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Moers Festival is Surviving a Pandemic – What it takes to stay resilient under the New Normal

December 28, 2021 No Comments

This article is intended to offer a ‘How to’ guide for devotees in music and festivals, everyone including organizers, artists, and audience, on how to survive a pandemic. An interview was conducted to hear from some notable players in the scene surrounding a notable German music festival, the newly appointed CEO of the Moers Festival Jeanne-Marie Varain, and Matt Mottel of Talibam! who played a key role in this year’s festival.
I visited the Moers Festival’s 50th anniversary edition in May 2021 who made the brave decision to host live music with an audience, already in January, amid the height of pessimism towards an extended lockdown, when various scenarios were speculated on the strict limitations that may be in place.

Festivals, Live Music, Party Report

Review: CTM Festival 2019 (Meanwhile in Tokyo…)

March 18, 2019 No Comments

The CTM Festival 2019 took place in Berlin spanning thru January to February. Over the course of the 10 festival dates, numerous concerts, club nights, exhibitions, workshops and discussions were held.

It’s hardly impossible to attend all of the Programs as many of the events are overlapped, so every participant had a different experience and out take from this “Festival for Adventurous Music.”

My personal adventure, ventured on a little bit longer after the festival, up till now as I look back in Tokyo, as the impressions received from the festival sparked questions, surprises, and findings of new favorite artists and performance styles.

These impressions and the physical leap from Berlin to Tokyo resulted in this review to include a subjective correlation seen between the acts at CTM and what’s going on right now in Tokyo. Conclusion is, the two cities aren’t so far away, and Tokyo has an adventurous playground too.

Festivals, Thoughts

Hanno Leichtmann: ‘Skin, Wood, Traps’ (2018) – Installation at The 100 Years of Beat Festival – HKW

December 1, 2018 No Comments

Installation at The 100 Years of Beat Festival - HKW, Hanno Leichtmann: 'Skin, Wood, Traps' (2018)

“The first drum set came on the market in 1918 and triggered a musical revolution: It took over urban dance music and established the triad of bass drum, snare and hi-hat as the combination used the world over. “

https://hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/2018/100_jahre_beat/100_jahre_beat_start.php

2018 was the 100th Anniversary of the modern instrument we call the ‘Drum Set’. An event hosted at the ‘Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)’ in April 2018 titled ‘100 Jarhre Beat (100 Years of Beat)’ featured and celebrated this beautiful instrument, with concerts, talks, film screenings, and sound installation art such as Hanno Leichtmann‘s ‘Skin, Wood, Traps’ (2018), shown in the feature photo.