When you compare Berlin event calendars from the past few years, one trend sticks out. Sure, hip hop's been on the rise for ages, and that's all fine and dandy. But when did everybody get so into experimental and avant-garde music all of a sudden? I'm not talking about the kind of acts that call themselves "experimental" just because they hit a dissonant chord once in a while. No, the stuff they call "contemporary music", preferably mixed with electronics here and there, seems to hit everyone's sweet spot these days...
Michael Hoh
Texter und Übersetzer, Berlin
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