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This Thursday Uta is  presenting a warm up radio show to promote a new monthly Sunday event which is called Work@Shift Berlin.
Tune in and listen to carefully selected sound.

Bill Robin ( Dub War / Tempa / South London Hi-fi)

Born in 1970′s South London & heavily influenced by the cultural melting pot of his hometown, Bill Robin has been working with electronic music since he 12.

Dub War:

“…Has been a local Dubstep pioneer ever since the sound hit Berlin back in 2005. DJing experimental HipHop, Mackjiggah was hugely inspired by the Grimetime party series. As he went to Hardwax to get some Grime on vinyl, he was handed only one 12″ with the comment that he might also check for those grime-like, instrumental records they`re selling. There was no name for it, no formular, no hype, just that great excitement for something new, weird sounding…whatever you call it.

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Bardeya ( Aquatic Lab / Templar Sound)

Originally conceived in London as a side project, but now based in Berlin, Bardeya is a German-born producer and DJ, slowly but surely making waves through his resurgent alter ego.Primarily concerned with the intricate offshoots of dubstep, Hardwax techno, and Autonomic drum n’ bass, Bardeya is able to convert these influences into a format that is both accessible and futurist, all in the pursuit of new territory. Readily bass-heavy and percussively intense, Bardeya’s productions embrace the ongoing potential of the wider electronic spectrum, both experimentally and on the dancefloor.

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MVL (All IN)

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Please join Work @Shift this Sunday in Köpenicker Str. 70, 10179 Berlin.

Start: 7 pm

Admission: free

Food:  East Caribbean Food from Cris’ Roadside Cuisine

wooau fett, was soll man da noch dazu blurpen…
also hier im Klartext:

Etienne de Crecy (DIM Mak Rec)
Surkin (Marble Player)
The Sexinvaders (Pink-Pong Rec)
Difuzion (Champ’Caine Rec)
The Original Fakes (21Recordings)
Visualcirus DVISION VJ

Bonus Room:
Soul Button (Steyoyoke Rec)
Anthonio Olivieri (Steyoyoke Rec)
MPATCHY (Steyoyoke Rec)
Freitag 31. Mai Gretchen Belrin, Obentrautstr 18-21

2 Freitickets in der Sendung /Stream am 23.06.2013  , wir sind auch vor Ort und zeichnen auf , das ganze dann später im Nachtprogram bei ALEX TV und im Videostream am 1.06.2013

Thursday, 25 of April, 23.30 CET – 2.30 AM CET
TV Stream: http://www.alex-berlin.de/tv/livestream or http://twenfm.org/884/tv-streams/

Spring has finally arrived and Twen FM is broadcasting from a new studio.

This Thursday, Uta is proudly presenting three self-professed “music nerds” in her show.

Elisabeth (Leaves / Horst Kreuzberg)

You can find Elisabeth spinning real vinyl besides e.g.:Kassem Mosse, Lawrence, Sven Weisemann, Delano Smith, Function, Tama Sumo, Rødhåd, John Roberts at About Blank and legendary Horst Club Kreuzberg. Her style can be various from Detroit “stopover” Chicago and at the moment she prefers more to “stay” in London to play UK Bass.

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Sarah Farina (Through My Speakers)

We are happy to have her for the third time in our studio. Sarah has already supported some of the most respected of her bass music contemporaries, both locally and abroad, warming the decks for Kode9 and Cooly G for a Hyperdub label night in Berlin; DJ’d for Lazer Sword’s album release party and played alongside Lunice, DJ Rashad and Scratcha DVA in Berlin. Her gig at Amsterdam’s Trouw for 2012 Applesap Festival afterparty alongside UK men-of-the-moment, Disclosure, turned the heads of all who attended.

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Skratch (Project Squared)

A DJ true to the craft, Skratch has been perfecting his deck work along with his vast record collection for over 13 years, taking crowds to a deeper spot with his tight mixing and educated selection, tightly combining hidden gems with the best new music around.
Mixing purely with vinyl and dubplates, his dedicated and perfectionist approach developed from his early love of hip-hop and turntablism, with his ever evolving knowledge taking him through Jungle, Electronica and since 2005, deep into Dubstep and Bass.
This obvious passion for the cause has seen him showcasing his skills at some of the most prestigious nights on the world stage, including Sub:Stance at the legendary Berghain, the infamous Wax Treatments parties and also his residency for long standing Dubstep institution, Version.
Currently locked in the studio with his also vast array of hardware and cutting and testing plates when out on the road, Skratch is keeping real DJing alive.

