Love the harder styles? Here are the top five hardstyle and hardcore festivals in the world that any fan should put on their bucket list. Many people are surprised to find out the large size of the hard dance community around the world and the dedication of the fanbase to the scene. But once exposed to […]
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A Catalan in a Berlin Techno Club
Catalans are notorious for being a stingy bunch. I’m not making this up – just ask any Spaniard or even Catalan and they will nod in agreement with a chuckle. Living in New York, as a girl, I was spoiled by free alcohol that seemed to be readily available to me and in excess at bars and […]
My Q-Base Misadventure
About the time I arrived at Dusseldorf with basically no money or accommodation and slept and showered at a stranger’s house, who I met by spilling his coffee in the train. I’m writing this one year late, because frankly, I was quite embarrassed by what had happened last year when I arrived at Dusseldorf for Q-Base. In […]
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Review of Q-Base Festival 2015
My rating of Q-Base: 7/10. My 36-hour whirlwind Q-Base + Dusseldorf trip was quite an adventure. Q-Base is an annual one night festival held at an old airfield in middle-of-nowhere Western Germany, and has 14 hours and 12 stages worth of hard dance music. All genres of hard dance are represented there, from the mainstream […]
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Techno Tourism in Berlin
I admit it, I’m a huge Dance Music Tourist. I went to Berlin for a month in July of 2015 because 1) Berlin is a really cool city, and 2) I wanted to experience the club scene of The Techno Capital of the World. Turns out, Berlin is home to more than 300 clubs. To […]
14 Unusual Reasons To Love Berlin
BERLIN IS THE COOLEST CITY I’VE EVER BEEN TO. My first time visiting the German capital was in May over a weekend, and I fell in love with it so I decided to spend a month in the city this July. The city is full of character and it’s a place where everyone can be themselves […]
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Ultimate Berghain Guide: Third Time’s A Charm at Berlin’s Church of Techno
My club rating for Berghain: 8.5/10 There are many, many, many articles on the internet about the mythical Berghain Club in Berlin and how to get into the club with the toughest door policy in the world. Berlin is the Techno capital of the world, and Berghain is at its epicenter. People call it THE […]
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Airbeat One Festival Review: Great Lineup & Best Campground Ever
Rating: 7/10. Cool countryside festival with 4 diverse stages and genres. Music was curated really well with unbelievable lineup. Real German festival with cool crowd and nice communal feeling. The camping area is a sight to behold. Very hard to get to as a foreigner and consequently there were very few.
Berlin Chinatown & Best Asian Food
Berlin is a truly multicultural city. You see Muslim women with headscarves working retail in Alexanderplatz, black people speaking perfect German, and Asians dressed like Berlin hipsters. So, you get great food from all cultures – including Asian food – which was very exciting for me as I came a long tenure in Barcelona, where the […]
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Ipse Club Berlin Review for the BNR 10YR Party
Rating of Ipse Club: 8/10. A very alternative and interesting venue. Great, eccentric outdoor space. Extra points for the random garden and hut with laundry hanging outside. Minus points for creating a suffocating steam room in the main dance floor. My journey of techno tourism continued over the European labor day weekend (April 30th). Boys Noize has […]