Back to the future mixes / Radio DT64 / Paul Kalkbrenner

August 2, 2016 9:49 AM

Musician Paul Kalkbrenner, perhaps best known for the (hard-to-get in region 1 but fantastic) movie Berlin Calling (trailer, Sky and Sand video, Revolte scene) grew up in East Berlin listening to electronic music on East-German Youth Radio DT64 (German wiki info, soundcloud archives). While reconnecting with memories of this time he has spent 18 months compiling a free 3-part mix series with 2 released so far, constructed from online recordings of DT64 broadcasts from the late 80s and early 90s, mostly from the years immediately after the wall fell until the station closed in 1993.

Part 1: soundcloud, blog post with download links.

Part 2: soundcloud, blog post with links.

Part 3 is to be released.

posted by advil (7 comments total)

Listening to Part 1 now and this is totally up my alley. Thanks for posting it!
posted by asterix at 10:26 AM on August 2, 2016

YES. Archaeology of old electronic music is one of my favorite things to find on the internet. Thank you for this.
posted by sleeping bear at 10:27 AM on August 2, 2016

Thanks!
posted by OmieWise at 10:40 AM on August 2, 2016

Excellent, thanks for this!
posted by carter at 10:49 AM on August 2, 2016

Sweet -- perfect workplace concentration music.
posted by Quasirandom at 10:42 AM on August 3, 2016

The film is also available here, for those who are interested.
posted by anemone of the state at 9:27 PM on August 3, 2016

Part 3 is out now.

Also, here's an interview he did with Rolling Stone about this series.
posted by advil at 8:40 AM on August 19, 2016