Line-up:
Wolfgang Voigt live
Dr Walker
DJ Flush
Area Phillips
Schwefelgelb
SΛRIN live
Philipp Strobel
Alienata
Ambient Zelt by Σ
Location:
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Admission fee: tba EUR
Press Info (German):
Kompakt Mitbegründer WOLFGANG VOIGT stellt sein jüngstes Projekt Rückverzauberung vor, eine Weiterentwicklung seines legendären Ambient-Projekts GAS. Reduzierte Elektronik, Atonalität, Dekontextualisierung in Perfektion.
Achtung: Mitternachtskonzert – Come early!
Danach wird DR WALKER, ebenfalls Kölner und Mitglied des legendären Duos Air Liquide, einen Übergang von Voigts Transzendenz in die Abgründe des Techno schaffen. Killekills Labelboss DJ FLUSH und AREA PHILLIPS werden dieser Düsternis dann weiter frönen.
Auf dem Lobbyfloor haben wir AUFNAHME + WIEDERGABE zu Gast, das Label, das genau auf der Schnittstelle zwischen Wave und Techno liegt. Labelchef PHILIPP STRÖBEL hat SARIN mit dabei, dessen Platte im Mai erscheinen wird. Ein weiterer Gast kann aus Gründen noch nicht genannt werden. Miss ALIENATA, die jüngst endlich den verdienten Durchbruch geschafft hat und seit ihrem Boiler Room mit leichtfertigen Mix aus Wave, Electro, Acid und Techno weltweit unterwegs ist, rundet das Programm hier ab.
Im Zelt im Garten präsentiert sich das junge Ambient Label Σ, und fängt die Leute auf, die sich nach Wolfgangs Konzert erstmal entspannen müssen.
Go!
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Wolfgang Voigt is an artist, music producer, and co-founder of Kompakt. He is considered as a pioneer of so-called Cologne minimal techno. For more than 20 years now, he has been realigning the boundaries between techno and art music, between minimal and ambient, under innumerable project names including Mike Ink, Love Inc., Studio1, Freiland, Sog and his most celebrated alias GAS). His most recent project, Rückverzauberung, is an advancement of his globally acclaimed music project GAS, which, with its unusual combination of reduced technoid and abstract-amorph classical sound structures, enthralled a global audience worldwide far beyond the electronic music scene. With Rückverzauberung, Wolfgang Voigt takes the next logical step towards abstraction and atonal art music. More than in previous projects, the term Rückverzauberung (re(verse)-enchantment) stands for Voigt’s creative approach of stripping certain musical sound sources of their original form or meaning in order to put them in a new aesthetic context (deconstruction). An approach that is becoming increasingly visible in voigt’s visual art, too. Rückverzauberung, like GAS, is an ambient electronic concert-lecture for a largely seated audience.
Line-up & Time Table:
00.00 – 03.00 Solaris.
03.00 – 04.10 Inner8 + sYn A/V Show
04.10 – 06.10 Lakker
06.10 – end Manuel Münster
Location:
Arena Club, Berlin (Germany)
Admission fee:
12 EUR
Press Info:
Escapism is back with its eighth edition on April 15th, staying true to its premise of inviting only artists that are known for their impeccable taste.
You probably could write several essays on what makes Lakker unique. Ever since the Irish duo appeared on the techno scene in 2007 they have steadily been working on a sound that is unmistakebly their own. This not only lead to them calling legendary label R&S Records their home, but also their releases on James Ruskin’s famed imprint Blueprint and the Monad-Series on Stroboscopic Artefacts are a testament of their abilities.
Every once in a while you’ll come across an artist whose sound is obviously funded in techno, but his approach goes far beyond the usual genre limitations. Daniele Antezza has been making waves in the scene since the advent of Stroboscopic Artefacts as a member of the reclaimed duo Dadub and as a cofounder of Artefacts Mastering. Listening to his releases as Inner8 it’s easy to identify years of experience as a music producer and a mastering engineer. And he does what every true artist should do: instead of resting on past achievements, he strives for new and unexplored territory.
