{"id":1649,"date":"2021-04-14T06:12:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/december-2012-page-2-of-2-uberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:12:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:12:03","slug":"december-2012-page-2-of-2-uberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/december-2012-page-2-of-2-uberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2012 &#8211; Page 2 of 2 &#8211; \u00fcberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2012-12-10T08:59:49+0000\">December 10, 2012<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/music-montag-iamx\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Music Montag: IAMX<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"IAMX\" src=\"http:\/\/wortraub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IAMX1.jpg\" alt=\"IAMX\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The best thing to come out of the storm-in-a-teacup over *that* New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/25\/magazine\/in-berlin-you-never-have-to-stop.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/25\/magazine\/in-berlin-you-never-have-to-stop.html', 'Aussie-slacker-in-Berlin blog');\" title=\"In Berlin, You Never Have to Stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aussie-slacker-in-Berlin blog<\/a>\u00a0was the knowledge that Chris Corner is still producing music,\u00a0in Berlin &#8211; his base since 2006. Buried at the bottom of The Local&#8217;s critique,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/opinion\/20121130-46483.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/opinion\/20121130-46483.html', '\u201cStruggling with Berlin\u2019s artsy hype\u201d');\" title=\"Struggling with Berlin's artsy hype\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Struggling with Berlin&#8217;s artsy hype&#8221;<\/a>,\u00a0was a link to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iamx.eu\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.iamx.eu\/', 'IAMX');\" title=\"IAMX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>IAMX<\/strong><\/a>, the alias under which Corner has just released a video, &#8220;The Unified Field&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sr7HDfUNT9I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t heard anything from the Sneaker Pimps co-founder since their largely-overlooked second album\u00a0<em>Splinter<\/em>, for which Corner took over vocals and steered the trip-hop group into darker, more emo territory. That was back in 1999, which feels like a long time ago, but the singer, multi instrumentalist and video artist is still ticking all my boxes, from his motto\u00a0&#8220;electronic sex and emotional strength&#8221; to his choice of collaborators and remixers: to name a few, Combichrist, Terence Fixmer and Imogen Heap.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G-jMWzfj9gM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>IAMX&#8217;s brand of electro-pop resembles a dark, twisted version of Hurts, the kind of sleek beat music that Matt Bellamy clearly wishes Muse was making. Given the industry support it deserves, the album from which &#8220;The Unified Field&#8221; is taken wouldn&#8217;t be in the crowdfunding stage, it would already be finished and finding its way into you mum&#8217;s Christmas stocking. But we sympathise with Corner&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/catonthewall.net\/?p=44\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/catonthewall.net\/?p=44', 'sentiment');\" title=\"IAMX on Cat on the Wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sentiment<\/a> that &#8220;Berlin has given me the spirit to care less about the music industry and take an independent route&#8221; &#8211; his creativity is clearly thriving as a result.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VyEaHN7QKik\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pledgemusic.com\/projects\/iamx\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pledgemusic.com\/projects\/iamx', 'Pledgemusic');\" title=\"IAMX on Pledgemusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pledgemusic<\/a>\u00a0and help make the new IAMX album and DVD a reality.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-7508 defualt\" post_id=\"7508\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-iamx\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/music-montag-iamx\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/iamx\/\" rel=\"tag\">IAMX<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/imogen-heap\/\" rel=\"tag\">Imogen Heap<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/music-montag\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music Montag<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/music-montag-iamx\/#comments\">1 comment<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2012-12-07T13:04:56+0000\">December 7, 2012<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/how-to-survive-a-berlin-winter\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Survive a Berlin Winter<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/>We&#8217;ve said it <a