POOLcast 057 - Demas

The POOLcast in August comes from Demas, founder of Klangscheiben and POOL co-founder. Known for his error funk techno and dub love, he has turned the record boxes upside down for POOLcast and made us a set that fits into the POOLcast series without any effort and gives clear hints about his musical background.

This raises the following question: Is there such a thing as a fixed, predetermined musical origin or in other words, a definite musical taste at all? There has been research on the origin of musical taste since music has been reproduced. First of all, your parents or your circle of friends are often the first people to be referred to, as they will cement the cornerstones of your taste in music in your education or adolescence. This also coincides wonderfully with the realization that musical taste and personality interfere. Without question, no doubt, extroverted listening to pop and introverted to jazz. Which is confirmed by the next study, namely the one that exposes the jazz lovers among you as emotionally cold rationalists who prefer to analyze music rather than melt away with heartbreaking soft rock ballads. Well, for every moment there is the right music, taste or not. Besides, you get older, more experienced, more open and tolerant. Wrong. Because another study shows that at 30 years old the case is closed. We always listen to the same thing, because job and family don't give us time for discovering. So question answered, the musical origin or personal musical taste is clearly definable and inevitable. Maybe we should make a study of our POOLcast series to verify the results. Could go wrong, first indication "POOLcast 057 - Demas".

Do you feel challenged now ? :)

Stay safe and healthy.

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/track/poolcast-057-demas

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/poolcast-057-demas

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/poolcast-057-demas

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Demas

https://www.facebook.com/minimaldemas

https://soundcloud.com/demas

Klangscheiben

https://www.facebook.com/Klangscheiben

https://soundcloud.com/klangscheiben

https://klangscheiben.bandcamp.com/

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The POOL Berlin

https://facebook.com/thepoolberlin/

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/

https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/5YxJHKoPPflbj9NKleINUz

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/poolcast/id1462173000

https://overcast.fm/itunes1462173000/poolcast

https://pca.st/tC92

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pool-berlin/poolcast

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POOLcast 056 - Franco Bellavita

For the start into the second half of the year we invited Franco Bellavita to record a POOLcast for you. Franco has dedicated himself to the world of creativity for years and moves between visual and sonorous media.

Looking at Franco's work, be it his early musical works under the moniker Pachyderme on 31337 records or sleep is commercial, or the works he created with his analog camera, you will notice his commitment to pure, free and unbiased art. This is underlined even more by his further career. Ambient, jazz, drone, analog photography and handmade collages speak for his dedication to art, which, when you look at it, raises the question of what came first, the work or the inspiration? Does devotion create art or is devotion a product of art ? This mental dilemma regarding causality is also reflected in Franco's POOLcast. The construct of ambient, drone and jazz creates a musical palindrome, where the listener has to face the question of causality. What is beginning, what is end, what is the notion, what is the work. Everything interlocks organically and meaningfully, so that it seems difficult to determine whether the idea has become a work of art or whether the work creates an idea.

Enjoy.

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/poolcast-056-franco-bellavita

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/track/poolcast-056-franco-bellavita

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/poolcast-056-franco-bellavita/

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Franco Bellavita

https://francobelavita.wixsite.com/francobellavita/

https://soundcloud.com/pachyderme

https://www.facebook.com/franco.bellavita.3

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The POOL Berlin

https://facebook.com/thepoolberlin/

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/

https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/5YxJHKoPPflbj9NKleINUz

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/poolcast/id1462173000

https://overcast.fm/itunes1462173000/poolcast

https://pca.st/tC92

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pool-berlin/poolcast

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POOLcast 055 - Fønø

With this episode of our POOLcast series we present you another facet of our longtime companion Fønø. As a platform dedicated to artistic freedom, we believe that it is important to support and accompany artists in their artistic development.

With this certainty Fønø has sent us one of his latest works. A piece with his own live compositions, collaborations and songs by other artists. The result is a fabric of dark textures, beautiful mystical atmospheres, classical acoustics and almost physical presence. This fabric, which seems to envelop you like a veil of vibrations. A fabric that allows you to descend into an ancient abyss. An abyss that seems to become bigger and more challenging with each further exploration. A dive in which the constantly driving feeling of certainty that surrounds us in everyday life is more and more replaced by the hunger for venture, the primal longing for the unfathomable. A desire that is often covered with material or ideological things in our modern society. Only rarely are there times when human beings and society leave certainty behind and courageously descend into an abyss to fathom it.

