The roof ain't our son — but we gonna raise it anyway. WAIT NO MORE - the fluid funk formation G-REX DELIGHT is back to make b00ts and b00tys shakin’. On Nov. 8th, catch the berlin original funky kream kollective fulminantly hittin’ it off at the legendary SCHOKOLADEN with the first incarnation of what is to become the G-REX GROOVE BLAST event series. rockin' the house themselves as well as summoning befriended funky-soul acts from the depths of the berlin underground music scene, get ready to shake and get a-shaken.                          It’s gonna be funkadelic—you won’t wanna miss it!

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BERLIN GETS FUNKY — Swing your b00ts & b00tys, denn es wird heiß. Am 8. November 2024 laden wir, Berliner Independent Label GEISBURG RECORDS zusammen mit Funk-Kollektiv G-REX DELIGHT erstmalig zum G-REX GROOVE BLAST in den legendären SCHOKOLADEN. Zusammen mit der Creme de la Creme aus der Berliner Untergrund Funk, Soul und Jazz Szene werden wir einheizen und funky vibes der 70er beschwören — nie nostalgisch, denn damals waren wir noch nichtmal erdacht, sondern immer im schwitzigen Hier und Jetzt, zusammen tanzend zu classic Big Band Nummern und original Material. Immer eigensinnig, oft exzentrisch, nie langweilig. Es wird FUNKADELIC — DON’T MISS IT.

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

Cherubs (Noiserock, Austin)
https://cherubs.bandcamp.com

Rightfully hailed as "the noisiest pop music on the planet" by Pitchfork, Austin, TX's cult noise rock trio CHERUBS have been purveyors of sonic bedlam since their inception in 1991.
After an unforeseen return to the scene from a two-decade hiatus in 2014, the CHERUBS have now joined forces with the equally revered Relapse Records for the release of their fifth long-player Inmaculada High. Recorded and engineered by Erik Wofford (Explosions in the Sky, The Black Angels, My Morning Jacket) at Cacophony Studio in Austin, Inmaculada High is 11 songs of signature CHERUBS clamor with an added twist of Texas-sized, psychedelic racket.
Smooth, rumbling low-end rhythms interplay with feedback drenched, chuggin' guitars,
relentless tone and vocalist Kevin Whitley's shrill, life-of-the-LSD-party vocals. On Immaculada High, CHERUBS loudly proclaim their title as bonafide noise rock legends who continue to forge transgressive yet remarkably accessible punk for a jaded world.
Following Immaculada High, CHERUSB tapped Brutal Panda Records to reissue their
legendary catalog including a remastered version of Icing, the band's iconic debut. Heroin Man (1994's noise rock masterpiece) and 2 Ynfynyty (the triumphant comeback album) are also back in circulation to rattle speakers and fry brains. The cacophony legacy of CHERUBS is now readily available for all to experience...and far from finished.

Juno Lee (indie/bln)

Panikattacken im Waschsalon, das aufgesetzte Lächeln einer Rezeptionistin, queere Dates. Die Inspiration für ihre Texte schöpft Juno Lee vorwiegend aus alltäglichen Beobachtungen und Erlebnissen. Verpackt in gitarrenlastige Indie-Pop-Ohrwürmer lädt die Anfang 20-jährige in ihre Gefühlswelt ein. Juno Lee ist gebürtige Berlinerin. Seit 2019 spielt sie auf der Straße, in Parks und U-Bahnhöfen zwischen Taubenscheiße und motzendem Sicherheitspersonal. Im Jahr 2022 spielte sie unter anderem beim c/o Pop und beim Sziget Festival. An der Lichtung, an der Riot Grrrls und Barbies einen Handschlag tauschen, dröhnt Juno Lee aus dem Soundsystem.

 https://www.instagram.com/junolee.mp3/

puschen, little league shows & my little underground prsnt:

CINDY / indie/dream-pop/lofi, us
cindytheband.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/cindytheband 

& NEIN RODERE (bln)
neinrodere.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/davidneinroeder 

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. tickets for the concert at the doors and in pre-sale --> vvk.link/3cd2s28

+ DJ future sailor (my little underground, some kind of happening, ...) dj set.
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CINDY is a key part of the San Francisco/Bay Area dream pop, fog pop, lo fi scene. Led by Karina Gill, members of the touring band include Will Smith of Now, Staizsh Rodrigues of Children Maybe Later, and Oli Lipton of Now and Violent Change. The songs are hazy and nostalgic pop-craft with lyrical backbone.

