POOLcast

POOLcast 022 - PLO We have published twenty-two POOLcasts in a row, now. Music by 20 different artists. Unique pieces from all over the world. Canada, USA, Colombia, France, England, Switzerland, Australia, Sri Lanka, etc. and many more to come. But there is one in our line up which has a special meaning and also delivers the core spirit of the POOLcast the most - PLO. POOL Lab Orchestra is the co...

POOLcast 021 - Sasha Kaline Its august, the month when summer ends. Last chance for vacation if you were not already. We had our break from the urban landscape towards nature and everyone brought stories back. Also Sasha Kaline, responsible for this episode of our POOLcast series, had this time in nature and probably made his own experiences which are worth telling. Unfortunately stories about nat...

POOLcast 020 - Mod303 Twenty. In years, the time when you realize, you are between childhood and the rest of your life. Your are not a kid anymore! The structure of your family is changing. Your mom is already planning to rebuild your old room to have a vinyl listening space, after she found her old jazz record collection in the basement. Your sister(s)/brother(s) become a friend after years of co...

POOLcast 019 - Ray Dansky The second half of the second year for POOLcast. Every month a new piece of art by a different artist, from all over world. A challenging task in every aspect, from the artwork, over the mastering to this text. But that's how it is. Art should be challenging, right? This time it’s Ray Dansky’s turn. Member of the inner circle and part of PLO. Seems like decades as he star...

POOLcast 018 - The Marx Trukker The first half of may is over and that means it’s time for this month’s POOLcast. As we planned POOLcast a few years ago, we had a precise vision of that we want to do. A platform where music stands for itself. A place where an artist can present the purest outcome of her/his creative work. Right or wrong should not exist here. The audience have to adjust, not the a...

POOLcast 017 - Sven Laux We are in the middle of our second season and the year of 2017 is starting to transform. The days are getting longer and the shadows shorter. Grey becomes blue, brown turns into green and stiff becomes vivid, a change that cycles every year. But there are also transformations that aren’t frequently and obvious: The alterations, which happen in life - uncontrollable without...

POOLcast 016 - Hepamine For POOLcast 016 we have another brand new face. Back from the east coast of the United States we made a stop in London, where we found Hepamine. Student of fine arts at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Whether painting, making music, discovering sound and video - Hepa is exploring the intersections of the arts caused by modern technologies. Technologies...

POOLcast 015 - Overshift After grazing in our own garden the last months with POOLcasts from Akatana over Dinelka and Wiklow to Anomali we had the feeling that it is time again for fresh faces. We move over the atlantic ocean: US east coast, New Jersey, and order some west coast music from Overshift. In the case of Overshift, fresh face does not mean newcomer. He is active for years and released t...

POOLcast 014 - Anomali We hope anyone of you enjoyed the holidays and had a good start in the new year. It is time to begin 2017. The second episode of POOLcasts year two brings a work of ‘Anomali’. A solo side project of Dr. Nojoke. The right one for these days with long shadows. To tell you anything what Dr. Nojoke aka Anomali aka Frank Bogdanowitz has did in this long active period as musician...

POOLcast 013 - Wiklow We here at ‘The POOL Berlin’ constantly thinking about and working on our projects. We have many new ideas for POOLcast as well as for The POOL Berlin in general. With our last issue for 2016 we announce upcoming changes for 2017 and how we share the POOLcast in the future. But for now were looking at the cozy time that lies ahead and invited Wiklow from canada for POOLcast 0...

POOLcast 012 - GNILYF The first edition in the second year of our POOLcast series we deliver an exclusive mix from Gnilyf, me. Part of the POOL Berlin and the POOLcast team. Member of the open collaboration project PLO, graphic designer at Klangscheiben and mastering engineer for mircomod music. And because it seems weird to me to write the same kind of text, like I did for the wonderful artists b...

POOLcast 011 - Akatana The first year of POOLcast comes to an end. After we had artists from many different places on earth, it is time for an inner rest and to prepare for the second year. Talented Akatana from france supports that plan and uses his POOLcast also for a mental preparation of his upcoming Japan tour. And there could be no better way to do so than with the multi ethnic inspired musi...

POOLcast 010 - Dinelka For this edition we have a remarkable story to tell. Almost 8000 km behind several seas, vast deserts and frozen mountain ranges a young man discovered electronic music, found a label called micromod music, came in contact with an initiative of Border Movement, Ableton, the Goethe Institut and got the chance to spend the summer in Berlin. This young man is from Colombo, Sri...

POOLcast 009 - ANN ANN is based in Berlin - an often written phrase these days. But in this case its existential truth. Born in Berlin, witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall, survived the Techno dawn in the 90’s and accompanied the development of the city into a cultural melting pot. Not many beings had experience high frequently switching systems between order, No Man's Land and post-national soc...

POOLcast 008 - A Ocio Jonathan Ariza aka A Ocio is an illustrator and electronic musician resident in Bogota Colombia. Finding inspiration in Colombia’s nature, Bogota’s urban life, an imaginary mind and the present past. Deeply influenced by his father’s spirit for music, playing instruments and art. ‘Influences’ is one of the keywords to discribe A Ocio’s work. Wandering around in a surrealistic...

POOLcast 007 - Storlon Storlon, born in Switzerland and grown up between mountains. Turned 18 he left his home and gained experience in California and Geneva. Filled with moments of life he decides to return to his beloved mountains of the swiss alps. This journey, a grounded lifetime and a network of fellow musicians reflects in his sound which always balance between wanderlust and a cosy nostalg...

Local Montreal producer Drag--in has come from music at a young age. Her Father was a talented drummer and piano player and she wanted to emulate him but didn’t possess the talent to do so. At the age of 25 this chance arrived in the form of an impromptu dj set at her birthday party. This sparked a movement in her that would create some of the best feelings ever experienced. Wanting to create musi...

POOLcast 005 - Sven Laux Sven Laux is part of a modest faction of producers that have been faithfully progressing the evolution of micro composition. Born in Neubrandenburg, Germany, Laux started writing electronic music in 1998 after discovering a talent for meticulously sampling and looping audio. His unique take on music making has him sharing the company of artisans like Pheek, Ezekiel Honig a...

POOLcast 004 - Thoreau Thoreau aka Bec Tate is a DJ from Sydney Australia, having recently moved to Berlin. Her music is inspired by her new surroundings. This mix is particularly contextual, with it’s tonality and direction acting as a response to conversations and interactions with the PLO crew. Great conversationalists and open minded thinkers, these gents have ignited a deepened appreciation a...

POOLcast 003 - KHMGNFF KHMGNFF is an electronic music artist with french roots, based now in Berlin. Together with Mod2 she´s running the label Micromod. She uses pieces of audio material from different sources like recordings and the web itself. Her sets and productions are more like audio collages. KHMGNFF likes to mix different styles to enhance a steady feeling of movement. This time she´s foc...

POOLcast 002 - Andrés Marcos Andrés Marcos is a Spanish/Swiss visionary and multi-instrumentalist based in Zurich. He is running the label "Wondermachine" and is part of the collectives "Pluie/Noir" and "UNOIKI" For this POOLcast Andrés collected material first and recorded a session with. Over that he played with double bass, guitar, drums, saxophone and synthesizer and improvised with the whole...

POOLcast 001 - PLO The POOL Berlin is glad to launch its podcast series with Berlins PLO - pool laptop orchestra. The PLO is an open electronic music ensemble based on the idea to interact in free musical structures. This recording for the POOLcast is a shorter improvisation as played by Ann Other, Waldboot and Dr. Nojoke. ---------------------------------------------------- PLO https://www.facebo...