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WHAT’S ON — Music DON’T MISS The Monochrome Set The decade sincethe art-punk pioneers regrouped in 2008 marks one of their most prolific periods yet. They take the stage at Monarch with their 14th album Maisieworld in tow. May 5, 20:00 Oh Yeah! Berlin Pop Women Witness the mesmerising sound experiments of Gudrun Gut and Joachim Irmler at Museum für Kommunikation. Also performing: Barbara Morgenstern. May 8, 21:00 Exploded View Frontwoman Anika once contributed vocals to Geoff Barrow of Portis head’s band BEAK>. After a few synthy solo releases, you can see her latest collaborative project, Exploded View, live at Roter Salon. May 24, 20:00 Freak Heat Waves With their latest album Beyond XXXL, Freak Heat Waves’ synth-laden postpunk sound just turned a little noisier. Catch them live at Internet Explorer. May 27, 20:00 Interview “Something has to change” Rachael Wright While preparing for imminent fatherhood, Kele Okereke discovered his love for folk on his third solo album Fatherland. By Michael Hoh In 2010, many were caught by surprise when Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke shared his debut solo album The Boxer, swapping distorted indie rock for electronic dance music. After making a name for himself as a DJ and releasing the house-y follow-up Trick in 2014, Kele changed gear again. He said goodbye to clubbing and settled down in South London with his partner and newborn daughter Savannah. In the process, he found a new outlet in folk music. We talked to Kele about writing his third solo record Fatherland before his show at Silent Green Kulturquartier on May 4. You wrote Fatherland in 2016. Why didn’t you release it then? I went to Justin [Harris], Bloc Party’s bass player’s studio in Portland. We recorded it all in 10 days. Then, in the process of mixing the record, the world changed: I was heartbroken when Britain decided to leave the EU; when Trump was elected. There was a sense of optimism fading. It was weird for me then to promote this album knowing that it’s speaking about this tranquil phase whilst the rest of the world is not tranquil at all. I’ve never felt more frightened about how things are than I do right now. It feels slightly incongruous, this album. But the beauty of music is that it’s forever. It might be fun to rediscover this album in 10, 20 years time. It might make more sense. So, your next album will be straight-up political? Mixing music and politics is a very difficult thing. I don’t think many people do it well. It takes a lot of skill to be able to write about what is happening in the world. I cringe a little when complex ideas get reduced to soundbites. Over the years, I have tried to write how I see the world, and that’s the most important thing. As long as you’re writing from an authentic place, telling your struggles, I think it’s worthwhile. Is “Grounds for Resentment”– a gay love song – still a taboo in many places? We don’t exist in an apolitical vacuum. Just because I’m writing a song about same-sex desire doesn’t make that any more political than heterosexual pop stars and how they see the world. There might be a spotlight shone on me because my view isn’t the dominant mainstream view. How did you make the transition from house to folk? Making Trick, I really immersed myself in club culture and nightlife, staying out until five in the morning. I knew when I finished touring that record, I wanted to go inwards to make something away from the dance floor. Having spent the lesser part of my teenage years deriding folk music, I suddenly had a real yearning to listen to singer-songwriter music like Joni Mitchell, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake; this incredibly powerful music framed by a voice and a story. Fatherland was a way for me to confront some of the prejudices I had. I couldn’t stand the music my parents listened to, like Afrobeat, highlife, the motown and soul they’d play in the car, it was something I really tried to move away from. Now it’s the music I’m most excited to listen to. Many of your lyrics deal with turning points. Even though Savannah hadn’t been born, I knew that it was coming. When I think of this album, it feels like saying goodbye to a period in my life and trying to prepare for what would come next. That’s why there are so many songs about relationships ending, having to cut people out of my life. As a lyricist, I’ve always been fascinated by the point where what is happening on the inside overcomes what is happening on the outside; when the body realises that enough is enough, and something has to change. n Kele May 4, 20:00 Silent Green Kulturquartier, Wedding 32 EXBERLINER 171
WHAT’S ON — Music Tips Classical and Contemporary Reddress Mixing violin and live electronics, the title is key to this concert as you literally witness it from the pockets and pouches of a red garment designed by Aamu Song and worn by violinist Pekka Kuusisto at Pierre Boulez Saal. May 29-Jun 1, 19:30 Lillenorge This three-day festival at Radialsystem V stages multi-genre concerts from classical music to folk with performers from Norway, South Korea and Germany. May 25, 23:30 Philharmonika You’re neither a sailor nor into German Volksmusik? Then the sound of an accordion is most likely not part of your Spotify playlist. You can make up for that at the Philharmonie. May 26, 18:00 Preview All things A/V From 4D live shows to whizzing drones, MIRA and the BVMAs have your audiovisual needs covered. This year marks the second iteration of MIRA, the Barcelona-originating digital arts festival spin-off at Funkhaus Berlin. Aiming to uncover the latest tech trends and developments on the digital culture front, the festival presents an ambitious line-up packed into one single day. Under the banner of “Emotions, Diversity and Social Change”, the festival features electro and audio-visual-heavy live shows by Aïsha Devi, Forest Swords, Laurel Halo, Yves Tumor and more, in addition to a variety of DJ sets and performances in the 4DSOUND-equipped MONOM space by Eomac, WaqWaq Kingdom as well as installations by Thomas Ankersmit and others. MIRA will be rounded off by a conference programme focussing on “diversity and gender in music, digital art and technology” with Berlin-based Lyra Pramuk and a lecture by Shigeru Ishihara on the correlation between music and instincts. Taking over Club Gretchen and the former silent movie theatre Delphi, the Berlin Music Video Awards similarly celebrate the merging of audio with the visual. Held since 2013 and spread over four consecutive days, the BMVAs screen and award the best out of 133 submissions in categories as disparate as “most trashy” and “best VFX”. The award ceremony is flanked by live shows and DJ sets, O-SHiN, Brunettes Shoot Blondes and Jylda to name a few, as well as networking sessions and, believe it or not, a drone operating workshop. If drones are not up your alley, why not join the after party at Toast Hawaii, hosted by the always glittering Cherry-O-Kie karaoke group. — MH MIRA Festival May 5, Funkhaus Berlin | Berlin Music Video Awards May 23-26, Club Gretchen/Delphi, for full programming, check mirafestivalberlin.com and berlinmva.com MAY 2018 ALTERNATIVE MUSIC AND ART AFTER 1968 15.3.–6. 5.2018 www.adk.de/underground-improvisation 29.08. In cooperation with Funded by HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES JOE PERRY, ALICE COOPER & JOHNNY DEPP 24.07. 02.07. 12.06. RUNRIG SWEET LENNY KRAVITZ A PERFECT CIRCLE NENA MASSIVE ATTACK NINE INCH NAILS BILLY IDOL AMY MACDONALD JACK JOHNSON JOAN BAEZ STEEL PANTHER 13.08. WWW.CITADEL-MUSIC-FESTIVAL.DE 29.07. 07.06. 22.06. ARCADE FIRE SAVAS & SIDO SANTANA MILKY CHANCE A-HA FAT FREDDY´S DROP Funded by MICHAEL PATRICK KELLY 09.06. 105‘5 SPREERADIO PRIVATKONZERT 17.08. 21.08. 105‘5 SPREERADIO PRIVATKONZERT 19.07. ZITADELLE | BERLIN AM JULIUSTURM 64 · DE-13599 BERLIN AUSVERKAUFT! AUSVERKAUFT! AUSVERKAUFT! 15.08. 25.07. 06.08. 18.08. 29.06. 17.06. 24.08. 04.06. Media Partners Berlin
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