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NEIN RODERE is the moniker of the Berlin-based music maker and visual artist David Roeder. Having played in bands for more than 20 years - often times making improvised music with other “non-musicians” - Roeder was trained in painting and psychodynamic art therapy. This multifaceted background underpins the complex humour and multiple dimensions of meaning (and double meaning) that bubble below his work. The body of solo efforts that has slowly emerged over the last five years brings to mind the collage-style efforts of Letha Rodman-Melchior, Dean Blunt or Jim Shepard as much as the conceptual excursions into sound forged by visual artists like Anton Heyboer, Henning Christiansen and Jean Dubuffet.

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THE BOTTOM LINE
EUROPE TOUR
13.11.2024
+ Support: Holly Would Surrender (hh)
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Einlass: 19:00 | Beginn: 20:00 Uhr
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/.../artist/2goF23SQwJH5I0njJ3TnH2
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBottomLineTV
Homepage: https://thebottomlineuk.com/

Mit deutschen Texten, Beats und Synthietönen bringt Augelectrik seine Songs auf die uns real erscheinende Welt komplett Fremden nahe. Nach Jahren der Sängerschaft in kiezweit weltberühmten Bands wie Golden Acker Rhythm Kings oder Auge.Blau machte er sich auf, alleine die Bühne zu erobern. Ist die Welt denn so Kacke oder bin ich nur schwach?

Langversion (liest wahrscheinlich sowieso keiner): Der Staat ist weg der Kopf ist frei Wo Action ist sind wir dabei Uns gehört das Land uns gehörn die Straßen Wir sammeln auf was andre vergaßen Montags Dienstags Mittwochsbar Donnerstags- und Freitagsbar Sei Tänzer DJ Galerist Barkeeper und Journalist Wir sind zusammen keiner bleibt allein Eigentlich solltes immer so sein Wir ham kein Kalkül keine Strategie Hier regiert die Phantasie Wenig Geld und große Träume Immer teurer Wern die Räume Andre kaufen Immobilien Doch wir hörn nicht auf zu spielien... Brav seriös ist heut der Trend Meine Antwort: Rock'n'Roll-Band Wir spielten laut und immer schneller auf der Straße und im Keller Im Studio Radio Festival mit Bläsern Laufsteg Karneval Ein Label bringt die Scheibe raus Erst Release dann löst sichs auf Alleine stehe ich nun da Voller Sehnsucht nach mehr Tralala Nimm nen Synthy nimm nen Beat "Mach doch" ist mein Sprunch der zieht Mach so lang dass alles mitsingt Mach so stark dass Berlin mitschwingt Ich pfeife und singe jeden Tag Weil ich mein Leben genauso mag. Gruß auge

Florian Illing nach dem letzjährigem Album "Hypoxia" nun mit neuem unbetiteltem Live-Program. Es erwarten sie Geschichten, Witze und ein buntes Potpourri an Liedern. Mit dieser Show veröffentlicht er auch ein neues Album, sein zwölftes dieses Jahr, namens "Werkstall"

puschen & little league shows prsnt:

PERSONAL TRAINER / indie-rock, nl
personaltrainer.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/personaltrainertheband 

+ tba.

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. pre-sale tickets available --> vvk.link/3817hw0 

aftershow DJs tba. 
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If you like pop music to keep you on your toes, Amsterdam collective PERSONAL TRAINER provide that service fulsomely on their second album. Essentially the project of Willem Smit (working with co-producer/collaborator Casper van der Lans) on record and a band live, Personal Trainer showed a facility for DIY indie-pop exuberance and experiment in sync with 2022’s debut, Big Love Blanket. Now signed to Bella Union, Willem returns re-energised with Still Willing, a multi-faceted album of shining contrasts and spry melodies, bursting arrangements and subliminal sounds, playful lyrics and self-reflection: in short, a pop album executed with dynamism, vim and charm.

As Willem says, this is a record fuelled by its extremes: sometimes energetic and loud, sometimes quiet and thoughtful, always full of hidden pleasures. “When I listen to the records I make, the main thing I hope is that every time something happens on them, you’re like, ‘Wow.’ I like to be taken by surprise like that on a record, to kind of be thrown around.”

