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‘Shut Up and Dance’ marks the unique collaboration of two of Berlins most important representatives of high art and nightlife, the Berlin Staatsballet and Berghain. They are joined by five of the most influential producers of electronic music who have contributed exceptional compostions. According to the occasion, they present themselves in unusual ways, exclusively for this project and performance.
With ‘Shut Up and dance! Updated’ Berghain is exploring new terrains as a venue and homebase for the Ostgut Ton label. On june 27th, the Staatsballett Berlin will celebrate the premiere of ‘Shut Up and dance! Updated’ in co-production with the club: five members of the Staatsballett will perform choreographies developed to electronic music especially composed for this occasion. The musical results work equally well outside of the venue.

Regular guests like nsi. (aka Tobias Freund and Max Loderbauer), Sleeparchive, me, Luciano and the 7th Plain (aka Luke Slater) have adjusted to the unfamiliar perception of their music and have contributed exceptional and fascinating pieces. Their spectrum ranges from nsi.’s low frequencies and abstract sounds, Sleeparchives icy minimalism, mes epic, repetitive arrangement reminscent of Philip Glass, to Lucianos humorous house grooves and last but not least Luke Slaters beatless lush ambient track under his The 7th Plain moniker.Considering the variety of all tracks, they work astonishingly well as an album. Every artist developed his music completely autarkic. There were no instructions on how the music had to sound.

Eventually, they all opted for a calmer, hypnotic sound (the most club friendly track, Lucianos ‘Drunken Ballett’, will be released on vinyl including a Moritz von Oswald remix in September). This is how Luciano describes his approach: ‘Before I started producing the track, I brought the dancers to mind: how they merge with the sound, how their bodies move to the music and what kind of music should come out of the speakers. I wanted to put dance music in relation to modern dance and I wanted to make physical movement and music correspond to each other.The flirt between high art and entertainment has been inspiring and enriching for all involved.

Ronny Savkovic - Choreography fr me ‘Fiori’ -”Dancing between those old and high walls, is something completely different from what Im used to on the vast stage at the Opera. It really is a unique thing to work with the music of some of Berghains best known artists. I really think it is exciting to present new facets of our work in a new setting to our classic audience.”
Kathlyn Pope - Choreography for Luciano ‘Drunken Ballet’ - “To me, Berghains architecture is the most appealing bit about it. The choreography really uses the space and its possibilities. It creates new forms of movement fitting the ambience and the music. It is very different from what Im confronted with normally. I really like the music Im doing my choreography for. It is very casual and humourous. After listening to it, I immediately had a lot of images in my head. I think my work will have a lot of humour as well.”

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Ostgut CD3

1. nsi. Bridge And Tunnel People (14:27 min)
2. Sleeparchive Perspective (7:40 min)
3. me Fiori (16:40 min)
4. Luciano Drunken Ballet (9:50 min)
5. The 7th Plain Symphony For The Surrealists (13:02 min)

forthcoming september 2007

A: Luciano ‘Drunken Ballet’
B: Luciano ‘Drunken Ballet’ (remixed by Moritz Von Oswald)

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The premiere of ‘Shut up and dance! Updated’ will take place on June 27th, at Berghain (Am Wriezener Bahnhof, Berlin).

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