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LIVE STREAM GO HERE THUR 23.30 – FRI 2.30

stylistberlin TALK N MUSIC on twenFM

This show format presented by YUNA is part of the new twenFM programme on Alex Offener Kanal on Thursdays 22:15-0:00!
YUNA is inviting the funniest and interesting people related to the music industry talking about their jobs, gears, products and life in general and playing you their special sets!
Live tweets, a guest hotline where you can ask questions and loads of surprises – meet the artists at home via twenFM.org internet live streaming throughout the world, 88,4FM on the radio and on Alex Offener Kanal on German cable tv!

stylistberlin
http://www.stylistberlin.de/
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http://facebook.com/yuna213
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MEET: ANTONIO OLIVERI

Antonio Olivieri, born in Italy, is a passionate music lover. Exhausted by the mainstream philosophy after some experiences with major Italian labels such as Saifam Group, Antonio moved to Berlin in 2008 to fulfill his philosophical view on modern electronic music.
At this point he had already left pure dj-ing and put his focus on performing live sets to convey a genuine live-feeling to the audience. The audible result is a dancefloor journey through Funk, Tech-House and a tasty mix of solid grooves and extraordinary melody sequences. In the past Antonio surely proved that he is a capable and highly skilled actor, touching different moods and styles of house music with some excursion into deep and techno. Listening to his music, it is not hard to notice his aptitude for melody, which is probably an imprinting residue of Antonio’s education on classical guitar over many years.
Latest vinyl and digital releases are on “LustundFreu.de”, “Darkrrom Dubs”, and newly on “Steyoyoke”. Another EP worth mentioning is surely “Noton” with the Belgian label “Lift Your Head Up” (an unconventional approach on classical guitar recordings and nasty, basic rhythms).
Antonio’s belief in concrete and emotional music prevails, as a statement in opposition to library based arrangements and the aesthetic crisis happening today.

Stylistberlin interview: http://stylistberlin.blogspot.de/2011/05/interview-antonio-olivieri-darkroom.html

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/antoniolivieri

soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/antonioolivieri

STEYOYOKE

Emerging deep house label Steyoyoke has turned the heads of many since its recent launch and with a talented calibre of artists to boast its no surprise that the label finds itself as one of the up and coming record labels of the industry. The talented team of dj’s and producers have seen recognition from some of the industry’s biggest heavyweights and much to credit to the labels high end production skills.
The label consists of a passionate and like-minded group of individuals who aim to mix only the very best of music and art together. Steyoyoke is a label that holds the rare power of being able to combine unique art and music whilst not swamping the other. The work of Azuldecobalt has become synonymous with the label and with no surprise in light of his eccentrically beautiful work. The labels love for vinyl has featured this talented artist’s eye catching creations since its launch.
Steyoyoke strives to discover only the bravest artists, with forward-thinking underground music that push the boundaries of an otherwise shallow industry. The mission is to create a nurtured music experience that really understands the heart and soul of good music. An evening spent amid Steyoyoke’s finest is unlike many other and screams ripe to who have a true appreciation of deep house.
The label has taken the necessary steps in its efforts to keep meeting the high expectations of both, the press and the fans. A well rounded promotion of the label has been merited to the unique and innovative work of the labels artists and has put the label in a stronghold for things to come. Steyoyoke’s recognition within the industry and a following of dedicated true fans is testimony to the label’s bright future.

STEYOYOKE: http://stylistberlin.de/articles/news/new-label-2012-steyoyoke

Review: http://stylistberlin.de/reviews/listened2/syyk001-antonio-olivieri-im-fine-if-i-were-music-ep

D*ruffalo Hit Squad on Twen FM Radio

Samstag, 16. Februar 2013

10.15 pm – 02.00 am
Berlin: UKW 88,4 MHZ
Potsdam: UKW 90,7 MHZ
Stream: www.twenfm.org
TV-stream: www.alex-berlin.de/tv

Twen FM is gonna have the D*ruffalo Hit Squad live in the studio! Tune in for the finest music selection!