A deep journey into a beautiful abyss.

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/poolcast-055-fono

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/track/poolcast-055-f-n

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/poolcast-055-f%C3%B8n%C3%B8/

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Fønø

https://www.facebook.com/fonochannel/

https://www.soundcloud.com/fono-ambient

https://www.fonomusic.bandcamp.com/

https://www.soundcloud.com/abyssgrooves

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The POOL Berlin

https://facebook.com/thepoolberlin/

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/

https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/5YxJHKoPPflbj9NKleINUz

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/poolcast/id1462173000

https://overcast.fm/itunes1462173000/poolcast

https://pca.st/tC92

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pool-berlin/poolcast

https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MjA0NjQxNzEwL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M

POOLcast 054 - Viktor Udvari

For our POOLcast in May we have a contribution from Viktor Udvari for you. Viktor comes from Hungary and has been making music since 2012, like many at that time, in his bedroom, inspired by live music, avant-garde jazz, tribal, minimalistic and organic vibes of various Berlin, Russian, Japanese and North and South American artists.

A spectrum that testifies to his impartiality and urge for discovery. Qualities that are able to keep the artistic spirit alive. That part of the consciousness that always demands more and the new, the unexplored. A desire that can only be satisfied by discarding fear and consciously confronting the unknown. It requires a permanent dialogue between the different phenomena of ourselves. The inner dialogue that takes place unconsciously and demands attention. Only by actively conducting this dialogue is it possible to open your mind and discard your fear of the new, the unknown, the alien, the uncontrollable. But this is often easier said than done. Frequently we stand in our own way, cloud our perception or lack the right perspective. Art enables us to carry this continuous discourse forward, to see it as an outsider, to share it, to enrich it with new insights and to continue it with new horizons. In the case of Viktor without words, without images, only through music. Music as conversation, for the opening of the inside, for the dialogue with the outside.

Become part of this conversation, listen to yourself.

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/poolcast-054-viktor-udvari/s-pylxntkXLph

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Viktor Udvari

https://viktorudvari.bandcamp.com

https://soundcloud.com/viktorudvari

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The POOL Berlin

https://facebook.com/thepoolberlin/

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/

https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/5YxJHKoPPflbj9NKleINUz

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/poolcast/id1462173000

https://overcast.fm/itunes1462173000/poolcast

https://pca.st/tC92

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pool-berlin/poolcast

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POOLcast 053 - Cadih

For this issue of POOLcast we invited Cadih, who provides us with a set of her musical discoveries that could hardly be more appropriate for the time between winter and spring.

The time when winter is behind us and spring is just around the corner. A time that leads us into a kind of in-between world. A world between the end and the beginning, a world that makes us reflect on the past months and at the same time gives us a tentative glimpse of the future. Be it plans that we make, or memories that we rearrange. To look at and classify past or future events is a perpetual process that does not follow any particular rules or structures. It is more like an amorphous maze in which one never knows whether unknown paths will lead to new destinations or explored routes will reveal the unexpected. Inside, entrance and exit are only mental constructs that manifest themselves as memories and expectations, which can take on a different form after every junction or twist. A phenomenon that can often be observed when listening to the POOLcast of Cadih. Each chosen piece leads to an unconscious prediction of future musical expectations. Expectations that, a few minutes later, awaken completely new expectations about the course of the entire work, and in doing so make you think of the past pieces in a different way than just a few moments before. A work like an amorphous labyrinth, which is capable of creating new moments with each run.

A musical maze.

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/poolcast-053-cadih

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/track/poolcast-053-cadih

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/poolcast-053-cadih/

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Cadih

https://soundcloud.com/cadihh

https://www.facebook.com/cadihmusic/

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The POOL Berlin

https://facebook.com/thepoolberlin/

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/

https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/5YxJHKoPPflbj9NKleINUz

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/poolcast/id1462173000

https://overcast.fm/itunes1462173000/poolcast

https://pca.st/tC92

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pool-berlin/poolcast

https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MjA0NjQxNzEwL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M

POOLcast 052 - Yu Kawabata

Our third edition this year gives us once again the opportunity to introduce you to our extended circle of friends. Yu Kawabata is a DJ with Japanese roots, she started her career in the clubs of Osaka, and then, as her career progressed, she played all the famous locations and events in Russia with her driving techno sets.

