Episode 4: Bpitch Controls Berlin with Kiki

Ellen Allien has made monumental strides in a male-dominated Berlin scene as a DJ, musician and label head. In 1999, she founded the label Bpitch Control, through which she released her 2001 debut Stadtkind. A love letter to the city that made her, the project further cemented Allien’s critical role in the fabric of Berlin nightlife. On this episode of Berlin Zwanzig, Vivian Host catches up with long time BPitch Control affiliate Kiki to discuss the far-reaching impact of Stadtkind’s celebrated title tr

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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.