dish

"music is a dish best served raw" - coleridge

dish play uplifting rock, they have taste, and are here to satisfy your veracious appetites. a band of professional musicians who, more than anything, want to enjoy every second on stage as if it were their last.
they overflow with energy, bursting at the seams with positive power. they cook up stormy banquet of sounds, served from the heart and ready to be enjoyed. (video)


british singer, espin (the gecko), has lived in berlin since moving from italy in 2004. the band was masterminded and orchestrated by holger, the tight and powerful drummer. giving experience, body and flavour to the band are helge (bass) and celli "the jaguar" (guitar). the sound is original and innovative and at the same time familiar and catchy.

thetape vs rqm

an old mixtape was the initial source of inspiration for this musical project. punk, jazz, hip hop and electronica have all been dubbed on to this tape, only to be recorded over again with an entirely different music genre.

the axis through which this styleclash is linked is hip hop. not hip hop in the conventional sense though, more the boundaries on hip hop crossing over into electronica, post rock and idm. being also the producer of berlin band jahcoozi, robot koch has gained a lot of expericence when it comes to clashing genres. john peel played their hit single “FISH” several times on his show. they played live shows alongside with aphex twin and airborne audio.

for his album „auto reverse“ robot koch joined forces with emcee RQM to take hip hop to the next level.
If any emcee could fluidly move between different musical genres and sound hott - it would have to be
RQM:: recognize the quest is mental. writer, spoken word artist emcee. the voice of al haca, also featured on the tape, jahcoozi, i-wolf, stereotyp, tolcha, stefan rogall, innocent sorcerors, atom hockey etc. currently working on the follow up self titled al haca record!!!

autonervous

"street theatre and grand opera at the same time"
richard fantina, east village eye, nyc.

after the demise of “the vanishing”, jessie evans
decided to team up with bettina koster (ex-malaria!).
the result is autonervous. this self-titled debut is very unique and cannot be easily categorized, a mix of all kinds of styles: pop, new wave, rocksteady, trip-hop, krautrock, latin, disco, deathrock, film and free jazz.
Both women sing and play saxophone and have created the sound organically, so even though it is electronic it’s much more natural; the atmosphere is loose yet gripping,
inviting visitors to come closer - like they want to
catch you in their web but once they do they will
shower you with kisses and if you’re lucky throw you
on the floor.

their music is also very theatrical,
taking the listener deep into surreal and unexpected
places with each track. (article)

*a track of their new album will also be on the upcoming
chicks on speed compilation 'girl monster' with 60+
women’s bands.

especially for this occasion, which coincides with the
end-of-season berlin concerts (as they will be moving to italy soon), bettina and jessie have incorporated a very special drummer into their set: toby dammit…. the true story behind this man leaves some dizzy-headed


*and prepare your bellies for “betti´s burgers” as we will be tasting bettina´s farewell specialities accompanied with some homemade moonshine “eau de vie”…

federal lawn exhibition or what brings the future

it was well intentioned by the monopol, many interested parties came to pay a visit to the event, which was friendly greeted by dean prof.dr.michael zürn in the audimax schlossplatz nr.1…. the hall was full.
“Yellow box”, “here today, gone tomorrow”, “camaleon” or “white cube”. these are just few of the inspiring logos after which reknowned architecture firms were named in occasion of the temporary museum.
but then unfortunately, there was a podium totally lacking of that correspondent dignified position.
mr boddien of the castle, mr wulln of the national gallery, art gallery owner christian nagel and mr ingolf kern of the monopol. with the endorsment of the humboldt forum regarding the construction of the castle and two lone fighters lacking of passion. it was just inadequate. nothing can get stimulated this way, few ideas can win ground and nothing will be taken on, what remains is just an exasperating discussion about the whole purpose, spirit and reason of the castle and of the temporary museum. instead, in the process, there should have been a discussion and debate about an interim use of the premises… not an occasion to lift old graves… what a shame.



