Grounded Theory 17 @ Arena Club, Berlin (14th Sep 12)

After their summer break, Berlin based promotion, Grounded Theory are back at the Arena Club for GT17. As is always the case with these parties, the line up is wall to wall quality. Berghain resident, Ben Klock returns for his 3rd appearance and takes centre stage. Vault Series artist Mørbeck will be providing a live set. US Based, Developer, who's releases on his own Modularz label and Semantica have been some of our favourites of the past 12 month will be performing a DJ set, as will Token Records' Kr!z.

Doors open at midnight, there's no presale tickets, so get there early to avoid disappointment. Full event info can be found on the Facebook Event Page. To keep tabs on Grounded Theory you can like their Facebook Fan Page and the same goes for Ben Klock, Mørbeck and Kr!z. As far as we know Developer doesn't have one but you can check out his Modularz Page instead.

Grounded Theory 15 @ Arena (25th May 12)

Grounded Theory approach their 15th party and by now the formula should be pretty familiar. Take one of the best techno promotions in the world, in the best city for techno in the world and fill the line up with the best techno artists in the world. Then all you need to do is turn up at Berlin's Arena Club and have one of the best nights of your life!


Marcel Dettmann returns for his second appearance and is joined by a live set from a Danish Duo who are the latest signings to Adam X's Sonic Groove label, Northern Structures. Grounded Theory resident Milton Bradley and Stroboscopic Artefacts label owner, Lucy complete this incredible line up.


Full event info can be found on Resident Advisor Event Page. There's no tickets so make sure you get yourself there early to avoid being disappointed. More info on all the relevant parties can be found on their Facebook Pages


Grounded Theory
Marcel Dettmann
Northern Structures
Milton Bradley
Lucy

Grounded Theory 14 @ Arena (17th Feb 12)

It's time for the first Grounded Theory party of the year, to be held this Friday at the usual spot of Arena Club. The line up is the usual who's who of incredible techno artists.

The Electric Deluxe boss, Speedy J headlines the event with a bit of help from a live set from Traversable Wormhole and DJ sets from Obtane and Milton Bradley with Henning Baer as their K209.

Doors open at midnight, there's no tickets. Full event info can be found on Resident Advisor. More info on the following acts can be found on their Facebook Fan Pages

Grounded Theory

Speedy J

K209

Milton Bradley

Henning Baer

Weekend Clubbing Roundup - Dystopian, Redshape @ Basing House and Wax Treatment

This week we've already brought you news of the Prologue Label Night @ Suicide Circus and James Ruskin & Pattern Repeat @ Culture Box so now we'll finish off the round up with 3 more excellent events.

First up tonight it's one of our favourite Berlin promotions, Dystopian with their event tonight at Arena Club, headlined by our previous SDD guest, Redshape. Their last event featured UK producer, Sigha, and they're continuing to give the UK techno scene some more love this time with Shifted. Fachwerk Records artist Roman Lindau and Dystopian resident, Rødhåd complete the line up. Doors open at midnight. Full info can be found on Resident Advisor Event Page

Next up we return to London and believe it or not, Redshape appears again. It's going to be a busy weekend for the masked wonder as he headlines Bread & Butter's next event at Basing House. He'll be joined on the night by a selection of B&B residents and special guests. Tickets are still available on Resident Advisor otherwise it'll be more on the door.

Finally, to finish off the Berlin weekend in style, on Sunday it's DJ Pete's Wax Treatment @ Horst Krzbrg. More UK love is flowing from Berlin as UK dubstep artists, Appleblim, Shackleton and Ben UFO join Shed and of course, DJ Pete.

To get you in the mood for this one check out Shed's superb Wax Treatment Podcast 030. We gave it a listen yesterday and it's seriously epic. Doors open on Sunday at 8pm, more info can be found on the Resident Advisor Event Page

Weekend Picks: Berlin - Dystopian and Grounded Theory pres. Other Heights x Field Records Showcase

It's just another weekend in the world's techno capital, Berlin, but there's two parties that deserve a mention.

First up, on Firday, our friends at Grounded Theory are hosting an Other Heights / Field Records showcase headlined with a live set from Dutch artist Conforce. Having recent releases on Clone, Coincidence and Echocord Colour and with his album coming real soon on Delsin Records, times are good for Conforce.

Joining him will be Bristol based Kowton, Oracy (aka Don Williams) and Jakob Altmann. The event will be held at Arena Club. All the details can be found on the Resident Advisor Event Page

Now if you're not done in by Friday night and fancy heading back out on Saturday then Horst Krzbrg should be your destination, and more importantly, the next party from Dystopian.

The quality line ups continue with one of London's most exciting young exports, Sigha, a Berlin debut live performance from Abdulla Rashim and support from Dystopian Resident Alex.Do and Guests.

Again check out all the event info on the Resident Advisor Event Page.

For those of you social networkers out there you can 'like' the various Facebook pages to keep yourself in the know.

Grounded Theory

Other Heights

Field Records

Dystopian

Sigha

Dystopian @ Arena Club, Berlin (18th Nov 11)

Our pick for this weekends events in Berlin leads us squarely to Arena Club and to the next installment of Dystopian. Regular followers of the SDD blog will be well aware of the Dystopian parties. Recent guests have included Pfirter, James Ruskin, Lucy, Regis, Redshape and plenty more besides.

For this weekends event the huge names keep rolling in. Planet E legend Kenny Larkin comes in town and is supported by Ame of Innervisions fame. Making up the line up is Soundhack (Live) and Dystopian's own Alex.Do.

