It has been a while since I published a little excerpt from an – to me – unknown track that was played at Kesselhalle (Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin) during Above & Beyonds set at “Euphonic meets Anjunabeats”. It turned out that this was a brandnew tune that – at that time – really nobody knew so no one was able to help me. The meanwhile identified track was finally released and it is surely one of the trance highlights of the year. The artist is 7skies, the title “sushi” , a very well mixed and anthem already being no. 1 at the Audiojelly Downlad Charts. No need to mention that this is again an excellent new release by the Anjunabeats label making it with all it’s other tracks that came out in recent times – besides Enhanced Recordings- one of the best trance labels so far.
Das Cafè Hilde (Ecke Prenzlauer Allee / Metzer Str.) zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass es praktisch allwöchentlich Gratis-Kulturveranstaltungen anbietet. Die Bandbreite reicht von Lesungen über Filmabende bis hin zu Konzerten. Gerade hier ist die Auswahl zuverlässig gut. So gab es zum Beispiel vorhin ein exquisites Konzert zweier irischer Singer/Songwriter. Zum einen Seanin, den wir mal vor Jahren auf der Brücke bei der Museumsinsel spielten hörten – und dessen Album wir gleich an Ort und Stelle kauften – und zum anderen Ken Burke, der vor kurzem sein neues Album “Middle Child Syndrome” veröffentlicht hat. Beide Berlin-basierten Sänger gaben ihr Bestes vor toll mitgehendem Publikum. Über die nächsten Events kann man sich auf der Homepage des Cafès informieren.
As a trance fan in Berlin I have hardly any possibility to enjoy this kind of music in the local Clubs. Berlin – even whole Germany – seems to be heavily dominated by Minimal and Electro when it comes to Electronic Dance Music while in a lot of other countries like Great Britain, Poland and whole Scandinavia Trance is much more appreciated.
The more delighted I was when an event “Euphonic meets Anjunabeats” was announced. The lineup: Jaytech (Anjunabeats, British Trance label), Kyau & Albert (Euphonic, German Trance label), Above & Beyond (Anjunabeats), Ronsky Speed (Euphonic), Stoneface & Terminal (Euphonic). All of the sets were fantastic. The international audience including fans from Poland and The Netherlands in the crowded Kesselhaus at Prenzlauer Berg enjoyed this event that went from 10.30 pm – 7 am. I was already expecting a very good set from Above & Beyond and I was not disappointed. So far I didn’t really like Mashups but the ones that were played yesterday (for instance On a good day / Metropolis) I really liked and they seemed to be especially well received by the rest of audience. Other good tracks like the new single “Thing called love” and “Black is the new yellow” as a mashup with “No one on earth” need to be mentioned as well.
The people that stayed until the end were rewarded by experiencing a fantastic set by Stoneface & Terminal. I admit that I haven’t really noticed much of their work so far but I was heavily impressed by their intelligent, thriving productions being presented on that evening. Here is a short excerpt from Above & Beyond’s set, if anybody knows this tracks please message me.