POOLcast listeners know that our podcast series also aims to be a platform for artists to present themselves outside their usual or publicly perceived areas. With her set for this POOLcast edition Yu Kawabata takes advantage of this opportunity as well. The mixture of ambient, IDM, drone and jazz creates a mood of departure, awakens the desire to discover and continually transports the listener to new worlds. Worlds that seem to be connected by something. Something that seems neither tangible nor explainable. Yet there is always the feeling that the sequence of worlds you are thrown into serves a purpose, from beginning to end. The purpose of encrypting a secret through each station, of sending a message to the listener and of creating a mood that the solving of a mystery always seems to be imminent.

Stay curious.

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/poolcast-052-yu-kawabata

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/track/poolcast-052-yu-kawabata

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/poolcast-052-yu-kawabata

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Yu Kawabata

https://soundcloud.com/yukawabata

https://www.facebook.com/kawabatayu

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The POOL Berlin

https://facebook.com/thepoolberlin/

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/

https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/5YxJHKoPPflbj9NKleINUz

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/poolcast/id1462173000

https://overcast.fm/itunes1462173000/poolcast

https://pca.st/tC92

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pool-berlin/poolcast

https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MjA0NjQxNzEwL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M

POOLcast 051 - Video Special - From Berlin with Love - Alicia Hush, Flori b2b Ana+one

More than 5 years ago we organized one of our first big events together with "Mischwerktanzen" and "Licht Aus!" under the name "The POOL Berlin". "From Berlin with Love" was the result of the effort to finally present our vision to the public. Back then POOLcast was just an idea for the far future and now we look back on 51 episodes. Made possible by artists from all parts of the world, using a wide variety of genres to entertain our audience, which is also at home all over the planet. Once again, we can only thank the artists who inspire and drive us with their creativity, as well as the listeners who share their enthusiasm with us.

The artists who participated at that event were Alicia Hush, Marlene Magnoli, Demas, ANN, Dr.Nojoke, Ana+one, Florist and akustooptik. This episode shows a 5 hour cut of the live stream and the recording of the performances of Alicia Hush and Flori b2b Ana+one.

Rock On.

https://youtu.be/_Aa--zbq_So

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/poolcast-051-video-special-from-berlin-with-love-alicia-hush-flori-b2b-anaone/s-2eVf5

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/album/poolcast-051-video-special-from-berlin-with-love

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/poolcast-051-video-special-from-berlin-with-love-alicia-hush-flori-b2b-anaone/

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Alicia Hush

https://www.facebook.com/HushyPoo/

https://soundcloud.com/alicia-hush

Flori

https://soundcloud.com/florianstuetzer

https://www.facebook.com/Florian-209095259131534/

Ana+one

https://soundcloud.com/anatone

https://www.facebook.com/anaone-42352794642/

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The POOL Berlin

https://facebook.com/thepoolberlin/

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/

https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/5YxJHKoPPflbj9NKleINUz

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/poolcast/id1462173000

https://overcast.fm/itunes1462173000/poolcast

https://pca.st/tC92

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pool-berlin/poolcast

https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MjA0NjQxNzEwL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M

POOLcast 050 - Video Special - From Berlin with Love - Demas b2b ANN, Marlene Magnoli, Dr.Nojoke

More than 5 years ago we organized one of our first big events together with "Mischwerktanzen" and "Licht Aus!" under the name "The POOL Berlin". "From Berlin with Love" was the result of the effort to finally present our vision to the public. Back then POOLcast was just an idea for the far future and now we look back on 50 episodes. Made possible by artists from all parts of the world, using a wide variety of genres to entertain our audience, which is also at home all over the planet. Once again, we can only thank the artists who inspire and drive us with their creativity, as well as the listeners who share their enthusiasm with us.

The artists who participated at that event were Alicia Hush, Marlene Magnoli, Demas, ANN, Dr.Nojoke, Ana+one, Florist and akustooptik. This episode shows a 5 hour cut of the live stream and the recording of the performances of Demas b2b ANN, Marlene Magnoli and Dr.Nojoke.

