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by Resident Advisor

5 months ago

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For the third edition of Real Scenes, RA and Bench go to one of the most special places for electronic music in the world: Berlin. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, techno became the underground soundtrack to the reunion between East and West. In recent years, it's become an international destination for ravers—a cheap place to party with clubs that are renowned throughout the world.

Techno has become a business in the meantime. Yet Berlin still maintains a credibility that other cities lack. To understand why, RA and Bench went to the German capital eager to find out about its unique history and the reasons behind its continued relevance.

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armitage.tv 5 months ago

Remembered my Tresor visits at Sundays ... some brought school bags to the club ...

Thank you for this beautiful film! Reposted on our FB stream: tinyurl.com/ArmTV

Sunny regards, R. // Armitage.tv
ACB studio 5 months ago

Your channel is amazing!
robertanderson 5 months ago

great story! I feel that the role of drugs with techno is completely left out here, but that might take too much attention. Unfortunately it can't be avoided when you're near techno.
Matthias Lachmund 5 months ago

drugs are heavily connected to all kinds of cultural, musical and religious events. so what was your point?
robertanderson 5 months ago

I find it mostly related to techno, that explains why parties go on for days.
Matthias Lachmund 5 months ago

yeah, and that's exactly what made techno (and berlin) what it is today. i don't think anything related to drug problematics has a place in this nice series since it is supposed to show the different scenes of different parts of the world and notgeneralizing on some well known subject.
Alternative Silence 5 months ago

Totally agree! , i think the same, i see the exposure of diferent scenes about the music, but always sad to relate drugs with music scenes. Enjoi without see the other side of the coin. =)
robertanderson 5 months ago

It's good though to have a positive video on the subject though.
Alternative Silence 5 months ago

Well I guess the videos is to see some focus on how the scene works a little and yes it is good to see, do not need the negative part video because it looks from the street to ... anywhere and is not one thing we have to learn in a video because you see these things since childhood, at least in my city:), and a video about it I think it is overpriced mainly because today (especially kids) do not look that fun. but equally I think people who are in this world is more professional face and see something we do not know or have not seen either live there or no reason whatsoever. I hope that I did not spread far, but equally (though not the case in this series of videos RA) is not bad to have a personal view.
Joanie Lemercier (AntiVJ) 5 months ago

another great documentary !
Damien Schneider 5 months ago

3rd and last chapter! Well done for this serie!
Vikrant Dev 5 months ago

I was expecting Scuba and Appleblim to be interviewed.
Matthias Lachmund 5 months ago

why? this is about berlin
Vikrant Dev 5 months ago

well, as far as I know Scuba and Shackleton (not Appleblim :P) have made Berlin their second home...that is why they have become the purveyor of the techno - dubstep axis which is has been causing hell lotta mutations in the dubstep scene in the UK especially. Check out any of their recent releases/mixes to know that. Of course more and more producers, not just in the UK, are taking notice and embedding it in their work .
Matthias Lachmund 5 months ago

yeah, a lot of international producers and djs have become residents in berlin, but the berlin dubstep movement is quite small and so the artists don't get much attention here...they wouldn't fit in this documentary because all people interviewed where kind of contemporary witnesses and creators of the whole change and movement in the last 20 years in berlin. it's a difference if you just participate or are really creating and changeing something here in berlin.
Mc Sens 5 months ago

I really like your perspective.
I am not a Berliner, but I feel like I am one.
I feel deeply connected to Hip Hop culture which have had its roots emerged through crisis and conflicts, useless to say it came up with Love too.
I love Techno and the whole spirit that goes along.
I also understand Berliners and Berliners alike when they feel frustrated seeing all those waves of unfamiliar tourists. And at the meantime, it seems to be an open minded world...
Eventually, I don't know if I'm part of the family, but what I know is that I want to protect the honest vibes that emanate from all music and cultural movements, eventhough market has the power to absorb almost everything.
Keep it real homies.
oddiseefilms 5 months ago

well done!
fizikalfire 5 months ago

Nice reviews of the currents in the whole series. Big Up
Ryan McNeil 5 months ago

Loved it. I wish us kids of this generation had a movement on this level.
Daniel Michael Gahr 5 months ago

another gorgeously realized episode. well done.
Sebastian Rasche 5 months ago

really enjoyed it.
Kostia 5 months ago

Blogged: jennifersaysyes.com/2011/09/07/real_scenes-berlin/
Niklas Großmann 5 months ago

Great work! Posted on actuallygee.blogspot.com
Mick Benjamins 5 months ago

Awesome documentary, love seeing the faces behind Watergate.
And great to see Dixon in there, he still is one of my favorite dj's considering his amazing track selection and ninja-like mixing skills.

Will visit Berlin in October, can't wait to be back there!
cris wiegandt 5 months ago

really nice documentary, just sad, that you forgot to interview some women. there lots of good female DJs supporting this special feeling here.
Resident Advisor 5 months ago

Hi Cris, thanks for your kind words. We're profoundly aware of the lack of female perspective in our film. Our shoot time was very limited in Berlin and we lost out on some planned interviews due to unavailability. What we did get ended up being cut from the final edit. We were keen that our inclusion of women didn't come across as tokenistic, and there were interviews both male & female that did not make the final cut.
Das Scharf 5 months ago

keep up the good work !!!
Aeneas van Boetzelaer 5 months ago

Wonderful video! Love Real scenes videos! Fantastic and I love them! Continue with some more!
marquez.ill 5 months ago

Me gusta.
Gabriel Bijlmakers 5 months ago

This is why I love Berlin. Well done once again RA.
marco mollo 5 months ago

wow
André Ramos 5 months ago

Gourgeous!
Chris Leete 5 months ago

das ist super
Alternative Silence 5 months ago

Other great scene!! for exploring the cities of the music. Nice work
Etienne Desportes 5 months ago

the place to be
David Jacaré 5 months ago

thank you for making this.
Vic Veloclub 4 months ago

speaking for me, all the real scenes episodes seem to capture some of the vibe in those cities. great job!
Nick Street 4 months ago

Brilliant
Heuristics 3 months ago

great great videos!
christian carlsson 1 month ago

Nice! I had such a nice time at Renate...
nick littley 1 month ago

What a FABULOUS film....loved it. I visited Berlin for 3 weeks in the early 90's...and stayed 12 YEARS! Honestly,the BEST city in the world. I had Tresor as my living room,having never missed a saturday/sunday for 2 years at one point. I remember going in there one Saturday night,stayed in there for the Sunday morning session,where after 7am it was free entry,so you got everyone coming in from other clubs that had closed...stayed all day and was still in there at 10pm on the Sunday night when they opened the doors again...they let us all stay,wasn't any bother...just a great time. Heartfelt thanks for this film x