If you like to party at Bachstelzen, Kater Holzig or Sisyphos, you might already be familiar with Catuma: a Brazilian “Vine Cocktail” that contains Guarana and other herbs. Just a good alternative to beer and vodka long drinks…
Catuma is distributed by a Berlin company which is struggling with an absurd lawsuit since last year. The wine and champagne manufacturer Louis Roederer has pressed charges against Catuma because they used the word “cristal” in their communication; apparently, the rights to use this term are protected by Louis Roederer. An international luxury brand against a small Berlin company that distributes to small clubs – the whole thing is quite ridiculous, as both brands have almost nothing in common, they are not even competitors. The cristal that Louis Roederer sells costs about 170 Euros, which is not exactly the kind of drink you would order at the Fusion at 5am in the morning….
Now Catuma’s existence is threatened by the lawsuit. To help Catuma out, the Bachstelzen are hosting a support party at Wilde Renate in September. Get more information after the jump.
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by Jens | Party, Stories
photo: Virginia Garfunkel
When we interviewed Sebo in 2010, we just talked to one half of the Berlin based DJ and producer duo Sebo & Madmotormiquel. Now follows the other half: in our interview with Madmotormiquel, we talked about Gangnam Style and music by Edgar Peng, Ton Steine Scherben, Beastie Boys, Slime and Tensnake. More after the jump.
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by Jens | Music, People
Every year around the beginning of September the Berlin open air scene starts to celebrate their summer goodbye parties. The experts in orgazining and curating magical open air parties and open air decoration, Bachstelzen, waved a big goodbye to the summer 2012 with an amazing music and art festival one week ago. Far away at the distant Rummelsburger Bucht they opened a secret Love Motel where you could book a room per hour. Each room was set up in a different style by an artist. Some more romantic, and some more sexy-nasty. I had the permission to take some photos and was really impressed by the details and the effort they put into it. The festival taking place around the hotel itself was quite relaxed. Saturday we had the pleasure to listen to a secret gig of our friends Bonaparte. Sunday at the big rave party we danced until the sun came down. A perfect goodbye party for a not so perfect summer. See some impressions after the jump.
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by Claudio | Art, Party
Photos: Jens Wernscheid
Now, in the coldest time of the year, the next summer, and the next Fusion Festival, seems very far away. With temperatures dropping down to -20° and the city covered in snow, the idea of dancing in the sun is quite hard to imagine. But there are “just” 145 more days to go until the next Fusion starts! To celebrate this countdown, here are some picture from the Fusion Festival 2010.
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by Jens | Entertainment, Music, Party
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Actually Iam not sure if I only dreamt it but I feel like someone told me that The Maria am Ostbahnhof is about to close down soon. “Just another club” you’re thinking? Party as hard as you can, because I give it 5 years more until Berlin is a nuclear wasteland-clubwise. Ok, let’s say 8. Parties after the jump:
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by Suz | Party
The protest against Mediaspree was taken to another level with the demoparade Megaspree on Saturday. For all of you who haven’t heard about it: Mediaspree is a construction project for the Spree area in Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. The idea is to build dozens of sterile concrete office buildings at the waterside in which media companies should move in.
Therefore most of the alternative culture which is located in that area will be displaced, such as Bar 25, Kiki Blofeld, Maria and Yaam, to name just a few. On last year’s July 11 there was a public poll about the Mediaspree. The result was clear: more than 80% of the inhabitants of Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain voted against Mediaspree. But the government of Berlin was unimpressed; the plans were just lightly modified.
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the poll more than 50 cultural institutions hosted the Megaspree demo-parade on Saturday. The word demo-parade describes very well what the whole thing was about: on the one hand, it was a political demonstration. On the other hand, it was a big, phantastic party on the streets. More about that with lots of photos after the jump.
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by Jens | Party
