{"id":42934,"date":"2016-12-22T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=42934"},"modified":"2016-12-22T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T13:18:10","slug":"berlin-based-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/berlin-based-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Musicians You Might Not Know Are Berlin-Based"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nWith its cheap rents, plentiful beer and multitudes\u00a0of dark and dingy clubs, Berlin has become a Mecca for people wanting to run away from their problems<\/a>. Grizzled expats are descending upon the city by the planeload, looking to make it as a DJ or rock star. But budding musicians beware: in case you didn’t\u00a0notice,\u00a0<\/em>the place is teeming\u00a0with talent as it is. Aside from the usual suspects like techno musicians Richard Villalobos or Marcel Dettman, here is a selection of musicians\u00a0you might not have expected to call Berlin their home.<\/em>
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\"Musicians\" Peaches In Peaches Does Herself. 2012. I U She Productions<\/em><\/p>\n

Peaches<\/h2>\n

Looking to dance the pain away, Peaches<\/a> moved to Berlin at the start of the millennium. She considers herself a proud member of its queer scene, stating that its no-fucks given attitude means that<\/a> “It has a unique way of building these communities in a way that no other city can.”
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\"musicians\" Lotic. Photo Credit: Elias Johansson<\/p>\n

Lotic<\/h2>\n

Once profiled on Hausmeister<\/a> as playing and mixing “an array of emotions, including sadness, anger, fear, wonder and displacement, in a way that’s both exciting and unsettling,” Lotic moved to Berlin from his hometown of Houston to pursue a\u00a0DJ career. If you want to see the groundbreaking musician\u00a0live, he’s playing at the techno patrician venue OHM in the new year<\/a>.
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