TRACKLISTING

01. Antti Rannisto - Numbers
02. Alva Noto - Xerrox Monophaser 2
03. Bastian Wegner - Face Down
04. Kouhei Matsunaga - 236
05. Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Chessboxing
06. Yves de Mey - Particle Match
07. Autechre - Tkakanren
08. Yoruba Drums from Benin - Repertoire for Oro and Ifa in Kétou
09. Machinefabriek + Stephen Vitiello - Field Recordings, Rocks, Speakers
10. Bernhard Hagen – Walze 13: Lagu Lang
11. Ben Frost - Through The Roof Of Your Mouth
12. Peterlicker - Always Right
13. Mika Vainio - Conquering the Solitude
14. Throbbing Gristle - Lyre Liar
15. Coil - Something
16. Porter Ricks - Biokinetics 2
17. Andy Stott - Execution
18. G.H. - Albedo
19. Tim Hecker - Aerial Silver
20. GAS - Königsforst 3
21. Fennesz - Saffron Revolution
22. BJ Nielsen - Black Light
23. Purl - Oceanima
24. Kreng - Wrak

The ≠ (not equal) series in Berghain fathoms the intersecting trajectories of sound research, dramaturgy, narration and affect in contemporary electronic music. The line-up put together for its second edition by Berghain and CTM leads us through various musical phases, from listening thru club, in which dramaturgical density, deep timbres, and sound’s intense physicality and coarse materiality nevertheless always predominate.

While, in the millennium upheaval, the positive rush and futuristic drive of rave mapped out utopias based on egalitarian community spirit, emancipatory technologies, liberated locations and unrestrained bodies, electronic music today, with its disquieting tonality, frequently also reflects the oppressive repercussions of our current submergence in medial dematerialization, the control society, and increasingly self-referential data streams that appear to live a life of their own.

With hypnotic depth, irresistible psychedelics, grainy textures and raw frequencies, the artists at this special concert/ club night neutralize or amplify the internalized unease triggered by such perceptions as well as their psycho-social impact.