href=\"\/you-know-youre-a-berliner-when\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/you-know-youre-a-berliner-when\/', 'before');\" title=\"You know you\u2019re a Berliner when\u2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">before<\/a>: Berlin only has two seasons, summer and winter. As soon as it&#8217;s too cold to spend whole weekends in a beer garden or barbecue every meal, Berliners start ominously whispering &#8220;winter is coming&#8221;, as if they were <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire_characters#House_Stark.2C_retainers.2C_and_bannermen\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire_characters#House_Stark.2C_retainers.2C_and_bannermen', 'Ned bloody Stark');\" title=\"House Stark wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ned bloody Stark<\/a>. Sometimes this is meant as a hint &#8211; &#8220;time to go back to your tropical homeland, sunboy&#8221; &#8211; but some of us are genuinely concerned for the wellbeing of Berlinoobs. If you&#8217;ve only been to the city during one of its long, blissful summers, and you come from a hot country &#8211; one that doesn&#8217;t even <em>have<\/em> winters &#8211; then you&#8217;re going to need all the help you can get.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s our handy guide to surviving a Berlin winter,\u00a0illustrated by Josh Bauman, the talented bastard behind\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caffeinatedtoothpaste.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.caffeinatedtoothpaste.com\/', 'Caffeinated Toothpaste');\" title=\"Caffeinated Toothpaste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caffeinated Toothpaste<\/a>:<br \/> <img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Layer up! by Josh Bauman\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8486\/8248989965_f44e047048_o.jpg\" alt=\"Layer up! by Josh Bauman\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Layer up!<\/strong><br \/> You&#8217;re going to need a killer winter wardrobe of fur, capes, long johns and serious boots. For inspiration, look to <a href=\"\/what-im-wearing-vintage-cape\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/what-im-wearing-vintage-cape\/', 'this outfit');\" title=\"What I\u2019m Wearing: Vintage Cape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this outfit<\/a> Zo\u00eb put together, or, well, <a href=\"http:\/\/cuddlebuggery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ned-Stark.jpg\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/cuddlebuggery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ned-Stark.jpg', 'Ned Stark');\" title=\"Ned Stark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ned Stark<\/a>. But until those <a href=\"\/tag\/flohmarkt-find\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/tag\/flohmarkt-find\/', 'fleamarket trips');\" title=\"flohmarkt finds on \u00fcberlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fleamarket trips<\/a> pay off, you&#8217;ll have to make do with what you have. Upend that single suitcase you brought when you moved here, and lay out all those bikinis, bermuda shorts and belly tops. Now put them all on. As soon as you find a cape or a <a href=\"\/what-i-know-about-germans\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/what-i-know-about-germans\/', 'Jack Wolfskin coat');\" title=\"What I Know About Germans: Now a Top 100!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Wolfskin coat<\/a>\u00a0big enough to cover all that shit, you&#8217;re set!<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Stay inside! by Josh Bauman\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8483\/8250056698_a2e4133e8f_o.jpg\" alt=\"Stay inside! by Josh Bauman\" width=\"650\"\/><br \/> <strong>Stay inside!<br \/> <\/strong>Even though we get out more now than when we lived in London, we&#8217;re still complete homebodies next to most Berlin party people. Here are some tips to help you stay warm by replicating our shut-in lifestyle:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quit your job! Or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/a-day-in-the-life\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/a-day-in-the-life\/', 'freelance from home');\" title=\"a day in the life of \u00fcberlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">freelance from home<\/a><\/span>. Travelling to work is for suckers<\/li>\n<li>Rearrange your apartment. Cluster all your furniture so you can live within a square metre of the one radiator that really works, or failing that, the oven. While you&#8217;re there, preheat it to 200\u00b0C for your underwear<\/li>\n<li>If you do work from home, forget any pretence of getting out of bed and drag your coffee machine, fridge &#8211; and an empty 2 litre bottle ???? &#8211; \u00a0into your Schlafzimmer<\/li>\n<li>Buy a Beamer. Fuck travelling to a cinema to see whatever Christmassy crap has just been released &#8211; just hold your own film screenings<\/li>\n<li>Live on takeaway. Services like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pizza.de\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/pizza.de\/', 'pizza.de');\" title=\"Pizza.