#022 Paul Ćinske: How to program the world's most important techno club

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Paul Ćinske is the man behind every single booking at the most important club in the history of techno (maybe)... Tresor.

We discuss the current state of the Berlin scene, the changes since the trauma of the pandemic, his role at the venue in detail, the importance of one person steering the creative ship of a club like Tresor... and much else besides.

We haven't had anything quite like this on the show before, and Paul does not disappoint!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:00 Paul Ćinske

04:22 That classic Berlin cliche

08:22 Future Music and the Melbourne scene

09:00 Berlin’s clubbing landscape

11:48 First impressions of Berlin

14:45 Berlin = Techno city

17:25 Small venues and the ecosystem

21:50 Has raving in a dark room become less attractive?

25:00 Less stigma with older ravers

31:10 Ticketing culture vs. Berlin’s door policy

35:05 If FWD was down to ticket figures…

38:30 Working as Tresor’s booker

46:00 OM is the great humbler

47:30 Tresor’s reopening & post-pandemic recovery

54:02 Creative direction of Tresor

01:04:00 Legacy, identity & the future

01:09:30 Büro Siebzig

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