Programm

Prince und Pudel – nicht die offensichtlichste Kombi, aber eine logische: Beide sind klein, sexy, extrem musikalisch und immer gut frisiert. Folgerichtig schmeißt der Pudel die offizielle deutsche Release-Party des neuen, wahnsinnig guten Prince-Albums „Originals“. Mit Digital Norman führt ein Prince-affiner Pudeltyp ohne Angst vor B-Seiten durch die Nacht.

Timedance owner Batu has carved out a unique sound for himself since his debut in 2013. Subsequent 12″s on a number of labels including XL Recordings, Hessle Audio and his own Timedance imprint have found him grounded in British bassbin principles. His style however is relentlessly forward thinking, and pushing his soundin adventurous, inventive ways that have become something of a signature aesthetic.
Batu and his tight-knit Timedance label continue to push the boundaries, putting Bristol firmly at the center of global bass-minded music culture.His efforts have given him a number of critically acclaimed years, including a series of standout EPs, remixes for Sampha and R&S Records, and establishing Timedance as one of the most vital proponents of fresh UK dance music.
His DJing is also increasingly respected worldwide. A standout set at Dekmantel’s Selectors festival earned him a place in The Guardian’s ‘Best Mixes of 2018’ list, and Mixmag ranked him as one of their top 20 DJs in 2017. Recent times have seen him tour Asia, America and play a series of the best festivals in Europe (a list including; Field Day, Freerotation, Dimensions, Unsound, Dekmantel Selectors and many more).

Ata is a DJ and founder of the labels Playhouse, Klang, Ongaku. He also runs the 250-capacity Robert Johnson club in Offenbach, Frankfurt-Am-Main, one of the world’s premier techno clubs.
Ata is a DJ and founder of the labels Playhouse, Klang, Ongaku. He also runs the 250-capacity Robert Johnson club in Offenbach, Frankfurt-Am-Main. Ata started DJing in the late eighties. In 1992 he founded the record shop Delirium with Heiko Schäfer, aka Heiko M/S/O, where he established the labels Ongaku Musik, Klang Elektronik and Playhouse in 1993. Together with Heiko Schäfer and Jörg Henze, he DJed variously as Delirium Posse, Heiko & Ata, Ata & Jörg and Heiko & Jörg.
Beside DJing, Ata founded the first ‚real‘ clubnight in Frankfurt for modern house and deep house, the Wild Pitch Club at the Nachtleben-Club. After years of parties he closed the concept and opened the Robert-Johnson 1999. Through the DJ he has booked, his own DJ sets and the club itself, he made the Robert-Johnson to one of the most important clubs worldwide for electronic music.

Anthony Naples is a New York City based musician, producer, and DJ, as well as co-owner of the Incienso and Proibito record labels.
Naples, who grew up listening to Miami Bass in his hometown and later got into experimental electronic music – Debuted in 2012 with the “Mad Disrespect” EP, A Mellow, slightly vaporous track with clever sample usage. During the next couple of years, additional EP’s materialized on labels like Rubadub, City2-St Giga and Will Bankhead’s label The Trilogy Tapes. Body Pill, his first full length album, was released on Four Tet’s Text label, and his second album, Take Me With You was released in late 2018 on french label Good Morning Tapes, marking a significant step for Naples, expanding his range of styles – touching on trip-hop, psychedelic pop, ambient house, and much more along the way.
Incienso and Proibito released critically acclaimed albums from both DJ Python (Dulce Compania, 2017) and Huerco S.’ (For Those Of You… 2016), as well as many other essential EP’s from the New York City underground dance music scene and beyond. There are few boundaries between House, Techno, Italo, Disco, Miami Bass, Chill Out, and other strains of dance music – all of which, in turn, influence Anthony as a DJ, and in his residency at NYC dance institution Nowadays.

Gigolo Tears klingt nach Banana Split am Beach, gebrochenen Herzen und eingeölten Muskeln. Es ist das Soloprojekt von Christin Elmar Schalko, Sängerin, Multiinstrumentalistin, Produzentin und eine Hälfte des Hamburger Ex-Duos Zucker. Schalko: „Gigolo Tears was founded either to make every man on this planet cry or at least to make every woman dance.“ In der Spannungsfläche von Aggression, Zärtlichkeit und Humor findet Schalko relevante Themen und Motive. In die scheinbar ungebrochen poppigen Stücke mischt sie heimlich und dennoch treffsicher Feminis- mus, Melancholie und die Attitude, dass das hier ihr Spielplatz sei, auf dem sie sich frei austoben kann und dennoch das Regelwerk des Zirkus genau verstanden hat, um es nach ihren Vorstellungen tanzen zu lassen. Dabei hat Sie nie Angst vor der großen Geste, der epischen Melodie, den Plastikstreichern. Um ihre starken Popsongs live per- formen zu können, wird sie auf der Bühne von den „Crybabies“ unterstützt – von wem auch sonst? In ihrem letzten Videorelease „Cry For Love“ weinten nicht weniger als 500 Männer, während Schalko vor trocknender Wäsche in der Sonne tanzte. So cool muss man erstmal sein. Die Verheißung von Pop liegt seidig schimmernd in der Luft.