April 2013
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Signs that Summer is Coming to Berlin
With GIFs curated by When You Live in Berlin. Finally – winter is over! Now that we’re well into April, we seem to have survived the darkest winter on record, as the last ice thaws on the pavements and the sun has started burning through the uniform grey of the Berlin sky. But it’s not all blue…
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Music Montag: Betting on the Mouse
Maybe I’ve seen too much Scandi crime drama, but I was expecting very bad things to happen at the end of this video from Copenhagen-born, Berlin-based band Betting on the Mouse. Even if the short for “Hanging On” only hints at a Forbrydelsen-type outcome, it perfectly recreates the creeping tension-build of the track, from the band’s…
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Music Montag: Our Lonely Kicks
Stunning. Inspired by a summer spent in Berlin, playing at Watergate and recording with Villalobos collaborator Jorge González, “Rain” is a deep electronic slow jam with traces of MDMA coursing through its veins. Australian trio Our Lonely Kicks draw from inspirations like Mount Kimbie, James Blake, Sepalcure, Active Child, How to Dress Well and Thom…
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Peaches at Lost Lectures Berlin
You must know by now that we LOVE Peaches. Well, we were lucky enough to catch her, and a bunch of other inspirational speakers, at the inaugural Lost Lectures in Berlin. Pretty soon, the Lost Blog will post videos from the event in Stadtbad Wedding, including talks about 3D printing, community gardening platforms, open government, the theory that…