Daniel Cole

An Englishman Abroad • 31st March 2020

Berlin to Copenhagen on Bike: A Tale of Two Countries —

Even though it was already May, the weather was still refusing to acknowledge that summer was around the corner. Wearing just normal skater-shorts, and a thermal underlayer, the cold for all its might, was not getting through to me.

DJBroadcast • 31st March 2020

GhostShoppers: Personal Record Shopping for DJs

2012’s Ghost In The Machine article written by Ben Gomori drew attention towards the unspoken world of ‘ghost-producers’, i.e. those making music on behalf of other artists without themselves receiving any recognition in return. As well as a hidden...

DJBroadcast • 31st March 2020

The Future of Clubbing in Berlin

My conversation with Lutz Leichsenring, the press officer for Clubcommission Berlin, follows a certain trend. We start talking about a specific club, I ask if it’s safe from closure, and he replies with ‘yes, pretty much’. But he can’t make any guarantees.

DJBroadcast • 31st March 2020

No Show. No Fee. Getting DJs Insured.

DJB looks at the role that insurance plays within the DJ community, and how losing a few shows through illness, or other uncontrollable factors, can put a serious dent in your career. We also talk to a firm that is pioneering a new policy that aims to...

DJBroadcast • 31st March 2020

The Real Middle Eastern Revolution: Disco

With more global colour and flare returning to European clubs, DJBroadcast looks at those involved in bringing 70s Middle-Eastern sounds to the dancefloor through various re-edit and re-issue labels. Bring up the Middle-East in conversation and...

DJBroadcast • 31st March 2020

DJs and Mental Health: Electronic Music's Last Taboo

The challenges of being an on-the-road performer are often popularized in modern culture; more so than they are discussed by real life musicians. One only has to refer to the likes of DJ Ickarus (aka. Paul Kalkbrenner) in Berlin Calling, who succumbs...

Resident Advisor • 27th March 2020

Review: Tricky in Berlin

27th March 2020

View From The Side: Why Thump’s Closure Matters For All Of Us

I already know what you’re thinking. Embittered music writer complains that no-one is reading, and blames the public for the crass state of the written word. Blame blogs. Blame sensationalist publications. Blame everyone else. Last week’s closure of...

DJBroadcast • 27th March 2020

ctrl + alt + del: a farewell to arms

After two and a half years of publishing DJBroadcast International – our English language platform- it is with a heavy heart to announce that we will be suspending further publication. Although well received and appreciated by those who followed us,...

Dekmantel • 27th March 2020

Interview: The Many Faces Of Tadd Mullinix Interview: The Many Faces…

Performing Sunday daytime on the UFO II tent was Tadd Mullinix’s more elaborate alter-ego Charles Manier. Mullinix goes by many names, but most probably know him as James T. Cotton, or Dabrye. Delivering an experimental performance of machines and...

DrownedInSound • 27th March 2020

Broadway, Poetry, and Conceptual Recordings: DiS Meets Saul Williams

Having been a fan of Saul Williams since his Rick Rubin produced, self-titled debut LP came out in 2004, I never once expected that I would be interviewing him. Especially about his love for Broadway musicals. But that’s Saul Williams all over....

Crack Magazine • 27th March 2020

Virginia: Pop Music for Rave Kids

When did you think about giving it up? Around 2008/2009, about the time about my first LP was out, Twisted Mind. I was playing a lot of DJ gigs, but the clubs I was playing were way too commercial for me. I would go there and the resident DJ would...

Europavox • 27th March 2020

Anarchy in the E.U: East German Punk

In East Germany, the arts and media were heavily policed by the GDR government, limiting the amount of western influence people were exposed to. The late 1970s was a period in which punk music was spreading across the world. It was also a time when...

Lola • 27th March 2020

Berlin’s Green Spaces: Görlitzer Park

On March 19th 1938, Adolf Hitler stood on the former station’s platform having returned from a campaign in Czechoslovakia. Today that station is gone, replaced by a thriving park and community handling immigration, rent control, tourism and more – a...

Beatportal • 19th February 2020

Cover Story: Nathan Micay is Building Universes, and Fighting For The Rave

Micay’s apartment is adorned with personal artefacts, from times he lived abroad, parties he’s played at or promoted, along with various books on music production. There are also several Japanese anime posters and figurines. Micay’s interest in...

Bandcamp Daily • 7th January 2020

The Tide is High for the Dutch Minimal Synth and Coldwave Scene

During last year’s Dekmantel festival, which was held on the outskirts of Amsterdam, the local producer Pascal Pinkert was invited to DJ on the Boiler Room stage, amidst an array of international talent. Performing under his Dollkraut pseudonym,...

DJ TechTools • 21st November 2019

Is virtual reality the future of DJing?

With every technological advancement there is both anticipation and fear as to how change will impact one’s life and work. This has always been especially prevalent with the DJ community. The introduction of digital formats, streaming, and stems has...

The Adventure Junkies • 24th October 2019

Hiking The Malerweg Trail in Germany

I find myself returning to The Malerweg Trail almost every year. It’s natural beauty attracts nature-lovers and artists from all over the world. Caspar David Friedrich, a famous 18th century painter, loved hiking this legendary trail. It was during...

Native Instruments Blog • 5th August 2019

Behind the setup with DJ Luciano

Do you use your external effects instead of TRAKTOR effects? No, I have my Traktor effects I like for example, delay, that I use a lot. And of course, the reverb. The reverb for me is about creating space. So when I add things, like reverb, it gives...

XLR8R • 3rd January 2018

Bubblin' Up: Perel

The rising German talent reveals the story behind her upcoming album on DFA Records. A regular in the Berlin house scene, Annegret Fiedler (a.k.a Perel) is about to make her international break with a debut LP to be released on DFA later this year. A...