Doors open at midnight but as in the way with Berlin, don't ask us when they close. There's no tickets on sale for the event, just get there and pay your 10 euros on the door. For all the rest of the event info, check out the Resident Advisor Event Page.

For those fans of social networking you can keep tabs on all the latest Dystopian info by Liking their Facebook Fan Page. It's not on there yet but I can let you into a little secret regarding their next party. It'll be on the 3rd December at Horst Krzbrg and headlined by our good friend, Sigha. All the info can be found on Resident Advisor

Grounded Theory 12 @ Arena Club (28th Oct 11)

The good times, and the great line ups, keep coming for Grounded Theor y. The previous 11 parties have been a veritable who's who of the very best acts in techno. GT11 was held at Horst Krzbrg but for GT12 they're back in more familiar surroundings at Arena Club.

The headliner will require no introductions. Ostgut artist, Berghain resident and head of the Klockworks label, Ben Klock has had quite a year. His name and reputation, as both an artist and a DJ, have been ever expanding worldwide earning him performances at the worlds best clubs and festivals. He's almost becoming a regular fixture in London these days. He's graced our soundsystems a total of four times this year and has been nothing short of monumental every single time.

Joining him will be Ann Amiee and Delsin Records artist, Delta Funktionen. You'll recognise this name too, as well you should. Those who made it to Plex in July or fabric in August will fully understand why we've been keeping such a close eye on the Dutch producer / DJ.

Completing the line up will be a live set from Subjected & Morbeck, under their Vault Series guise and the man behind Grounded Theory, Henning Baer. Fresh from his debut release, on the label he runs with Milton Bradley, K209, we're sure he'll have something up his sleeve to get your toes tapping and your heads bobbing in the very best way imaginable.

The party kicks off at midnight and goes on till.... There's no tickets just so just rock up and pay the, more than, reasonably priced 10 euros on the door. All the other information can be found on the Resident Advisor Event Page.

You can keep tabs on all the latest Grounded Theory movements via their Facebook Fan Page and the same goes for Ben Klock and Delta Funktionen.

Dystopian @ Arena, Berlin (7th October 11)

After the huge weekend in Berlin clubland just passed, there's no letting up this week. Dystopian is a party that we have big respect for. Putting together line ups including acts such as Regis, Lucy, Ben Klock, James Ruskin, Redshape, Shed and a few more besides.

In their own words (roughly translated by google) "Dystopian wants to illuminate the harsh, melancholy, dark side of electronic dance music by linking people, things and music with each other". They will hope to achieve this with the help of some more of techno's top names, in the shape of Pfirter, Staffan Linzatti and Don Williams (check out his superb remix of Resoe's 'The Black Void Of Space') all joining the Dystopian resident Rødhåd at one of Berlin's best venues, Arena

For the full info on the event check the Resident Advisor event page. More info on Dystopian can be found on their Facebook Fan Page.

Grounded Theory 09 @ Arena Club, Berlin (20th May 11)

Next Friday Berlin gets another installment of one of its best parties, Grounded Theory. Previous guests including Traversable Wormhole, Perc, Ben Klock, Sleeparchive, Mike Dehnert, Perc and Ancient Methods has cemented their place as an unmissable night for the Berlin techno faithful.

The smaller setting of Arena Club provides the perfect back drop for some of the biggest names in techno. For the 9th party the line up is possibly the biggest they've ever had.

Berghain resident, Marcel Dettmann, is no stranger to followers of the SDD blog, an artist from Jeff Mill's stable, Jeroen Search, and our next guest at Slash Dot Dash, Kenneth Christiansen, joins his production partner, Resoe, to perform their Pattern Repeat live show all alongside the man behind the parties, Henning Baer, for what will be a night of mind bending techno.

So if you're in Berlin next Friday, you'll agree there's only one place you need to be making plans for. Entrance is 10 euro's and doors open at midnight. For more info on this, and future, events, hit up the Grounded Theory Facebook Fan Page

Grounded Theory pres Fachwerk Records Showcase @ Arena (5th Nov 10)

It seems that a vast amount of Londoners are making their way out to Berlin for the upcoming weekend. I can't blame them. We was out there two weekends ago and had one of the best times of our lives. There's some monster events going on this weekend. Perlon's launch of their 'Superlongivity 5 EP' @ Panoramabar, the Bermuda Festival is taking over half the clubs in the city, and for us the top pick of the whole weekend of Bermuda parties has to be Grounded Theory's 6th event at Arena Club.

The previous parties have included some great line ups, including the likes of Ben Klock, Adam X, Marcel Fengler, Function, Norman Nodge, Sleeparchive to name a few, and their resident Milton Bradley.

For this party they've teamed up with the excellent Berlin label, Fachwerk Records. They've handed over the rains to Mike Dehnert, Roman Lindau and Sascha Rydell and will be leaving them to get on with playing the style of music that's made the label so successful, great techno! Between the 3 of them they've racked up 16 releases on the label and individually they've featured on some of the most respected techno labels around, such as Clone, Echocord Colour, Deeply Rooted House and Ostgut Ton. The pedigree is there for all to see

Doors open at midnight on Friday and goes on till late. And as parties generally do in Berlin it's likely to go on very late!

To finish you off here's some links so you keep fully updated on the actions of all parties involved

Grounded Theory Facebook Fan Page

Grounded Theory Myspace Page

Fachwerk Records Myspace Page

Mike Dehnert Myspace Page

Roman Lindau Myspace Page

Sascha Rydell Myspace Page