Happy New Year.

https://youtu.be/xJsRWF8fd6k

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/poolcast-050-video-special-from-berlin-with-love-demas-b2b-ann-marlene-magnoli-drnojoke

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/album/poolcast-050-video-special-from-berlin-with-love

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/poolcast-050-video-special-from-berlin-with-love-demas-b2b-ann-marlene-magnoli-drnojoke

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DEMAS

https://soundcloud.com/demas

https://www.facebook.com/minimaldemas/

ANN

https://soundcloud.com/ann-other

https://www.facebook.com/ANN.mistakes/

https://annother.bandcamp.com/

Marlene Magnoli

https://soundcloud.com/marlene-magnoli

https://www.facebook.com/Marlene-Magnoli-280237118802846/

Dr.Nojoke

https://soundcloud.com/dr-nojoke

https://www.facebook.com/Dr.Nojoke.fanpage/

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The POOL Berlin

https://facebook.com/thepoolberlin/

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/

https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/5YxJHKoPPflbj9NKleINUz

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/poolcast/id1462173000

https://overcast.fm/itunes1462173000/poolcast

https://pca.st/tC92

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pool-berlin/poolcast

https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MjA0NjQxNzEwL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M

POOLcast 049 - GNILYF

The year is coming to an end and the first big milestone is just around the corner, a good time to give you a little insight and outlook on POOLcast and POOLtracks.

In the last four years, in which we have brought the two POOL projects step by step to the public, we have got to know artists from all five inhabited continents, accompanied them and offered a platform for their works. This also applies to our audience. In more than 50 countries around the globe, various platforms are used to listen - and share - the artists' POOLcasts and POOLtracks. This makes us proud and motivates us. But that doesn't stop us from finding more platforms and ways next year to give the artists the attention they deserve. Our journey with The POOL Berlin has just begun, the whole team has many ideas and a clear vision for next year and the years to come.

But first things first let's finish 2019 with a last POOLcast and leave past and future out. GNILYF provided us again with one of his rare mixtape collages.

Have fun and a good start into the new year.

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/poolcast-049-gnilyf/s-IG7GU

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/track/poolcast-049-gnilyf

https://www.mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/poolcast-049-gnilyf/

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GNILYF

https://soundcloud.com/gnilyf

https://www.facebook.com/gnilyf/

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The POOL Berlin

https://thepoolberlin.de/

https://facebook.com/thepoolberlin/

https://soundcloud.com/thepoolberlin/

https://poolcast.bandcamp.com/

https://mixcloud.com/ThePoolcasts/

https://pooltracks.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/5YxJHKoPPflbj9NKleINUz

https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/poolcast/id1462173000

https://overcast.fm/itunes1462173000/poolcast

https://pca.st/tC92

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pool-berlin/poolcast

https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MjA0NjQxNzEwL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M

POOLcast 048 - Dr.Nojoke versus Anomali

Live at Waha Festival 2019

It's November, which means it's been four years since we started releasing new mixtapes, live-sets, dj-sets, collages and everything in between every month. With this POOLcast edition we're finishing our current season and, like every year, we're getting a fresh look. Musically we stay in familiar spheres. For this year's anniversary we have again something very special from our own party for you. A live set from someone who started everything with us and who was already a fixed part of our fellowship before The POOL Berlin, PLO and POOLcast, of course we're talking about Frank Bogdanowitz, Dr.Nojoke alias Anomali.

Dr.Nojoke has been a musician for decades and experienced several musical, historical and personal revolutions. One of the last ones took place with Frank himself, after he had made his producer and live act Alter Ego Dr.Nojoke famous in Berlin and beyond, it was time to tear down old borders and explore new territories. It's not an easy step to take a new path, to leave behind something that has been with you for years, that has become part of yourself, and to go into the unknown. What at the first moment can have the unpleasant taste of a farewell to old values is in reality the acceptance of your own freedom and this is exactly what we are using in this issue of POOLcast. Our concept of following artists through the years of their work tears down a new barrier with this episode. Dr.Nojoke versus Anomali is the union of two worlds that have shaped Frank's life since the last historical revolution.

The Live-set was played in the morning on Sunday, July 14th, 2019, on the Chill in Space stage, Waha Festival, Romania. A blend of field recordings, productions and loops from my projects anomali, rand and dr.nojoke performed live with my typical instrumentarium*, my voice and dub-effects.

( *Singing bowl, marbles, jew's harp, metal plate, sticks, children's accordion, kazoo, radio, stylophone, monotron and more percussive stuff. )

Behind barriers, opportunities emerge.