Underground Kollektiv Present Mark Broom and Robert Babicz ADE 22

Free party in the Auditorium bar with Underground Kollektiv artists 2pm - 11pm

Ticketed entry Oosterbar from 10pm till 6am

Mark Broom

Mark Broom is a prolific artist with many production credits to his name, having worked with world-renowned labels such as Blueprint Records, Rekids, M-plant, EPM, Cocoon, Bpitch Control, Warp Records and the legendary Ifach with Baby Ford.
It all started in the summer of ‘89 when he landed in Tenerife on vacation and stumbled across the delights of the emerging sounds of Chicago and Acid House. Returning to the UK, he immediately searched for this newfound music, a pair of turntables was bought, and with it, a musical career was born.
He has also had the pleasure of reworking material from artists such as Robert Hood, Floorplan, Alan Fitzpatrick and Gary Beck.

Robert Babicz

Robert made his first record on borrowed equipment in 1992 and played his first gig on gear he'd never used before. Like anyone experiencing a transformation, Robert wanted to do it repeatedly. Music was a way to rise above the struggles of daily life (in the early years of his career, he slept on a mattress on the floor of a tiny flat in his home town Cologne, his synths his only possessions) and to share the joy of that transcendence with others. Playing as Rob Acid, he ignited parties with fierce techno played by strict rules: every set was 100% live and unique, and he deleted the instruments' programming immediately afterwards.
Robert's ethos, forged by these acid-drenched sonic exorcisms, is razor sharp: work hard, make mistakes, move on. His tremendous output of official releases exceeds the number he deleted in the studio because they didn't meet his exacting standards. “I'm not afraid to get rid of something that doesn't work,” he explains. “I have so many ideas. It's never quiet in my head.”

Robert continuously pushes the boundaries of electronic music as an artist, consultant, teacher, and engineer. Among Robert's more than 1000 releases are seven albums and a flood of tracks for labels, including Bedrock, INTEC, Mille Plateaux, Systematic, Audiomatique, K2, Treibstoff, SUGA, Punkt and Praxxiz. In recent years, he has focused increasingly on his own imprint, Babiczstyle, which epitomises his sound, emotions and ethos.

Robert will be performing a live set during our event, Mark & Robert will join us from 10pm in Oosterbar.