If you’ve been going out in Hamburg around 2010 but the name Molotow doesn’t ring a bell to you? Well, you probably missed a shitload of fun. Ask Soft George about it. The DJ, music collector and co-owner of record shop Plattenrille played his very first gig at the iconic indie venue where “Love Will Tear Us Apart” has been played out each weekend at least as many times as I’ve been ordering a shot at the bar. Which means: a lot. interview, portrait, tracklist
An isolated society evolves on the outskirts of the city, living by its own rules. The characters move in spaces where artwork is arranged in small shrines so people can make their rituals. In search of an elsewhere, a possible escape and filled with a desire for emancipation and liberation, they invoke their body’s felt sense to find freedom. The film questions the absurdity of the system and its relationship to control. In this world on the verge of collapse, people, nevertheless, find their way to a new enlightenment. let me see
Milch is a DJ based in Toronto, Canada. It is also the German term for milk. “Die Milch macht’s.” is the slogan of an advertising of German milk industry lobby from the late 1980s. It could translate like it’s the milk that makes it. Today everybody knows this is a lie. But it’s true that Milch made it: a fun and playful mix all in and around her favourite BPM, 100! let me drink
INTERVIEW: NADJA PREYER
PORTRAIT: TIM BURCHARDT
11schnull is pronounced “eins-eins-schnull.” This plain, language-based info might seem a bit trivial first. It’s a side note that shouldn’t be skipped though, as it’s important for understanding A. the headline of this story and B. where 11schnull is drawing his creative energy from. Described in his own words, 11schnull “sounds a bit like 1-1-0, which is the phone number of German police, but way more stupid.” call 11schnull
INTERVIEW: NADJA PREYER
When it comes to digging new music, Crusat’s approach is all about finding fresh and challenging tunes. What maybe doesn’t sound too surprising is gonna make a lot of sense when checking out her mix for TISSUE. A few minutes should be enough and you’ll know what the two terms fresh and challenging really mean. accept challenge
If you cross your index finger and your thumb lightly, it creates a tiny little heart. “I C U (In My Dreams)” is the debut single of €uro€y€z produced by her brother Noah Jinu. Longing, dreams, and crushes haunting in a pink cloud of bling bling, in between white sheets and shimmering night sequences. let me see
A truthful drifter who rolls back into town carrying an ASR-10, stacks of cracked beat tapes, and an angry old man’s record collection is the perfect way to describe the SAV Navarone. An army brat born in DC but with a gravitational pull to Tucson throughout most of his formative years. He had started making tapes in high school. After his 21st birthday his output increased and tapes began to pile up as music took over his life. 1998 was the year he bought his first sampler at a thrift store. The kitchen became the studio, because the need to create surpassed the need for a stove. Hungry?
INTERVIEW: NADJA PREYER
Covid-19 has many downsides, but also some good ones: it makes people pick up new or forgotten hobbies. Same applies to Lazercat. The Berlin-based, Canada raised DJ and producer used to play the violin for more than 15 years. After a long break, she recently picked it up again. Describing herself in three simple words, Lazercat would go by crazy cat lady. And as her full bio says: producer, DJ, outsider. let me know more