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When you’re younger, you want to identify yourself as something, and when you’re older it’s more about principles and values rather than self-identification

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RISE is one of Germany’s most vital and vibrant club crews. Having recently been awarded the Tag der Clubkultur award, we catch up with creative director Aziz Sarr and filmmaker Naomi Phillips to speak about their latest project, the documentary “Above and Beyond - The Global Rise of Afro House,” which explores the roots of afro house featuring artists like Hyenah, Osunlade or Thandi Draai and why in Berlin, the so-called “capital of electronic music,” the genre still hasn’t reached the same heights as in South Africa.

Wenn du aus einem Bezirk wie Spandau kommst wo es keine Clubs gibt, dann musst du anfangen selber Veranstaltungen zu machen.

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Finding the right balance between my most organized focused part, and that emotional, pretty chaotic one, which I guess is more connected to the creative side of me, is, I think, the most challenging thing.

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99% of the decisions that we have been taking are really based on intuition and what feels right.

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“You have to travel in your own head, and I guess, at least I hope that this record is some kind of window into an imaginary, better world.”

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The last fifteen months haven’t been easy. Everyone’s life has been drastically altered without warning, and many young people are left with anxieties about what the future has in store for them. Enter Project Futureproof, a European initiative launched by Deutsche Telekom to give the next generation confidence in their career aspirations and explore new pathways, despite the current situation. Equipped with the new Project Futureproof app, you can hopefully find answers to these questions. After all, there are also many kinds of creative professions out there.In this episode, Jakob dials up three young creatives with vastly different but equally fascinating careers. We’ll hear from 22-year-old fashion designer Zec Elie-Meiré, 26-year-old BBC broadcaster and DJ Jaguar, and 27-year-old character designer Katie Menzies. They tell us how they turned their passion into a profession, how to cope with setbacks, and how, even for them, the journey to a fulfilling creative career was less than clear from the beginning.

“Berlin hat wahnsinnig viel aber es hat nicht alles, und es verändert sich auch. Mich hat es gesehnt nach einer Stadt wo ich mich ein bisschen mehr fokussieren kann.”

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In some countries around the world, the pandemic caused only a mere blip in the social calendar. Currently, Europe still remains in the throes of an extended lockdown, with many venues silent for over a year, that it seems only mass inoculation will be able to revive. In China and Taiwan, the unmasked abandon of a packed dancefloor has been a mainstay since last April. In Israel, after over five million vaccinations, the nighttime economy is now nearly in full swing. Meanwhile, in Accra, Ghana, people congregate at open-air venues. Why is this? An overlap of government policies, virus policy precedents, and cultural conduct play a major role. Artists Amichay Matyas, Rui Ho, Tzusing, and Gafacci offer their personal, divergent perspectives on post-lockdown clubbing.

Die Lockdown-Lage in Berlin ist bedrückend. Während Stars wie Skepta, Virgil Abloh und slowthai im Berghain zu Modenschauen gehen und im Soho House feiern, warten die Akteure der Berliner Musikszene seit über einem Jahr darauf, zu einer Normalität mit gefüllten Tanzflächen zurückzukehren. In dieser Folge des Telekom Electronic Beats Podcasts geht Moderatorin Gesine Kühne auf die Straßen Berlins, um Clubbetreiber*innen, DJs und Tänzer*innen zu fragen, wie sich ihr Leben verändert hat und wie sie psychisch mit der Situation umgehen. Clubkultur ist schließlich auch ein Synonym für Nähe und Gemeinschaft—genau das fehlt uns durch die Pandemie. Außerdem gibt der deutsche Politiker Klaus Lederer, Senator für Kultur und Europa in Berlin, einen Einblick in das komplexe Regelwerk, mit dem die Regierung Clubnächte dennoch erlauben kann.