Episode 3: Peaches, Feminism and DIY with Alexandra Dröner

Berlin has a history of attracting eccentric artists. In this regard, Canadian-born Peaches is no different than any other expat. In every other respect, she is extraordinary. Her avant-garde electronica oozes sexuality and blurs the lines of traditional gender roles. On this episode, Vivian Host sits down with DJ Alexandra Dröner, who worked at clubs such as Tresor and witnessed some of Peaches’ early performances, to discuss the impact of Peaches’ signature hit, “Fuck the Pain Away,” in the early

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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.