Yesterday I went to see British grime and experimental hiphop artist Dizzee Rascal at Astra Kulturhaus, over in Friedrichshain here in Berlin - and it was absolutely awesome. He and his backup mc and one-armed dj totally blew the roof off of the fully packed venue. Check out this video of him performing his seminal […] Read More…
Yes! Thanks to eBay, my gf and I now have two tickets for the historic performance by U2 in front of Brandenburg Tor in Berlin tonight - in commemoration of the reunification of Berlin 20 years ago. Shows starts in two hours, gotta go!...Yes! Thanks to eBay, my gf and I now have two tickets […] Read More…
Yesterday was a big day for my small electronic music label, Urlyd Audiovisual Recordings, because the album 'Small Arm of Sea', that was released on the label in Denmark last year, came out in Germany, Austria, Switserland and the Netherlands through the Berlin-based PonyRec label. So far, it is going far beyond expectations. The album […] Read More…
Had a great day yesterday. First I went by the netlabel-festival Netaudio at Maria am Ostbahnhof, where the day program included various lectures (I enjoyed listening to ao. Andrew Dubber), discussions and a netaudio fair with lots of goodies from a wide range of European web-based record labels. Quite interesting - and some really nice […] Read More…
The greatest rap band in history, Public Enemy, is offering fans (that's me) to support and fund their upcoming album via Sellaband.com, a site on which you can buy shares of USD 25 each and in return get a download as well as a tiny cut in any revenues the album might make. I don't […] Read More…
The hardworking Dubass Crew that has been hosting the dubstep/drum'n'bass event series Dubass in Platform4 over the summer, is finally starting to get the recognition they deserve. Before tonight's massive banger of a lineup, featuring no other than UK-biggie COTTI as well as Aphone from Belgium, national radio is featuring an article that hightlights the […] Read More…
What a great night it was last night. One of those you get to experience in larger cities such as Berlin. My friend Christian Skjødt, who is here fore a week, had invited me to hear him play a gig of impro-jazz with 3 fellow musicians at the under-the-underground venue Miss Hecker ('under the underground' […] Read More…
After a somewhat discouraging trip to see AaB play FC Copenhagen in the Parken national stadium in Copenhagen yesterday (AaB lost 1-0), I am now heading to Aarhus to attend the SPOT Festival, where Tone, signed to my label Urlyd Audiovisual Recordings, is playing tonight (in venue Voxhall at 18.20 / 6.20pm). Also, our Labelkollektiv […] Read More…
This week I've written my first concert review for gaffa.dk, the webportal of the largest Danish music mag, Gaffa. The concert was by Bob Hund at Studenterhuset, Aalborg (Denmark). Read the review here.This week I've written my first concert review for gaffa.dk, the webportal of the largest Danish music mag, Gaffa. The concert was by […] Read More…
Tonight, I am hosting the comeback of our legendary Tekknosumpen minimal detroit/berlin techno night, that returns after more than 2 years in hibernation and will hit the venue 1000fryd with full thrust. The bill features six familiar faces, when Fredsak (Copenhagen / Tweak Cph), Curse (Copenhagen / Armalyte, Thinner), Ruben Andersen (Copenhagen / Kondi Records, […] Read More…