bundesrasenschau oder was bringt die zukunft

es war von monopol so gut gemeint, die veranstaltung. freundlichst begrüsst vom dean prof.dr.michael zürn im audimax schlossplatz nr.1. es waren viele interessierte gekommen, der saal war voll.
gelbe kiste, here today, gone tommorrow, camäleon oder white cube nannten sich die inspirierenden entwürfe der renomierten architekturbüros zum museum auf zeit.
doch dann war da leider ein podium, dass einer würdigen entsprechung total fehlging. herr von boddien vom schloss, herr wulln von der nationalgalerie, galerist christian nagel und von monopol herr ingolf kern. die befürworter des humboldt-forums respektive schlossbaus und zwei einzelkämpfer denen die leidenschaft fehlte. das war nicht adäquat. so kann man nichts ankurbeln, so gibts wenig aussicht auf eine fortsetzung der ideen. kein aufgreifen. nur eine leidige diskussion über sinn und zweck des schlosses und des museums auf zeit. dabei sollte doch über eine zwischennutzung gesprochen und nicht nur alte gräben ausgehoben werden. schade.

"a scanner darkly"

we were waiting so long for its release and now it´s finally here: „a scanner darkly“, by film director richard linklater...another amazing movie using rotoshop , an innovative graphic animation technique created by bob sabiston at fatblackfilms.

have a taste of it by watching the first 24min.
(you need to state your age in order to watch it)

*showing tomorrow 12.08,19:45 at the fantasyfilm festival + timetable (pdf)

** well....I actually went to see it, but I have to be totally honest with you...I fell asleep!

WM REWORKING

there really are many interesting things in the net about the World Cup..it goes without saying that we managed to present some of them only now just after the last rushing weeks..



here you can find a little video made by a fan about the argentinian preparation game: I rarely laught so much! how stupid can one be..





here you can see a little game about Zidane…it´s really entertaining!














and here another mate from hildesheim that can do it even better than Zidane



WM NACHARBEIT

es gibt wahrlich viele nette sachen im netz zum thema WM.. aber natürlich kommen wir im stress der letzten wochen erst jetzt dazu ein paar vorzustellen:

hier ein kleines fan-filmchen zum argentinen-vorspiel-spiel: habe selten so gelacht! wie doof muss man sein..

hier noch ein kleines game zum thema zidane: macht wirklich spass!

und hier noch ein kollege aus hildesheim der das noch besser kann als zidane..

etoy is crossing the deadline

MISSION ETERNITY SARCOPHAGUS
A DEATH CULT FOR THE INFORMATION AGE

the high-tech sarcophagus contructed in switzerland will embed into the mortal remains of a MISSION ETERNITY USER. In a matrix of 17'000 High-Power-LEDs it renders the incapsulated interactively accessable on a floor-like pixel screen.

«....the etoy.CORPORATION takes another Step forward:
in their latest project MISSION ETERNITY they offer their contemporaries extensive data sets to be preserved for eternity.»

Verena Kuni art-bulletin. June 2006-11-10

Link to the etoy website

etoy wins the VIDA AWARD 2007

MISSIONETERNITY.ORG


MISSION ETERNITY SARKOPHAG
EIN TOTENKULT FUER DAS INFORMATIONSZEITALTER

Der in der Schweiz gebaute High-Tech SARKOPHAG wird die sterblichen Ueberreste der MISSION ETERNITY USER einbetten in eine Matrix von 17’000 High-Power-LEDs und macht die verkapselten Daten auf einem dreidimensionalen und begehbaren Pixel- Bildschirm interaktiv zugänglich.

« ...Die etoy.CORPORATION geht noch einen Schritt weiter: In ihrem jüngsten Projekt, MISSION ETERNITY, bieten sie den Zeitgenossen an, sich als umfangreiche Datensätze für die Ewigkeit konservieren zu lassen.»

Verena Kuni, Kunst-Bulletin, Juni 2006.

link zur etoy-seite

FREITAG GOES CONTAINER

the lads and gals from „Freitag-taschen" (friday-bags) have recycled something once again...this time it's not old Lorries-plans but old cargo-containers and of course it was our idea;-)








they have build themselves a shop-tower made of 20 containers. respect: especially as they contacted us directly.









so: whoever's in Zurich should check them out.






















die jungs und mädels von freitag-taschen haben mal wieder was recycelt.. diesmal nicht alte LKW-planen sondern alte cargo-container und natürlich unsere idee ;-)

sie haben sich in zürich einen shop-tower aus gebrauchten 20" containern gebaut. respect: vor allem dafür, dass sie sich auch bei uns direkt gemeldet haben..

also: wer in zürich ist: anschauen.