الجمعة · 17 يوليو · 23:00 → السبت · 18 يوليو · arkaoda Berlin · ♥ 49
"The emergence of different cultures and antics surrounding dance music never comes stamped with an expiry date. What if, instead of silently walking away into the world of climate change, premature pension and m̶o̶r̶t̶g̶a̶g̶e̶, we'd devise an exit strategy or a way to deal with this incomprehensible mixture of melancholy (fascist!?) and clinging (not very liberating either)... and perform it out in the open? In case we'd find a way to make it audible, malleable and mixable and to have fun with it, would you look away? It´s fine if you do. Pavel Milyakov: Having achieved certain recognition with his dancefloor-oriented project Buttechno, the Berlin-based artist is currently focused on sonic experiments and artistic collaborations under his birth name. Opposed to the aggressive imperial politics of his homeland, Pavel uses his work to acknowledge the historical and cultural context, delving into sociopsychological issues that haunt the society, and addressing memory — both collective and individual — and its potential to change our visions of the future. Working in various musical genres, he created collaborative works with artists such as Bendik Giske, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Yana Pavlova, and Richie Culver. Rrrkrta: My name is rrrkrta and I just started a self-defeating outlet called Clinging Vine while still quite immersed in the operational routines of the reassured club world through presence behind the counter at Hard Wax record store." Elena Colombi: A long-time NTS resident and even longer-time clubber, Colombi has honed a language shaped as much by cinema, theory, and aesthetics as by dancefloor urgency. In the club, this approach sharpens into intensity: polyrhythms collide, industrial mechanics buckle, and techno splinters into unrecognizable forms. That same impulse feeds into their production work, live performances, and into Osàre! Editions, the label they founded in 2019 and continue to grow. True to its name—Italian for “boldness”—the imprint traces unexpected lines between unearthed 1990s darkwave and forward-tilted mutations of the contemporary underground.