techno & travel stories

The Berlin based artist Jan Blomqvist is currently touring through the world with his Disconnected tour. We interviewed him in Cologne at one of the last concerts after touring for four months with his band. Not only with his current tour he travelled many places around the globe. An interview about being an artist in the online and offline world.

In this interview we are talking about:

- How it feels playing the last shows after four months of touring

- If travelling with his band also helps disconnecting from the online world instead of travelling alone

- How his life as artist would look like if internet would not exist

- If the vibes are different at venues that he plays at with the band instead of playing at clubs as solo artist

- If he will take his son on the travels this year

- Which kind of festivals he likes more: Smaller nature bound festivals our huge productions with more than 10.000 visitors

- Which culture impressed him most and what he learned from it

- The things about Germany he likes and dislikes

- Why he chose Berlin as his home

- In which city despite Berlin he would like to live

- His favourite spots and restaurants in Berlin

The whole interview can be found on tunesandwings.com

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The way we travel has changed enormous in the past years. Every month new travel concepts and trends are popping up. What's important to us when exploring new countries, sustainability but also digital nomadism changed the travel world drastically. In March 2019 the travel world met it Berlin for the ITB and the Berlin Travel Festival. Out of those gathering we figured out seven travel trends in 2019, that are presented in this podcast episode.

The whole article can be found on tunesandwings.com

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A journey through the world of electronic music. 30 years of techno in Berlin. A good opportunity to take a look at the subculture 'techno' in an international context. Exciting destinations, interesting people and insights into local scenes of electronic music are waiting for you.

Last weekend tunes&wings founder Sabine Spethling had the pleasure to speak at the Berlin Travel Festival. This podcast episode is a recording of her talk where she portrayed exciting and beautiful t[rave]l destinations including the local techno scenes, people, parties and places. As the presentation was held in German, this podcast episode is also in German language.

The whole article can be found on tunesandwings.com

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Hans Cousto is a mathematician, musicologist, researcher, book author of ‚Cosmic Octave’, electronic music lover and much more. After talking about the book of Hans Cousto with podcast interview guests like ‘Recondite‘ and ‘Petros Haffenrichter‘, it was a great opportunity to talk with the author himself.

“Sound is like a massage, an energy coming to the body”

Disclaimer: The magazine does not support the use of drugs.

In this interview we are talking about:

- How the theory of the cosmic octave came into his mind

- Sound frequencies in our nature and universe

- What soundwaves are doing with our body when dancing in the club or on a festival

- What he likes about the techno and rave culture

- Chakra frequencies

- His current research projects

- His work with DroGenKult

- Which culture he liked most while living in different countries around the world

- His hippie life

Full interview can be found on tunesandwings.com

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Alican, the 'other half' of the label ‘Isolate’ is coining the current electronic music scene in Istanbul. After portraying Murat Uncuoglu in the last podcast interview, this episode will cast light on the other half of great happenings in the Turkish capital.

In this interview we are talking about:

- His label ‘Isolate’ that he founded in 2017 together with Murat Uncuoglu

- His release 'Magazine'

- The beginning of his friendship with Murat Uncuoglu in 2003 and insights into how the scene in Istanbul was back then

- The Mixmag article about the economic influences on the scene and especially about his club 'Kafes'

- What he loves about his city Istanbul

- The electronic music scene in Istanbul back then and nowadays

- His personal hot spots and travel recommendations in Istanbul

- His upcoming projects

The whole article can be found on tunesandwings.com

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Murat Uncuoglu coined Istanbul’s electronic music scene since the end of the 80ies and with his label 'Isolate' and his clubs 'Module' and 'Kafes' he is still doing it now. He recently had a release on 'Innervisions' 'Secret Weapons' and is taking us on a journey through his hometown Istanbul within this podcast interview.

In this interview we are talking about:

- His label ‘Isolate’ that he founded together with Alican and friends

- The beginnings of electronic music in Istanbul

- The biggest milestones of the scene since the end of the 80ies

- Istanbul’s electronic music scene nowadays

- Current clubs, artists and promoters in Istanbul

- How the current political situation will influence the culture in the future

- His personal travel tips and hot spots in Istanbul

The whole article can be found on tunesandwings.com

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From March 8–10, 2019, the Berlin Travel Festival ventures into new territories, bringing together new ways of traveling with the new traveler. For this occasion, tunes&wings takes you on a journey through the world of electronic music. 30 years of techno in Berlin. A good opportunity to take a look at the subculture 'techno' in an international context. Exciting destinations, interesting people and insights into local scenes of the electronic music are waiting for you.

The whole article is available on tunesandwings.com

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Village Underground is not only a club where acts like Trikk and Adriatique are playing, but a space for creativity & culture in London. In addition to being a cultural centre, Village Underground is an ecological project. The venue has a commitment to environmental sustainability within different projects, Laura Killeen, events manager at the club will tell us about.

In this podcast episode we are talking about:

- Village Undergrounds’ understanding of environmental sustainability

- How Laura banned plastic straws from the club

- To what extend sustainability is a governmental or club-topic

- How clubs easily can start to walk the green path

- Practical tips for people that want introduce a green culture to clubs

- Which highlights the club is offering in 2019

Find the whole article on tunesandwings.com

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News are going crazy about the new documentaries about FYRE festival – the festival that never took place. Acts like Rampue, Jan Blomqvist, Blond:ISH, Tensnake were on the line-up. The organisers even had a cooperation with ZERO. By looking a bit deeper into this festival fraud, you may draw a conclusion about the digital media generation, that also has an impact on the electronic music world.

What is your opinion about this topic? Discuss with us in the closed tunes&wings community on facebook.

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Techno documentaries fascinate ravers with background information about scenes, insights within interviews and details about the development of subcultures. Here you'll find out about the best new publications.

Trailers and links are available on tunesandwings.com

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