ByteFM & little league shows prsnt:

VIDEO AGE / indie-rock/lofi-pop, us, winspear recs
videoage.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/videoageband 

+ J MAHON / lofi/indie, bln/aus
jmahon.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/__jmahon__ 

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. tickets at the doors or in pre-sale --> vvk.link/3a10dg0 

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VIDEO AGE make breezy and timeless songs that are so ineffable, they can only be the result of a decades-long friendship and songwriting partnership. Across four albums, Ross Farbe and Ray Micarelli have gleefully worn their influences on their sleeve, writing inviting tunes that reference sounds ranging from disco to pop and indie rock. On their latest LP, Away From The Castle, the New Orleans duo have strayed from nostalgia and instead have honed their own unique musicality, making songs that sound like themselves with a taste of inspiration from classic singer-songwriters of the 60s and 70s. The album is a testament to the possibilities that come from getting out of your comfort zone, the freedom of writing vulnerably and unselfconsciously, and the joys of getting to work with your closest companions. 

After releasing and eventually touring their critically-acclaimed third album Pleasure Line in 2020, Farbe and Micarelli sought inspiration for their next project through collaboration. They worked with Drugdealer on his album Hiding In Plain Sight, Micarelli gigged throughout New Orleans' jazz and blues scenes, and Farbe recorded local artists at his home studio, most recently producing Esther Rose's new album Safe to Run. Feeling refreshed, they rented a cabin in Eunice, Louisiana with touring members Nick Corson and Duncan Troast, where they spent eight days in August 2022 jamming, cooking and writing together.  

Through this process, Video Age have made their best collection of tracks to date by perfectly alchemizing their influences and experiences into a record still tinged with nostalgia, but moving towards a more succinct and authentic voice. Away From The Castle is a document of a band having fun and rediscovering their love for making music together, but it’s also their most honest and personal work yet–Video Age distilled to its purest form. 

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J MAHON is the musical project by Berlin based Australian expat Jarrod Michael Mahon.

Having released 20 home recorded EP’s and albums in the past years as a way of marking diary entries while getting clean and sober, J finally released his first studio album in 2023. ‘Everything Has a Life’ was produced alongside Syd kemp (Thurston Moore, Ulrika Spacek, Spiritualised). Heavily influenced by Sparklehorse and Daniel Johnston, Mahon creates pop songs wrapped up with chamber strings and guitar feedback. The live shows can span between a solo performance of just piano and vocals, to a electric guitar full of fuzzed feedback and backing track, or then up to a 7 piece live band. Either everything or nothing and all performances being just as impactful.

In 2024 Mahon released a B-Side to the debut album, toured the UK in January as his first headline tour, supported Ulrika Spacek, Tess Parks, Speedy Ortiz and Drahla throughout Germany and performed a show at London’s Rough Trade East. In the past he has performed support tours with Ariel Pink, GUM and King Krule throughout Australia.

Tickets: https://vvk.link/3b96qj4

Specialising in discordant, hypnotic repetition, tales of boozy nights out, and radical politics, Loose Articles are a punk quartet from Manchester with plenty to say. Their music speaks to all those determined to get through the age of austerity with tongue in cheek, pint in hand, and two feet firmly on the dance floor.

Anarkuss -The loud and soft duo has been described as "combat folk" and "experimental acoustic punk". From the ever-anxious city of Berlin, this post-apocalyptic no electricity song and story act provides thought-provoking minimalist entertainment and a glimpse into what bands will sound like when the power grid fails and we all revert to eating nuts and berries.

you may have heard that SABOT is at it again, and you heard right! In September 2020, we got together for the first time in 5 years to play a few concerts, which included both old Sabot material and new improvisations using instruments and tools we have collected over the last few years. Although Chris is in Czech and Hilary is in Italy, we do what we can to work long-distance and get together when possible. We have recently recorded NEW songs, and the release of the new EP, CLEAR, plus several European concerts are scheduled for Fall 2024. We are, as always, so grateful to all our friends and fans for the support and the trust that music will overcome all odds. We can't wait to show you how! SABOT was formed in 1988 in San Francisco, California by the rhythm section of the punk trio Forethought. SABOT has since continued to be a bass & drums instrumental duo (and kept all original members!). SABOT is: Christopher Rankin - bass guitar Hilary Binder - drums

RVDS (Richard von der Schulenburg)

Er ist seit 2005 Resident DJ im Golden Pudel Club in Hamburg und produziert/DJs House, Ambient und Techno unter diesem Namen, während er auch unter seinem Pseudonym Riccardi Schola/DJ-ing Disco produziert

 

 

 

 

BANDE kommt zurück nach Berlin und es wird gruselig!

ab 22 Uhr DJ gabi - Genrefluid Adhs trax. Breaks und Beats für Cortez und tns. Liebenswerter RnB Core, hard trance und pop donks zum Winteranfang

Auch dieses Jahr freuen wir uns, gemeinsam mit euch ein BANDE-Halloween feiern zu dürfen. 