Druffalo (the blog to be found under www.druffmix.com) was founded in 2007 by a group around Berlin-based journo-cum-real estate entrepreneur Finn Johannsen, then London-based real-estate-entrepreneur-cum-blogger Kummi and a mysterious super star top 3 RA Poll DJ (Berlin based and nowadays unassociated with the blog). Soon enough their numbers were strengthened by people like former Cocoon-resident and travel industry entrepreneur Marc Schaller, two former Milk!-Mannheim residents named Groover and Seebase and – last but not least – the mysterious man from Icasol, the founder of CTF records, a label specializing in jazz rarities and country billy, which is a front for Kummi’s 2nd grade elementary school art which Icasol (from Suebia) sells for a lot of money to the Berlin glitterati. The Druffalos – under the name Druffalo Hit Squad – also organize and host parties, most notably their Love Fools series in the now defunkt Soju Bar (everywhere they have been there is scorched earth). They play their lovely mix of hooligan soul and 5-star-hotel-fuckbuddy-pick-up-coke-lounge-music, but mostly warm and bubbly stuff from the past 45 years. From peak time stuff by the Walker Brothers to end of night Nu NRG or vice versa.

Visit Different Drums Blog here

Different Drum this week is honoured to have legendary German techno and house DJ Guido Schneider providing an hour-long mix in the second half of the show ahead of his appearance at Dented Melons in London on February 9th (details below). We also speak to the man behind Dented Melons, Joby Boughey about what we can expect from the night.

Different Drum with Jay Easton #16 – 30/01/12 – w/ Mix from Guido Schneider by Jay Easton on Mixcloud

There’s new music from Hot Since 82, Roberto, fresh-faced UK producer Oathless, Aus Music‘s Will Saul & Ocotber and Spanish producer BeGun, as well as this week’s Three4Free:

0-1 Mat.Joe (OFF Recordings)
1-3 Marlon Hoffstadt feat. HRSSN (WellDone! Music)
3-4 Patryk Molinari (EXPLOITED)

stylistberlin LIVE – regularly on twenFM (Alex TV / 88,4 FM)

You can watch the stylistberlin LIVE sessions Friday to Saturday night on twenFM (88,4 FM) radio, live on TV (Alex TV) and internet live streaming (via http://twenfm.org/ and http://www.alex-berlin.de/tv) – taking the famous stylistberlin interviews to a broader audience – live!
Be part of it! We are always trying to interact with our viewers via fon and internet – your chance to ask your favourite artists questions and loads of chances to win guestlist spots for the parties that weekend and maybe even some goodies, too!

The stylistberlin shows are always repeated several times on twenFM / Alex TV.

Date: FRIDAY, 08. 02. 2013
On Air: 0:00-4:00
Guests: MARLON HOFFSTADT FEAT. HRRSN, MAT.JOE, PATRYK MOLINARI

+ WELL DONE! MUSIC LABEL Info – Deutsch 

WellDone! sollte zum heutigen Zeitpunkt jedem Berliner ein Begriff sein.
Die Partyreihe, die jeden Mittwoch im Suicide Circus stattfindet, hat sich nun schon 2 Jahre lang einen Namen gemacht und viele internationale Künstler beherbergt.
Nun verkünden sie stolz ihre erste Veröffentlichung auf dem gleichnamigen Label “WellDone! Music”.

WellDone! – Music 001 – Marlon Hoffstadt – I Got Love EP (incl. Mat.Joe Remix & Patryk Molinari Remix)
http://soundcloud.com/welldone-music/marlon-hoffstadt-i-got-love-ep

I Got Love heisst die Platte vom jungen 18 jährigen Berliner der mit seiner zweiten Veröffentlichung einen Oldshool klassiker des Hip Hop’s wieder zum Leben erweckt.
Mat.Joe, die gerade erst den Beatport-Charthit “Heart To Find” auf OFF Recordings veröffentlicht haben, sind hier genau die Richtigen um dieses Stück zu Remixen. Patryk Molinari, der Jüngste der Exploited Crew steuert hier eher einen ruhigen und deeperen Track bei.

