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An International Look at Music Scenes in the Current Moment

Andrea Goetzke — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:54:54 +0000

Friday, 28 August, 2020 - 15:00

Online

Language:

Englisch

Each year, the Pop-Kultur festival invites in collaboration with the Goethe-Institute an international group of musicians to come to Berlin for an exchange programme, and to also get to know the local music scenes. This year, the group is convening online, meeting over a longer period of time, with the plan of meeting in Berlin, foreseeably in the summer of 2021.

One objective of this get-together is to introduce the international group of musicians to Berlin's different music communities for potential collaborations over the next several months.

In the panel conversation, participants will explore and discuss how independent music scenes in different countries around the world are faring during the pandemic – where live music has largely come to a pause. If touring is on hold indefinitely, and performing is oftentimes the largest source of income for professional musicians, how is this situation playing out now and into the future? What structural issues are becoming apparent? How do musicians, collectives and communities view and address them? How is this changing how musicians work, how collaborations are organised, and how music is distributed and enjoyed? Which changes should be permanent and which ones should only be temporary? What can we learn from each other, and how can we support one another – internationally, too? A panel of three group participants will start the conversation – then everyone else can join in with their own perspectives:

Janat Sohail Aziz / Wooly and the Uke - Wooly and the Uke is an indie-folk project laced around the phantasmagoria that pours out of the singer and the songwriter, Janat Sohail Aziz. Her music is crafted upon satire and often, the disconnection with what lies within. Based on an ominous sound of the ukulele, the structures push and spill out of the preconceived boundaries. Having remained a former member of Pakistan’s first all-female ensemble in Nescafe Basement, Janat Sohail Aziz introduced Wooly and the Uke in 2016. Her debut single called ‘Circus’ stirred a melancholy with its hollow atmosphere and soaring orchestration, pushing one into an enchanting fantasy. In 2020, she released a new single in collaboration with Poor Rich Boy, an indie-folk band based in Pakistan, called Watch – similar to Circus, it frames the struggles of humans and their weakening attempt at humanity. Currently based in Tallinn, Estonia, Wooly and the Uke aims to release an EP in 2020.

Juan Manuel Cortéz / Lunate - Lunate is a small, moon-shaped bone in the human hand, and a music project by Juan Manuel Cortés. Seeking to create musical compositions that carry the moody oscillations of Bogota, the Colombian artist explores sound inspired by the scenery, cycles and dynamics of the city. Since 2016 he released a tape on 100% Silk and various tracks on different electronic music labels. In addition, 2018 saw the birth of Malviaje, an attempt to revisit Corteś Colombian musical ancestry. The research delved into Currulao, a traditional rhythm made in the Pacific region of the country with a time signature of 6/8. The result (to be released soon) is an exploration of rhythmic patterns that will make people move, but remain different to the traditional 4×4 approach: dance floor friendly music, that doesn’t exactly fit with contemporary dance music or with the traditional Colombian output.

Santiago Narváez / Glitchbird - Born in México City in 1990. Self-taught musician and coder. Started making music at age 13. In 2015 released EP ‘Inner’ as Moonatic composing and recording guitar, backing and main vocals, bass and synth. In 2017 scored music for ‘WireLines’. In 2018 In 2018 released LP ‘Another Sky’ as Moonatic. In 2020 released EP ‘Jhula’ as Glitch Bird. As part of Moonatic has opened shows for The Album Leaf, Balmorhea and Low Roar. Glitch Bird blends evolving atmospheres, sticky basslines, hallucinating sequences, and simple yet captivating beats. His live presentations are closer to ambient and techno. The live set makes use of bass and beat sequences, as well as live improvisations and recordings of electronic and midi instruments. The use of long decaying delays and improvisation results in organic and unique live sets.

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International Sound Residencies and Collaborations – Music Pool Community Abend + Live Concert

Andrea Goetzke — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:44:00 +0000

Thursday, 15 March, 2018 - 19:30 to 23:00

Hangar 49, Holzmarktstr. 15 - 18

Language:

Englisch

LIVE CONCERT

This evening features the public performance of the Three Cities sound collaboration project, which has brought together three musicians from Manchester, St. Etienne, and Berlin in February/March 2018. In three steps, working on new music together in Manchester, recording in St. Etienne, and performing in Berlin, the musicians Martha Rose (Berlin), Pailette (St. Etienne) and Shunya (Manchester) have come up with new jointly created music and we look forward to what it sounds like. Each of the musicians will also perform some of their own songs.

TALK

The talk brings together musicians for an exchange of experiences with international collaborations: collaborative projects, exchanges or residency programmes in different contexts. For one, we want to explore the different possibilities of applying for / engaging in such a collaboration. And also discuss what has worked and what didn't, and what kind of recommendations could be given to the institutions organizing those programmes, be they Goethe Institute, the European Union, or communal funds like Musicboard Berlin.