Am 25.10.2024 laden wir euch zu einem spektakulär-schaurigen Abend ins Schokoladen ein. Auf der Bühne haben wir gleich drei großartige Acts, zu denen ihr euch die Füße wund tanzen könnt.

Samzie findet sich, fasziniert von wortgewandten Texten und individuellen Beats zwischen (N)NDW und HipHop wieder. Beim Hören ihrer Musik wird einem klar, egal wie unterschiedlich diese sein mag, jeder einzelne Track ist eine emotionale Hommage an das Erwachsenwerden.

Gigolo Tears ist Deutschlands queere Indiepop-Hoffnung und steht für softe Emotionen eingewickelt in Empowermentpop. Inhaltlich dreht sich der Kosmos von Gigolo Tears verstärkt um feministische Themen, queere Liebe und die Beschwerlichkeiten des Patriarchats. Musikalisch ist Gigolo Tears zwischen HipHop-flavored Indiepop und Teenrock-Referenzen zu Hause.

Futurebae kombiniert nahezu selbstverständlich elektronische 80s-Einflüsse, sphärische Trap-Sounds und R&B zu einem ästhetischen Klangbild - Sommerliche Dancefloor-Vibes und Pop-Ohrwürmer laden hier nicht nur zum Tanzen, sondern auch zum Fühlen ein. Lauwarme Nächte, die große Liebe und selbst die unantastbare Freiheit scheinen zum Greifen nah, sobald sie die Bühne betritt.

Lasst euch gesagt sein: Es wird ein Abend, den ihr nicht verpassen wollt!

P.S. Vielleicht wartet ja auch noch die ein oder andere Überraschung auf euch…

little league shows and zooey present:

ZA! (post world, es)
losza.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/___za___________ 

& GORZ (cute core, arg/ch)
gorzband.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/gorz.band 

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. tickets at the doors or in pre-sale --> vvk.link/3fgcp0w 

& after 22h:

DJ Kohlrabi (post genre, Team Pommes)
soundcloud.com/bubu-mo 

Taby Pilgrim

+ Support: Maryam.fyi

Die Essener Rapperin, Synchronsprecherin, Sounddesignerin und Produzentin Taby Pilgrim ist bislang vor allem für clevere, humoristische Lyrics und den herausragenden Einsatz ihrer unverkennbaren Stimme bekannt. 2024 wagt sie mit ihrem zweiten Album “Nest” jedoch einen Sprung ins kalte Wasser: Auf elf Songs, überwiegend von ihr selbst produziert, nimmt sie ihre Zuhörer*innen mit in ihren Kopf und präsentiert auf eindrucksvolle Weise den Parasiten, der sich dort eingenistet hat. Gefühlsausbrüche zwischen Hypomanie und Depression eröffnen ein breites Gefühlsspektrum, das durch ebenso kontrastierende Sounds kaum noch in eine einzelne Schublade passen möchte. So ehrlich wie nie zuvor spricht Taby über Selbstzweifel aber auch übersteigertes Selbstbewusstsein, ihre Stellung als Frau in der Musikbranche und Gesellschaft sowie den Willen, sich selbst und ihre eigene Diagnose besser zu verstehen - und setzt ganz nebenbei neue Standards für nahbaren und authentischen deutschen Rap mit Händchen für fesselnde Soundwelten.

dust booking & little league shows prsnt:

KEEP / shoegaze/alt. rock, us
keepva.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/keepva 

& YEAHRS / shoegaze, bln
yeahrs.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/yeahrs_ 

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. tickets for the concert at the doors and in pre-sale --> vvk.link/3c7s0s0 

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KEEP is an alternative rock band from Richmond, VA formed in 2013.They draw heavy inspiration from the shoegaze and grunge sounds of the 90’s, post-2000 indie, and add just a dash of 80’s goth and art rock sensibility. While that may sound a bit like an alphabet soup of influences, Keep’s brilliance lies in their ability to seamlessly blend myriad sounds into something that feels surpassingly cohesive. A riff may conjure Starflyer 59, Hum or Swervedriver. A melody might evoke The Cure or Cocteau Twins. The mood may call Low or Bowery Electric to mind. But while Keep may momentarily remind you of any number of artists you love, Happy In Here always feels like something unique that you’re hearing for the first time.

