Suicide Berlin

With #4 of our series, we present one of the most prolific faces in Berlin techno history to you: TANITH, a regular guest at our club. He has been around right from the beginning with residencies at legendary Berlin clubs such as UFO or Tresor as well as at events like Mayday or Tekknozid, the first German raves. Nobody knows how he manages to keep being curious into new sounds after such a history, but he definitely is. Listen to this set which combines a lot of different styles and also check out his blog www.tanith.org! WE LOVE IT! ------------- Tracklist: Opal - Byetone Conspiracy Origins (The Hacker Remix) - Gesaffelstein Water Bass Power - Nguzunguzu Heavy Accent- 5kinAndBone5 & Vin Sol Video Drone - L-Vis 1990 VHS Crash - L-Vis 1990 Rave Signal - KiNK Bugged - Harvard Bass Hot Boys - HOT CITY & LOL BOYS Body Acid (KiNKs On Acid Remix) - Gingy, Bordello Swims - Boddika & Joy Orbison Booty Clap - Kill Frenzy Optic - Clouds Soulspeak (Shed Remix) - Basic Soul Unit 3 A.M. Eternal (Klonk Blip Every Trip) - KLF The Snow (Answers Come in Dreams I) - Coil Little Red Firewerk - Arkist Syncopy (Blawan's Trecther Mechanica) - Beastie Respond Black Chamber Order (Blawan Remix) - The Black Dog Wildfire (Objekt Tool Mix) - Sbtrk Start Chopping (Tommy Four Seven Remix) - Perc Slaughter (Original Mix) - Mouthful T.G.S. (Original Mix) - John Roman March of Evil - Gtronic Croucher - Orphan101 Splinters (Modek Remix) - autoKratz Cyclik - Spektre Aint Sam - Orphan101 The Hope - Scuba Decoder - NT89 Acid Jackson - Boddika Klondike Rush - Samoyed Juan Two Five - Trevino Machines Don't Cry - KiNK 92 Hardcore - Tom Richman Hello Darkness - MARTYN Blue Mushrooms - 813

This set was recorded at Suicide Circus 2012-04-21. Check out this house rocker from one of Berlin's biggest club heroes recorded live at our venue! Please check his facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Woody/85794956679 or www.fumakilla.de Woody is the original sonic funkateer whose life is completely focused on music and his very own definition of FUNK. He’s a genuine kind of a guy, needing nothing more than two turntables, a mixer and an audience to know he’s alive. For him DJing and making music is not just a job, it's his destiny. Rewind back to the mid-80's when Woody started off in Munich's graffiti and breakdance scene. Alr eady a superb breakdancer, he soon became an even better DJ. Woody played his first gigs in Munich`s famous "Babalu Club". Thanks to his God-given talent and hard work, Woody was soon getting booked into the techno clubs of Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt. In 1992 Woody took the chance to become Resident DJ in Berlin’s best and most influential club concept "Planet", which later became the world-famous "E-Werk". Woody's star rose to unbelievable heights as he completely controlled the crowd. His music brought this remarkable venue to life and his cross-pollenation style from deep pumping techno & smokin` house to electrofunk and several oldschool classics was a blueprint for numerous DJs who heard and saw Woody play. He rocked the house and laid the foundation for Berlin`s nightlife fame, playing a key role in the genesis of Berlin`s own club sound. Since then Woody has become one of Germany’s most respected DJs. Woody has travelled all over continental Europe (including the east), Scandinavia, USA, Central America, Israel, Asia like Japan and Thailand to spin in virtually every (good) club, showing off his unique track selection and brilliant DJ skills. Other remarkable highlights of Woody`s thrilling DJ career are his annual appearences at the Love Parade finale with over 1,5 Million people in Berlin. On his home patch, Woody always likes to run his own club nights where the guest program is decided by him, as well as supervising the visual aspect, which is an important element of the nightlife experience: perfect music and special visuals! His earlier residency in Berlin was his monthly “Klub Berlin”, where he already invited international guests. Actually he's regularly playing at the Watergate and organise his own Sunday Open Air After hour Party named Electronic Waves, where most respected DJs and Live Acts played so far. Like Ricardo Villalobos, Guido Schneider, Matt John, My My, Efdemin, Ben Klock, the Fumakilla Family and many more… Woody is also the man behind the extremely successful Fumakilla Label which he launched in 2000 after he finished the production of his first tracks. Its aim is to become a homebase for lots of upcoming producers and the definition of modern clubfunk. Due to the fact that his first ever remix (Woody vs. Kissogramm "If I had known this before") directly entered the German charts, he`s now one of the most sought after remixers in Germany. In 2002 he remixed the likes of Felix da Housecat and 2-Raumwohnung. His Tracks and Remixes played by key players like Carl Craig, Josh Wink, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Sven Väth, Ricardo Villalobos. His first album “Selected Works 2002-2006” released 2008 is deep and a good balance between old and new school. There you can find fresh and modern sounds but also a retrospection of his work. His production combines quality undergroud music with a strong international appeal and the potential to attract a bigger audience. You can hear the influences of Chicago Jack-House, Detroit Techno and his B-Boy definition of sound. In every single track you can trace Woody’s talent for minimal changes in the melody which catch just about every crowd. If you need to give it a name, file under FUMAKILLA FUNK.

