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Clifton Bailey, better known as Capleton, loves fire; one needs only to attend his live show to know that. And the Jamaican dancehall legend, now 51 years old, sure brought fire to YAAM on Thursday, Aug. 16.
“Reggae in Wedding,” which takes place on the last Thursday of each month, has become a staple in my monthly musical intake. For the past year, the event has been run by Black Mountain Sound System and co-hosted with Genys, both of whom have been DJing Jamaican-influenced music in different capacities for years.
The hot summer may have had long-term effects on the climate in and around Germany. Omnified contributor Emily Bader examines the potential local and national impact of climate change in Berlin.
Damien Tran and Marion Jdanoff are two French artists who together make Palefroi, an art collective based in Berlin. The duo is currently exhibiting their first solo show in Germany at Urban Spree Galerie where they recently finished their residency. The exhibition, “Étalage,” showcases their experimentation and collaboration, encompassing all parts of their practice from drawing and painting to animation and sculpture.
With the Month of Contemporary Music just around the corner in Berlin, atonal music made unexpected headlines last week. Germany’s national railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) which also operates the Berlin S-Bahn, announced plans to play atonal music at the Hermannstraße S-Bahn station.
Jens Kuhn, commonly known by his pseudonym Lowtec, has been a fixture in the German electronic music scene for the last two decades. As well as producing music, Kuhn is also the founder of Out To Lunch and Workshop, releasing experimental and wistful house music for the in-between stages of the night.
On Saturday, as hundreds of neo-Nazis marched through Berlin, thousands traveled to Spandau and Friedrichshain to counter-demonstrate. We spoke to counter-protestors about what brought them out.
A post for Omnified by Isabelle Hore-Thorburn Zimbabwean-born, Brooklyn-based choreographer Nora Chipaumire has an artistic practice predominantly concerned with the stereotypes of the black body. Her latest work, “Portrait of Myself…
At some point during THE AGENCY’S performance of Medusa Bionic Rise, an activewear-clad performer will usher you out of the SoulCycle-esque club stage to a sterile, windowless room where your “softshell” will be analyzed for vaguely medical purposes…
A Guest Post For Omnified by Isabelle Hore-Thorburn Each day this August, Project Space Festival will take visitors to every corner of the city to question their relationship to time…
