techno - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Inside Кisloty nightclub where St. Petersburg’s “wild” techno community raved without restraint

After the fall of the Soviet Union, electronic music and club culture became increasingly popular in Russia, particularly in St....

Berlin Music

Molecular Music: Combining techno and physics with Dasha Rush

“Do you smoke?” asks the Berlin-based techno artist Dasha Rush as she lights up a cigarette. Sat on the window...

Berlin Music

Creating inclusive spaces with music booker and promoter Melissa Perales

When Melissa Perales had her first son in 2001, she decided early on that working in film was not compatible...

Berlin Home Stories

International techno DJ Camea continues to challenge the boys’ club mentality of the music industry

We sit in Camea’s home in Wedding, away from the clubs lining the debaucherous streets of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg where Camea can...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #123: Joyce Muniz

Born in São Paulo, but raised in Vienna, Joyce has established herself within the international house and techno scene. Known...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #118: Brat Star

That’s why we’re happy to have a mixtape from Brat Star—she’s a recent transplant to the city by way of...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #117: Krystal Klear

Producer and DJ Dec Lennon, aka Krystal Klear, captures this timelessness and punches it up with the contemporary club in...

Berlin Music

A tour through a former East Berlin power plant turned nightclub and venue with Marcel Weber

Of course, the inverse is true: the area is a cultural hotbed in Berlin for experimental music, art and techno....

Community

They Call it Acid, a new documentary on the history of the acid house music scene

Gordon, a part-time DJ was well-connected in the acid house scene, and took his camera around to the various parties...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #115: Ben Bobby

Ben Robin on the dotted line, he’s a very relaxed fellow who works for Skateistan, an NGO that uses skateboarding...

Mixtapes Music

FvF Mixtape #113: Evil Twin

Relocating to Berlin from Modena, Italy, the pair are drawing influence from the city’s harsh winter weather and the young...

Berlin Home Stories

Any Given Sunday: DJ Marcel Dettmann on life beyond the decks

It is almost entirely dark, dense with artificial fog and cigarette smoke. The beat is fast and overpowering, hypnotically luring...

Berlin Music

How Ellen Allien Set the Tone for Berlin's Nightlife

Ellen played a key role in transforming a small, localized phenomenon into an internationally celebrated movement. Her artistic drive is...

Berlin Art

Dazed and Composed: The East Berlin atelier of electronic musician and painter Markus Manowski

Amidst the towering Soviet apartment complexes and only a block away from the notorious Hohenschönhausen prison, the industrial face of...

Berlin

Behind the scenes with Berlin’s electronic dream team Moderat: the making of Album “III”

The trio talk us through their shared history of techno, the mechanics of collaborative work, and the concept behind the futuristic...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #86

Jazz pianist and composer Aron Ottignon established himself as one of the Antipodes’ finest musicians by the tender age of...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #85

When she was a child she was given a vast collection of records consisting of soul, disco and funk. What...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #83

While a student at university, Miguel started testing the waters of playing and collecting records. Music is what sparked Miguel’s...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #65

Film producer and DJ, Frederic Leitzke delivers FvF’s Mixtape #65 to keep up your momentum and energy levels in the...

Berlin

Dennis "Kaos" Kaun

Polished off-road vehicles, charity dinners, groomed golden retrievers, stiff businessman and their wives – these are the commonly made assumptions...