SENSE FM – new show

February 5th , sunday night 24:00-2:00

your hosts Marius Reisser and Reece Walker

presenting new music from:
Felix Kubin, Shrubbn!!, Hecq, Machine Drum, The Sorry Entertainers, Transformer Di Roboter, Oval, Lakker, Keith Fulerton Whitman and many others

— tracklist —
1st hour:
Ebert Brothers – Cowboy – Mindwaves Music
Kuedo – Truth Flood – Planet Mu
Oval – Track 5 Oval DNA – Shitkatapult
Philip Quehenberger – Hey Gert (Elin Remix) – Mego
DJ Spinn – Crazy and Deranged – Planet Mu
Tha Pope – When You – Planet Mu
Byetone – From the album Symeta – Raster Noton
Mist – Dead Occasion – Spectrum Spools
Oval – Track 1 Oval DNA – Shitkatapult
Alva Noto – Uni Dia – Raster Noton
Kid 606 – Crude World – Tigerbeat6
Elan – Next to Last – Monkeytown
G.H. – Earth – Modern Love
Vessel – Blowback – A Future Without
Samoyed – Maybe Yes (Lukid remix) – Astro:Dynamics

The closing of the store raises many questions and generates a fair share of speculations, things we would like to answer and dispel with this short statement.

Opened in 2003 by a trio spawning from the promotion agency of the same name, Dense has always had a goal to present a wide array of electronic music to its customers, ranging from left-of-center experimental music to more club-compatible sounds. This mission statement was followed to the letter from the beginning till the current end of the store, even though the store had a troubled history of shifting teams and address moves. In late 2007, the remaining people implicated in the store’s inception left, and its direction was taken over by long time employee Daniel Reisser and Nicolas Chevreux. Dense was then facing many difficulties, which were overcome over the following years, partly with a move from our original spots in Prenzlauer Berg to Friedrichshain.

From 2007 to 2011, we dedicated a lot of energy and an absurd amount of time to securing the store’s situation. We confirmed the eclectic aspect of our offer, multiplied the in-store gigs, curated monthly events outside of our walls, and, most importantly, brought the books back into the green. It is important for us to state that, as we’re reaching the final days of the store, Dense is not in debt and is paying all its suppliers. It is common knowledge that record stores are going through an extremely tough period at the moment (for various reasons which are too complex to touch here), but Dense was able to keep afloat till now.

However, running the store’s daily operations and constantly trying to expand its scope and means have taken a lot of energy and time. We have thoroughly enjoyed working on and at Dense, but these past four years have been spent between this voluntary-work of sort (if Dense pays for itself, it sadly wasn’t enough for us to quit our other jobs) and the rest of our activities. May it be Daniel’s frequent DJ gigs or studies, or Nicolas’s running his Ad Noiseam label, we have had particularly hectic years, short nights and the constant pressure of investing energy both in Dense and in whatever we had to do on the side. Rents and groceries had to be paid; as years went by, we slowly grew too tired of juggling between different jobs. We recently learned that Dense would be once again forced to move in the Autumn of 2011 (for reasons independent of us) and we were forced to ask ourselves whether we could adequately find a new empty store (in a city where rents have been going up steeply) and promote our new address well enough, though still being able to do everything we have to for our daily lives.

It was a very sad realization to understand that we had reached a point where the work needed for Dense was above our strengths. We have invested a big part of our live in this store, and wish that we could keep it alive. But it seems impossible for us, after years of fighting against the tide, to move Dense again and spend all the energy necessary for everything to go as well as we wish it did. The time has come for us to move on and focus on other things. Daniel will keep on spinning, Nicolas will keep on working on Ad Noiseam, and we’ll still invest a lot of ourselves for the music and audiences that have accompanied Dense for so long.

Dense’s last day of business will be Tuesday, October 25th. We would be happy to see our customers a last time, and are having a final sale on our remaining stock till then. Please support us a last time, take advantage of this rebate, and get a last shot of good music at the store.

We want to express our thanks to our customers as well as to the labels, distributors and friends who have supported Dense all over the years. It’s been an amazing time, which we will not forget and which, in an ideal world, would not reach its end. We’re back on your side of the counter now, and, more than ever, it is our intent to support the scene we together have been part of for so long.

So long, thank you, and see you around.

Nicolas Chevreux & Daniel Reisser, October 2011

here you can get the stream: http://twenfm.org/884/2011/09/densefm-no/

DENSEHALL vs. OVERKILL

Bong Ra (Ad Noiseam / NL)
http://www.bong-ra.com/

OVe-NaXx (AD AAD AT / JP)
http://soundcloud.com/ovenaxx

Maruosa (Rendarec / JP)
http://www.myspace.com/maruosa

Dead Fader (3by3, Ad Noiseam / UK)
http://soundcloud.com/deadfader

Devilman (3by3)
http://www.myspace.com/devilmanattack

Kakawaka (JP)
http://www.myspace.com/kakawaka

Karl-Marx-Stadt (D / Sozialistischer Plattenbau)

Dingu-Dysu (JP / DJ)

Shins-K (JP / DJ)

+ Dense Allstars (Disscoxx & Area Boy)

http://www.dense-shop.de

Berlin´s DENSEHALL and the british Partyseries OVERKILL join forces to
bring you a unique night of postapocalyptic rave madness! No less
than 7 (seven!) live sets are scheduled (plus 3 dj-sets…) -
so be prepared for a diverse and long night!

At the top of the bill is legendary dutch Beatslicer BONG
RA, a guarantee for sweaty shirts and shaking pants. His releases on
Labels such as AdNoiseam, Planet Mu and countless others defined the genre
once called Breakcore like few other producers on the
planet. He will be bringing an armada of 6 japanese beat samurais
with him such as OVE-NAXX, another Breakcore superstar that
hasn´t performed on any Berlin stage in years. DJ Scotch Egg will be
performing one of his rare full-length sets under his DEVILMAN moniker
(along with a special guest vocalist on stage). MARUOSA is sure to clean your ears with a
short, powerful, sonic experience. KAKAWAKA will give you an introduction
into bass origami. Heavy Beats for your dancing pleasure will be
delievered by the turntable wizzards DINGU DYSU & SHINS-K hailing all the way from nippon too.
Also in store for the evening is the finest in cutting-edge dubstep from british producer DEADFADER,
who has gained considerable attention in the past
months since the release of his full length album on 3by3 Records.

And on top of all this we even have KARL-MARX-STADT presenting you his unique approach
to modern bass music by performing tracks from his new album that has
just been released on double vinyl on the Sozialister Plattenbau label.
Booooom!

Saturday September 24th – 23.00
at
CHEZ-JACKI
(Schillingbrücke 1 – former Club Maria / rearentrance via riverside / Berlin Ostbahnhof)
fee: 8,- euro

http://www.chezjacki.com/

Flying Lotus´ Label Brainfeeder has caused some pretty big waves in its short history. We were very happy to have two of the label´s protagonists, TEEBS and JEREMIAH JAE play this week in our shop. In the first hour we´ll be featuring the news and some goodies that have come into our shop in the past month and in the second hour we´ll be focusing on the past, present and future of Brainfeeder by listening to some of their more recent releases. In particular, we´ll take a deeper look at the music of TEEBS and JEREMIAH JAE, two of the label´s most gifted artists.