
Marcel Dettmann (DE)
Artist
Ruff, rugged and raw. Mentioning Marcel Dettmann as well as his feeling for and vision of electronic music, his way of dealing with it, is impossible without these attributes. Whether you take his DJ sets (Marcel has been made a resident DJ at the old Ostgut and also at Berghain from the very start), Dettmann’s productions for the self-conducted MDR label, his remixes for the likes of Fever Ray, Junior Boys, Modeselektor as well as Scuba, or if nothing else his debut long player for Ostgut Ton into account, all the various contrasts and distinctions that come with it are manifested in these qualities.
Techno as Marcel Dettmann defines it, is neither a movement without history nor wistful nostalgia. In the hands of the Berliner, the well-known game of hi-hats, bass lines and kick drums draws its tension and mo- mentum from a historically grown tradition and the conscious decision to break the rules.
Reformation and solid construction outplays the use of any gimmicks. Dettmann pours Detroit’s oil into European engines, puts British bass music under the control of Chicago’s very own Jack, cuts classics with abstract nuances and connects yesterday with tomorrow and today. In the unrelenting manner of a great DJ, he generates moods and connections that are age- and classless, but never irrelevant or tasteless.
Marcel Dettmann links up the art of improvisation with careful preparation and finally gives techno some of its often painfully missed serious physical constitution back.
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Previous editions –
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2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 & 2013
Artist & Speaker Program
Breakfast Club ADE Saturday
Hemkade 48 10:00 View EventBambounou, Caim b2b Pieter Jansen, Carl H, D. Tiffany b2b Roza Terenzi, DJ Nobu, DJ Stingray, 313 b2b Marcel Dettmann, Doudou MD, Dr. Rubinstein b2b Freddy K, Evan Baggs b2b Quest, Hylke b2b Rey Colino, Ivan Smagghe & Vladimir Ivkovic present: IDMEMO, Jane Fitz b2b Spekki Webu, Jocelyn Abell b2b Tom Liem, Nathan Kofi, Pelle Sansibar Saoirse, Sugar Free, Z@P
Awakenings | Joris Voorn Presents Spectrum (By Day)
Gashouder 12:00 View EventBen Klock & Marcel Dettmann, Joris Voorn, Lea Occhi, Len Faki, Onyvaa, Setaoc Mass Awakenings / Techno