Or what about the post-Wall 90s pilgrimage of techno musicians like Jeff Mills from Detroit, Richie Hawtin from the Candian-US border region and many others. Not to forget the turn of the millennium Canadian invasion spearheaded by Peaches and (the now Chilly) Gonzales, with Taylor Savvy and Feist soon joining the ranks. In the second Continue Reading

Randomly browsing the google image search I came across a site called ‘The Lake Clinic Cambodia‘, “a project dedicated to bringing basic healthcare, as well as disease surveillance and proper medical referrals to a severely isolated and underserved region of Cambodia — the Tonle Sap.” And - listed with photo and cv there was Ralf Continue Reading

 Fritz Kalkbrenner (photo right), brother of techno DJ and composer Paul, is a well-known electronica singer, producer and DJ in his own right. He also is a music journalist for public television and MTV.
Fritz Kalkbrenner will be playing live in Berlin on September 29 at the Watergate.
Watch the Kalkbrenner Bros. perform the BERLIN CALLING hit Continue Reading

Inspired by re-visiting the Archive of Youth Culture’s work and publications (see blog post on August 15), I would like to point out two books in the Archive’s vast catalogue of “standardwerke” (German term for definitive work on a subject) on popular culture phenomena.
Today’s recommended reading is FLYER SOZIOTOPE, a 600 page, bi-lingual (German and Continue Reading