We are more than excited to host his new live-set with support by visual artist sYn.
Lately there has been a lot of talk about Leipzig’s most recent attraction: the Institut fuer Zukunft (IfZ). With all the hype surrounding the club it’s easy to forget what it takes a club to be truly outstanding. Which are resident-DJs that know their trade and live up to their responsibilites. One of IfZ’s renowned residents is Solaris, whose diversity and quality have gained her an excellent reputation far beyond the borders of Leipzig. She will take care of the warm-up duties and create just the right mood for the things to follow.
As always, Escapism resident Manuel Münster will close the night with a driving, deep and emotional take on techno. With 6 years of experience and countless DJ gigs in the city’s various clubs he also holds down a coveted residency at Berlin’s home of techno, Tresor.
Line-up:
Shifted
Sigha
SHDW
Obscure Shape
Javier Bähr
Silent-One
Location:
Romy S., Stuttgart (Germany)
Admission fee: tba EUR
Press Info (German only):
Kennt man ja: Neue Party, drei Ausgaben, Strohfeuer, vorbei. „From Another Mind“ ist da anders. Denn die Crew um DJ SHDW hatte von Anfang an einen Plan. Und der war nicht, Stuttgart mit der x-ten House-Party zu beglücken. Nein, hier ging´s von Anfang an darum, innovativem Techno eine neue Plattform zu geben. Hat funktioniert – die Reihe feiert nun ihren zweiten Geburtstag! Zum Jubiläum sind passenderweise zwei UK-Schwergewichte am Start: Shifted und Sigha.
Stuttgart. Die elektronische Musikszene lebt. Netter Deep House, melodiöser Techhouse. Alles am Start, alles gut, top Bookings. Doch wie steht´s eigentlich um ungestümen Techno, rauem House und innovativer Elektronika? Tja, gute Frage. Eine Frage, die sich auch das Team um DJ SHDW stellte. Die Antwort: „From Another Mind“, eine Partyreihe, die sich genau diesem Sound widmen sollte. Vor zwei Jahren stieg in die Romy die erste Party – und schlug so richtig ein. Und wir von der Romy sind ehrlich gesagt ziemlich stolz, dass dieser Underground-Elektronik-Trip nicht nur regelmäßig stattfindet, sondern weite Kreise zieht. Schließlich lassen sich die Protagonisten dieser Klangwelt nicht zweimal bitten, hier zu spielen. Passend zu Jubiläum Nummer zwei haben sich die Macher auch zwei Main Acts eingeladen. Ehrensache, oder? Als da wären Shifted und Sigha.
Wenn sich jemand mit der dunklen Seite von Techno auskennt, dann er: Shifted steht für britisch-rohe und schnörkellose Tanzmusik – dark, experimentell, und funky. Funky?! Jep, richtig gelesen: Der Gute hat nämlich seinen ganz eigenen Sound kreiert, der zwar minimal und visionär ist, dabei aber nie die Tanzflächen-Tauglichkeit aus dem Auge (und dem Ohr!) verliert. Der Engländer beglückte die Clubwelt erstmals 2011 mit seinen treibenden Klängen – sein Debüt erschien aber nicht auf irgendeinem Wald- und Wiesen-Label, sondern direkt auf „Mote Evolver“, dem Label von Brit-DJ-Sternchen Luke Slater. Und die schlug gleich so eine dicke Schneise in die Musikszene, dass Shifted keine Zeit verlor – und für seinen unermüdlichen Ideen-Reichtum gleich mehrere Labels ins Leben rief: „Avian“ zusammen mit Ventress, auf dem klassisch-britischer Minimal-Techno erscheint, sowie das Sublabel „Mira“, auf dem Shifted seiner Vorliebe für noisy, industriellen Experimental-Techno freien Lauf lässt. Wer mal in seine Tracks reinhören will, hat also echt viele Möglichkeiten. Achtung, auch hinter dem Pseudonym Alexander Lewis verbirgt sich Shifted. 