Morgens fernab in einer Jurte gestrandet,
nach einer Nacht- und Nebelaktion. 
"Es kann nicht weitergehen mit uns" flüstert der Tag.
"Say no more" ist, was das Dunkel darauf sagt. 
Es macht bang bang und weg war sie die Nacht.
Ciao amore mio, ein letzter Gruß hinterher,
bevor der Tag vollends erwacht.

set by @henriettesgoldenekette & @vanessa-lo-1

foto by @lagomo

fernab mit Henriette & vanillow - Conscious Sadness

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

booking: fernabdul@gmail.com

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find us here in 2025:
23.05. Ein Sommerfest
25.06. Fusion Festival

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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

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 


LIVE:

My approach: 
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.

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)

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.

I never know what I want to do next until two bars before. If, for example, 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 I never know exactly what will happen, 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.

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