Berlin Atonal
| Berlin Atonal | |
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| Genre | Experimental music, Music |
| Dates | July, August |
| Location(s) | SO36, Kraftwerk Berlin |
| Years active | 1982-1990 2013–continuing |
| Website | Official website |
Berlin Atonal is a festival for sonic and visual art founded by Dimitri Hegemann in Berlin in 1982.
Overview
Originally held at SO36 in Kreuzberg, the early years of Atonal fostered revolutionary and innovative musical acts such as Psychic TV, Einstürzende Neubauten, Test Dept, 808 State, Die Haut among many others.[1] Throughout the 1980s Berlin Atonal was at the vanguard of the progressive electronic and experimental music and art scenes in Berlin. The festival closed in 1990 with the fall of the Berlin wall as Hegemann went on to open the legendary techno club Tresor.
In 2013, Berlin Atonal was relaunched at a new location - a massive abandoned powerplant in Berlin-Mitte.[2] The re-launched festival featured exclusive performances from over 40 artists including Jon Hassell, Glenn Branca, Moritz von Oswald, Murcof and many more. Since then it has featured landmark performances including the first Cabaret Voltaire show in over 20 years, a feature performance of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians and world premiere shows by the likes of Monoton, John Elliot and others.
See also
