring this month), Marcel Fenger is set to welcome the summer in the southern hemisphere with a serious dose of gritty, atmospheric techno.  With blogs like Resident Advisor and mnml ssgs championing his latest mix Berghain 05 fresh off the presses, Fengler’s refined and thoughtful... Read More
HTRK: Work (work, work)
0 Comments. 2,118 Views. Posted 14 Sep 2011 @ 10:23am.
Presenting their first piece of work since the loss of their bassist Sean Stewart in early 2010, HTRK have finally released their second full-length album Work (work, work). The band's first album Marry Me Tonight was dissonant with an unwavering strength, however like the climax clambering upward in a macabre horror film soundtrack, Work (work, work) is far more sinister then what they’ve done... Read More
Ben Klock And Marcel Dettman Joint Tour
0 Comments. 2,824 Views. Posted 19 Aug 2011 @ 12:22pm.
The upcoming months are already shaping up to be a killer one for the techno-heads of Melbourne town.   Just a glance over the tour list will have y’all fantasizing about upcoming weekends partying the nights away in clubs all across town. And here comes another announcement that threatens to topple them all: a double-bill of Marcel Dettman and Ben Klock has just been announced. Notororious... Read More
Paul Kalkbrenner : Icke Wieder
0 Comments. 2,598 Views. Posted 14 Jul 2011 @ 3:21pm.
Following on from the hugely popular 2008 album release Berlin Calling, Paul Kalkbrenner's local popularity rose to greater heights (evident from the sell out show Brown Alley in Melbourne in March). The anticipation to see him for his first ever Australian visit the crowd was predominantly to see that German techno maestro with fifteen years experience as a DJ. A huge name on the European... Read More
Planet Love Sound
0 Comments. 1,860 Views. Posted 6 Jun 2011 @ 10:57am.
Name/Band: "Planet Love Sound (P L S)."   Define your genre in five words or less: "Dark folk mood-ster electronic rock."   What do think people say you sound like? "PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Massive Attack, Kate Bush."   How long have you been gigging and writing? "We started playing shows in September 2010 in Berlin as a three-piece. We've been writing/recording together since... Read More
DJ Delay
0 Comments. 2,155 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2011 @ 11:45pm.
"It's less natural for me to make/play 'straight' rhythmically," says this formerly Melbourne-based producer extraordinaire. Keeping things conventional is something that Brian May, currently operating under the DJ Delay banner, doesn't do.   Recently migrating to Germany, DJ Delay is one of six projects he currently has on the go. The consummate producer-DJ hustler, manic... Read More
The Count With Pugsley Buzzard
0 Comments. 1,642 Views. Posted 25 Feb 2011 @ 9:58am.
Ten bands everyone should know about:   "Jon Cleary And The Monster Gentlemen (New Orleans), The Legendary Tigerman (Portugal), Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble (Portugal), Truckstop Honeymoon (New Orleans), Those Crazy Hambones (Berlin), The Pacific Curls (New Zealand), Taraf De Haidouks (Romania), Nobody's Business (Portugal), The Kill Devil Hills (WA) and The Captain Matchbox... Read More
Paul Kalkbrenner Debuts Down Under
0 Comments. 1,781 Views. Posted 31 Jan 2011 @ 1:27pm.
Even though reality shows have been trying to prove otherwise, a successful career as a musician, even as a pop star, cannot be forced with a pre-packaged crash course.   As of 2010, Paul Kalkbrenner has tallied up more than 15 years of experience as a producer and live act, all the while learning what it means to go purposefully from one step to the next. When the Berlin Wall fell, he was... Read More
Berlin on Film is coming to ACMI
0 Comments. 1,889 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
ACMI will be bring a touch of European cinema to Melbourne in November with Berlin on Film.   Set to coincide with the Berlin Dayz cultural festival and the twentieth anniversary of the reunification of Germany, ACMI presents a program of films dedicated to the country’s capital city and cultural and historical hub Berlin with Berlin on Film this November.   The exhibition... Read More
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