Mark Ernestus, DJ Pete, Tikiman and many more will warm your heart in this freezy weather with some deep and cosy bass-sounds straight outta the Killasan Soundsystem. And if you still feel cold, try Cris’s caribbean sandwiches – that’s always a good choice ;)

OH NO IT’S MONDAY was originally recorded for basic.ch and is now available as a podcast here.

A deep to deep techno mix in my classic style. I enjoyed a lot making it, hope you’ll appreciate it.

OH NO IT’S MONDAY is available in our podcast section, on itunes,  and via our podcast player at the bottom of the page.

A great interview by Derek Walmsley, Photography by Will Bankhead. Not to be missed in the excellent WIRE magazine #312.

Tomorrow Hard Wax’s Wax Treatment monthly club held at Horst Krzbrg welcomes Peverelist, Sascha, Fiedel, DJ Pete, Mark Ernestus w/ Tikiman, Koki & Freddy Mellow … on the Killasan sound system

Starting 18:00 @ horst krzbrg

Tempelhofer Ufer 1 (alte Post), U Hallesches Tor

east caribbean food available from Cris’s Roadside Cuisine

Transmediale 10 is focussing on ‘Futurity Now’, while it’s sister festival Club Transmediale, dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental music, will explore ‘Overlap – Sound and other media’.

'OVERLAP’ will be concerned with interfaces between music and other creative and economic fields and takes a critical look at the opportunities and risks of developments where media and creative disciplines meld increasingly together, and where previously fixed roles are now in flux.

'FUTURITY NOW’ is understood as a concept that examines what the ‘future’ as a conditional and creative enterprise can be, that also connotes the will to counter political and economic turmoil with visionary futures. Transmediale 10 will especially explore what roles internet evolution, global network practice, open source methodologies, sustainable design and mobile technology play in forming new cultural, ideological and political templates.

Bothe events always offer a lot of interesting things, panel discussions with renowned theorists as well as excellent musical line-ups. So if you happen to be in Berlin, definitely check out the Festival Programme for Transmediale and Club Transmediale and move your brain and booty :)

the last party, VKMP3 Edit

Happy New Year! Have fun tonight ;)

One of his predominant topics as well as a constant source of inspiration is music: ‚It’s the rhythm of my life, and my life is the rhythm of my music. Before I start drawing an illustration, I put my headphones on and choose a playlist which matches my mood. Then I try to translate feelings into images’ (Cuypi).

The exhibition at West Berlin Gallery will show a broad overview of Cuypi’s artistic expression, including digital prints on canvas, shirts, toys and skateboards. The opening will take place on Wednesday, December 16th, starting 19:00. Come around and see some cool music-inspired designs, enjoy Massimiliano Pagliara playing straight vinyl and have some decent drinks! For the bar West Berlin Gallery will have the friendly support of Becks who will provide you with fresh and free beer. Of course you can also cop the VKMP3-Shirts at the gallery, so why not come around to get the last christmas presents? ;)

Learn more about Cuypi’s work by reading this interview I made with him, check out a podcast by Massi over here and have a look at the Becks Gold Urban Experiences, which is a quite interesting project.

Hard Wax turns 20! One of the institutions in Berlin’s music and club scene, Hard Wax is also known worldwide as one of the best recordstores when it comes to techno and other kinds of electronic music.

Opened by Mark Ernestus 1989 in a backyard in Kreuzberg SO36 as supplier for the growing house and techno scene in Berlin, today it can be called kind of a mecca for international techno fiends. For years it was even the only shop in Berlin specialized in House and Techno. Particularly with direct imports from Chicago, Detroit, New York and London, Hard Wax laid foundations for the development of electronic club music in Berlin and Germany. Not to rest on its merits, the shop always continued to pursue the cutting edge, seeking out new interesting niches within and outside of electronic club music. Hard Wax also stocks a significant amount of vinyl you can find nowhere else, racks upon racks of music spanning everything from Detroit Techno, Neo-Techno, Minimal, Dubstep to Disco.

To celebrate it’s birthday Hard Wax teamed up with WMF – a legend of Berlin clublife itself, after years and uncountable locations still fresh and always up to di time. On Saturday, 5th December, the party will take place on all 3 floors, starting at 20:00 (yes, you are right, that’s definitely uncommon for Berlin…). The line-up represents different facets of the Hard Wax spectrum and consists mostly of staff as well as closely associated labels.

For more informations and a detailed line-up click here.

This sunday you can celebrate the start of the Advent season with some heavy holy bass at Wax Treatment!

Born in Switzerland but now based in Berlin, Yanneck has worked with a wide range of well known musicians: he toured with Chicago ambassadors Theo Parrish and Omar S, worked with Japan’s Force Of Nature producer DJ Kent, or with jazz keyboardist Leo Tardin.
Always influenced by his strong jazz and Hip Hop background, his superb, housey broken beat “Reset” EP done as IANEQ was repped by big names in the Deep House, House and Nu Jazz scene like Rainer Trüby, Michael Rütten and Lars Behrenroth. Add his admiration for dub grooves and Detroit techno deepness (or vice-versa) and you will get to the widescreen, uplifting House with instrumental flourishes he creates today.
He did remixes for Dirt Crew, Agnes, Alex Attias, Jagged and others, whereas his take on Jamie Lloyd’s “May I?” and Andres Garcia’s “No More Tears” are paraded by world-class DJs. Nowadays you will find his productions and remix work on the best-selling Kompakt, DJ-Kicks and Compost Blacklabel CD series.

Luckily Yanneck found some time to mix an exclusive podcast for VKMP3 – enjoy!

click here to listen (right click to download) or go to our podcast section. VKMP3 podcast are also available in iTunes (search VKMP3 & subscribe)

You can now directly access their archive as well as live streamed radioshows from your Iphones. Which means now you don’t have to stay at home on sunday evenings to enjoy VKMP3’s own DJOne’s livesets :). Just tune in with your Iphone and sweeten your time out with some nice music! Learn how to do it here.