This set was recorded at Suicide Circus. FRANK MULLER ( mad musician, muller, soma, cocoon) Our second podcast features FRANK MULLER, an artist who regularly plays at our venue. As a DJ under his real name or as a live act under his alias BEROSHIMA. Check his set recorded at our venue on 18th Nov 2011. Frank Muller a.k.a Beroshima has been a Pioneer of electronic music since the mid 1990's. His musical passion was ignited at the age of 13, when he created his first DJ set. Shortly after Frank played many early gigs in west Germany’s new wave scene. With the collapse of the Berlin wall he moved from Holland to Berlin, the „CPU“ of Techno. 2 Years later Beroshima was formed and later joined by Ulrich Schnauss in 1996. Beroshima started with a cutting edge acid flavored electronic sound and has constantly evolved as one of the finest acts in live techno. His other main imprint Mueller records was started in 1996 providing a platform for old and fresh protagonists of electric music. The name Beroshima and especially Mueller Records has spread to the world, with sightings all over the planet from Europe to South America, Asia and everywhere in between. Beroshima is constantly exploring with a musical compass. Frank has dropped uncountable floor hits like "Deebeefunky" "We who are oppressed" and "electronic discussion". All of the top magazines feature his innovative productions. Known as an expert DJ and producer, Frank Muller has been a resident DJ at Mayday and a frequent favorite at the WIRE Festival in Japan, in addition to his residency nights "WE LOVE NEON" in Berlin and constant global touring. Beside his imprint as a Techno Dj and live act his production skills provided the platform for many other artists and genres. The result is his unique Beroshima style. One of his latest releases MOONRAKER was chosen as best House production in 2008 by a number of Magazines in northern Europe. His latest Album was released in May / June 2011 in collaboration with the electronica Genius Ulrich Schnauss and has been sold out in 3 weeks. „Polyphonication“ is another electronic milestone by the "criminally underrated Beroshima" ( Mixmag ). Currently Frank Muller is working on a few Trax with great Artists like Kirk Degiorgio, FunkDvoid, Tigerskin ... etc. which will be released on his latest output MAD MUSICIAN. Detroit Techno and Techhouse at its best.

Hello! This is the beginning of our podcast series. The podcast will feature artists which have played in our club. With this we want to give you the possibility to recap the greatest parties at our beloved Suicide Circus, to fix highlights for the future or basically to listen to good music. The first mix comes from PIERRE. Since the mid 90s, Pierre is listed among the most popular techno DJs in Germany. He gained wide spread respect and attention as resident DJ at Aufschwung Ost, the legendary club in Kassel, which was renamed Stammheim later. This set was recorded at Suicide Circus 2012-02-19. about Pierre: “If you still want a playground in the future, you should play tomorrow’s music today, but don’t completely disregard the past and the present, as few will be unable to keep up with you – and a party is no fun on your own.” Short and to the point Pierre, 29, often-booked DJ, producer, label owner, legend of “Aufschwung Ost”, “Stammheim” and “Hotel Reiss”, began to organise parties at the tender age of 16, originally in a quiet village. Since he became twenty, he lost interest in public educational institutions and preferred to teach himself. Pierre has founded several companies, plagued his employees, earned and lost money, so he knows all about paying for experience. Pierre’s perfect party takes place in an atmosphere free of rules yet cultivated, uses a good sound system, a stage set at head height with the crowd, delicious drinks and healthy, unrestrained people in a balanced mix of gender and social standing. Pierre love(d) Stammheim, the Omen, the FUSE in Brussels, the Alive Festival at St. Vith and . The club culture of straightforward beats would benefit from an overhaul, he said. Asked whether he could imagine still playing in clubs at 40 or 50, he thought it would be “good”, although he refrained to answer. It doesn’t matter. By the way: Even the old pro DJ Pierre sometimes has stage fright, particularly when the gig means a lot to him.