Neoclassic Lovers the new single by Berlin based electronic pop duo Lebron Aggressive begins with the eerie warble of pre-dawn synthesized song birds in a virtual world. The late night bus rumbles by, while a full moon hangs above the two single matching beds of Peter...
Dig out your dorky dancing shoes for Hot Chip It is a curious fact that in the early 00s approximately 75% of the British population were members of electro-synth-pop indie bands [citation needed, “own memory” not a reliable source]. It seemed as though every week a...
Indie stalwarts Metronomy a sure bet to have Columbiahalle dancing to their tune Metronomy have since the 00s been an ever-present and somewhat underrated force in the indie music scene. Emerging alongside artists such as the Klaxons and Two Door Cinema Club, they...
There’s no denying that I’m a huge fan of burlesque and I have to say Berlin has one of the best circuits for it. So, I was wonderfully surprised when the headmistress, La Viola Vixen invited me to her school, Shimmy Shake Berlin, to take a class. After...
A conversation with the choreographer/producer of “Dance Factory,” a new Berlin dance film centered on the Syrian refugee experience. I just got off the phone with Mohamad Al Halabi, aka “Wolf,” a Berlin-based dancer/choreographer from Syria. We had a brief and...
