Recording of my 5h closing liveset at Concious Madness. Magic moment for me, since "Bonker" is my favourite floor, which I feel very connected to. <3

Kenji Tanaka LIVE // Never Ending "Bonker" Closing // Concious Madness 2025

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Upcoming:
06.09.25 Secret Location, Berlin
07.09.25 Sisyphos Berlin
14.09.25 Secret, Hamburg
A mix of dark, bouncy and straight Techno delivered with drive and much love.
The two friends found each other drifting through the space of sound and it matched the moment they first met.
From their home-base Hamburg and all its dance floors, they are bringing their sound to other clubs and festivals, no matter where. 

Booking:  kollektivfischmarkt@gmail.com


2025:
01.01 SEcret Location, Halle Saale
05.01 Sisyphos Berlin
05.04 @Suedpol-hamburg
03.05. Sisyphos Berlin

2024:
12.01 Katerblau, Berlin
01.03 Gängeviertel, Hamburg
23.03 Südpol, Hamburg
13.04 Amp, Münster
1.5/2.5 Sisyphos Berlin 
10.05-12.05 Ascension
06.06  Renate, Berlin
13.06-16.06 Meeresrausch Festival
30.06 Fusion Festival
07.07 Südpol, Hamburg
12.07 Sisyphos, Berlin
16.08 Bucht der Träumer
18.08 MS Dockville 
31.08 Südpol, Hamburg


Past :

Fundbureau. Hamburg
Waagenbau, Hamburg
Moloch, Hamburg
Übel&Gefährlich, Hamburg
Südpol, Hamburg
Gängeviertel, Hamburg
Hafenklang, Hamburg
Volt, Hamburg
Frau Holle, Hamburg
Katerblau, Berlin
Sisyphos, Berlin
Jonny Knüppel, Berlin
Mensch Meier, Berlin
Rummels Bucht, Berlin
Renate, Berlin 
Birgit&Bier, Berlin
Odonien, Köln
Station Endlos, Halle(Saale)
Sektor Evolution, Dresden
Elipamanoke, Leipzig
Weidendamm, Hannover 
Kulturfabrik Hildesheim
Zwischenbau, Rostock
Gleis 44, Ulm
Soho Stage, Augsburg
Amp, Münster
Cross Club, Prag (Cz)

Festivals:
Meeresrauschen Festival 2024
Bucht der Träumer 2024
Fusion Festival, 2022, 2023, 2024
Klangtherapie Festival, 2022, 2023
Moyn Moyn Festival, 2022
Tarmac Festival, 2022
Ascension, 2022, 2023, 2024
Camakavum Festival, 2022
Ameixoeira Festival, 2019
Entropie Festival, 2019
Strandkatze, 2019
Feel Festival, 2017/2018
MS Dockville, 2017/2018/2024
Zytanien Open Air, 2017/2018
Bachblyten Festival, 2017

Hiya Soundclouders,
Let’s dive together into a world where the sounds of electronic dance music float like magic waves through the night. Born in Berlin, I found my way into the Techno scene early. Thanks to a fake student ID, I was already in when I was young. Ever since my heart beats to the the rhythm of techno bass. Wonderful souls whose paths crossed mine encouraged me to try myself in mixing on a DJ-Controller, 8 months ago. Since then, this magical adventure has captivated me and won’t let me go. 🎶✨

‘I had to keep a look-out for the signs of dead wood we could cut up in the night for the next day’s steaming. When you have to attend to things of that sort, to the mere incidents of the surface, the reality – the reality, I tell you – fades. The inner truth is hidden – luckily, luckily. But I felt it all the same; I felt often its mysterious stillness watching me at my monkey tricks, just as it watches you fellows performing on your respective tight-ropes for – what is it? half-a-crown a tumble –’

IMPROVISED LIVE TECHNO
📍1312 Berlin | Germany

Don‘t vote for AfD! 
If you do, inform yourself. 
If you still do, do not come to my gigs!


🌎 Booking & Contact:
Kenji.Tanaka@loft.contact

View, Watch, Listen:
www.instagram.com/kenji_tanaka_official
www.youtube.com/@KenjiTanaka_Official
www.kenjitanaka.bandcamp.com

My Family: "BonkerSquad"
👉www.soundcloud.com/maldaneben
👉www.soundcloud.com/vaianamusic
👉www.instagram.com/bonkersquadberlin

Meet me here:
26.07.25 Coucool Festival France
03.08.25 Garbicz Festival Poland
16.08.25 Compact Madnass Festival Germany
22.08.25 Entropie Festival Germany
27.09.25 Exit Hamburg
06.12.25 tba Rostock 


My approach to my music: 
I love loopy and trippy techno. When dancing, I love to let go of everything around me and enter into a deeper dialogue with myself. At this stage, I am 100% in tune with myself. This works for me when the groove drives me and the elements I hear are interesting but not too intrusive. That's exactly what I try to create on the floor.

To achieve this and also to create the necessary element of surprise, I combine different loops randomly and blindly. Since I never know exactly what will happen, I am also surprised and inspired by it. 

If you want to see how it works check out my youtube channel. www.youtube.com/@KenjiTanaka_Official




My instruments:
-Drums (TR8S)
-Bass (Modular)
-Rumble Bass (TR8S)
-Atmos (Drumrack, Ableton)
-Synth 1 (MicroMonsta 2)
-Synth 2 (Polysix VST, Ableton)
-Vocal Samples (Ableton)
-Misc Samples (TR8S)


More nerdy Information:
For each of these instruments, I have prepared about 30 different loops, most of them 1 bar long.
Using the Streamdeck and a self-built ‘Max for Live Tool’, I can select a completely random loop for each instrument with the push of a button. The tonality can be set. To make sure it’s not completely random, I can choose between different categories, such as chords/arpeggiator.
I can control the complexity of the loop using controls.

All instruments run through Ableton (RME Fireface UCXii). With the help of ‘Launchcontrol’ and 2x ‘Midifighter Twister’, I can control all the parameters that are important to me. Filters, reverb, random delay and pitch effects glue everything together.

When playing, I rely on my intuition. I can sense what should happen 2-4 bars in advance. If I feel like I want to hear a new chord pattern, I press a button and let myself be surprised. If I like it, I develop it further. If I don’t like it, I move on.

Since the whole structure is improvised, I am correspondingly excited before the gigs. Because almost nothing can be planned in advance. My biggest clue is whether I dance. If I get myself to dance, I am satisfied with what happens.