Music Stories
In Tbilisi, music is on pause because democracy is on the line
It’s another key moment for the democratic movement championed by Tbilisi’s club scene. Georgia has a pivotal parliamentary election tomorrow – one seen as deeply connected to the country’s future and the ongoing war in Ukraine. That prompted the club Bassiani to put on the breaks for tonight. Here’s what music voices are saying about what’s next.
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Tesla Berlin factory opens a “rave cave” as Musk embraces far-right
Talk about “business techno”: corporate techno appropriation continues, as Elon Musk has evidently opened an employee-only club space at the Gigafactory Berlin. And it’s emblematic of some political storm clouds gathering over the German capital.
Lost in a queer party, in Local Suicide x The Hidden Cameras music video
Here’s a music video treat: Canadian legend Joel Gibb aka The Hidden Cameras joins up with Berlin’s Local Suicide and music video dream team. It’s a murky trip into the queer party underworld with a lone dancer searching for the unanswerable. Plus we get a look inside the studio for some of the vintage synths producing those EBM sounds.
Here’s what you should read about the closing of London’s fabric
Peter Kirn - September 7, 2016
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Let’s talk about laptops in the DJ booth
Peter Kirn - June 6, 2016
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Now you can practice getting into Berghain in your browser
Peter Kirn - May 30, 2016
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