Category Archive Music

Labelkollektiv now distributing Yoyooyoy #labelkollektiv #yoyooyoy

Labelkollektiv Distribution is glad to announce the addition of Yoyooyoy in our label roster. Read more in the Labelkollektiv blog.Labelkollektiv Distribution is glad to announce the addition of Yoyooyoy in our label roster. Read more in the Labelkollektiv blog. Read More…

Platform4 wins award #platform4 #aalborg

In the yearly Prestize Magazine Awards, held by Aalborg-based lifestyle-magazine Prestize, Platform4 (the art- and technology + co-working venue that I co-manage) was nominated in the 'Årets Ildsjæl' category, which translates roughly into something like 'Most passionate or dedicated project/person of the year'. To our great surprise, when the winners were announced on December 30, […] Read More…

My video passes 25k views on YouTube

So, now we're well into 2010. What a blast of a transition I had here in Berlin. My girlfriend and I had 40 friends over for a new year party here in our apartment, and with attendance of people from Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and even Brazil, it was quite an international […] Read More…

Grandmaster Flash – legendary, but not really that grand #berlin #grandmasterflash

Yesterday I went with my girlfriend to hear one of my all-time heroes, Grandmaster Flash, at Columbia Club here in Berlin - my first time in audience with the father of turntablism. It is hard to imagine what an immense impact Flash has had on contemporary music, but it is safe to say that it […] Read More…

Finally, Green Velvet is off the list #greenvelvet #berghain

I have a list of artists that I need to hear before a) they split up/quit or b) I'll get too old and settled. One of the artists on that list is Chicago-based dj and producer Green Velvet. After having missed attending one of gigs while I lived in Chicago and New York during the […] Read More…

Kiloton vinyls going into press #kiloton #urlyd

Today, at my small label Urlyd Audiovisual Recordings, we're sending the Kiloton vinyls into press, well ahead of the scheduled release in March. Look so much forward to seeing - and hearing - the result.Today, at my small label Urlyd Audiovisual Recordings, we're sending the Kiloton vinyls into press, well ahead of the scheduled release […] Read More…

Kiloton album being mastered today by legendary Dubplates & Mastering #kiloton #urlyd

Today, the upcoming debut album by ambient/glitsch electronica producer Kiloton, 'Language Lost', is being mastered for vinyl by the good people over at Dubplates & Mastering here in Berlin. I am so looking forward to hear the result. The album will be released in February or March on my Urlyd Audiovisual Recordings label.Today, the upcoming […] Read More…

Me interviewed for German national radio #urlyd #creativecommons

Last weekend, I was invited to participate in the radio show Breitband, which airs on German national radio Deutschlandradio Kultur every Saturday. The show focused on the use of Creative Commons license in releasing music, and I was invited to tell a little about how my record label Urlyd was the first label in the […] Read More…

Tone to support Tortoise on Scandinavia tour #tortoise #urlyd #tonedk

Today it was confirmed that Tone, one of the artists on small label Urlyd, are to join Tortoise on their forthcoming Scandinavian Tour in early December. Thus, performances will be given in Stockholm, Malmö and in Lille Vega in Copenhagen. Great stuff indeed. Read more at the Urlyd website.Today it was confirmed that Tone, one […] Read More…

The magnificent Morrissey – live vid from Berlin-gig

Yesterday I went to see the British singer and ex-The Smiths front man Morrissey perform at Tempodrom here in Berlin - and it was absolutely fabulous. I love his eccentricity, his skilled word play and sarcasm, his political utterings - and of course most of all his way of forging dark new wave, post-punk and […] Read More…