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»Part of the shoegaze renaissance that is encompassing the wider musical spectrum, YEAHRS are a loud, feisty and guitar-driven crew. Building on their love for hardcore, heavy rock and dreamy shoegaze, the band recently released a new EP called Transfer.Transform, a thoroughly loud and melodic addition to the Berlin rock scene. Aside from the immediate comparisons to the likes of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Deafheaven, the EP is dazzling mix of catchy choruses, washed-out guitars and lush harmonies.« (exberliner)

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Tickets: https://vvk.link/3hg9uwg

XTREME BLUES DOG (one man band)
Trash-blues rock n’ roll, playing the harmonica, kazoo, cigar box guitar, drums and singing (all at the same time), since 2010 this Brazilian one man band shows his dirty view of the Blues mixed up with a lot of Rock and Roll. After 17 tours in 24 countries around Australia, Europe and South America, Xtreme Blues Dog promotes his new album “Raw, Loud and Mono!”, released by the labels A-lo Records, Mandinga Records and Sinfonia de Cães.

Biography
The first album “The Return of the Blues”, recorded at home in 2010, provided the Dog’s first tour throughout Brazil and Uruguay along the masked Amazing One Man Band. The second album “Dirty Blues from the Wild South'', recorded at Caffeine Sound Studio by Luis Tissot (aka the Fabulous Gogo Boy from Alabama) was released in 2011 and followed by an European tour passing by many countries such as Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium and England. In 2012 the song “All Night Long'' was part of the compilation “Trash Blues – Old School Sudamerica’s Monobandas!” which ended up in a tour in Argentina. In 2013 the one man band went on his second Euro tour playing in many cities like Rome, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris and much more. In 2014 the album “Punk Rock and Roll a Billy Trash Blues” was released in Brazil and followed by another tour passing by 12 countries. On October 31st 2014, the dutch label Monster Mash released the 7'' vinyl compilation called “Monobanda Mash Vol. 2”, including the song “The Train'', followed by another tour in the euro winter promoting the vinyl, with concerts in Austria, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Croatia and Macedonia. In early 2015, the Blues Dog was touring in Peru with Bang Bang Band Girl from Chile, including gigs in Lima, Trujillo and Cusco. Also this year the album called “No Rules for The Blues”, was released and provided 4 Euro and Brazilian tours in the following years (2015 - 2018). In 2019 the Blues Dog went on his first tour in Australia, playing in many places such as Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston, New Norfolk and Franklin, followed by another euro tour in a total of 77 gigs that year. In November 2019, it was released the live album ROAD RECS, a compilation of live recordings in several countries made between 2014-2019, during Xtreme Blues Dog tours around the world. In March 2021, the Split EP called “Chelo Lion and his Yellow Fingers + Xtreme Blues Dog" was released by Sinfonia de Cães label.
In 2022, the Blues Dog released his new album “Raw, Loud and Mono!” and also a split EP with the Austrian band Anstalt, followed by a six-month-tour of wild gigs around Europe. In the summer 2023, the Dog hit the road with DJ Tribalista for the “Locurama Summer Tour”, and by the end of the year he was back in Brazil for a crazy tour with Bonny Jack. In 2024, the Blues Dog is on the road again this time with Mr. Gallini from Portugal, and also for the “Locurama Tour II - La Vendetta” with Tribalista.
Stay tuned! Stay mono!

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With a sinister past, Allisson Santos "Big Bull" used to play on punk/hc and metal bands, bringing with him an intense musical background. After a few years playing double bass in some country/rockabilly/blues bands in Europe, on 2019 he decided to begin his one man band, the "BIG BULL AND HIS SELFISH BAND". From that time until now he never stoped, collecting tours across Europe and Brazil spreading his Brazilian Dark a Billy!

