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Sam Barker

[UK/DE]

As a musician, DJ and co-founder of the Leisure System label, Sam Barker has helped push the boundaries of dance music in Berlin, looking beyond the realm of 4/4 techno to explore left-field sound design and rhythmic complexity. His musical approach – both solo and in the duo Barker & Baumecker with longtime Panorama Bar resident nd_baumecker – combines bass music tropes, breakbeat, dub and ambient elements while still maintaining a strong connection to the dance floor.

Barker grew up learning every instrument he could get his hands on, and, by age 13, had started with his own electronic productions. In 2002 he moved to Brighton to study music, and became involved with the flourishing experimental scene there. He started promoting his own events under the name “Instrumentality”, and event that encouraged improvisation, collaboration, and electronic experiments every week for four years. During this time he built up a sizeable collection of analogue hardware that became the backbone for his work as Voltek. In 2006 he started to work for Ned Beckett at the Littlebig agency, and a year later moved with the company to Berlin. Since co-founding Leisure System, which now boasts one of the longest club night residencies at Berghain, Barker’s broad musical vision has guided now only his own Barker & Baumecker release, Turns, as well as further Leisure System releases by the likes of Dopplereffekt, and early EPs by Objekt and Visionist (not to mention his own 2011 EP Like An Animal).

A classically trained musician, Barker is also an active instrument designer and builder who combines coding skills with analogue, electric and acoustic instrument construction under the name Voltek. Most recently he worked together with Underground Resistance’s Ray 7 on a sonic architectural exploration of empty factories in Detroit using self-programmed analogue percussion instruments. 

Persist

Berghain, Tue 30.01.2018, 21:00

AGF, Jessica Ekomane , Klein, Olaf Nicolai with Theo Nabicht – "In the Woods there is a Bird", Drew McDowall presents "Time Machines", Philip Vermeulen – "Physical Rhythm Machine_Boem Boem" with Lakuti, Sam Barker

Unease

Berghain, Wed 31.01.2018, 21:00

Maximilian Marcoll – "H A C K", Cevdet Erek, Okkyung Lee, Hugo Esquinca, Marcus Schmickler, Philip Vermeulen – "Physical Rhythm Machine_Boem Boem" with Lakuti, Sam Barker

On Edge

Berghain, Thu 01.02.2018, 21:00

Zoya Bassi, Swan Meat, VIOLENCE, Bliss Signal, Schwefelgelb, Olivia, Philip Vermeulen – "Physical Rhythm Machine_Boem Boem" with Lakuti, Sam Barker

Adrenalin

Berghain, Fri 02.02.2018, 22:00

Kilbourne, KABLAM, DJ Panic, HAJ300, Marc Acardipane, HDMIRROR, Darkraver, WIXAPOL S.A., Philip Vermeulen – "Physical Rhythm Machine_Boem Boem" with Lakuti, Sam Barker

MusicMakers Showcase

Berghain Kantine, Fri 01.02.2013, 20:00

Performances, live jams and Djing by Solar Year, Tarrik Barri, Machinedrum, Kode9, Lando Kal, Tim Exile, Sam Barker, Eatson West, Laurel Halo, Chmmr, Benjamin Weiss, and more