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pizza.de<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lieferando.de\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.lieferando.de\/', 'lieferando');\" title=\"lieferando\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lieferando<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomsburys.de\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.bloomsburys.de\/', 'bloomsburys');\" title=\"Bloomsburys lieferservice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bloomsburys<\/span><\/a> for the Yukis) let you order online, without even attempting to speak German. Also, the extra fat is great insulation if you do decide to go outside&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Get outside! by Josh Bauman\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8477\/8250056818_06d347561b_o.jpg\" alt=\"Get outside! by Josh Bauman\" width=\"650\"\/><br \/> <strong>Get outside!<br \/> <\/strong>The only way to avoid cabin fever is to break up time spent indoors with brief spells of outdoor awesomeness. We&#8217;ve found that spending just 5% of your time outside is enough to avoid becoming Jack from\u00a0<em>The Shining.\u00a0<\/em>Here&#8217;s how to inject some strategic outside into your life:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Do it in the daytime! Going outside while it&#8217;s dark is more depressing than staying indoors<\/li>\n<li>Walk on a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/walking-on-water\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/walking-on-water\/', 'frozen canal');\" title=\"\u00fcberlin walking on water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">frozen canal<\/a><\/span>, or even the Spree. Best thing you&#8217;ll do all winter<\/li>\n<li>Geek out at awesome indoor attractions like the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/computer-games-museum-in-close-up\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/computer-games-museum-in-close-up\/', 'Computer Games Museum');\" title=\"Computer Games Museum in Close Up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computer Games Museum<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/loxx-miniature-railway\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/loxx-miniature-railway\/', 'Loxx');\" title=\"Loxx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Loxx<\/a><\/span> &#8211; this miniature railway version of Berlin is the best way to see the city without having to be out in it!<\/li>\n<li>Gl\u00fchwein. I could ride out a life sentence in a Siberian labour camp if they gave me a mug of mulled wine every couple of hours<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Grow a beard!<br \/> <\/strong>Like you need a reason&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trust science!<br \/> <\/strong>Don&#8217;t panic, but this is about to get scientific. Having spent the second half of the year predicting the worst winter on record, Berliners *always* say, &#8220;That was nothing &#8211; last winter was much worse.&#8221; So either global warming is working in our favour, and pretty soon we&#8217;ll spend our winters complaining about the sunburn and mosquitos, or these harsh winters are something you just get used to. Either way, good news. Thanks science!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summerfy it!<br \/> <\/strong>Speaking of science, I can&#8217;t believe no one&#8217;s offered to buy the patented technology behind our <a href=\"\/5-apps-berlin-really-needs\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/5-apps-berlin-really-needs\/', 'Summerfy app');\" title=\"5 Apps Berlin Really Needs\">Summerfy app<\/a>. Summerfy uses augmented reality to layer summery sunshine over the grimmest winter scenes, and even turns Berliners&#8217; frowns upside down.\u00a0As soon as startup founders start gravitating here from Brazil instead of London and Scandinavia, we expect this to be snapped up. Look out for it in the app stores!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember: it&#8217;s not forever!<br \/> <\/strong>Berlin winters last for four-and-a-half months &#8211; six at most. Half a year of blistering cold and near constant pitch-blackness is a small price to pay for living in the greatest city in the world&#8230; right? Before you know it, you&#8217;ll be shaking your shit on a faked-up beach bar with a cocktail in each hand. Maintain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-7465 defualt\" post_id=\"7465\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/how-to-survive-a-berlin-winter\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/how-to-survive-a-berlin-winter\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/opinions\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Opinions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/josh-bauman\/\" rel=\"tag\">Josh Bauman<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/how-to-survive-a-berlin-winter\/#comments\">43 comments<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2012-12-05T10:25:30+0000\">December 5, 