Café Chocolat - Program #3

01.11.24- Doors: 19 Uhr - Konzert Beginn: 20 Uhr

LIVE END: 22Uhr DJs  >>>> ASA Collect @ 22-24Uhr >>>> DJ Femdelic @24-2 UHR

Batila & the Dream bus (House band)

EliAFree (Accra, Ghana)

Otis Mensah (Bln/Sheffield)

Regis Molina (Bln/Cuba)

+ DJ's ASA Collect  (eclectic africa, afrobeat++) + Femdelic (Funk, Electro, Disco)
+ congolese cusine by Food Fruit African ( Ma Bijoux)

++ Day of the Dead celebration - “Ofrenda” for our ancestors

funded by @musicboardberlin

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Café Chocolat, is a new music series and community building event created by Melissa Perales (M:Soundtrack, Durchlüften, Music Pool Berlin) and Batila (the Dream bus, BantuSoul Allstars). We aim at celebrating and supporting local talents and newcomer black and brown artists & DJ’s within the diaspora of Germany’s communities. Our main thesis is that when communities are supported and treated fairly they will thrive. This includes everyone from the artists on stage, to the door person or the sound engineer - We believe with more emphasis on “all of us”, we can create a more equitable event and make a contribution to our music scene. Please come out and support our efforts so we can continue this event!

Concept of the evening: The Dream Bus takes you on a musical journey performing their music (The members are from all over the world and their sound reflects this) AND jumping on an off the Bus are guests who will perform 2-3 songs each to give us a taste of their work, showcasing the amazing artists, poets, dancers and or multi-instrumentalists of the community! and we will always provide continued good music after the live show with a DJ who will bring it all together. When possible food will be available for sale outside the venue and special drinks on the menu at the bar.

Welcome to our table - the "Cafe CHOCOLAT STORE" will be available from this evening on with artists merchandise, perhaps clothing and craftwork or food. Our evening supports our community and we hope you feel welcome and join us in lifting everyone up!

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Eli A Free is a singer-songwriter. The lead singer of Nyamekye Junction, he is also a resident at Oroko Radio and cofounder of Abantu+, a creative space that hosts conversations and live events, provides musical resources, and offers residencies. He also founded Soul Quest Concerts, a live music series that provided a platform for young Ghanaian artists, supported by Alliance Française Accra. He is passionate about providing resources for musicians and connecting artists across disciplines, from sound artists to graphic designers to DJs.

https://www.instagram.com/eliafree/

 

Otis Mensah is a Berlin-based interdisciplinary artist whose work spans across fields of literature and sound, exploring the aesthetic fabric of language and cadence to evoke ethereal portraits of the body, family and notions of the Black church. Drawing inspiration from a rich lineage of sampling as an approach to their poetic-sonic practice, Otis derives musicality and multidimensional text from childhood, dreaming and nature. Otis has had a diverse calibre of experience in contemporary art both as artist and curator; publishing their poetry collection Safe Metamorphosis with Prototype London, debuting at Glastonbury Music Festival, performing alongside the likes of Moor Mother, Benjamin Zephaniah and Little Simz and working with a range of galleries and festivals across Europe.

 Concerned with an Abstractionist approach to language, Otis’ practice draws vitally from the likes of Norman Lewis and Jack Whitten, examining vivid experimentation with the materiality of paint as technique and lens for approaching text. Otis’ writing exalts the materiality of words to reveal a larger emotional landscape. By queering and subverting biblical language and parable, Otis exercises magical realism in their work, muddying the waters of memory and archival material with myth and portrayals of a Black diaspora. #Poetry #Avant-garde #Hiphop #Rap #Jazz    https://otismensah.bandcamp.com

Regis Molina is an energetic saxophonist and band-leader. With his bands he also is on a quest for the spiritual values within the music. In the Cuban culture music, dance and spirituality are interconnected to each other, principles that Molina translates to thru his music: ”You can´t really separate them from each other and I think about this in my playing and writing. I first learned how to dance rather than to play music, so I guess that’s why I love to have a sense of ’dancing’ in my body while I’m playing. It helps me to connect and interact more with other subtle elements in the music. Then I try to make them all sound like mine.“

His passion and dedication to music has seen him receive several awards as well as share the stage and the studio worldwide with several renowned musicians and bands, such as Ojos de Brujo, Aloe Blacc, Jimi Tenor, Tony Allen, Chucho Valdez, Stars of Buena Vista Social Club, Afrocuban Allstars, Helene Fischer and Samy DeLuxe. https://regismolina.bandcamp.com/album/sanga-abaku

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DJ's: ASA Collect A back-to-back-to-back of eclectic and innovative music from across Africa and beyond.

