At the end of the long alleyway, one of a very few authentic old school Berlin bars that not only still survives but has not even changed much since the 1990s, in the heart of very commercial district Mitte.
I always enjoy playing to the diverse and open minded crowd.
Friday 22. May
Eschschloraque
Rosenthaler Str. 39 – 2, 10178 Berlin
9pm – 3am or later
LOCATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON DAY OF THE PARTY IN THE FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS:
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If you have no social media at all, please send email to ngomasounds@gmail.com with subject: TRI-CON INFO
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TRI-CONTINENTAL is devoted to the most advanced rhythm science from Africa, Asia, and South America.
During all of human history, various cultures have always traded goods, recipes, rhythms, ideas, and different peoples have always intermingled and intermarried. For millennia Africans, Arabs, Persians, Indians, Chinese, and Europeans did business and partied in metropolitan centers like Zanzibar, one of many such hotspots across the most vibrant exchange routes in the Indian Ocean. Until the 1600s, when the Portugese and later French and English, etc., choked off free trade by controlling all the major pots, and spread an ideology of cultural purity and ethnic essentialism, separating people into boxes — a process which has only intensified in our neo-liberal times.
Today in Berlin TRI-CONTINENTAL seeks to bring together people from migrant backgrounds and anyone interested in truly 21st Century dance music (rather than the same 50 years old Disco rhythm pattern), to enjoy real underground sounds from far away places, share ecstatic moments on the dance floor, build direct connections outside of the patronage and confines of state funded official institutions of liberal multi-culturalism.
The music we love is often made by poor people. While we do not agree with the occasional lyrical expression of violence, sexism, homophobia, etc., it does not stop us from playing the rich and meaningfully multi-layered music of the working class and under class, who are the inheritors of social dance cultures, the original collective sacred.
TRI-CONTINENTAL will take place at a sweet underground club in a popular nightlife neighbourhood, with around 250 capacity on the main floor, and 30 in the chill out area.
Because it’s an underground location, everyone must be very, very quiet while approaching and entering — we can not have any noise outside the door.
LOCATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON DAY OF THE PARTY IN THE FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA GROUPS:
WHATSAPP
TELEGRAM
If you have no social media at all, please send email to ngomasounds@gmail.com with subject: TRI-CON INFO
See you on the dance floor 🙂
The party that unites Africa, Asia, and Latin America is back for another irresistable spin around the world of polyrhythms and bass, from Afghanistan to Nigeria, from China to Brazil, from South Africa to Morocco.
Speaking of South Africa, this time our special guest is the inimitable GOJAS, who will weave for us an unforgettable sonic tapestry from the land of Gqom and Amapiano and beyond.
More possibilities for magic happens on the edge of town — come out to Roderich the only good bar of Pankow, only 10 minutes from the ring, with a nice sound system and no neighbours.
See you on the dance floor.
With the Tri-Con Djs bringing you the sweetest and heaviest, most advanced rhythm science from across The Brighter Nations, best vibes ever guaranteed in this loveliest of all little bars with a sweet ass dance floor.
Donations at the door easy
From Egptian farmer ritual ensembles to Syrian Debhka fire to Sufi pipes in Indonesia to enchanting Bollywood surrealism to Algerian music of anti-colonial resistance, the magic of very many rich Asian traditions meets the electronic avantgarde from these places. On Sunday come immerse in dozens of kinds of the most profoundly beautiful music on Earth that you will literally never hear anywhere else in Europe in a semi-enclosed garden space next to MauerPark.
Co-moderating and playing after party for this social sculpture / performance event on Friday in Wedding organised by some super talented, friendly, and open minded people and curated by the inimitable Tatiana Saphir.
Check out photos from previous events in the series:
https://www.instagram.com/socialmuscleclub/
reserve tickets here (do it quick because they always go very fast – if it’s all sold out and you really really want to come send me a pm I’ll see what I can do):
https://www.uferstudios.com/de/dance/veranstaltungen/7d907c65-b740-437d-8ce8-d32124e3bbd3/
We celebrate the closing of the awesome kongress over the weekend with 5 hours of tri-continental rhythms, and embody the anti-imperialist struggle with the sweetest and heaviest rhythms from the Global South.
Come early. Bring drinks and comrades.
