Ushuaïa Ibiza announces opening party line-up
Ushuaïa Ibiza has today announced that Paul Kalkbrenner will be debuting his brand-new concept ‘Back To The Future’ at the hotel's opening party.
Taking place on Saturday 27th May, Kalkbrenner will be joined by island favourite Steve Lawler, the larger-than-life Eats Everything and Davide Squillace.
Elsewhere, the line-up includes Ushuaïa regulars Andrea Oliva, Martin Buttrich and UNER.
Rounding off the line-up is Francisco Allendes and Raúl Rodriguez, who will no doubt demonstrate why they are two of the hottest rising stars in the scene right now.
PAUL KALKBRENNER IS GOING BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH HIS EUROPEAN TOUR
Paul Kalkbrenner is taking his Back To The Future concept on a European tour that takes in stops in Germany, Sweden the U.K. and more.
The party will also hit Printworks over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend, running all-day on Saturday 29th April, with Kalkbrenner joined by Derrick May, DJ Pierre and KDA, with live sets from Extrawelt and Session Victim.
Based on Kalkbrenner's popular mixtape of the same name, each set is expected to explore house and techno from the past and present.
PAUL KALKBRENNER CHARTS THE HISTORY OF TECHNO
Paul Kalkbrenner has dropped the third installment of his ‘Back To The Future’ mixtape, which sees the German don charting the history of techno in Germany.
The latest installment of his mixtape series features 60 tracks that span the rise of techno in Berlin from 1987 to 1993.
Kalkbrenner went on the ultimate crate digging exercise sifting through over 5,000 productions to find the final 60 he used for the final part of his mixtape series.
THE SOCIAL FESTIVAL ADDS MORE NAMES TO 2016 LINE-UP
The Social Festival has announced the third phase of its line-up for the event that will take place at Kent Country Showground in Maidstone on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th September.
Solomun, Pan-Pot, Paul Kalkbrenner, Ellen Allien, Adriatique, Andhim, Jasper James, Richy Ahmed and Tom Trago have all been added to the third instalment of the festival. It will also host a strong programme of D&B, with Roni Size, LTJ Bukem, High Contrast and Icicle all now joining Goldie on the bill.
MUST-LISTEN: SOLOMUN REMIXES PAUL KALKBRENNER
Get ready to float on a cloud and your Serotonin levels to rise even higher. Our new Ibiza Special, cover dude of DIYnamic, Solomun's remix of techno force Paul Kalkbrenner's 'Cloud Rider' is a guaranteed chills-inducucer that will have you begging for more.
USHUAIA IBIZA ANNOUNCES OPENING PARTY LINE-UP
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Q&A: PAUL KALKBRENNER
Poll 2019: Paul Kalkbrenner
Emerging from the Berlin techno scene during the late ’90s, Paul Kalkbrenner first became known thanks to releases on Ellen Allien’s Bpitch Control label. However, the trajectory for the German DJ changed when he landed the lead role in the 2004 cult movie ‘Berlin Calling’ — a project that he was also providing the soundtrack to. This sequence of events propelled him onto the mainstream stage, where he has remained ever since.
Kalkbrenner’s energetic live show saw him selected to appear at the ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, where he performed to over 400,000 people. He also possesses a rare ability to fuse raw techno with radio-friendly melodies and vocals, audible on his 2018 album ‘Parts Of Life’. Despite this mainstream success, Kalkbrenner has not forgotten his underground roots, and most recently, Paul Woolford remixed ‘No Goodbye’, turning the German artist’s original into a piano house anthem.
Questions Top100 DJs 2004 - Becca Antoon - 2019-10-18 11:04
Poll 2018: Paul Kalkbrenner
From: Berlin
DJ style: “No DJ, live.”
Best known for: “Live techno.”
Emerging on Ellen Allien’s BPitch label during the tail end of the ‘90s, Paul Kalbrenner has become one of techno’s biggest global artists. The Berlin producer has achieved this by focusing on album production and an unexpected career side-step: in 2004, the film director Hannes Stoehr commissioned him to provide the soundtrack for the movie Berlin Calling. This led to Kalkbrenner performing in the leading role. The film became a surprise hit, and drew audiences all around Europe. Crucially for Kalbrenner, the soundtrack went platinum and the single ‘Sky & Sand’ spent over 120 consecutive weeks in the German singles charts.
While a documentary about Kalkbrenner’s life on the road followed in 2010, he has exclusively focused on his own production work, releasing a total of eight studio albums to date.
Kalkbrenner’s energetic live shows have played a key part in his ascent, and in recent years he has shared festival stages with mainstream acts like Florence & The Machine, Iggy Pop and Blur.
This ability to rock a crowd even drew attention from the German government, and in 2014 they asked him to play a headline show in front of the Brandenburg Gate as part of the ceremony to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Kalkbrenner performed to over 400,000 people at the event.
Last year, he celebrated his underground roots with his ‘Back To The Future’ mixtape series, a trilogy that chronicles his personal history of electronic music’s arrival to Germany. The series went viral, amassing over 1.5million downloads. A 10-date country tour sold out within minutes.
2018 saw him release his eighth studio album, ‘Parts Of Life’, a deeply personal work that embodies his entrancing techno sound.
Words: RICHARD BROPHY
Questions Top100 DJs 2004 - Becca Antoon - 2018-10-10 13:04
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