Before you hit the dance floor this friday, how about a warm up with a 90ies Eurodance Workout Playlist? Machine Woman recently shared her favorite workout tracks with Electronic Beats.

“Russian-born, Berlin-based Machine Woman has been garnering attention and praise lately for her aggressive yet subtle style of underground electronic music. Her sets across Berlin have been drawing crowds and facilitating a reputation for contemporary cuts that sit somewhere inside the techno and electro spectrum.”
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Both as a DJ and a producer, Patrick Gräser aka Answer Code Request has honed a hybrid musical approach that stands out in a world of uniform 4/4 techno. Melding pad-driven harmonies, intricate breaks and an industrial sonic palette, Gräser has occupied a unique space within the Ostgut Ton cosmos since debuting on the label in 2012 and becoming a Berghain resident shortly thereafter. His various releases and remixes for Ostgut Ton, MDR, Dolly Deluxe and Monkeytown Records continue to be highly sought after. As a DJ, he has taken his bass- and breaks-heavy techno to clubs and festivals around the globe, while remaining an integral part of the Berlin scene.

On his celebrated debut LP Code (Ostgut Ton, 2014), Gräser actively sought to push the boundaries of techno. His follow up LP Gens, out on Ostgut Ton in February 2018, exudes a similarly experimental approach, albeit with darker results. Ultimately, Gräser’s musical vision is one that spans styles and decades of dance music without sounding retrospective or all over the map.

ANSWER CODE REQUEST “GENS” ABLUM RELEASE
w/ Answer Code Request (live), Antigone, Skee Mask
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“The struggles of being an artist on Facebook” – Resident Advisor just released a link to a The Quietus article where Mollie Zhang looks into this topic.

“I spoke to a number of artists about what they think of Facebook, whether they use it, and how they use it. Of the artists I spoke to, only a couple aren’t on Facebook at all. All of them had a variety of issues with the platform and, of course, a number of different ways to respond to them.” Read more on The Quietus.

FREE ENTRY FROM 15:00 – 18:00! DON’T FORGET YOUR COSTUME!

KEHRAUS
w/ Dario Zenker, HAAi, Leo Küchler, Muallem, Roland Appel, Sascha Sibler, Skee Mask, Stenny, The Black Madonna
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Jeff Mills is considered to be one of the most brilliant DJ’s and producer of techno in the World. He is the most recognised representative figure of the Detroit Techno scene, where he began his career as a DJ on the WDRQ radio in 1984. He created the collective “Underground Resistance” alongside “Mad Mike Banks”, which became a reference in the electro sphere. In 1992, Jeff Mills created his own label “Axis”, allowing him to keep his artistic independence and produce his own timeless electronic music compositions, inspired of science fiction.

BLITZ
w/ Jeff Mills, Silent Servant, Zenker Brothers + Molten Moods EP Release
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Jimmy Asquith founded the well-renowned label Lobster Theremin in 2013. Since then the label boss has established three imprints including; Mörk, Distant Hawaii and Tidy Bedroom, as well as a respected distribution service used widely within the electronic music scene, and a physical record shop based in Hackney, East London. Route 8 has only recently gained prominence through the Lobster Theremin and Nous labels, but his hardware production experiments date back almost 10 years. Inspired by the raw-edged US house and techno sound, he has also expanded his work into off-kilter electro and ambient, still inflicted with his melancholia-tinged melodies and racheting drum patterns. We are happy to celebrate 5 YEARS LOBSTER THEREMIN this friday, 09/02/18!

LOBSTER THEREMIN 5 YEARS
w/ Asquith, Machine Woman (live), Route 8
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In December of 2012, North America’s oldest independent venue, Smart Bar announced the The Black Madonna as a new resident, along with Derrick Carter and Frankie Knuckles. Within a year, she became the club’s first ever Creative Director in its three decade history, bringing a decidedly anti-establishment philosophy to her curatorial style. Her retooled residency program reflects a distinct set of values, adding Honey Soundsystem, DVS1, Regis, Honey Dijon and transgressive events such as Men’s Room to an already diverse offering. We’re happy to welcome the riot girl The Black Madonna for our Kehraus Party alongside HAAi and Blitz Resident DJs on tuesday, 13/02/18. Don’t forget your costume!

Listen to her first BBC Radio 1 show here.

KEHRAUS w/ BLITZ Resident DJs, HAAi, The Black Madonna
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When it comes to house music there’s been something of a renaissance in New York City these past few years, and one of its main advocates is Levon Vincent. As a club- goer, he cut his teeth during the pre-Giuliani New York heyday, where a vibrant scene was helping to push the elegant sound that would become known as NY house forward – and Levon witnessed it all first-hand. We are looking forward to have owner of Novel Sound, Levon Vincent for the very first time at BLITZ Music Club this friday alongside L.B. Dub Corp and the Zenker Brothers!

BLITZ w/ L.B. Dub Corp, Levon Vincent, Zenker Brothers
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https://soundcloud.com/levonvincent/sets/for-paris-by-levon-vincent-2017

“Fiction and fact blurs as we cross the threshold with the 24-year-old musician, who’s catching the ear of Björk and Aphex Twin” – Read the whole article about the scottish producer Lanark Artefaxs Live-Show on DazedDigital here! 

BLITZ w/ Actress, Axel Boman, Julietta, Lanark Artefax (live), La Staab
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We can’t wait for Laurin Schafhausen, the head behind our soundsystem to heat up the PLUS Floor upcoming saturday! Read his interview with Groove Magazine here.

https://soundcloud.com/laurin-schafhausen/live-at-electronic-lounge-forum-bielefeld-11042015

“I think I play music in the best way I can when absorbing the energy that surrounds me. Obviously, the energy in a club at 5 am is different to the one when enjoying tracks while spacing out on my sofa in wintertime. This mix is the result of the latter energy. Sometimes I also do dance at home.”

Have a listen to Davids studio mix “inspired by spacing out on his sofa in wintertime” in support of this years Her Damit Festival!

James Baldwin once wrote, “Be careful what you set your heart upon, for it will surely be yours.” Embracing a diligent work ethic, a spiritual mindset & a self-taught mastery of dancefloor devastation using little more than a pair of turntables, Josh Wink has worked hard since 1990 to become one of the world’s most in demand purveyors of experimental, electronic, danceable music. Wink has been very busy in the studio finishing up a new studio album which should see release the summer of 2018. This is not all he has been up to, he recently completed a remix of Freaks `Mr Computer Man´which will be coming in February on Edible Records and he also finished a remix of Steve Bug and Clé, which will be coming out on Rejected records. Outside of the album, be on the lookout for original Josh Wink music, in the first half of 2018.