Dj Zhao with the rhythm science you just can’t fuck with
Monday 21 June
Dj Zhao: 16H – 17H
Untergeschoss der Pandora Art Gallery
Schleiermacherstraße 18, 10961 Berlin
Dj Zhao: 20H – 22H
Torstrasse 170, 10115 Berlin
Sorry for the short notice.
Tomorrow Friday my talk at 18:00 will be on the Insurrectionary Politics of Dancing, and dj set from 21:30 – 23:30 of Afro-centric Breaks and Jungle.
“Understanding the sound system as a social space, we want participants of different genres and scenes (from roots, dub and contemporary bass music to techno/tekno) to gather and exchange.
In a colorful program of exhibitions, live-performances, workshops, talks, discussion and diverse music Berliners and international artists are entering into a dialogue and are actively shaping the event.
Exhibitions:
– Roots of sound system music & culture – including audio examples and open dialogue by David Riley (Supported by Mr. Glue)
– UK sound systems in the 90ies – photos and input by Ed Twist
Workshop:
– “Listen! Material and Loops – A hearing experience” by E.L.L.I.
Discussion Panel (FLTI):
– “Sound Systems, Rave Collectives and Gender” by Meetup Berlin & PRIZM:Berlin
Talks:
– The revolutionary essence of social dance by He Zhao
– Sound system culture, hardcore techno and the Berlin Fuckparade by Bianca Ludewig
– Sound System Cultures of the Black Atlantic: Angolan Kuduro by Stefanie Alisch (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
– Rave & psychoanalysis by Feli Concat
– Musique Concrète Jungle – spatial delivery research by Lukas Jakob Löcker
Performance:
A/V synth performance by SAOU TV & Kevin Koen
Music:
– Benjammin
– Chantal
– Dj.Pult (do not dance)
– dj zhao
– Feli Concat
– Gretchen Bazooka
– Hägen Daz
– Jahminta Zulu
– Jah Forcefield (Bademah & Zentash Gigawatt Dubz)
– Jukebox Utopia
– Mila Chiral – live
– One Woman Army in Dub
– Pmp Mzk alongside Tcp (Harlekinsound / Certain:Dubs)
– Smi
– Spiriel
– Aporia Barrage
– Token
Supported by:
– VJ Flimmerkiste
– A-Sound System
– Triple P Sound System
Tonight is a big big night, with top beatsmiths and djs from Uganda, UK, and Berlin providing us with outlandishly excellent sonic services in this historical NYEGE NYEGE FESTIVAL gathering on the other side of the globe.
And tomorrow all 4 of us, David Tinning, Spooky-J, Moroto Hvy Indstr, and myself will be weaving ecstatic aural tapestries on the esteemed Cashmere Radio, where there is a dopetastische absinthe bar, from 8pm to midnight.
Get your dancing shoes ready for tonight, and smoking jacket for tomorrow!
Sound of Berlin meets Rhythms of the mother continent: NGOMA envisions dance music of a future society that we would want our grand children to live in. Imagining a decolonized polycultural drum machine constructed from the plurality of our various life experiences and multiple sonic perspectives, NGOMA fuses the best of many worlds for maximum mind expansion, soul elevation, and body intoxication.
A few dopetastische events coming up, some even in Berlin!
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06.10 Musik & Frieden, Berlin
06.25 Watergate, Berlin
07.01 ACUD, Berlin
07.08 TBA, Barcelona
07.10 Manglar, Madrid
09.03 NyegeNyege, Kampala
09.16 Temple, Nairobi
10.15_Step In Festival, Zanzibar City
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A last minute FUN SESSION with the dope as fuck NANGDO and ME in the RAVE CAVE dropping the ILL DRUM SCIENCE!!! Tonight!
Expanding the boundaries of club music, CLUBLAB explores borderless poly-rhythms and infinite bass, and investigates the fragmented soul of the polymorphous planetary underground.
Fusion was as epic freaky fun as ever! (but this year seemed to feature even more music from the global south).
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Wagenburg Pankgräfin / Karow
From Luanda to New Jersey, from Johannesburg to London, from Kingston to Berlin: indigenous drums and high tech sound fuse in the club. Ancestral beats and diasporic voices thrive on inner city streets. Meta-rhythms and mega-bass erasing borders, connecting dots, and making your booty work overtime.
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NGOMA SOUND SYSTEM (Ngoma Sound // Berlin)
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