2013 erschien sein Album „Under a Single Banner“, mit dem er seinen Status als King des Dark Techno verfestigen konnte. Mit anderen Kollegen kollaboriert er auch sehr gern – vorzugsweise mit Sigha. Auf dessen Label „Our Circula Sound“ ist er regelmäßig zu Gast, außerdem haben die Zwei ein gemeinsames und äußerst erfolgreiches Projekt am Laufen. Der Name: A Model Authority. Drum haben sich die Macher von „From Another Mind“ gesagt: Warum nicht auch Sigha mit einladen? Gesagt, getan! Noch ´n paar Facts zu Sigha? Kein Problem! Der Berliner propagiert wie Shifted den minimalen, britischen Techno-Ansatz, ohne ChiChi, dafür aber mit umso mehr Druck untenrum. 2009 erschien auf dem Bassmusic-Label „Hotflush“ seine erste EP – lupenreiner Dub Techno. Auch er entwickelte einen einmaligen Sound, der weit über den Tellerrand von 08/15-Gedöns hinausblickt und der schon auf Labels wie „Token“ und James Ruskins „Blueprint“ erschien – und natürlich auf seinem eigenen Imprint „Our Circula Sound“. Und diejenigen, die das Ganze möglich gemacht haben, stehen – sind wir mal ehrlich – im am meisten im Scheinwerferlicht! SHDW liefert sowohl als DJ als auch als Produzent einen Mix aus Techno mit UK- und Detroit-Anstrich und weitsichtiger Elektronika. Und dieser Mix kommt an – er bespielt damit nämlich nicht nur regelmäßig die Romy, sondern auch angesagte Clubs in ganz Süddeutschland. Ebenso werden seine „FAM“-DJ-Homie Obscure Shape, Silent One und Javier Bähr für ´ne anständige Abfahrts-Garantie sichern – und zwar bis die Sonne ganz aufgegangen ist!
Line-up:
Jade Lee Petersen & Kewin Bonono
Geistform live
Blush Response live
Chris Stanford
DE vs. Troit
MXM
Sirio Gry J
Unhuman
Location:
Arena Club, Berlin (Germany)
Admission fee: tba EUR
Press Info:
LIBER NULL XIV – AGONY
Agony as the state of being under immense physical or mental suffering.
Have you ever felt extreme pain?
Everlasting, unbearable, paroxysmal pain?
Have you ever been tortured?
Mentally tormented?
Psychological pain as an inescapable aspect of human existence.
Did you ever cause pain to someone?
Did you ever experience intoxicating emotional suffering?
Did you ever endure the last seconds?
Pleasure blossoms through agony.
Walk through the labyrinth.
Enter Liber Null.
Jade Lee Petersen & Kewin Bonono
South African male contortionist Jade Lee Petersen showcases extreme physical flexibility using his androgynous figure. The need of experimenting with physical limits and the urge to relieve energies through the body is his crossing point with the work of Kewin Bonono. Born in France with a mix of african roots, Kewin Bonono transforms his life experiences into performances and reactions within states of emergency. They both live, work and share rituals in Berlin.
Geistform
Rafael Martinez Espinosa, known as Geistform, a Spanish industrial/electro music producer and performer based in Rubí (Barcelona). Espinosa started his career in the early 2000’s and released 5 electrified albums on labels such as Germany’s Hands Productions and Belgium’s Daft Records managed by authoritative artist Dirk Ivens (Dive, Klinik, Absolute Body Control etc.). Espinosa also collaborated with Ivens on the “Behind The Sun” album thus immediately gained a worldwide recognition and reputation amongst harsh and noisy rhythmical composition listeners. Geistform production is influenced by minimal techno and industrial sound. His powerful electronic beats, intense analog textures and distortions are generated mostly from analog sources, oscillators and strictly electronic tones. Geistform’s live shows are known to be locomotive, penetrating and extremely danceable. His performances at notable shows such as Maschinenfest, Forms Of Hands and others across Europe mirrors his high technical skillfulness and pure conceptuality.
