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Berlin impresario Daniel Best (above, left) along with DJ David Canisius (middle) and musician Sadiq Bey (right). (Gisele Regatao/WNYC)What's Next, Berlin?
This week, Soundcheck presents a series of shows from Berlin, a city known for its legendary music scene. The series continues today with a look at where the city’s edgy sound is headed next. We'll find out about producing and presenting music in a place where the bar for underground music is set very high. Plus: we visit the home studio of a rising star on Berlin's DJ scene, Henrik Schwarz.
Soundcheck in Berlin is supported in part by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The New Berlin
Since the rise of techno in the late 80s, Europe and the U.S. have looked to Berlin for cutting edge underground music. Three guests talk about the evolution of a legendarily fertile scene: Daniel W. Best of the booking agency Best Works, the American poet and performer Sadiq Bey, and classical DJ David Canisius.
Best Works site
The Capital Dance Orchestra site
Sadiq Bey's MySpace page
DJ Henrik Schwarz
One of the rising stars of Berlin’s packed DJ scene, Henrik Schwarz draws upon sources disparate as Boy George, James Brown and Sun Ra to remix and produce tracks. We stop by his home studio for some conversation, and he DJs live for us.
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