User:Kafkan/Berlin Atonal
| Berlin Atonal | |
|---|---|
Location of the re-launched festival from 2013. | |
| Genre | Music |
| Dates | July |
| Location(s) | SO36, Kraftwerk Berlin |
| Years active | 1982-1990 2013–continuing |
| Website | [1] |
Berlin Atonal is a festival for sonic and visual and art founded by Dimitri Hegemann in Berlin in 1982. Originally held at SO36 in Kreuzberg, the early years of Atonal fostered revolutionary and innovative musical acts such as Psychic TV, Einstürzende Neubauten, Test Dept, 808 State among many others. Throughout the 1980s Berlin Atonal was at the vanguard of the progressive electronic and experimental music and art scenes in Berlin. The festival closed in 1990 with the fall of the Berlin wall as Hegemann went on to open the legendary techno club Tresor.
In 2013, Berlin Atonal will be relaunched by Hegemann at a new location - a massive abandoned powerplant on in Berlin-Mitte - and will run from July 24 - July 31.