2012<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/winter-walkies\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Winter Walkies<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">Zo\u00eb Noble<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8485\/8234143417_dc50553fc4_o.jpg\" title=\"1\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8209\/8234144675_4fc1747e61_o.jpg\" title=\"2\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"3\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8060\/8234145505_cbab790497_o.jpg\" title=\"3\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8483\/8234145073_a41deb1b77_o.jpg\" title=\"4\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8483\/8235210448_3de16b4485_o.jpg\" title=\"5\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"6\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8344\/8234146551_9e66204b12_o.jpg\" title=\"6\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"7\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8203\/8234149589_522ea6aeb8_o.jpg\" title=\"7\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"8\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8345\/8234146989_4c0b6856e3_o.jpg\" title=\"8\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"9\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8482\/8234147909_73a993d0b1_o.jpg\" title=\"9\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"10\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8338\/8234148707_4045602457_o.jpg\" title=\"10\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"11\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8068\/8235208830_c2b4b3bba0_o.jpg\" title=\"11\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-7466 defualt\" post_id=\"7466\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/winter-walkies\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/winter-walkies\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/photos\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Photos<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/photo-diary\/\" rel=\"tag\">photo diary<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/winter-walkies\/#comments\">2 comments<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2012-12-03T14:23:34+0000\">December 3, 2012<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/music-montag-my-dry-wet-mess\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Music Montag: My Dry Wet Mess<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/>\n<div style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img title=\"My Dry Wet Mess\" src=\"http:\/\/skyapnea.com\/mdwm_press\/MDWM_Ceccato_0054.jpg\" alt=\"My Dry Wet Mess\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Amanda Ceccato 2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>My Dry Wet Mess<\/strong> is an Italian producer and visual artist who&#8217;s relocated to Berlin via Barcelona. Born Giovanni Civitenga, to the bass player in Ennio Morricone\u2019s orchestra, he started making beats aged 14, trying to recreate the <em>wibe<\/em> of De La Soul&#8217;s <em>Stakes is High<\/em> using a sampler and an Atari. After studying Interactive Design, an audiovisual collaboration with\u00a0<strong>Daedelus\u00a0<\/strong>prompted the Californian eccentric to sign Civitenga to his Magical Properties imprint, and release the MDWM debut <em>Irrational Alphabet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F66549792&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;color=000000\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now on Brainfeeder, after a bootleg version of &#8220;Pieface&#8221; by <strong>Flying Lotus<\/strong> caught the label boss&#8217; attention, My Dry Wet Mess has just released his second long player, <em>Stereo Typing<\/em>. Listen to this album sampler and standout track &#8220;Clappin&#8217; Ears&#8221; and, alongside Civitenga&#8217;s LA mentors, you might hear his formative influences &#8211; Squarepusher, Alva Noto, the object-sampling virtuosos Matmos &#8211; sprinkled with a handful of the producer&#8217;s own fairy dust.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W7kZlN-PiRE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stereo Typing\u00a0<em>by <a href=\"http:\/\/mydrywetmess.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/mydrywetmess.com\/', 'My Dry Wet Mess');\" title=\"My Dry Wet Mess website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Dry Wet Mess<\/a> is out now on Brainfeeder.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-7441 defualt\" post_id=\"7441\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/music-montag-my-dry-wet-mess\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/music-montag-my-dry-wet-mess\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/music-montag\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music Montag<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/my-dry-wet-mess\/\" rel=\"tag\">My Dry Wet Mess<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/music-montag-my-dry-wet-mess\/#comments\">1 comment<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2012-12-02T12:42:41+0000\">December 2, 2012<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/ask-uberlin-dont-you-feel-responsible-for-berlins-gentrification-nightmare\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ask \u00fcberlin: Don\u2019t you feel responsible for Berlin&#8217;s gentrification nightmare?