Electronic Music from Germany – Current trends

Annual Reviews

Paul Kalkbrenner, Wuhlheide Berlin 2011 | Photo: © Andreas Mühe 2012, Courtesy Dittrich & Schlechtriem Berlin

“Prosper in this Fortune’s Glory” – Electronic Music 2011

For Tobias Thomas the electronic music year in Germany was dominated by politics and business. This is a review of the ambivalent developments on the “Island of Good Fortune”More ...
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Magazine

Naturally Artificial – Sound Flirts in the Electro Scene

The laptop generation has discovered the musical instrument. With bands such as Brand Brauer Frick, electronic music has entered a new round of sound exploration. Virtual meets analog and creates new niches of urban sound culture.More ...
Loveparade 1996, Foto: Tilman Brembs / www.zeitmaschine.de

Not Love – Commercialism! – Afterthoughts on the Loveparade

The summer of 2011, a year after the drama of the Duisburg Loveparade. Time for a short tour through the history of an idea that ended in disaster.More ...
Housemeister (DE) 4I6X6285, Housemeister, Die Allianz WMF Berlin, visuals by pfadfinderei (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

From Experiment To Theory – a look at the VJ scene in Berlin

When the Visual Jockey became established as the visual counterpart to the DJ in clubs 15 years ago, Berlin offered the ideal backdrop for image creators who were keen to experiment. What does the scene look like today?More ...
Opening of Worldtronics 2010; photo: Stephanie Pilick

Of Beats Migrating Round the World – the Worldtronics Festival

The electronic music scenes of the world present themselves at the Worldtronics Festival at the House of World Cultures in Berlin. They show themselves to be highly unpredictable and yet strangely familiar.More ...
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Goethe.rmx

An electronic interpretation of Goethe’s King of Thule travels around the world to be remixed in nine countries on four continents.

Dossier: Electronic Music in Germany and the Czech Republic

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Current trends and the most important developments over the past few years

NRBLN - BLNRB

Young bands and musicians from Nairobi and Berlin together try to fathom the borders between electronic music, hip-hop and African musical traditions.