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‘By complete chance’: How a search for an art studio turned into the Neukölln pub, gallery and performance space Das Gift

todayAugust 4, 2018

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    ‘By complete chance’: How a search for an art studio turned into the Neukölln pub, gallery and performance space Das Gift Dina Elsayed

 

Photo courtesy of Mogwai

Barry Burns of the post-rock band Mogwai, and his wife, Rachel, came upon the space that would eventually become their pub, Das Gift, completely by chance. Now, seven years later, Das Gift is a Glasgow-meets-Berlin mainstay in the neighborhood of Neukölln. This week on Amplified, we spoke to Barry about the bar’s beginnings and Berlin’s influence on it and the band.

For Barry and Rachel, who moved to Berlin in 2011, Das Gift became central to putting down roots: “It was a good place to meet people…because we didn’t know that many people and the pub was a sort of meeting place for people from all over the world.”

 

 

Story and cover photo by Dylan Peterson

 

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From Auckland to Berlin: Musician Noah Slee on navigating techno, queerness and becoming a role model

  Noah Slee is a Tongan New Zealander whose music spans genres from traditional soul to mixed electronica and R&B. He moved to Berlin about three years ago and has seen his career flourish, especially on Spotify, where he boasts an audience of 400,000 monthly listeners. We caught up with him to talk about his unexpected love for Berlin’s techno scene, finding success in his adopted home and becoming a […]

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