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Berlin Zwanzig: A City in 20 Songs

The history of Berlin music in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s is well documented. Punk, new wave, acid house; the fall of the Berlin wall and the stellar rise of techno. By the end of the millennium, more th... Read more

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Episode 2: Nu-Jazz Hits the East with Jazzanova’s Claas Brieler

Episode 2: Nu-Jazz Hits the East with Jazzanova’s Claas Brieler

Jazzanova is the renowned Berlin-based DJ/producer collective who founded influential German label Sonar Kollektiv and p... Read more

29 Aug 2018

33mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 16: Navigating Berlin’s Queer Musical Landscape with Lotic

Episode 16: Navigating Berlin’s Queer Musical Landscape with Lotic

When Lotic moved to Berlin from Texas in 2012, they found a scene that wasn’t quite fitting their needs. Since then, Lot... Read more

29 Aug 2018

40mins

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Episode 15: “Bad Kingdom” Breaks Through with Alexandra Dröner

Episode 15: “Bad Kingdom” Breaks Through with Alexandra Dröner

Berlin-bred duo Modeselektor came of age in the post-Wall era. As such, their unique blend of electronic music ignores a... Read more

29 Aug 2018

28mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 14: The Hard Wax Equation with René Pawlowitz

Episode 14: The Hard Wax Equation with René Pawlowitz

Under his Head High and Shed aliases (to name but two), Berlin producer René Pawlowitz has established himself as one of... Read more

29 Aug 2018

43mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 13: Indie Reinvention and “Thirteen Thirtyfive” with Daniel Rérat

Episode 13: Indie Reinvention and “Thirteen Thirtyfive” with Daniel Rérat

Berlin label BPitch Control has a reputation for releasing techno and electronic music, but the imprint has also traffic... Read more

29 Aug 2018

29mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 12: Rave Tourism and “Berlin Calling” with Dirty Doering

Episode 12: Rave Tourism and “Berlin Calling” with Dirty Doering

Brotherly techno duo Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner are perhaps best known for "Sky and Sand," which featured in the smash... Read more

29 Aug 2018

37mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 11: When Berlin Was “In” with Barbara Morgenstern

Episode 11: When Berlin Was “In” with Barbara Morgenstern

Over the past 20 years, Berlin-based singer, songwriter and producer Barbara Morgenstern has fused the steely techno com... Read more

29 Aug 2018

27mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 9: Âme and Dixon’s Innervisions with Martin Böttcher

Episode 9: Âme and Dixon’s Innervisions with Martin Böttcher

Quite simply, “Rej” is one of the most iconic house records of the past 20 years. Produced by Frank Wiedemann and Kristi... Read more

29 Aug 2018

23mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 8: Berghain and Rave’s Return with Sven von Thülen

Episode 8: Berghain and Rave’s Return with Sven von Thülen

Berghain is Berlin’s most infamous club, and Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann are perhaps the most famous DJs to emerge fro... Read more

29 Aug 2018

28mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 7: The Cult of Ricardo Villalobos with Sven von Thülen

Episode 7: The Cult of Ricardo Villalobos with Sven von Thülen

For a few years, Ricardo Villalobos was the face of minimal techno and house in Germany. While he’s perhaps best known f... Read more

29 Aug 2018

20mins

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