I Got Love Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4JVA6_UVhY

Info – English 

By now, every Berliner should very well know Well Done!. The Party series, which takes place every Wednesday at Suicide Circus, has made a name for itself in the last two years and has hosted many international acts. Now we proudly announce the first release on the label by the same name “Well Done! Music”.

You Make Me Feel Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnoWrkA72YE&feature=player_embedded

“I Got Love” is the name of the release by the 18-year old Berliner, Marlon Hoffstadt. With his second publication he will bring an old school hip hop classic back to life. Mat.Joe, who just published the Beatport chart hit “Heart to Find” on OFF Recordings, are just the best ones to remix this piece. Patryk Molinari, the youngest of the Exploited crew contributes a rather peaceful and deeper track.

+ MARLON HOFFSTADT (WELL DONE!)
http://www.facebook.com/marlon.hoffstadt1
www.marlonhoffstadt.com

Nach einem grandiosen Start in 2012 hat sich Marlon Hoffstadt nun noch mehr vorgenommen.
Während er letztes Jahr eine Veröffentlichung auf Evamore Music hatte, sind dieses Jahr schon 2 auf Keno Records und WellDone! Music erschienen und es werden auch weitere nicht lange auf sich warten lassen.

Neben der Gründung von WellDone! Music und der Produktion des Albums von Stee Downes, welches auf Sonar Kollektiv / !K7 erscheinen wird, kann man sich natürlich auch wieder auf Marlon’s eigene Releases freuen.

Neben einer Kollaboration mit David Keno die im laufe des Jahres 2013 erscheinen wird, blieb Marlon im vergangenen Jahr nicht untätig. Als er im September 2012, den Sänger und Produzenten Ulrich Harrison aka. HRRSN kennen lernte, entstanden schnell die ersten gemeinsamen Lieder und beide waren sich sicher das sie auch in Zukunft miteinander arbeiten wollten.
Nun 5 Monate später, wurde ordentlich vorgearbeitet und Marlon Hoffstadt & HRRSN sind stolz ihre debut Ep am 13. März 2012 auf WellDone! Music, Marlon’s eigenem Label, zu veröffentlichen. Zudem erscheint im Mai ihr Track “Once Again” auf einer Stil Vor Talent Compilation und im folgenden Monat die zweite EP auf eben dem gleichen Label.
Obendrein werden die beiden auch noch ihren Track “All Falls Down” auf einer Suol Music Compilation veröffentlichen.
Zudem kann man sich auch noch auf weitere Soloveröffentlichungen und Remixes von Marlon im Jahre 2013 freuen.

Www.welldone-music.com
http://www.facebook.com/WellDoneBerlin
http://www.facebook.com/welldone.music1

+ HRRSN (WELL DONE!)
http://www.facebook.com/officialharrison

Als der gebürtige Mönchengladbacher HRRSN(Harrison) vor 2 Jahren nach Berlin zog, war er noch weit von Deep House und schlichten 4/4 Takten entfernt.
Viel mehr beschäftigte er sich mit Folk, Soul und RnB was später auch mehr in die Pop Richtung übergriff. Als er im September 2012 das erste mal auf Marlon Hoffstadt trifft wird ihm schnell klar das in ihm auch eine Leidenschaft für House Musik schlummert. Schnell entstehen mit Marlon Hoffstadt erste gemeinsame Lieder. Rasant wird das Paket immer größer und nun 5 Monate Später kann HRRSN voller erwartung auf einen Sommer blicken der sich sehen lässt.
Neben dem Liveact den er mit Marlon Hoffstadt aufbaut, werden die beiden zudem am 13. März ihre debut EP auf WellDone! Music veröffentlich, zu der es einen Tapesh Remix & Marco Darko Remix geben wird. Ausserdem erscheint im Mai ihr Track “Once Again” auf einer Stil Vor Talent Compilation und im folgenden Monat die zweite EP auf eben dem gleichen Label.
Zudem erscheint dann auch noch ein weiterer Track namens “All Falls Down” auf einer Suol Music Compilation und HRRSN feature für David Keno im April auf Noir Music.

Wovon man bei HRRSN sicher ausgehen kann, ist dass 2013 ein spannendes Jahr für ihn wird und sich sein Name ganz sicher bis zum Ende des Jahres in aller Munde befinden wird!

