stories & interviews

Hans Unstern Interview: Escape & Devotion

Hans Unstern Interview: Escape & Devotion

After (accidentally) meeting Austria’s aspiring art rock act Ja, Panik (German for: Yes, Panic) and getting signed by the band’s very own, just-founded Berlin label Nein, Gelassenheit (No, Tranquillity),... 

Hot City

Hot City

If you either ever think of most of its natives’ attractiveness (no offence!) or its daily weather forecast, then you probably wouldn’t list London among the hottest cities in the world, but... 

oOoOO

oOoOO

Oooooh! No, oOoOO! That’s the name of a new, interesting New Band on the Blog hailing from San Francisco. And actually that’s already quite everything that we know about them, except that... 

Documentary: Making CONTAKT

Documentary: Making CONTAKT

Nowadays, when it seems to one that everything has already been done by someone else, somewhere else and some other time before, it gets harder and harder for an artist to make his or her live performance... 

Interview: Crookers

Interview: Crookers

Milan DJ and producer duo Andrea “Bot” Fratangelo and Francesco “Phra” Barbaglia alias Crookers created a huge buzz in both, the electronic music scene and later as remixers of... 

Throw your own Berlin super party!

Throw your own Berlin super party!

In dark times like ours it might look a bit decadent to throw a single party worth € 150.000, but hey, it’s not your money that will get spent, though it can turn into your very own event! The Smirnoff... 

Interview: Monarchy

Interview: Monarchy

Only a few artists recently grabbed our attention as irresistebly as Britain’s sensational but secret pop duo Monarchy did with their fantastic wide-screen pop smacking of sweet intoxicating mysteries.... 

Interview: Beach House

Interview: Beach House

Do you often look back to the good, old teenage days? Love and sex were still a new game to you and posters of your favourite bands covering your children’s room’s wallpaper. You didn’t... 

Interview: The Sound of Arrows

Interview: The Sound of Arrows

The rise of „real“, some-might-say-intellectual electronic music in recent years (see Justice, Hot Chip and Digitalism) and bands moving away from traditional indie rock and venturing into more experimental... 

Interview: William Fitzsimmons

Interview: William Fitzsimmons

Once upon a time, there were two birds. Both were head over heels in love and flew and chirped lovely around the world. One day one bird turned out to be a sweet sparrow, but the other one turned out...