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On your marks, get set, RAVE!

25 April, 2008 | 12.28PM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

The city with a split personality is about to go party crazy.

If you’re a foreigner living in Berlin like me, it’s inevitable that everyone back home will hound you for suggestions of a good time to visit.

But with such an incredible array of talent playing at a variety of kick ass clubs every week, it’s always difficult to pick one weekend to rule them all.

And that’s simply because every weekend is usually guaranteed great music and a stylishly debauched party.

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Sascha Funke interview: Will the real Berliner please stand up?

22 April, 2008 | 2.25AM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

There are more foreign DJs per square mile in Berlin than any other city, so it’s hard to find a real Berliner amongst them.

Step forward Sascha Funke the, Bpitch Control star, with a guide to his hometown and his recent album ‘Mango’.

What’s in the DJ’s box: Johnny D

9 April, 2008 | 3.37AM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

In January, Beatportal profiled hot newcomer and Berlin favourite Johnny D.

He has since released another banger of an EP on Oslo, so it’s about time we took a look inside his record box.

What’s in the DJ’s box: Matthew Styles

19 February, 2008 | 10.48AM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

Once a month, we check a Berlin resident’s record box to see what sounds are rocking the city, and this month, Matthew Styles steps up to the plate.

As the former label manager of Crosstown Rebels, Matthew Styles is one of the underground’s most well known faces.

Now a resident in Berlin, he’s finally stepped away from the trappings of label management to concentrate on his own records and DJ career, as well as starting his own label in spring.

Johnny D interview: From Etritrea to electronica

18 February, 2008 | 12.15PM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

Meet Johnny D, the breakthrough producer behind some of Berlin’s favourite new dancefloor slaying records.

Announcing your arrival onto the electronic music scene is no easy feat.

Johnny D, thanks to a seismic debut release and club hit follow up has made it look effortless.

Since dropping his ‘Manipulation EP’ in November 2007, Berlin and the rest of the underground dance scene around the world has been rinsing his tracks and asking the question: who is Johnny D?

Beatport’s Fourth Birthday at Watergate, Berlin

1 February, 2008 | 7.02AM

Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog, Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

You weren’t at Watergate for our fourth birthday party? Well what we can we say, joined by a cast of killer DJs, we had fun in your honour.

Europe’s underground legend Alec Empire unleashes the new sound of Berlin

24 January, 2008 | 11.44AM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: luciuszest

Alec Empire returns with a brand new album, ‘The Golden Foretaste of Heaven’, a hot new label and a fresh new sound.

Already a cult figure head through his releases with Digital Hardcore Recordings, Alec has amassed a loyal fan base through his highly charged DJ/live shows and extensive remixes with various high profile artists.

With this new album, Alec has made another unique contribution to the evolution of modern music and has moulded and twisted its form and content to create his own pulsating, distinct sound.

Arthur Russell documentary premieres in Berlin

17 January, 2008 | 11.43AM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: lizwarner

As Earplug points out, the 58th Annual Berlin International Film Festival has a premiere showing of a biopic of New York musician Arthur Russell.

Russell, who operated with various projects, including Dinosaur L, created disco experimentations that are often cited as a heavy influence on some of the early sounds to develop into what’s known today as house music.

Ever the experimenter, he also delved into the avant compositional territories with his cello and voice.

The highly personal documentary attempts to reveal the processes and life of the musician with rare footage and interviews, including appearances by Philip Glass, his parents (Chuck and Emily Russell), Allen Ginsberg, David Toop and many more.

Berlin review: Friday 11 January, Watergate

16 January, 2008 | 10.25AM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

A sonic earthquake shrieks from the speakers of Watergate’s waterfront floor.

Behind the booth a girl holds her hands to the ears, her face in shock as the rest of the room screams with serotonin flushed glee.

Paul Ritch is about to leave the building and as his parting shot after a set of pant-wetting techno, he cuts the night in two with a cacophony of noise that eventually mutes to silence.

New Years Eve 2007 in Berlin

27 December, 2007 | 3.31AM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

Where will you ring in the New Year?

If you’re in Berlin, make sure you’re not in a club.

Don’t worry, we’re not getting all grown up and serious on you.

In the city of never ending afterparties its only right that the real New Year’s raving gets done on January 1st not December 31st.

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Vakant Night at Panorama Bar / Berlin + upcoming Vakant parties worldwide!

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22 December, 2007 | 11.12PM

Beside the infamous Vakant + Dumb-Unit events at Watergate, Berlin — which still takes place 3 times a year — the Vakant crew is approaching the legendary Panorama Bar for the first time this year!

