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Karaoke Kalk, