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Fiedel, longtime resident Berghain DJ, to release new mix on Ostgut Ton

todayJanuary 20, 2018

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    Fiedel, longtime resident Berghain DJ, to release new mix on Ostgut Ton Dina Elsayed

 

Picturing the early beginnings of a veteran DJ conjures the classic image of turntables and crates full of vinyl. But Michael Fiedler – better known as Fiedel, Berghain’s longtime resident DJ – began on tapes.  

“I come from eastern Germany, and there was hardly vinyl available, no turntables…I started recording tapes on the radio, and then I played tapes with two tape decks… I had long, long lists with a counter.”

Over the course of Fiedel’s influential, decades-long career, much has changed in Berlin’s dance scene. Techno has risen to international prominence, tapes and vinyl have been largely replaced by digital media, and Berghain has gained a more mainstream audience. Nonetheless, Fiedel insists some things haven’t changed: “When you go to South Korea, to France, or wherever, it’s nice to see that the young people half my age have the same spirit that there was in the clubs in Berlin back then…a kind of open-mindedness, and the urge to dance.”

Written by: Dina Elsayed

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Raven Chacon, American Academy composition fellow, to look at role of sound in 2016 protests at Standing Rock

  The earliest memory Raven Chacon recalls of music-making is hearing his grandfather sing Navajo songs while working, watching television, or reading. Later as Chacon began taking piano lessons and learning about music notation, he also began experimenting with making sounds in other ways, with cassette tapes or banging on metal. Now Chacon, who is known for his chamber music compositions, experimental noise performances, and installation art pieces, will live […]

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