Andi und Hannes Teichmann, aka Gebrüder Teichmann, are electronic musicians, DJs and cultural activists, rooted in Berlin‘s techno underground and DIY-culture since the late nineties. Andi and Hannes have put together several projects in cooperation with the Goethe-Institute, like TEN CITIES, BLNRB & SOUNDCAMP in Sri Lanka, Pakistan & Mexico, and established the intercultural electro ensembles KARACHI FILES (Pakistan/Europe), BLNRB (Nairobi/Berlin) & MONDMASCHINE (Mexico/Central America/Europe). With their label NOLAND they are compressing this diversity. Their musical activities from DJing, giving workshops and playing live sets have taken them to over 60 countries as far as Afghanistan, Honduras, Sibiria or Angola.

Johanna Amelie is a Berlin based indie artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist who plays folky indie music on international stages and festivals, sharing stages with local and international artists. Her music is inviting the listeners to immerse in a very personal world of tones, stories and soundscapes. She has recently participated in the Buzz meets Biz programme with musicians in Ghana, Spain and the UK.

Martha Rose is an English songwriter and multi instrumentalist based in Berlin. Her music is a sensitive form of casio pop, incorporating traditional folk song influences. She is participant in the Three Cities sound collaboration project.
Pailette, from St. Etienne/France illuminates the meanders of her life with an intimate and delicate music. As a solo artist, the Three Cities collaboration project is a new experience for her.

Allie, Florian Boss, is a Berlin based solo musician. He has played around 300 shows since 2010 in Europe, North America and Brazil, and has published 4 albums (on Clouds Hill/Rough Trade and Motor Music). During his residency in Salvador/Brazil in 2017, he got the opportunity to shoot a number of music videos for his new songs, together with local collaborators.

Movement of Sounds: Distribution, touring and business of music from African countries in Europe + Meetup with a group of Ghanaian musicians

Andrea Goetzke — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 09:51:36 +0000

Monday, 16 October, 2017 - 19:30 to 23:00

St. Georg, Ritterstr. 26, 10969 Berlin

Language:

Englisch

What are the possibilities and challenges for music from African countries in Germany in particular, but also in Europe overall? Music moves freely through digital networks; a track on Soundcloud uploaded in Lagos or Accra can inspire another musician in Paris and be played in a radio show in Berlin. Afrobeat parties are on the rise around Europe, and musicians take inspirations from a global repertoire so that styles inspire each other globally.

But what does the organizational and business side of music from Africa in Europe look like? When you want to release music in Germany, on an African or a German label? When you want to tour with your band in Europe? When you want to distribute and license your music in Europe? And, when you want to find collaborators over here, or just get attention by press or DJs?

Apart from organizing a panel with people who work with African music and artists in Germany and Europe, from a label, booking, media, promoter and DJ perspective – This Music Pool evening also wants to give all of you interested in cooperation with the Ghanaian music scenes the chance to meet a group of Ghanaian musicians, plus musicians from Germany/Spain/UK, that we are part in hosting in Berlin in mid October.

Pamela Owusu-Brenjah works as A&R consultant with the Africa & Central Europe project of Universal Music, that identifies and signs artists from African countries. She DJs as DJ Pam Bam and organizes the African Food Festival in Berlin.

Georg Milz is a musicjournalist, producer, blogger and DJ, and engaged in urban african music since 15 years. He cofounded the label Outhere Records that released 30 albums of african pop music of which 10 are compilations that give an inside into african club culture. Since a couple of years he runs the website Urban Africa Club where he introduces the newest artist and releases out of the buzzing world of urban africa. Last year he curated the Urban Africa Festival #myfuture 2020 for the Clubbahnhof Ehrenfeld in Cologne.

Christoph Linder runs the friendly booking agency Planetrock, and has organized many European tours for various African bands, like Konono No 1, Hailu Mergia, Nahawa Doumbia, or Orchestre Le Mangelepa.

Max Weissenfeldt is a drummer, producer, label- and publishing company owner. In 2010 he traveled Ghana for the first time and releases since 2014 frequently Ghanaian artists on his label Philophon. Most prominent is the Ghana Music Award winning Frafra artist Guy One.

Aziz is the organiser of some of Germany's biggest and longest running Afrobeats Parties. Under his stage name Mista Wallizz he is also known as an Afrobeats & Afro House DJ having played at various clubs and festivals throughout Germany.

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Wednesday, 29.07 ENGLISH Workshop - DIY booking in Germany and Europe

Eileen Möller — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:19:33 +0000

Lecturer: Sebastian Hoffmann

The workshop aims to give a broad introduction to booking tours in Europe and specifically in the German-speaking countries, with a step-by-step guide on:

how and when to prepare a tour, doing it yourself vs. working with an agency
where to go and specifics of different kind of venues and promoters
how to address promoters and venues
organize transportation, bureaucracy and logistics
tour promotion and media relations

The workshop is aimed at both artists that have just started out or want to tour in Europe for the first time as well as artists who have already toured a bit, giving (hopefully) valuable new tips, tricks & insights, with a focus on small & mid-sized venues as well as DIY structures and networks.

This workshop will also be held in English.

Registration for the workshop here.

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WORKSHOP - Tourbooking - national / international - Get on the road with success..

Eileen Möller — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:24:57 +0000

Monday, 30 July, 2018 - 14:00 to 18:00

Warschauer Str. 70 A, 10243 Berlin

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Deutsch

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German. Please go to the German version for more information about the event.

Nevertheless you can always ask for private consultations in English. As well as our wednesday's and friday's free orientation consulting is offered in English.

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