DENSE EMPFIEHLT: 15.08.09
So, you just got yourself some brand new and shiny records, but you don’t have a clue where to celebrate this with your friends? Well, we might have the right solution for you! Here are our picks that will make your night hotter than our armpits are right now! Indianerehrenwort!
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Saturday, 15.08.:
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URBAN WITCHES NOT BITCHES VERNISSAGE
life performances with:
Legs Akimbo
Rubbish Fairy
Company Fuck
DJ McGaffee at the Eschschloraque Rümschrümp
exhibition by
Diana Arce
Fake Mistress
Legs Akimbo
Lucy A. Roberts
Rubbish Fairy
Separated from the power giving source of nature and the wilderness, urban witches use the cityscape as a new primordial forest- a place filled with dangers but also a source of abundant sustenance if they live in harmony with the city and honor it. As a result, the latent power of the city is evoked and an Urban Witch is able to find power in simple man made objects as nature’s energy can be discovered in anything that was created. Urban Witches are in touch with the inherent synchronistic flow of the city which they can ride on just like the U Bahn if they keep their third eyes open. An Urban Witches basic mantra is “TUNE INTO SYNCHRONICITY AND THE CITY WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE.” Urban Witches therefore communicate with the guardians of the city- the Neon Divas and Electric Gods like streetlights and vending machines. Their temples are high rise buildings and dance clubs, they can recognize and interpret the modern signals of graffiti. Urban Witches not Bitches is a gathering of Urban Witches featuring the Altars of the Urban Witches: Rubbish Fairy (London), Legs Akimbo (Team Plastique, Berlin) and Lucy A.Roberts (Berlin). Made synchronistically from found and recycled objects, these Urban Witch altars present how women in the city can create an alternative world outside of the competitive bitch culture “girl power” presented by the mass media with groups like “The Pussycat Dolls”. Urban Witches not Bitches are also very unique- they do not follow a prescribed New Age or Wicca spirituality but instead find power by discovering and expressing their positive, strong and amazing individual natures. Urban Witches not Bitches invite Urban Peeps to visit their Urban Witch Altars in the hope that Urban Peeps can also reconnect with their inner minds and seek alternative astral planes.
20 Uhr / 8 pm
neurotitan shop & gallery
im Haus Schwarzenberg
Rosenthalerstraße 39
10178 Berlin – Mitte
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SOMMERLAGER VS SOMMERLOCH presents. ZIZEK CLUB
live:
Fauna and Douster
[ZZK Records, Buenos Aires]
Skate
[WMF, Unsportsmanlike]
Timeblind
[Soot, Version]
TROPICALLL!!!!
With its African, indigenous Indian and colonial roots in Colombia, Cumbia music has suddenly been catapulted into a new era. In the same way that Kuduro, Kwaito, Baile funk, Reggaeton are intertwined with Dancehall, Hip Hop, Crunk, Dubstep and Techno, Cumbia is now also part of the endless list of genres that have surfaced as urban, electronic and world music are mashed together by the club kids of today.
DJs, producers, and bloggers worldwide who are united by the internet and an insatiable hunger for subculture, bass and uncharted musical territory have been embracing Cumbia and its sexy, bassy riddims.
Following in the footsteps of labels such as Diplo’s MadDecent or Man Recordings in Berlin, Zizek Records reflects a movement where the cross-cultural chaos is the motto and in fact a genre for itself!
The Argentina based label Zizek Records was born out of a regular club night in Buenos Aires called Club Zizek, where local djs have played alongside international crossover artists such as Diplo, Jahcoozi and Daniel Haaksman. Soon Zizek (named after the forward-thinking Slovenian Philosopher) became established as the most innovative and happening dance party in Buenos Aires and probably South America for that matter. With a loyal following they slowly started to build up their own artists on the Zizek Records imprint and touring the world with their homegrown artists and club night.
