UNFOLLOW_001: Joseph Marr Invites

Im Mena Berlin trifft sich die elektronische Musikszene zum Austausch. Joseph Marr lädt zu einer monatlichen Reihe, die den Status quo der Branche hinterfragt. Der Nachmittag beginnt mit praktischen Einblicken in Musik-Technologien und einem offenen Forum. Hier sprechen etablierte DJs und Produzenten über ihre Erfahrungen und den Werdegang in der Industrie. Ab dem frühen Abend liegt der Fokus auf Musik und Vernetzung. Mit dabei sind Mandel Turner, Tom Kutsche und der Gastgeber Joseph Marr selbst.

UNFOLLOW 001: Unfollow the status quo Unfollow is a new monthly gathering of some of Berlin's best long-standing DJs, producers and tech innovators. A Sunday afternoon united by music, from 16:00, where both emerging and established artists in the club scene can connect and talk in an open forum. CONVERSATIONS (16:00) Big tech platforms extract from musicians, and there are tools that help. Practical, not theoretical. No experience needed. AN OPEN FORUM (17:00) A panel between Marr and his guest DJs and producers each month on how they got here and what they would do differently in the music industry. Open to discussing emerging artist music submissions, send your productions to us. DANCE & CONNECT (18:00–00:00) Mandel Turner, Tom Kutsche, Joseph Marr. Listen. Ask questions. Connect. Dance into the night. HOSTED BY JOSEPH MARR, Artist & DJ Host Australian-born, Berlin-based Joseph Marr works across sculpture, painting, and video, using unexpected materials like sugar and collaborative processes to make work that invites people in rather than keeping them at a distance. His monumental sugar sculpture Together has been permanently installed at Berghain since 2013. Ten years of residencies in Australian clubs and warehouse parties, and since then in Berlin and Sydney, Kantine am Berghain and House of Mince, moving freely through disco, house and techno. MANDEL TURNER, DJ Producer Singer Mandel Turner is the soulful daddy of house. He came up in Brooklyn on Paradise Garage and Zanzibar, moved to Paris in 1987, and has been in Berlin since 2014. He has released on Kompakt and Defected, sung with Cerrone for thirteen years, and played Tresor, Watergate, Glastonbury and Montreux Jazz Festival. He hosts The Get Down on Refuge Worldwide. TOM KUTSCHE, DJ Label Party Tom Kutsche runs the LOVEDANCIN' parties and founded the record label kickin' up dust. He has been playing across Berlin and Cologne since 2016, taking LOVEDANCIN' to clubs like OXI, OST and Heideglühen, as well as to venues outside the city. Mena Berlin, Hinterhof Back-yard, Skalitzer Str. 114, 10999 Berlin. Registration on Luma, approval required. Presented by WebZero.