+ MAT.JOE (OFF RECORDINGS)
mat.joe: Your one and only producer and DJ team straight outta Berlin-Neukölln. Dirty, dancy, deep. Check out our Band Page for the latest tracks. Peace.
Biography
Mat.Joe. Matze and Johannes, two young men with a Hip Hop and House affection conquering Berlin.

Their productions come to life in a Neukölln backyard where studio equipment and DJ decks meet desiccated plants. A natural development when music has become the top priority from dusk till dawn.
Back in 2006, Rap, Breakdance and Skateboarding were the passions that made them best buddies and this deep connection is reflected in their music, again and again. In 2008, they formed the producer team Twomanics and concentrated on authentic and credible hip hop productions for independent artists. Originally from Hannover, they moved to Berlin for new artistic challenges and after MySpace, mixtapes and MDMA, Mat.Joe have found their own style: crispy Housebeats paired with rhythmic Soul and Hip Hop elements. The result is deep and dancefloor-qualified, warm and rough.
Inspiration is found everywhere between subway rides, late night showers and favorite bars. New ideas are kept manically on every smartphone nearby. This is sound autism at the highest stage. Mat.Joe’s love for music and the ambition to improve are the main ingredients that keep the engine running. See you there.

+ PATRYK MOLINARI (EXPLOITED RECORDS)

Patryk was born near Berlin in the middle of the 80s and started early to develop a deep relationship to music.
He has always felt very close to electronic music. But it was not before his 18th birthday that the passion grew so strong that he tried his own productions.
In the beginning using LoFi equipment he tried to transfer music of any kind into his very own productions. Back then he has been strongly influenced by the Big Beat scene in England and Vienna Scientists like Kruder &
Dorfmeister. He tried out different styles until he discovered the house scene. He decided to get his own equipment and to share the music that he admires so much with others. Soon he developed an affection for Deep and French house.
Bit by bit the minimalistic sounds hit him and he worked full of enthusiasm on his first minimalistic productions.
His tracks are strongly influenced by the flourishing and always self reinventing Berlin night life.
Artists like Seuil, Christian Burkhardt, Michael Melchner, Robert Dietz, Boris Werner, Nekes, Federico Molinari and Dyed Soundorom are currently among those that influence him most.
But also Nu Jazz, Easy Listening and Soul can be found occasionally in his music.
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Patryk wurde Mitte der 80er in der Nähe Berlins geboren und entwickelte schon früh eine innige Beziehung zur Musik.Der elektronischen Musik fühlte er sich schon immer eng verbunden. Jedoch sollte es bis zum 18.Lebensjahr dauern bis die Leidenschaft in ihm so groß war, dass er sich an eigenen Produktionen versuchte.
Anfangs noch mit LoFi-Equipment ausgestattet versuchte er Musik in jeglicher Form in eigene Produktionen umzusetzen. Beeinflusst wurde er anfangs stark durch die Big Beat Szene in England und Vienna Scientists wie „Kruder&Dorfmeister“. So experimentierte und probierte er sich an verschiedensten Stilen aus, bis er schließlich die House-Szene für sich entdeckte. Er entschloss sich DJ-Equipment zu zulegen und Musik, die er selber schätzte, mit anderen zu teilen. Es entstand schnell eine gewisse Zuneigung zum Deep- und French-House. So haben es ihm Künstler wie „Gregory Darsa“, „Julien Jabre“ und „Soha“ bis heute angetan. Nach und nach erreichten ihn auch die minimalistischen Klänge und er bastelte zu Hause eifrig und voller Elan an seinen ersten eigenen minimalistischen Produktionen.
Doch erst Norman Creed führte ihn tiefer in die Materie der elektronischen Musikproduktion ein und verhalf ihm somit seine Musik auch außerhalb des eigenen Wohnzimmers zu veröffentlichen. Stark beeinflusst werden seine Tracks durch die florierende und sich immer wieder neu erfindende Berliner Nachtkultur.Künstler wie Seuil, Michael Melchner, Christian Burkhardt, Robert Dietz, Boris Werner, Nekes, Federico Molinari and Dyed Soundorom zählen z.Zt. zu den Künstlern, welche ihn am meisten beeinflussen.Doch auch Nu Jazz, Easy Listening und Soul finden gelegentlich Einfluss in seiner Musik.Patryk über seine Musik: „Ich liebe groovig, shakere Sachen und das versuche ich stets in meinen Produktionen umzusetzen. Die Tracks müssen nicht immer Tanzbar oder Clubtauglich sein. Sie können auch einfach nur zum hören bzw. zuhören anregen und dennoch einen gewissen Groove vermitteln. Wichtig ist, dass sie das widerspiegeln, was man zum Zeitpunkt der Produktion empfunden hat und womit man sich identifiziert.“

