Electronic Beats Weekly

Why is it more important than ever to create ‘safer’ spaces and awareness concepts in our club culture? And what can we all do, so that everybody feels safe while going out? Kikelomo talks to diversity consultant Lewamm Ghebremariam about the evolution of safer spaces, why she rather speaks about intentional spaces, and how the Netflix series “Sex Education” is a great learning experience for basically everything. Plus: Prada designing the space suits for NASA’s next moon mission, reggae icon Max Romeo suing his publishers, the amapiano community showing love to its originator, and the psychic story behind the classic “Gypsy Woman”. 

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: Kikelomo

Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Helena Schmidt and Carlos Steurer 

Edit and sound design: Hakan Halaç and Marc Übel

Lead Producer: Isabel Woop

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Check out Awareness Akademie and LemLem Culture. 

Watch “Capital B” – the 5-part documentary on ARTEs YouTube channel. 

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While West-African music is celebrating new milestones globally, the electronic music scene is still underrepresented. The Nyege Nyege festival in Uganda and its community have been a centerpoint for highlighting dance music and queer culture from East Africa. In this episode Kikelomo talks to Turkana, who’s part of the experimental Anti-Mass collective from Kumpala. She opens up about the danger of building safer spaces in a country where being queer is a crime and the troubles of getting working visas as African artists in Europe. Plus: Bandcamp being sold – again, grassroots music venues under threat, cable-free studio monitors, and the EU to ban generic environmental claims. 

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: Kikelomo

Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Kikelomo

Edit and sound design: Marc Übel

Lead Producer: Isabel Woop

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Follow Turkana.  

Check out the recommended multimedia project “Union Black – Sounds Of A Nation”.

Read more on the challenges African artists have to face when applying for visa.

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Dance music from the Latin diaspora is making waves into the European scene – but who’s really profiting from the boom? This week OttO Kent talks to the Venezuelan writer and deputy editor of Crack Magazine Rachel Grace Almeida about the long-overdue attention that Latin American artists are getting, and why it’s problematic to lump all these artists and countries into one box. Plus: Bad Bunny speaking out against queer baiting accusations, Chioma Nnadi as the first black woman to lead British Vogue, Brian Eno calling out James Blake for using the asshole chord, and a new Spotify feature that sounds a lot like payola. 

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: OttO Kent 

Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Jacob Sperber

Edit and sound design: Marc Übel

Lead Producer: Isabel Woop

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Follow Rachel Grace Almeida. 

Listen to Rachel Grace Almeida’s radio show on NTS. 

Watch “Talking Robots Into Heaven – a conversation between James Blake and 

Brian Eno”. 

Watch the documentary “Future Sound Of Mzansi” (Part 1, 2, and 3). 

Watch “The Scare Tactics of Spoek Mathambo: at TEDxSoweto 2011.

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Should we consider turning away from the DJ booth? That’s what an older generation of ravers is proposing on social media? Kikelomo has some strong feelings about that – and even the science to back them up. She’s joined by co-host OttO Kent to dive into the debate and to talk about the history and evolution of the DJ booth. Plus: Songs as investments, UK bans laughing gas, the new iPhone as a gaming console, and Mexican singer Peso Pluma facing threats by a major drug cartel. 

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: Kikelomo

Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Jacob Sperber

Edit and sound design: Marc Übel

Lead Producer: Isabel Woop

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Follow OttO Kent. 

Read Goldie’s biography “All things remembered: Goldie”.

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Are demons taking over pop culture? This week OttO talks to a mystic creature herself – the british artist Sarahsson – about the current trend of playing with the devil, cybersigilism being the new tribal tattoos and how a new generation is charging their Whoppers while remixing the forbidden. Plus: African music getting some long overdue global love, A$AP Rocky being honored with the Virgil Abloh Award, criminal gangs supposedly laundering money with Spotify streams and the British series Top Boy coming to an end.  

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: OttO Kent

Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Jacob Sperber

Edit and sound design: Marc Übel

Lead Producer: Isabel Woop

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Follow Sarahsson and check out her debut album “The Horgenaith”. 

Support the fundraiser to help find The Stud in San Francisco a new home. 

