CURRENT:
LIAD KRISPIN [COCKTAIL D’AMORE BERLIN]
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING
— Consulting on DJ area of his career to include: polishing up his online profile presence, establishing more firmly the credibility of his position as a longtime DJ, and strategizing on touring (which also includes providing gig booking services).
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BACKGROUND / BIO:
Born in Tel Aviv, raised in New York City, and having spent over 15 years in Berlin, Liad Krispin may be of an “older generation” but he is by no means your typical “old-school” DJ. HIs musical taste spans over 4 decades and 3 continents to provide an eclectic-yet-always-evolving influence that is rooted in underground dance music and stretches from Disco to House to Techno and everything in between. Liad currently resides in Basel, but spends several months out of each year based in Beijing (where he works in brand identity and marketing for Li-Ning, the Chinese sports brand). He travels often (quarterly or more) to his previous hometown of Berlin to play as part of his longtime residence at the infamous Cocktail D’Amore as well as other major queer parties such as LAB DANCE (Berghain), or sometimes he just takes time in Berlin to visit and reconnect with friends and the city’s queer club community.
PAST:
GIDEÖN
(TERM: April-December 2022)HOMO-CENTRIC RECORDS — Established foundation for his recently launched (Sept. 2022) imprint and these activities included: concluding a deal with label services partner Kartel Music Group, engaging the label’s PR firm, providing label manager services to get the initial set of releases finalized, and also generally providing consultation to him on the label (which also served as the launch of his career as an artist releasing original music).
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SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS:
Attitude Magazine: Profile feature (print/web)
Resident Advisor: Label Launch
Beatportal: Beatport Exclusive
BACKGROUND / BIO:
Artist, curator, creative practitioner, and music producer, Gideön is founder of Gideon Berger Studio, a company established to deliver his solo work. He is also co-founder, director, and musical curator of Block9, a creative partnership established in 2007 annually presenting large scale installations, “temporary alternative realities”, including numerous late-night attractions at Glastonbury, the world’s largest greenfield festival. Recent projects have seen him head up Creative Direction for Dua Lipa’s record breaking Studio 2054, winning the MVA’s Music Video of The Year award. He was production designer for lead artists at Live at Worthy Farm, Glastonbury’s virtual festival livestream. Other collaborations include projects with Banksy, Imperial War Museum, Finnish Opera House, Hercules & Love Affair, Lana Del Ray, Skrillex, Brian Eno, Roisin Murphy, The Blessed Madonna, Honey Dijon, Anohni and Jorja Smith. He is also founder and label boss at Homo-Centric Records, a label set up to showcase his own productions and to amplify the creative contributions of queer artists working in underground dance music. The label aims to highlight the LGBTQ+ heritage of House Music and its manifesto states its intent to “re-establish the lines of queer musical tradition in House Music, lost to the dual crises of the AIDS epidemic and the rampant commercialisation of dance music itself”. He has a background in music spanning 30 years. In addition to his practice as an artist, stage designer and curator, he is a touring DJ and is an avid collector of vinyl records. He has a degree in Music with Visual Practice (BA Hons) and is currently guest Creative Director of Music for London Borough of Culture 2022. Since his first set of turntables in 1990, he has devoted his life to collecting vinyl from the US, Jamaica, Latin America, Africa, and the UK. He specialises in Northern Soul, Latin, Reggae, Gospel and Disco rarities. House Music, above all, is his first and greatest love. As a DJ, he has been actively involved in radio for many years. After cutting his teeth on London’s pirate stations in the late nineties, he now hosts a regular show on Soho Radio. He is frequent guest on London’s Rinse FM and has recently contributed to both BBC Radio One, NTS and BBC6 Music. He curates Block9’s festival nightlife institutions NYC Downlow, Genosys, Maceo’s and IICON and is also resident and co-booker at London’s hottest queer club night Adonis. He is a resident DJ at NYC Downlow and The Blessed Madonna’s “We Still Believe” and is regular at Berghain’s Panorama Bar, Lab.oratory & Garten. He was also often invited to play at Kyiv’s ∄ club before the Russian invasion. As an activist, he has been involved with charitable work and political action for over three decades and is increasingly organising his own hybrid projects primarily partnering music and protest. Under the banner of R3 Soundsystem, alongside Love Music Hate Racism, he has organised major sound-system interventions at many national demonstrations including the Stop Brexit, Stop Trump, and Anti-Fascist protests. He is actively involved with fundraising for several LGBTQ+, human rights and social justice organisations including AllOut, Prepster, Human Dignity Trust and Refugee Community Kitchen. He also sits on the advisory committee of The Right To Dance, part of the NGO Network of War Child.
WHOLE ENTERTAINMENT —
(TERM: June-December 2023)[ARTIST & LABEL SERVICES) —
ARTIST MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING
— Scope of the consulting work is toward the overall growth of their business in providing the highest quality service to their client roster. There will be a specific focus on three of their artists (BIIANCO, Demi Riquísimo, and Remi Kabaka Jr.) in providing guidance toward the further development of their profiles on a global scale, bringing new opportunities for collaborations, yielding possibilities for new partnerships, and contributing to the overall long-term growth of their careers.
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COMPANY BACKGROUND:
Co-founded by Ross Patel and Jamie Hole in 2016, Whole Entertainment represents a fresh, contemporary and compassionate approach to the entertainment industry. Guided by a utopian vision to bring people together through entertainment to create a better world, they also have a strong commitment to drive climate action from within the industry. The legendary veteran Max Hole maintains a Non-Executive Director role in the business. Musically, their artist roster is not limited within the confines of any genre boundaries, so they serve an eclectic selection of talented clients.
ANTHONY DE BONO
(TERM: January-September 2022)DIVINE LUST — Executed the Berlin short film premiere & pop-up shop event at Kantine (Berghain) to launch the capsule collection, strategized on submissions for select film festivals, which yielded many further screenings and also some awards. The film was a collaboration - shot and edited by infamous filmmaker Nicky Miller, along with original music by Electrosexual.
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SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:
Berlin premiere / pop-up event: May 2022
KALTBULT Magazine: Original score feature
OutFest LA: Official Selection
HALO International Film Festival: Honorable Mention (Best Costume Design)
BACKGROUND / BIO:
Anthony de Bono is an Australian-born, Berlin-based artist, working across a range of disciplines including: Performance, Installation and Fashion. Their interdisciplinary practice explores ideas and notions of the body through a constant questioning and deconstruction of societal structures and personal experiences. Through a utilisation of action and gestural response, Anthony responds to perceptions of themselves, notions of intimacy, desire and beauty. Often culminating in durational performance works and ephemeral installations, inviting a further collaborative practice and exchange with other artists, which references and responds to the current social and political climate. Their fashion work sees Anthony de Bono transform once mundane discarded items of clothing into a fierce visual statement. Found and second-hand items as well as their own creations are cut, torn, painted and collaged.