Saturday 26 January, 23.59 CET – 4 AM CET
Radio Stream: http://twenfm.org/884/
FM: 88.4 MHz & 90.7 MHz Berlin / Potsdam

ABOUT DJ FLUSH:

DJ FLUSH is the main man behind KILLEKILL and has been a DJ for 15 years now playing more or less all Berlin clubs as well as internationally. Pushing the borders of electronic music, his mixes cross over from chicago jack and booty tracks to electro, from distorted no future techno sounds to rather minimal funk – dirty, freaky and often with a big drop of acid. With his long experience and his diverse influences he brings together different sounds and styles and manages to hold the thin line between being there for his audience to make them have a raving party – and educating as an innovator.

ABOUT KILLEKILL:

KILLEKILL is one of the best known crews of artists and promters in Berlin. Their events at Berghain Kantine, Suicide Circus and Horst Krzbrg are focussing techno, house and electro with an experimental twist and hosted a wide range of artists until now such as ABE DUQUE, SANDWELL DISTRICT, TIM EXILE, REDSHAPE, OTTO VON SCHIRACH, T.RAUMSCHMIERE, CRISTIAN VOGEL and many, many more.

check www.killekill.com for releases, events and more.

Also woth keeping an eye on is the new sublabel KILLEKILL HOUSE TRAX with first releases of artists like Affie Yusuf, Alex Cortex or  Gebrüder Teichmann.

Killekill started in 2010 to co-produce the Krake Festival, a festival for experimental dance music. See www.krake-festival.de for more info on this.

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ABOUT SNUFFO:

Snuffo ist eine Hälfte der Snuff Crew und A&R ihres Snuff Trax Labels.
In seinen energetischen Livesets verbindet er Sounds aus dem Snuff Crew Kosmos mit eigenen Tracks, deren Einflüsse sowohl Techno und House umfassen, aber auch darüber hinaus gehen.
Auf Burek erscheint Ende Februar seine erste Soloplatte (Snuff Crew presents Snuffo – “Missing You (All The Time”) mit Remixen von Juju & Jordash und Kikumoto Allstars. Mit den Jungs von Samanta Fox hat er
eine gemeinsame EP für Renate Schallplatten, das Label des Salon “Zur Wilden Renate” aus Berlin produziert, die ebenfalls bald erscheint.
Zusammen mit Alienata gründete er das Projekt Kat Channel, das in diesem Jahr ebenfalls Live-Premiere und das erste Release feiern wird.
http://soundcloud.com/snuffo

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ABOUT CLUB FANTASTIC:

Club Fantastic are Estimulo & Makarov (both formerly part of futura).
Together as a team they reflect their musical passions for the roots of dance music, often in a back to back constellation on the decks. 80s and early 90s dance music are their focus but everything can happen as long as it fits the vibe.
Hip House, Acid House, Original Chicago House Classics, Italo Dance, 80s Dance Music with the occasional excursion to 90s Rave without teacher attitude and with a definite focus on the fun of it.
Makarov and Estimulo have run their series ”Club Fantastic” with occasional parties since 99 in Berlin, for example in ‘Schnabelbar’, ‘Sanatorium 23′ and ‘Diller’. Look out for more events in the near future.

General Assembly Hosts TV Clubnacht at TWEN FM (live broadcast)

Special Guests Ghostly International & SoundCloud

Friday, January 18th from Midnight – 4:00 am (Berlin time)

Twen FM is proud to present amazing startups + artists based in Berlin. This evening will showcase their employees’ artistic roots in a wide range of styles and genres. The arts have always been prominent in Berlin and the tech startup scene has always taken inspiration from this. It’s time to join the two. Have fun listening. 