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WTF was happening at Burning Man this year? First climate protesters were blocking the entrance, and then a rainstorm hit the desert playa so that people weren’t allowed to leave the ground. OttO – who’s an burner himself – talks to DJ Kim Ann Foxman, who’s been a Burning Man aficionado for decades. They talk about the reasons for people hating the festival and about what’s left of the original principles. Plus: the club scene in Berlin is protesting against the expansion of the city’s Autobahn, fast fashion giant Shein is teaming up with Forever 21, electronic music producers working on the sound design of electric cars, and the never ending evolution of the Pokémon sounds. 

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: OttO Kent

Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Jacob Sperber

Edit and sound design: Marc Übel

Lead Producer: Carlos Steurer

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Follow Kim Ann Foxman.

Read more on the A100 Wegbassen movement. 

Listen to the “Partyzone Revisited” podcast with Rozalla and Adamski.  

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How is the electronic music scene in Ukraine keeping up and evolving since the Russian invasion? This week OttO Kent talks to Ukrainian DJ, promoter and producer Human Margareeta about keeping a culture alive and the importance of daytime raves during the war. Plus: first results of Berlin’s drug-checking program, protests at Burning Man, the unexpected return of Fyre Festival, some shady support for the concert ticket reform in the US and your weekly recommendation from OttO. 

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: OttO Kent

Writers for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Jacob Sperber

Edit and sound design: Marc Übel

Lead Producer: Isabel Woop

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Follow Human Margareeta.

Read Margareeta’s RA feature “The Sound of Resistance: A Year in Ukrainian Electronic Music”.

Watch the Live Black Rock City Webcast from Burning Man Festival. 

Here you can stay informed on Drug-Checking.Berlin. 

Watch the documentary “WHAM!” on Netflix.

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Can a DJ set be a guided meditation? This week OttO Kent talks to DJ Gigola about dance music as body music, her album “Fluid Meditations” and how everything is rhythmical. And since they both share a soft spot for ASMR, of course they had to try it in the studio. Plus: Burna Boy making history, Boiler Room Broadcast Lab, Albania as the hot spot for the summer, cashing in on noise complaints, and your weekly recommendation – this week with DJ and producer BEC calling in from Berlin.

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: OttO KentWriters for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Jacob SperberEdit and sound design: Marc ÜbelLead Producer: Carlos Steurer

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Listen to “Fluid Meditations” by DJ Gigola.Apply for Boiler Room Broadcast Lab. Read “How Albania became 2023’s summer hotspot”. Find us at Platte Berlin on July 20th.Listen to “Papua New Guinea” by The Future Sound Of London.

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Do DJs have to be influencers nowadays? Why do some people feel that it’s embarrassing to be a DJ today? This week OttO Kent is talking to music journalist Shawn Reynaldo, who wrote about the changing perception of being a DJ in a recent essay that made a lot of waves. Plus: Tomorrowland partners up with TikTok up, why ‘Rave The Planet’ almost didn’t happen, things being thrown on stage at concerts, political unrest in France and your weekly recommendation – this week with Meg10 calling in from Berlin.

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You can find Shawn’s book “First Floor Vol. 1: Reflections on Electronic Music” here. Watch the Resident Advisor documentary on Seth Troxler at Tomorrowland here.
Find us at Platte Berlin on July 20th.Listen to TATU x GASOLINA by Chico Sonido.

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: OttO KentWriters for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Carlos Steurer and Jacob SperberEdit and sound design: Marc ÜbelLead Producer: Isabel Woop

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Did you notice sexual humour is making its comeback on the dance floor? For this week’s episode Kikelomo is talking to MCR-T and Miss Bashful about the legacy of sexually explicit songs in dance music. The couple just released what they call their “first born”: “Tootsie Pop”. Their debut album is full of horny club bangers. Plus: a pledge to boycott face-scanning at live venues, “The Warehouse” being declared a permanent landmark, Drake’s cringey book of IG captions, amazing sound design in the new Zelda and your weekly recommendation – this week with Nathan Micay calling in from Berlin.

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Sign the petition to boycott face-scanning venues here. Check out how the sounds of "Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" were actually made.Listen to “R Plus Seven” from Oneothrix Point Never.

The Week is a production by Telekom Electronic Beats and ACB Stories.

Host: KikelomoWriters for this episode: Aaron Gonsher, Helena Schmidt and Carlos SteurerEdit and sound design: Marc ÜbelLead Producer: Isabel Woop

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.