https://www.instagram.com/asacollect/

DJ Femdelic  - Femdelic is a Berlin DJ who has built a solid reputation for coming to wreck your body, and
turning the party out. She effortlessly shifts between all the delicious flavors of Funk;
Electro Boogie, Afro, 80s Breakdance, Modern Funk Styles, RnB, House, Disco and plenty
more gems galore. All stitched together with sharp technical finesse, a knowing wisdom of
what's good for the dancefloor, and when to take those left turns that make the magic
moments.The relationship and interactions between rhythm, groove and body movement are embedded into the Femdelic DNA. After getting the first records from her DJing Dad, Femdelic dived in the rich tapestry of Berlin's record stores and beyond.With each vinyl discovery, she went deeper into the realms of electric boogie, funk and disco music, pulling out hidden gems that would shape her musical identity.  ++++ Resident at Refuge worldwide RADIO   https://soundcloud.com/femdelic

 

OUR House band : Batila & The Dream Bus
Berlin based live Band with excellent musicians such as Dodo NKishi on the drums, known from the iconic electronic group Mouse and Mars, upcoming Guitarist and producer Skyline Sun, Paul Hoyle on Bass, Inspiring Producer, Singer and healer Nane Kahle on backingvocals. Sam Konzi on guitar, Adam Pavel and Rachelle Jeanty on percussion. With Batila as the Band leader and songwriter, the sound of the Dreambus is quite unique, which Batila himself baptized as Bantu Soul, a fusion of all genres created and inspired by people of african descent. Bantu, the plural of muntu means people. “Music by people for people '' as Batila likes to say. Batila’s roots are in the Kongo and with his Artistic being he clearly declares his love for la “Rumba Congolaise '' and his continent. The sound is groovy, melodic with empowering messages and stories which will take you on a spiritual journey. And since it is a Dreambus, you will also experience many other extraordinary Artists jumping on and off the Bus.

https://www.instagram.com/batilasound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLdtfEkKzBk

funded by @musicboardberlin

 

 

Psychberg Affairs & Little League Shows are very proud to present this new edition show with new surprises brought up under our sleeves... like that winning Ace ... A night with some Brazilian psych garage made with soul & heart & style by LOVNIS. Joining them, from Berlin... NEON APPLES with their psych beat / electro psych.

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. tickets at the doors or in pre-sale --> https://vvk.link/3hdcu1c 

lovnis.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/neonapplesberlin

LOVNIS < Brazil / Berlin >
LOVNIS is the duo formed in 2020 by the artists Murilo Sá and Amanda Longo, who have been dedicated to create music and videos on their home-studio. Inspired by pop music from the 60's and Brazilian psychedelic rock, they have released four singles so far: 2020, Filme de Terror, Tudo Isso Eu Já Sei and Doces Conversas, all of them accompanied by music videos. The duo has been creating a particular aesthetic in their work and together they take care of all stages of the creative process, music and audiovisual production. They currently live in Berlin, where they started performing in art galleries and on the city's street music circuit, while they finalize the production of their debut album. Murilo Sá, born in Salvador, Bahia (Brazil), has released 3 solo albums: Sentido Centro (2014), Durango! (2016) and Fossanova (2018). His work was very well received both by the public and Brazilian press. Murilo has also worked as music producer and support musician. He shared the stage with well-known names from São Paulo’s scene, where he developed his career. Amanda Longo, born in Curitiba, (Brazil) composer and poet since the age of 15, featured as a singer and guitarist in alternative rock bands. As a visual artist she creates collages and paintings that are aligned with her musical compositions. Amanda has performed live and participated in artistic exhibitions that took place in Curitiba, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

lovnis.bandcamp.com/track/running-out-of-luck

Neon Apples < Berlin >

Neon Apples from Berlin will make you dance, revolt, heal and love with their infectious songs of psych beat. Noisy analogue synths meet with flowy patterns of drums and baselines, sampled beats and darkly poetic vocal harmonies. Searching for something true in the basements of Forster Straße, they’re seeing in their crystal ball that 'Future's Coming' and 'we shall flee this city, flee the species forever'. But not being fooled by ideology ('Illusion'), Neon Apples will stay in their turf and continue because 'it's never been as easy to fall in love'. While the name is reminding of late 60s synth pioneers Silver Apples, influence-wise the band can also agree on BEAK>, Peaches, Tame Impala and Chemical Brothers. Each song a new deep soundscape to explore, they‘re pushing the envelope to create an organic amalgam of synth-punk, drum 'n' bass, funk, trip-hop, neo-soul, art-pop and psychedelia. Neon Apples' first album was mixed and mastered by Cico Beck (The Notwist/ Aloa Input). Their first single “Please Yourself” is released with Brainbowl Records. The forbidden fruits - Neon Apples

open.spotify.com/artist/6DCBIPmqcnPoYSjdZ7fuGP 

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After Show Party with DJs... ofc on Vinyl with
 Dark´s Second < Psychberg >
& tba!