Alec Empire delivers his latest DJ Mix - EYHO Berlin style!
Using turntables and his whole analogue weapon arsenal:
ARP 2600, Metasonix Wretchmachine, Korg MS20, Moogs, Sherman Filterbanks, Vostok and a lot more….When Alec spins he blurs the line between a DJ set and a real recording session.
After his night at legendary Tresor Club in Berlin a few weeks ago, he stayed awake and made this.
Alec: “It was great because I had the record players running into my mixer, had all my gear there, and it felt like surfing or something…keep the beats going and going, do abstract brain stuff on top of it. You know every mix I do is different, and at the moment I love this style…but this can change next weekend… as a DJ you have to stay in motion all the time. I had “Stalker” playing from VHS while I did this…”
Even the name conjurs up so many different images for so many different people.
The frenzied, coke-fuelled jazz scene of the 1920s. Christopher Isherwood loafing around with the vivacious Sally Bowls in the 1930s. A war-torn ruin in the 1940s then a new economic boom town of the 1950s. A city divided throughout the Cold War and still, to this day, finding its feet after reunification. Even just looking at the 20th Century, Berlin has an incredibly rich and varied history which sets it apart from many other European capitals.
It's a city which thrives on evolution and this is nowhere better reflected than through its music scene. An ever-changing array of clubs, bars, labels, DJs, producers, bands and musicians have been part and parcel of Berlin culture for decades...and there's no sign of this stopping anytime soon.
But there is no time to go all misty-eyed and nostalgic for the "golden periods" of the city's past: the punk craze of the 70s is over as is the no-wave scene of the early 80s...even the 90s boom in techno is a distant memory now. Now it's time for something different. Now it's time to reflect the times, the tastes and the sounds of New Berlin. Berlin in 2007.
Now is the time for Eat Your Heart Out!
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