Blush Response
Blush response is Joey Blush, a cuban-american artist and sound designer hailing from nyc who now resides in berlin. blush cut his teeth doing programming work for artists such as fear factory, rhys fulber, cristian castro, and as a touring member of joey jordison (slipknot)’s alternative rock project scar the martyr. a fascinating, vibrant new artist, frequenting the outer realms of post punk, industrial, techno, you-name-it and has a plethora of releases on cd, vinyl, digital and even cassette tape format to date.
The intention behind blush response is to always push the limits of sound, structure, and perception, creating a modern version of what he perceives industrial music to be: brutal, inventive, uncompromising and always innovative. throbbing gristle, surgeon or front 242 have left audible traces in his sound, and his goal is to recapture the core spirit of these originators, and then to evolve it even further. performing on hardware synthesizers is a big part of the essence of blush response. his approach is very ‘hands on’ and thus 90% of the changes you hear on his sounds are done by hand without any automation. blush believes in performative gestures over cut and paste editing, and strives to explore the limits of human-machine interactions. his live performances are 100% improvised and mostly unplanned which includes mistakes and happy accidents, and this philosophy is also reflected in his studio work.
Blush response’s music is characterized by a heavy approach to sound design, combining rough, glitch-heavy beats with thick, distorted synths. pounding, head-tripping kick drums intermix with abrasive, dark sequences generating huge walls of cavernous sonics. a pulsating slice of straightforward noise-filtered techno with a good dose of industrial and ebm influences while blush’s improvising skills enable a sound that blurs the lines between these genres. a barely tamed beast, biting and piercing holes in eardrums and somehow magically managing to make your feet tap along or, at considerable volume, rave.
Chris Stanford
‘Chris Stanford’ holds an amount respect in London having held residencies as a DJ at various venues in and around the city since 2005. But probably the most influential of those is happening right now at ‘Corsica Studios’ where he plays most Sunday morning/ afternoons for the legendary ‘Jaded’ which is inspiring a generation of young Londoners.
Not just as a DJ, Chris has been pushing techno in London for a long time, it started with throwing parties, booking well known artists from across the world to play. Then his interests begun to sway more towards music production and label management, this happened around 2010, he had been the running EarToGround parties alongside ‘Gareth Wild’. Meanwhile Chris met ‘Dax J’, already a talented producer having been making Drum & Bass previously, something that ETG guys all hold in common in fact is an early love for D&B, Jungle, Hardcore, UK Rave.
So Chris & Dax took their tracks to Gareth and EarToGround Records was born, the tracks they have done together have been remixed by the likes of ‘Truss’, ‘Shifted’, ‘AnD’ and ‘Ryan Elliott’. Now the label has grown a lot and continues to thrive with seventeen releases around five years. There is also a not so secret sub label VA project called ‘LDNwht’ that Chris, Gareth & Dax run together.
Theres also some other projects Chris works on by himself, he recently launched his new vinyl project ‘Prodigal Son’, with they first release by newcomer French producer ‘Exal’ that he discovered via the well known ‘Blocaus’ parties in Paris, with remixes by ‘Inigo Kennedy’ and ‘Hector Oaks’, illustrated artwork makes it a great start to the new imprint. As well as this Chris’s digital release only label Quant reaches its tenth release very soon and will celebrate doing so with a compilation including some artists already initiated and one that will be releasing EP’s in the not so distant future. This year there will also be some of the first Chris Stanford solo produced tracks, as everything so far has been a collaboration, work is in progress and eagurely awaited upon, one thing being certain is his commitment to good, forward thinking, techno.
