Subject: Berlin

• WMC Preview: Q&A with Anja Schneider

  March 25, 2008

• WMC Preview: Interview with M.A.N.D.Y.!

  March 25, 2008

• Top Dance Albums of 2008

  Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dry and synthetic to wet and gushy), rhythm tracks can be tempo-tweaked with an upward toggle to change a Timbaland beat into a Chromeo one. Add some T-Pain-esque pitch-correction vocals to your between

  December 18, 2008

• Pornograph Presents Touane Live at Blue on Saturday

  Here's something for minimal techno lovers (perhaps it'll cool down enough this weekend for a scarf?). This Saturday at everybody's favorite micro-dance-club, Blue, Pornograph Events presents a live P.A. by the Berlin-based producer Touane. Born Marco Tonni in Rimini, Italy, he escaped his commercial-house-ridden home country for the techno promised land of Germany in 2004. There, he befriended Stewart Walker of Persona Records, who became a mentor and guide of sorts through the Berlin scene.Sin

  December 19, 2008

• Konrad Black at Glass on Valentine's Night

  Miami is in for a special techno lovers' treat this Valentine's -- esteemed Berlin-based producer, DJ, and Wagon Repair label owner Konrad Black, will be throwing down at Glass at The Forge on the night of February 14. This exclusive performance comes on the first leg of Black's debut 2009 US tour, and coincides with him taking the reigns of the esteemed Watergate mix series, product of the eponymous Berlin nightclub were he holds a quarterly residence. This Vancouver native boasts a unique sign

  February 3, 2009

• Expiration Date

  November 18, 1992

• Valentine's EDM Lowdown

  Valentine's doesn't come around on a Saturday very often, making this year's an ideal reason for EDM lovers to consummate their love on a dancefloor somewhere (as if we needed an excuse on Saturday nights anyways.) Here's a lowdown of some choice shows happening around town that night, which should please both big club and underground dance connoisseurs:

  February 10, 2009

• Q&A with Konrad Black, Playing at Glass This Saturday

  In the murky underworld of minimal techno, Todd Shillington a.k.a. Konrad Black has made a name for himself through perseverance and continuous innovation. A highly sought-after producer and remixer, this Vancouver native now operates out of the seminal Berlin scene and his Wagon Repair label has emerged as a global touchpoint for cutting-edge new techno. His performance this Saturday night at the Glass "Black Valentine" party comes on the first leg of his debut 2009 US tour and coincides with h

  February 11, 2009

• Berlin Calling Premiere & Afterparty

  It appears that the Berlinophile techno generation now has its very own Quadrophenia in the form of a new film called "Berlin Calling." Starring real life EDM producer Paul Kalkbrenner, the movie is a moral tragicomedy of sorts about a successful Berlin DJ (metaphorically named DJ Ikarus) who succumbs to the effects of longtime drug use and is admitted into a psych ward on the cusp of releasing his greatest record. The film has garnered mixed reviews from critics so far, but none dispute its fan

  March 4, 2009

• Armory Weekend in New York, Powered by Miami

  Last Saturday night the migratory patterns of the American art world were temporarily inverted

  March 9, 2009

• WMC Preview: Q & A with Richie Hawtin

  My music is (as you know) stripped down to the bone (perhaps why you were nearly naked)...I hope that the music I create is both appealing to the body and mind allowing you to dance full force on the dance floor, hide in the corner of a club with your eyes closed, or while relaxing at home.

  March 25, 2009

• Swelter 17

  August 10, 1995

• Kruder and Dorfmeister

  March 26, 2009

• Konrad Black

  February 12, 2009

• Glamour, Grit, and Gall

  March 2, 2006

• Poppa E

  April 3, 2008

• Beyond Minimal

  Anja Schneider takes the future sounds of Berlin from the radio to the dance floor.

  March 20, 2008

• Miami’s Year in Art

  Judging from 2007, Miami is growing up as an art destination.

