“Sight, Sound & Sensory Saturation” Berlin Atonal 2016 Festival Review
This year’s instalment of Berlin’s Atonal was suspended between boundary breaking, ineffable and dully repetitive. At times it was visually captivating with the live acts showcasing creativity of a kind of Digital expressionism. But a little too often the audio-visual presentations lack in their ability to sustain a momentum; there was a tad too much emphasis on depressive darkness, […]
Berlin’s Industrial Techno voyage: Berlin – Atonal announces more premiere performances
Berlins radical audio-visual festival announces another batch of new artists, adding more luminescence to Tresor’s beloved mega-complex. For all those who have been acquainted with Berlin’s Atonal, you’ll be pleased to hear that a second wave of artists, curations, and planned commissions have recently been announced. Taking place 24th-28th August within the walls of the brutalist, […]
Kraftwerk To Hold New Exhibition ‘Living Archive of Electronica’
Dimitri Hegemann has confirmed that Berlin’s Kraftwerk building is to play host to an archive dedicated to techno music. Kraftwerk is the current home of legendary techno club Tresor and the base-venue for other initiatives including the forward thinking Berlin Atonal festival. Hegemann, Tresor’s owner, is overseeing this new project. He initially announced his plans last […]
Interview: Lakker – R&S Records
Two Irish stalwarts of Techno culture, Lakker have just released their latest album on R&S Records. And supporting the mantra that “Techno is an ideology”, Struggle & Emerge LP is from the ground upwards, a conceptual piece. Ian McDonnell and Dara Smith both make up Lakker, an Irish born techno partnership whose longstanding collaborative project has […]
Interview: Denzel + Huhn
Decades have passed, and yet Denzel + Huhn still continue to show us the sheer complexity of their creative partnership. Last year saw Berlin based electronic duo Denzel + Huhn return from an eight year gap with a long awaited 14-track album released on Oktaf records. Bertram Denzel and Erik Huhn´s ‘Brom’ is a great […]
Interview & Premiere: Holymachines
Berlin-based musician and sound designer Holymachines and motion designer and video artist Aquiet have collaborated on ‘Image Version’ LP, an audio-visual project. Releasing 1st April on Average Negative, Image Version LP is a product of what Holymachines refers to as ‘genre observation’, a technique he defines as taking fragmentary influences as opposed to drawing upon them “wholesale”. When I […]
Interview: Federico Albanese – The Piano Poet
Who is Federico Albanese? The multi-faceted musician takes some time away from his piano keys, to talk us through twilight visions and his analog renaissance, following the release of his 2nd record – The Blue Hour. “When I was writing the album, I felt I was in a transitional state myself, the pieces were shaping up this way, without a conclusion, […]
Talking Bristol with Idle Hands owner Chris Farrell
As one of the UK’s most creative cities, Bristol has seen countless people pass through its doors. But whilst many come and go, the DJ Chris Farrell (owner of Idle Hands Records) has been there for the long haul. Bristol city is a UK landmark for culture, with a noticeably vibrant music scene that dates back to the late 70’s. […]
Speaker Cone /\ Kruse & Nuernberg
For the latest instalment of Speaker Cone – a series of talks with heads from the music industry – we catch up with German production duo Kruse & Nuernberg. Speaker Cone /\ Kruse & Nuernberg by Cone_Magazine on Mixcloud Florian Kruse & Nils Nuernberg both grew up in rural areas of Germany. After meeting each […]
Review: RBMA Presents Altered States With ItaloJohnson & Dj Koze
The RBMA UK tour in Bristol begins to draw the festivities to a close by teaming up with local party starters Just jack to present a German roster of trio ItaloJohnson & the ever entertaining DJ Koze. The penultimate leg of the Red Bull Music Academy UK tour, Altered States, turned out to be a reet arty party. […]