Around 1989, what were the promises of techno and its fictions? How are they significant today? And to whom?

Episode 2 focuses on past, present and future of the Detroit-Berlin axis. By means of an interview collage, writer and Make Techno Black Again activist DeForrest Brown, Jr., Lerato Khathi aka Lakuti (founder of Uzuri Recordings and the Bring Down the Walls initiative), Boris Dolinski (resident DJ at Berghain) and Mark Ernestus (musician and founder of the Hard Wax record store) explore how the rapid growth of club culture in Germany after 1989 relates to techno’s origins in the Black neighbourhoods of Detroit.

Narration by Christine Kakaire, directed and produced by Julia Vorkefeld, script and concept by Arno Raffeiner

Image: © Abu Qadim Haqq (Detail)
Music credits: Techno is a Liberation Technology by DeForrest Brown Jr/Speaker Music ft. AceMo, Katak by Kode9, The Truth is Elsewhere by Nkisi, Victim by Kode9, Rhythmatic Music For Speakers (Mk.II) by DeForrest Brown Jr/Speaker Music & Rona City Blues by Kode9.

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28.07.23
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28.05.23
HUND, Zurich

07.05.23
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05.05.23
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30.04.23
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14.04.23
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23.03.23
Schallfenster, Zurich

17.03.23
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12.02.23
Tune4Tune Radio

23.12.22
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09.12.22
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02.12.22
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12.11.22
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10.11.22
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14.10.22
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07.10.22
Bar3000, Zurich

01.10.22
EISBÆR, Kauz, Zurich

18.09.22
TRNST Radio, Fribourg

16.09.22
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13.08.22
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06.08.22
Kaschemme, Basel

05.08.22
Kauz Sommerbar, Zurich

29.07.22
Alpodrom Festival, Interlaken

27.07.22
Summer Camp Radio Rote Fabrik, Zurich

16.07.22
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15.07.22
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18.06.22
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28.05.22
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05.05.22
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03.04.22
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02.04.2022
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19.03.22
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17.03.22
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27.02.22
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18.02.22
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14.02.22
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16.12.21
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04.12.21
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19.11.21
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11.09.2021
Varieté, Zurich

21.08.21 
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14.08.21
ZWZ, Zurich

06.08.21
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30.07.21
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16.07.21
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03.07.21
Kauz, Zurich

29.05.21
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26.04.21
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26.09.20
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12.09.20
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25.07.20
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08.05.20
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09.04.20
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04.04.20
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