  December 27, 2007

• Only Time Will Tell

  November 16, 2006

• Angels and Demons

  December 14, 2006

• Set List: Magda

  March 15, 2007

• Potsdamer Powerhouse

  January 4, 2007

• Paul Van Dyk

  November 23, 2006

• Rethroned

  July 27, 2006

• No Borders

  June 9, 2005

• Guys and Balls, Gals and Bush

  April 21, 2005

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  February 26, 2004

• BEST OUTDOOR ART

  May 15, 2003

• Love Among the Ruins

  September 14, 2000

• History's Image

  August 10, 2000

• Best Design Firm That Doubles As A Record Store

  May 11, 2000

• In Transit

  April 20, 2000

• Ich Bin Ein Camera

  December 9, 1999

• Calendar for the week

  January 1, 1998

• An Affair to Dismember

  September 14, 1995

• Swelter 32

  November 24, 1993

• Swelter

  January 20, 1993

• Colombian Gold

  March 18, 1992

• Eat My Strudel

  January 29, 1992

• Ghostly International DJ Ryan Elliott Hits the White Room Tomorrow Night

  Ghostly International DJ Ryan Elliott is a busy head-spinner -- in Berlin one weekend; Miami the next; all the world between. And on the odd occasion when the cat's not on the road, he's back in Dearborn, Michigan remixing and serving as co-A&R (with Matthew Dear) of Ghostly's sister imprint, Spectral Sound.In that role, he's scouted out new talent and overseen releases from the likes of Seth Troxler, Bodycode, and Kate Simko. All this has ensured that Elliott stays immersed in the type of d

  May 7, 2009

• Q&A with Phonique, Spinning at the Electric Pickle on Friday Night

  Deep house is making a comeback in the world of electronic dance music. Much of the deep revival is happening in Germany, and especially in Berlin, a city that epitomizes the world's most cutting-edge dance music and where producers like Phonique are keeping it real soulful.With roots in the '90s Berlin underground, Phonique a.k.a. Michael Vater, has gained steady international recognition throughout the 2000's as a DJ/producer with impressive output on top labels like Global Underground, Po

  May 20, 2009

• Phonique

  May 21, 2009

• Format: B Play

  May 28, 2009

• Gummihz at Nocturnal Afterhours this Friday

  ​Alexander Tsotsos a.k.a. Gummihz is a Greek-born and Berlin-based DJ/producer who has garnered much praise from the international dance community in recent years. Drawing inspiration from a variety of musical styles-- including disco,  jazz, and the whimsical sounds of chanson -- his floor-friendly techno productions have been critically-acclaimed for their propulsive rhythms, bouncy hooks and psychedelic atmospherics. His debut "Select and Bounce" EP released on Anja Schneider's Mobilee

  August 6, 2009

• Bloody Mary at Electric Pickle this Friday

  ​Marjorie Migliaccio, a.k.a. Bloody Mary, is Berlin techno's newest femme fatale. The French-born DJ/producer first signed to Sender Records in 2006, and after three years of hard work, staking her place in the European underground dance scene, she is now touring the globe in support of her 2009 release of critically-acclaimed debut album Black Pearl on Berlin's experimental Contexterrior imprint. Heavily inspired by Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal ("The Flowers of Evil"), Black Pearl u

  August 20, 2009

• Magda and Troy Pierce

  August 27, 2009

• Q&A With Mathew Jonson, Playing at Electric Pickle this Friday

  ​Canadian-born producer Mathew Jonson is one of the more virtuosic and boldly innovative figures of contemporary techno. Boasting a masterful and nuanced command of electronic studio production, early breakthrough tracks like "Decompression", released on Richie Hawtin's Minus label, earned Jonson worldwide acclaim as a producer in the early 2000s, when he staked his pivotal role in the burgeoning minimal techno scene. His experimental forays into jazz and live electronic improvisation have led

  August 26, 2009

• Around the World in 80 Decibels: Bermudas to Berlin, Otto Brings the Bass

  Otto von Schirach in Berlin​ The year is 1945 and Berlin falls to the allied troops as World War II comes to an end. Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun have one last glass of apple juice as they depart for the big ol' Deutschland in the sky. I wonder what our old Führer would make of his dear beloved city, Berlin. How much different would it be from the visions of a secular Aryan race that where dancing around in his head? As our tour manager Gee slowed off the Autobahn and passed the sign mark

  September 14, 2009

• Warm Up With Some Double D's

  October 22, 2009

• Guy Gerber and Tom Clark Play Space on Saturday

  ​Techno heads looking to work their feet on Halloween night need look no further than Space, where internationally-acclaimed Israeli producer Guy Gerber will be performing along with Berlin-based DJ/producer Tom Clark. Boasting a distinctive and futuristic brand of proggy melodic tech house, with releases on the Cocoon, Bedrock, and SAW imprints, Gerber is Israel's most highly regarded contribution to international EDM and a hardworking touring artist that commands dancefloors worldwide. Tom C

  October 30, 2009