Ben Klock shares his top 10 Berghain bangers

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Ever wondered what underground tracks get a club like the famous Berghain in Berlin moving? Well Ben Klock, a resident at Berghain, gives us a rare insight on what has gotten that dancefloor bumping by picking ten tracks that "capture the spirit of Berghain". So without further ado, here's the list: 

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Label: Transmat Catalog#: MS98 Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP Country: US Released: Jun 2010 Genre: Electronic Style: Techno http://www.discogs.com/DVS1-Love-Under-Pressure/release/2300999

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Buy and support the artists. http://www.discogs.com/James-Ruskin-Work/release/578284 James Ruskin ‎-- Work Label: Blueprint ‎-- BPLTD 03 Format: Vinyl, 12", Limited Edition, White Country: UK Released: 14 Feb 2006 Genre: Electronic Style: Techno

The following comment comes from Lee In Sync himself, on the music released on "Storm": "There are only 4 instruments in the track - all Roland, 2 SH-101s, 1 TR-808 and 1 TR-909. There was no hardware sequencer either. Everything was synched using the drum machine triggers.

Destination Unknown by Green Velvet On the album Green Velvet

(p) 2002

Label: 3024 Catalog#: 3024-007 Format: Vinyl, 12" Country: Netherlands Released: Jan 2010 Genre: Electronic Style: Techno, Dubstep http://www.discogs.com/label/3024

dj.and producer heiko laux with a track called hypnomarchin'. taken from the album ornaments (2002)

http://zoda-records.jimdo.com/

Some of these tracks are absolutely massive, and if you are newer to the scene, let this list be your entry into the beauty that is techno. 

(Source: Mixmag)

German professional tennis player discusses the difficulty of getting into Berghain

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Andrea Petkovic, a German professional tennis player known for celebrating her wins with a little victory dance , talked with Sports Illustrated about Berlin's premiere underground club, Berghain. Apparently it's pretty tough to get in if you are a tourist:

SI.com: Let’s say someone is visiting Germany for the first time. What advice would you give to ensure the quintessential German experience?

Petkovic: Go to a club in Berlin called Berghain. They don’t let tourists in, so this is the challenge. They let in transvestites, people who are tattooed from here [points at face] to here [points at waist] or extreme hipsters. You go inside and you don’t see anything. It’s all black. But they have the best electronic deejays. I don’t really like electronic music, but if they’re good deejays, they know how to pull it off somehow. And you don’t go there before 4 a.m. because it’s just empty. You party until 1 p.m.

SI.com: So they’re probably not going to let in the nice Midwestern dad wearing a hip pack and a baseball cap.

Petkovic: Probably not [laughs]. For them, tourists are people who are not living in Berlin. So even for us, you have to look really Berlin-esque to get in. We’re all dressing up crazy and drawing tattoos and we’re like, “Please let us in!”

Read the entire interview over at Sports Illustrated.