<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ask-uberlin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ask-uberlin\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/ask-uberlin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"100\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a Berlin blog run by expats, who try to help other internationals make a life for themselves here, we&#8217;re used to being targeted by locals angry about the gentrification of their city. But we were taken aback by the vitriol behind John John&#8217;s comment on our original <a href=\"\/ask-uberlin-anything\/comment-page-1\/#comment-7952\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/ask-uberlin-anything\/comment-page-1\/#comment-7952', 'Ask \u00fcberlin\u2026 ANYTHING');\" title=\"Ask \u00fcberlin ANYTHING\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask \u00fcberlin&#8230; ANYTHING<\/a> post:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Did you notice that the Graefekiez is now Berlin\u2019s most expensive area ? That many people are leaving because they can\u2019t afford it ? Did you notice that Kreuzberg is NOT cool anymore ? Don\u2019t you feel responsible for the gentrification nightmare of your Kiez ? How much did you purchase your flat and how much do you expect to sale it ? Do you still feel welcome in Kreuzberg despite the fact that most people there obviously hate the kind of person you represent \u2013 long-term tourists with no connection to Germany or Berlin ? Are you aware that Berlin is QUICKLY losing all the things that made the city special ? How does it feel to be an english hipster caricature in a city where english hipsters are not welcome anymore ?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve given a lot of thought to our response, because John John has a couple of valid points. Sometimes we do present ourselves (jokingly) as hipster caricatures &#8211; this comment came about a week after I dicked about for the <a href=\"\/you-know-youre-a-berliner-when\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', '\/you-know-youre-a-berliner-when\/', 'You know you\u2019re a Berliner when\u2026');\" title=\"You know you\u2019re a Berliner when\u2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You know you&#8217;re a Berliner when&#8230;<\/a> photos. And, as people willing and able to pay higher rents than those who used to live in our Kiez, we are <em>part<\/em> of the problem&#8230; But the comment&#8217;s xenophobia, false assumptions (we rent, and have no plans to buy) and faulty argument &#8211; that we are <em>responsible<\/em> for an economic process much larger than ourselves &#8211; deserve to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ares Kalandides, the blogger behind <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.inpolis.com\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.inpolis.com\/', 'Place Management &amp; Branding');\" title=\"Place Management and Branding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Place Management &amp; Branding<\/a><\/strong>, put it better than I could and kindly gave us permission to republish one of his posts. He may be talking about Neuk\u00f6lln rather than Kreuzberg, and responding to an old, notorious anti-Touri video, but what he says applies equally to our neighbourhood and \u00a0our situation:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/16116523?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;badge=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This short film appeared about 2 years ago on the web. It is called \u201coffending the clientele\u201d and that\u2019s pretty much what it does. But what\u2019s the issue here? Who\u2019s offending whom? And why? This is about Neuk\u00f6lln in Berlin and the story is not a straightforward one. It\u2019s the story of a perceived invasion with strange aftertones of a very reactionary \u201csense of place\u201d: \u201cHelp! We are being attacked by foreigners! They happen to be tourists, but just the same! It\u2019s\u00a0<em>them\u00a0<\/em>against\u00a0<em>us<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, not very long ago, Neuk\u00f6lln was a Berlin neighbourhood with the worst reputation you could get. Mayors and ministers stigmatized it as ghetto, poverty was visible everywhere, violence was supposed to be growing in its streets. And then a couple of years ago something started to move. Students who could not afford the more expensive areas of Friedrichshain or even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/help-the-tourists-are-coming-berlin-neighborhood-fights-invasion-of-the-easyjet-set-a-749470.