Inside the Studio

When you think of techno and electronic dance music,you first think of clubs and festivals, ecstatic dancersand enraptured DJs. But in which spaces is this musicactually created? Artists' studios and writing rooms ofauthors and composers have long been the focus of publicattention and research. The studios of DJs and electronicmusic producers, however, have so far remainedlargely hidden. They can be found in darkened basements,abandoned factories, garages, and backyards, inmagnificently converted lofts, formerly squatted houses,shared flats or teenage bedrooms. Some exude the auraof monastic hermitages, in others production and partyseem to merge into one another; still others look likerubbish dumps for electronic waste. Inside the Studiopresents an inventory of this rich creative landscape inBerlin and Cairo. By interweaving photo documentationand interviews, the volume allows intimate insights intothe hidden worlds of music production and becomes asurprising and touching portrait of one of the most excitingcreative sectors of our time. The project is based ona research project of the Arab-German Young Academyof Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) and was createdin collaboration with Ricardo Villalobos, Cinthie, FrankWiedemann, Modeselektor, Marcel Dettmann, GudrunGut, Westbam, Dr. Motte, Sarah Farina, Perera Elsewhere,Robert Henke, Roman Flügel, 3Phaz, Postdrone, Alva Noto/Carsten Nicolai, and many others.

Gero Cacciatore (* 1974 in Torino) studied photography in Milanand worked as an assistant for Giovanni Gastel. He is a freelancephotographer, particularly in the fields of corporate photographyfor fashion brands, still life, travel reportage and photography ofurban spaces. He lives in Moneglia (Genoa). 

Matthias Pasdzierny (* 1976 in Göttingen) is a musicologist fromBerlin (University of the Arts/Berlin-Brandenburg Academy ofSciences and Humanities). His main research topics are: musicand migration, critical edition of (tape) music after 1945, historyof techno and electronic dance music.