Episode 14: The Hard Wax Equation with René Pawlowitz

Under his Head High and Shed aliases (to name but two), Berlin producer René Pawlowitz has established himself as one of the city's most essential techno artists – and his chiming, hard-as-nails "Rave (Dirt Mix)," released on Modeselektor's Monkeytown label, is one of many gems in his incredible discography. On this episode, Vivian Host sits down with Pawlowitz to discuss the genesis of "Rave," his intro to dance music and his time working behind the counter at the celebrated Berlin record store Hard Wax

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The history of Berlin music in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s is well documented. Punk, new wave, acid house; the fall of the Berlin wall and the stellar rise of techno. By the end of the millennium, more than a million people raved at the infamous Love Parade events every year. Dance music had arrived. But then what happened? Who are the people and what are the sounds that shaped the Berlin we know today? To celebrate 20 years of Red Bull Music Academy, Berlin Zwanzig – “Berlin Twenty” in English – explores 20 songs that have defined Berlin’s musical landscape from 1998 to 2018, by way of interviews between Red Bull Radio’s Vivian Host and the artists, journalists and scene stalwarts who bore witness to this fertile period in the city’s musical history.