Hosts & Artists:

Matthew Brimer co-founded General Assembly and leads global partnerships and business development. He is responsible for many of the key partnerships General Assembly has created with Fortune 500 companies, including American Express, General Electric, PepsiCo, Viacom, JP Morgan, Facebook, Amazon, and McKinsey. His passion for online + offline education and community-building has helped thousands of talented students develop the mindsets and skills in technology, business, and design needed to succeed in an increasingly digital environment. Brimer was most recently named to Vanity Fair’s “The Next Establishment”, Inc Magazine’s “30 Under 30″, and Business Insider’s “Silicon Alley 100″. Prior to General Assembly, Brimer founded and managed several startups, including PickTeams.com and Aloysius Properties. Brimer holds a BA in Sociology from Yale University and currently lives in New York City.

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PocoLoco (SoundCloud) is a Berlin based DJ born in the obscurity of the city of Schweinfurt. He made his first musical steps by playing self-taught guitar and bass guitar before he discovered the depth of electronic dance music. With the age of 15 he spent all his salary of a summer vacation job on his first decks and has never regretted it. After relocating to study in Hamburg, a short stop in South America he finally came to Berlin where he found the right input to give his creativity free reign.

He started playing in bars and cafés every couple of weeks and rocked several private parties in his hometown. Elaborating his own style over the past years he recently played smaller and bigger clubs in Berlin paired with events and parties from dark basements to sunny rooftops. He’s known for extended DJ sets of 4 or 8 hours into the sunrise spinned with a skilled ability to create a unique experience with an arc of suspense of an epic story but never loosing the deep red line. He’s gathering his inspiration from the sound of artists like Kane Roth, Butane, Cesare vs. Disorder, Camea, Martin Buttrich, tINI, Ricardo Villalobos, Wehbba, Maya Jane Coles and more.

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Derek Plasaiko

Some people filter through the record bins, taking what are on the wall or record store employee suggestions. Then there are people who dig deeper into the dusty crates, and absorb music like a sponge; ignoring labels, bucking trends and are forever on a quest to find the perfect record. The ones that make the staunchest of chin stroking, note taking trainspotters lose their shit on the dancefloor, hanging on every record from one to the next.

Derek Plaslaiko unquestionably falls into the latter category. As a teen equally transfixed by Mojo and Wizard cassettes and Minor Threat 7”s, Plaslaiko followed the beats from his hometown 20 miles south of Detroit to the epicenter of Detroit techno, then enjoying its third wave of success. He quietly paid his dues on Detroit’s rave circuit, and was a crucial piece of the puzzle for the legendary Poorboy and Syst3m parties of the mid-nineties. He quickly earned a reputation for forward thinking DJ sets that were clinical, sophisticated and extremely sensual. This combination resulted in a residency for Family, the weekly party at Detroit’s legendary Motor.

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Jess Erickson is the Berlin Producer for General Assembly, a campus that helps individuals create opportunities through community and education in technology, entrepreneurship and design. She is also the founder of Berlin Geekettes, a non-profit uniting, mentoring and promoting women in tech of Berlin, Germany. Jessica holds a MSc in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics. On her freetime, she hosts international artists on TVClubnacht at TWEN FM studios.

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About Ghostly International

Ghostly International is a multi-platform cultural curator, a tightly knit aesthetic universe fulfilling the roles of art gallery, design house, clothing designer, technology innovator, music-publishing company—and, yes, record label—in one. In the years since its birth in 1999, Ghostly has grown from a boutique label known for its experimental-pop and -techno acumen to an internationally recognized platform for the work of the world’s best visual artists, designers, technologists, and musicians.

And what does Ghostly sound like? “Genre-less” was a term thrown about a good bit in the early days, and that idea still holds true: Ghostly’s music—all of its artistic output, really—gracefully straddles (or else entirely ignores) stylistic divisions, transcending musty categories like “electronic”, “pop”, “house”, or “techno” and carving out a space in which sounds and ideas can cavort without inhibition. The label itself is twofold: Ghostly International’s output falls under the heading of “avant-pop”—nominally, music of electronic means and pop methodology, but encompassing much more—and sibling label Spectral Sound, Ghostly’s dance-music imprint.