Just two days before Christmas eve, the line up features Alex Smoke (live) and Onur Özer, 2000 And One and Margaret Dygas on decks.

If you are not based in Berlin and have no chance to come over for a visit, here’s a rough overview of Vakant nights next year. More to come!

December 8 2007 - Vakant night @ Harry Klein / Munich / Germany
with Onur Ozer and Mathias Kaden

December 22 2007 - Vakant Night @ Panorama Bar / Berlin / Germany
with Alex Smoke live, Onur Ozer and 2000 And One

February 9 2008 - Vakant + Dumb-Unit night #9 @ Watergate / Berlin / Germany
with Mathias Kaden, Tolga Fidan live, Nico Purman, Jeremy P Caulfield, Seph live, Sarah Goldfarb, Lee Curtiss and Mutlu

February 16 2008 - Vakant vs Num night @ Harry Klein / Munich / Germany
with Nico Purman and Lee van Dowski

March 28 2008 - Vakant + Dumb-Unit night @ Bitte Club / Milano / Italy
with Alex Smoke live, Tolga Fidan live, Jeremy P Caulfield and Sarah Goldfarb

April 19 2008 - Lessizmore presents Vakant night @ Fuse / Brussels / Belgium
with Mathias Kaden live, Onur Ozer and Pierre

May 17 2008 - Vakant + Dumb-Unit night #10 @ Watergate / Berlin / Germany
with Alex Smoke live, Onur Ozer, Tolga Fidan live, Jeremy P Caulfield and others

June 27 2008 - Vakant @ Echos Sonores festival / Tunis / Tunisia
with Onur Ozer, Mathias Kaden, Alex Smoke live and Tolga Fidan live

July 5 2008 - Lessizmore presents Vakant Night @ Rex Club / Paris / France
with Alex Smoke live, Mathias Kaden, Onur Ozer, Tolga Fidan live and Pierre

These parties get frequently updated on vakant.net so come by from time to time.

To get an idea of what´s going on at these parties check these official videos:

Vakant + Dumb-Unit at Watergate, Berlin

Rex, Brussels & Fuse, Paris

More party galleries on [url=http://www.vakant.net]http://www.vakant.net[/url]

See you on the road!

Vakant

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Berlin review: Panorama/Berghain third birthday

19 December, 2007 | 9.50AM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

It’s one AM on a Saturday night in Berlin, and already the queue for Berghain is all the way down a hundred metres of muddy, disco freak packed pathway into the car park.

Normally the crowds don’t get here until at least three (and that’s still considered an early time to go by the regulars), but for the club’s third birthday, no one is taking any chances.

Twelve hours later and the dancefloor is still packed.

Berlin preview: Panorama turns three this weekend

13 December, 2007 | 9.23AM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

It’s hard to believe the Berghain, the converted power station that’s home to the Panorama Bar is only three years old.

Especially if you consider how in such a short space of time it has quickly become one of Europe’s premier trendsetting underground clubs to rank up there alongside DC10, Fabric or Cocoon Ibiza.

It has accomplished this with a rigidly quality lineup selection, an impressive array of residents and regulars (think Andre Galluzi, Cassy, DJ T, Dinky, Sasse) and one of the most eclectic selection of ravers in the world.

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Trainspotting at Berlin’s Panorama Bar, Nov 30th

11 December, 2007 | 3.51PM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

There are certin parties in this city of parties that draws out the professional raving crowd.

Perlon’s occasional shindig at Panorama Bar is one of these and Saturday’s epic raveathon didn’t dissapoint.

Perhaps it was the presence of Ricardo Villalobos [above].

Or perhaps it’s the unending quality of Perlon releases that drums up the dancefloor but by 3pm on Saturday night / Sunday afternoon when the last record played the dancefloor was still throbbing with a sizeable contingent of sweaty, euphoric ravers.

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Berlin review: Groove Magazine @ Watergate, Nov 28th

11 December, 2007 | 12.25PM

Section: Music News Topics: Berlin
Written by: Ben Raven

There are parties, there are other parties and then there are PARTIES.

Yes that’s PARTIES, full caps, full metal raving jacket style and here in Berlin the Groove Magazine annual Christmas knees up usually falls into this category.

Berlin’s magazine nexus for all that’s forward thinking and great in dance music knows a thing or two about picking lineups and last year’s smash up at Panorama Bar pulled in heavyweight players like Luciano and Ricardo Villalobos.

This year, the Groove guys dispensed with the generals for a new raft of big players.