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/help-the-tourists-are-coming-berlin-neighborhood-fights-invasion-of-the-easyjet-set-a-749470.html', 'Kreuzberg');\" title=\"Spiegel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kreuzberg<\/a> started discovering Neuk\u00f6lln for themselves. Bars, clubs, fashion shops and caf\u00e9s began opening up \u2013 first catering to a local student community, but very soon to a broader international mobile scene of young discount travellers.<\/p>\n<p>If you think about it, this is not really a unique story. Germans simply take it for granted that\u00a0<em>they\u00a0<\/em>are tourists, invading the whole world \u2013 every summer or winter resort. But also, there is no spot on earth no matter how far away, how hidden, how protected, that does not fall victim of these voracious visitors. Now suddenly somebody has turned the tables on them: Berlin in general, Neuk\u00f6lln in particular, have become a favourite destination for tourists who \u2013 let\u2019s be honest \u2013 are very\u00a0<em>very\u00a0<\/em>much like the local student scene. Actually, what they are looking for in this case is not\u00a0<em>difference<\/em>, but similarity. Neuk\u00f6lln feels so familiar for the creative party crowds no matter where they come from. Now Italians and Spaniards are \u201cinvading\u201d Berlin as their countries have been invaded for decades (ever heard of Mallorca? Or Venice?..). It reminds me so much of the rhetoric of former European colonial powers, who now wonder what all the formerly colonized are doing among them.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s exactly the trouble? In a sense, a very real one. Who wants to be the animal in the zoo, being watched, observed, scrutinized? Who wants her\/his lifestyle commodified and consumed for somebody else\u2019s pleasure? When the beer you bought yesterday for 2 Euros is suddenly 3, because your pub has become so popular with tourists, of course it\u2019s an issue. Ask the Spanish, Italian, Greeks, Turks who\u2019ve had that kind of thing for decades and they\u2019ll agree.\u00a0 So the problem is not that it\u2019s happening, it\u2019s just that now it\u2019s happening to\u00a0<em>us<\/em>. Weird logic\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Of course gentrification is not a joke. It means that people with a lower income will very probably have to move away and that does not only include students. It may mean the real urban poor, the ones who have very\u00a0<em>very\u00a0<\/em>little and not really a choice. Probably also the ones with the strongest attachments to the neighbourhood, explained by their relative lack of mobility. Gentrification produces very real losers. And it\u2019s not just \u201cthe way things are\u201d, as a desperately naive Neuk\u00f6lln caterer from Detroit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/neukoelln-nasties-foreigners-feel-accused-in-berlin-gentrification-row-a-750297.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/neukoelln-nasties-foreigners-feel-accused-in-berlin-gentrification-row-a-750297.html', 'put it');\" title=\"Spiegel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">put it<\/a>: it is the result of political choices, laws and regulations put together to produce just that effect.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just that this video is not really about gentrification, if you think about it, is it? It\u2019s not about the poor and the rich, it\u2019s about\u00a0<em>us\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>them<\/em>. And that is what makes it so absolutely offensive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What do you think? We&#8217;re interested in having a real discussion about the gentrification of Berlin, so please leave your thoughts, opinions and ideas in the comments below.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-7378 defualt\" post_id=\"7378\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/ask-uberlin-dont-you-feel-responsible-for-berlins-gentrification-nightmare\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/ask-uberlin-dont-you-feel-responsible-for-berlins-gentrification-nightmare\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/opinions\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Opinions<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/ask-uberlin\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ask \u00fcberlin<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/gentrification\/\" rel=\"tag\">Gentrification<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/ask-uberlin-dont-you-feel-responsible-for-berlins-gentrification-nightmare\/#comments\">32 comments<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pageNav\">\n<div class=\"prev\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"next\"><a href=\"\/2012\/12\/\">&raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 10, 2012 Music Montag: IAMX by James Glazebrook The best thing to come out of the storm-in-a-teacup over *that* New York Times Aussie-slacker-in-Berlin blog\u00a0was the knowledge that Chris Corner is still producing music,\u00a0in Berlin &#8211; his base since 2006. Buried at the bottom of The Local&#8217;s critique,\u00a0&#8220;Struggling with Berlin&#8217;s artsy hype&#8221;,\u00a0was a link to\u00a0IAMX, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}