(VANDIT Rec. 2016)
THE IDEA
´Berlinition´
is an audio-visual dedication to Berlin, Europe’s hotspot for the young
and the young at heart who enjoy music, culture, nightlife, adventure,
alternative lifestyle, art and architecture. Chris knows how to embrace
and transform this feeling into an entertaining, unconventional journey
through music and videos. Through ‘Berlinition’ – Chris Bekker´s debut
long-player, he’s attempting to do what a fair few others have tried
and failed to do before him. The album is a studied effort to condense
the essence and soul of Berlin into a musical recording. No easy task,
it’s a capital, awash with underground cool and motorised by
ever-shifting sonic ideologies, which have been in constant flux for
30+ years.
‘Berlinition’ isn’t a rash attempt to stylistically
summarize it though. Nor is it a token auditory postcard or ‘love note’
to the city. It’s one that’s thematically & atmospherically
designed to soundtrack a top-to-toe journey through it.
TRACKS &
VIDEO
Encompassing
11 tracks, it includes the singles ‘Heimat B’, ‘Uferstrasse’,
‘Animatic’ and most recently ‘Berlinition’ itself. The album – out July
15th, 2016 – also features electrifying collaborations with Paul van
Dyk & Chris Montana, Tricia McTeague, Sequ3l and Pagano.
For
Chris, a Berlin resident for the last quarter-century, with much
artistic and technical skill at his disposal, it was a task he was
all-but born in to. So dedicated to it was he, that it was one he also
he decided to add an additional visual component to. Over the course of
its production year, as, one-by-one, the tracks materialized from the
studio, Chris & company shot accompanying capsule videos around
the
German capital. Visually enshrining his music for the album’s release,
those videos have now been sequenced end-to-end and dazzlingly edited
to form a cinematic DVD extension to ‘Berlinition’.
In addition to
that passengers on all Lufthansa flights are able to synch their
journey to ‚Berlinition’: as part of the German national carrier’s
entertainment program, the video edition of Chris’ album is streamed
inflight.
When
it comes to the music, Chris (much like his label patron Paul van Dyk)
is no great lover of stylistic classifications, content to leave the
labelling to others. While taking in numerous threads, the album
largely collects around the nexus of house, trance, tech and
progressive.
Having received its premiere on the catwalks of
Berlin Fashion Week back in January, title track ‘Berlinition’ marks
Chris’ first collaboration with PvD. It’s a track that against the odds
manages to fold the city’s opaqueness into 7 gripping minutes. From the
Fernsehturm-high altitudes (and attitudes) of tracks like ‘Heimat B’
& ‘Goldelse’, to the wide stylistic lens of ‘Noland’ and ‘We
Can
Be’, the album details Berlin. Traversing from the sprawling urban feel
of ‘Uferstrasse’ to the more centre-centric ‘Moabeat’ and ‘Iconic’, it
brilliantly captures both Berlin’s crux and atmosphere.
Thanks to visitBerlin for the collaboration!
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TRAILER (Berlin Footage) |
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ALBUM
TRAILER (Live Footage) |
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ALBUM TRACKLIST
01 Heimat B 00:00-05:54
02 Berliniton w/PvD & Montana 05:54-11:01
03 Convolution 11:01-17:46
04 Goldelse 17:46-23:56
05 Noland 23:56-28:33
06 We Can Be w/Tricia McTeague 28:33-34:07
07 Animatic 34:07-39:28
08 Iconic 39:28-43:58
09 Uferstrasse w/Sequ3l 43:58-49:13
10 Moabeat 49:13-55:00
11 Hashtag Wunder w/Pagano 55:00-60:22
▶ CD & DVD
http://amzn.to/29O1qdt
▶ iTunes
smarturl.it/Berlinition
▶ Beatport
http://btprt.dj/2afqIzw
▶ Spotify
http://spoti.fi/29XOjFy
▶ Google Play
http://bit.ly/29VLhVE
▶ Saturn
http://bit.ly/29VLHeo
