Ben Klock (DE)
Artist
Berlin born DJ, producer and label owner Ben Klock is without a doubt one of the most significant characters in techno’s recent history. A resident at Berghain since its opening in 2004, he has been able to leave his mark on the club’s unique sound, in turn the special space influenced Klock’s approach as a DJ and producer as well.
Playing techno sets full of hypnotic, deep and heavy grooves, releasing records on Ostgut Ton and last but not least the aesthetics of his own label Klockworks (founded in 2006), have earned him an excellent international reputation over the last few years. Supported by stringent and enthralling tracks, remixes for such diverse artists as Kerri Chandler, Martyn or Depeche Mode, the revered debut album “One” on Ostgut Ton and his Berghain mix, Ben Klock’s name is synonymous with the vitalization of an essential definition of techno.
His music is free of crippling nostalgia and rather wins you over with consistency, tension, and dynamics and time and time again with a sensibility, one would usually expect from house music. In this vein, Klock pursues an unexacting fusion of quantum jumps and tradition – including effortless melodies or hook lines. Being able to harmonize this method of industrial austerity, natural musicality and an impressive physicality is Ben Klock’s great art and skill.
And of course his monthly marathon sets at Berghain that escort all what’s being said with pure sound and consistently motivate Ben Klock to skip the trapdoor called routine.
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Artist & Speaker Program
Techno Without Borders & Mixmag NL
THE OTHER SIDE 22:00 View EventB3CKS, Ben Klock, Biianco, Carmen Lisa, David Maters, Dhuna, Katrii, Myra, Nakadia, Oliver Huntemann, Ramon Tapia, Saad Ayub, Sam van Horne, Shay De Castro, Township Rebellion, Victor Ruiz Back to Back specials / Club nights / Nighttime events / Melodic / Techno
909 x Loveland
Mediahaven 12:00 View EventAdiel, Agents of Time, Bastienne b2b Sterac, Ben Klock, Daria Kolosova, Deeparture, Denis Horvat, ESSY, Estella Boersma, Héctor Oaks, Jennifer Cardini, Moody Mehran, Richie Hawtin, Röyksopp DJ set, Rozie, Sama' Abdulhadi Daytime events / Large venues / Warehouses / Loveland / Techno