Musik vom Addiv

There are few things as cool as having a boyfriend who is an electronic musician. Simply the mention of dating someone who prefers twisting nobs to plucking strings or mixing beats inside a tiny metal box instead of banging them out on a full-size set of drums makes people's eyes go all wide and boggly. Of course, few have any kind of understanding of how vast the term "electronic music" truly is, and when I say this anything from Moby to Aphex Twin comes to mind and in the end very few people get an inkling of what Los's music is really like. So to set the record straight, here is a full entry dedicated to mein Mann and his audible noise.



Carlos Hinojosa aka Additiv was making music before most of us knew how to tie our shoes. Starting on the cello at the tender age of six, he grew from a classical background. But the limitations of the genre became apparent in High School and he abandoned the cello altogether for a different kind of sound. Growing up in Detroit, a city as at home with spacy, electronic noise as Berlin or London, gave him constant access to performers as diverse as Adult, Lusine, Richie Hawtin, Scan 7, Underground Resistance and notable foreigners like Miss Kittin and Vladislav Delay. After experimenting with computerized sounds based in software, Additiv began including electronic instruments and synthisized sounds into his works to create a more unique instrumental experience. His music straddles definitions of techno, glitch, noise, and drone. He is currently working on his first release which will include the tracks Rubberfist and Bolus.

Give a listen on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/additiv

Follow Additiv on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/additivnoise

Mircrobe Man & Central Heating of Death

Yesterday I was sick so I spent the whole day watching Moyashimon which is an anime series about a guy who can see microbes (adorable adorable microbes). You can watch it here the next time you're feeling under the weather and want to celebrate how cute the microbes infecting your weak, useless body are.

This "morning" I woke up at 3pm. The jet lag is lovely.

I checked my email and in my regular newsletter for White Trash Fast Food (a club in Mitte that indeed serves white trash fast food and does live music performances) I came across a flyer for a band called zentralheizung of death (Central Heating of Death). Not sure if I'll go to the show but I sure do appreciate the concept.

Our heating bill for the year was $2,000. I'm pretty sure part of this is us ending up paying for someone else's heat as we didn't keep record of the heating BEFORE we moved in (stupid expats) but there is, as usual, nothing we can do about it but zahlen.

Good news: the weather in Berlin is lovely. It is sunny with a dash of lightning storms.

Back in Berlin

Got back to Berlin yesterday ohne luggage. Our 4 bags got misplaced somewhere between here and Amsterdam. Los suggested that perhaps my new cocktail dress ran into his grey velveteen smoking jacket and decided to high tail it to Tahiti together, taking their comrades with them. They are back in our possession now having been dropped off by some long, skinny deutschers showing the effects of the lightning storm earlier this morning. The apartment is super clean thanks to our subleter Dolby Anol who now lives just down the street. Bandita is pudgy but happy. I am sick with something that I hope to hell isn't swine flu. Only time (and tea) will tell.

For those who are interested in seeing some nice shots of Berlin and Berlin-like-people, take a look at this short film by a good friend of mine who happens to have an excellent sense of humor: http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/category/vote/

Berlin Police Warn Against Tricksters

This is hilarious: http://www.visitberlin.de/english/berlin-infos/e_bi_huetchenspieler-flyer.pdf
It's a pamphlet by the polizei warning tourists about swindlers. It is also illustrated and in several languages. For the record, I have never seen anyone being asked to play the "find the lady game," only asked to buy ridiculous furry hats with hammer and cycle pins on the front and spray painted pieces of concrete that are supposedly parts of the Berlin Wall.