Willem is the epicentre of the band, which originated from impromptu and exhilarating live shows featuring ever-shifting members of different local bands sharing a bustling stage. The live line-up has solidified somewhat but Willem still welcomes the contrast with his recorded work: “When I make the record, it’s me calling the shots. But I can’t tell everyone exactly what to do every second when we’re on stage. There’s, like, shakers flying around or instruments being thrown all over the place, so I don’t have the capacity to control that. And that’s really exciting to me.”

The band consists of Willem Smit (vocals) Kilian Kayser (percussion), Leon Harms (drums), Mart Boumans (guitar/sax), Franti Maresova (guitars), Ruben van Weegberg (bass), and Abel Tuinstra (keys/synths).

“A triumph of creative soundcraft, knitting together samples, studio trickery, and towering hooks.”
Under The Radar

“Cushily familiar yet riotously unique; pantomiming and compelling.”
So Young Magazine 

“Dutch indie-rockers expertly juggle with pathos, clatter and Malkmus-esque deadpan.”
MOJO

Tickets: https://vvk.link/3gd7tm8

Šumski (kraut-afro-cartoon-noise-pop from Croatia)
https://sumski.bandcamp.com/album/kolobari
https://youtu.be/HuVnpmNG2kM

Šumski is one of the most well-known alternative bands in Croatia. Founded in Zagreb in 1991, from the very start they were noted to be one of the most unusual acts appearing on the scene. With their performance and inspiration falling well outside of the popular genre brackets of the day, Šumski created their own musical landscape, full of experiments and unexpected arrangements, within which kraut rock, world music, psychedelia, new wave, animation soundtracks, noise, avant-pop and electronics all take up their place equally. Their 'sound without borders' is akin to Can, Faust, Blurt, Captain Beefheart but also the movies of Jacques Tati and the books of Blaise Cendrars.

Besides playing in Šumski, all the band members also form part of the Zagreb scene in other ways, through playing in other bands (Peach Pit, Cul-de-Sac, Haustor, Jinx, Stampedo, Zli bubnjari, Brujači/Buzzers, Uzrujan, Franz Kafka Ensemble) and the bassist Kornel manages the cult club Močvara and runs the label Kekere Aquarium.

"Sounds like it would get people from a bunch of different music backgrounds to dance together."
Gerard Van Herk (Deja Voodoo)

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Marmalsana is a trio that brings together Burkhard Beins (percussion), Maurice Louca (acoustic quarter-tone guitar), and Tony Elieh (acoustic bass guitar). 
https://rupturedthelabel.bandcamp.com/album/marmalsana
https://www.burkhardbeins.de/groups/marmalsana.html

Based in Berlin and active in the free improv and experimental scenes of the city, Beins, Elieh, and Louca have spent the last decade or so developing various projects with local and international musicians. 
Marmalsana is their first collaboration, one for which they decided to forego amplification and rely on the use of acoustic instruments only, employing extended techniques and objects to produce soundscapes of drones, textures, melodies, and polyrhythms. 

The resulting album fuses different influences: Elieh having moved to Berlin from Beirut and Louca from Cairo, both musicians developed new techniques inspired by the musical richness and encounters that Berlin offers to artists. As for Beins, he is one of the founders of the Echtzeitmusik movement, a lasting influence on many musicians and experimental scenes around the world. 

Marmalsana reflects these backgrounds, styles, and influences, fueled by the expertise and experience of each musician. They succeed in merging their individual contributions... 

Andreas „Spider“ Krenzke, Tobias „Tube“ Herre, Uli Hannemann, Eva Mirasol und Ivo Lotion präsentieren Geschichten, Lieder und Gäste.

LSD – Liebe Statt Drogen ist eine der bekanntesten Lesebühnen Berlins. Jeden Dienstagabend gestalten die 5 Mitglieder von LSD und eingeladene Gäste im Berliner Schokoladen ein Programm aus neuen Texten und Songs. Gegründet 1996 besteht LSD heute aus den Mitgliedern Andreas „Spider“ Krenzke, Tobias „Tube“ Herre, Uli Hannemann, Eva Mirasol und Ivo Lotion. Alle 5 genannten Künstler sind als Autoren und Musiker auch in anderen Bereichen aktiv.

LSD bietet jeden 1. & 3. Dienstag ein Offenes Mikro für Menschen an, die spontan etwas vortragen wollen. Beachtet bitte, dass der Beitrag selbstverfasst sein muss und nicht länger als 6 Minuten dauert. Wer am Offenen Mikro liest, braucht keinen Eintritt zahlen und bekommt ein Freigetränk.