Still buzzing from their widely acclaimed gig at Roskilde Festival this summer, ZZK Records artists Douster and Fauna are stopping at WMF to smack Berlin accross the face with a dose of their highly contagious and tropical danceable music.
Tropical Fever !! bring it on!!
23 Uhr / 11 pm
WMF
Klosterstraße 44
Berlin – Mitte
U-Bhf. Klosterstraße (U2)
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2. BETONBRUCH FESTIVAL 2009
OUTDOOR-SAND-BAR:
16:00 – 19:00 Nachmittags-Chill-In mit veganer VokÜ und kinderfreundlichem Nachmittagsprogramm mit Spiegelmalen, Riesenseifenblasen …
20:30 – 21:30 Lesung mit belane (short storys & lyrik), roland zauberwald (poetry), don chrischan (pankerknacker, essbesteck, glühbirne), der dirk, Bodo (poetry)
21:30 – 22:00 The Macuto Collective Super 8 Short Film Spectacle
22:00 – 23:30 DJ soonjke (psychedelic/folk/world/electronica) & visuals von maniaco
23:30 – 1:00 DJ OMIT & DJ sleepwaker (standard)
HOF:
23:00 – 23:30 feuertanz der nomadic pyro insomniac
BANDS on STAGE
21:00 – 21:45 babel embassy (ethnotronic / dadawave)
22:15 – 23:00 the plastic bags (indy lofi pop)
23:30 – 00:30 krankheit der jugend (psychelectrolyrics)
00:30 – end DJ toyota hardcoralla (do the hoff !)
BAR:
21:30 – 22:30 Marschall a.d.K. (Singer/Songwriter: Langschwanzmakaken haben keine Ahnung von Musik!)
22:45 – 23:45 Dani Morera (folk/akustisch/indie) & Nico Liebe & his subconsciousness (akustisch/folk rock: See the world through my Is!)
00:00 – 02:00 DJ Alusie (psychedelikatessen)
02:00 – end Dj Z (dark balkan beatz)
http://www.myspace.com/betonbruchberlin
ab 16 Uhr / from 4 pm
Location:
Pettenkofer Str. 4c
10247 Berlin – Friedrichshain
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TAMTAMTAM 5
DJs:
Tapemaster Trash /// http://www.myspace.com/16341255
Ben Butler & Mousepad | http://www.myspace.com/benbutlerandmousepad
Flame Stag & Hot Fruits performance DJs /// http://vimeo.com/5440440
Live music:
Batalj (FR) /// http://www.myspace.com/batalj
Ze People Og Korh (SE) ///
Manbird Dog (DE/USA) /// http://vimeo.com/5677146
Brendan Dougherty and Brian Mitchell /// http://www.myspace.com/brendandougherty
GTUK (DE) /// http://www.myspace.com/gtuk
Performances:
Mitsu Salmon &; Ryotaro (JP/US) /// http://lightsake.blogspot.com/
Jessica Taylor (DE/US)
The Fruit Boy/Girl (YOU)
Video:
Dee Mee Tree /// http://deemeetree.com
The symbol of the night is The Incredible Tree-Climbing Goat and we genuinely predict that some time through the night things will happen that will make The Incredible Tree-Climbing Goat pale in comparison. As usual, we have a unique mixture of musical styles and alcoholic beverages, famous artists and introvert geniuses, live performances and visual stimulation, super-interesting people and weirdos who are fun to be with. Several unexpected surprises are also to be revealed throughout the night.Bring yourselves and your friends and let’s all meet again and have fun together.
21 Uhr / 9 pm
5 EUR
Raum18
Ziegrastraße 11
12057 Berlin/Neukölln
It’s no secret that the summer is a relatively calm period on the release front, which explains why this week’s Dense newslist manages to stay below the 100 items bar. And still, quite a few gemms arrived this week. Perfect timing therefore for all of you to come and check them out before September comes, with its avalanche of new material.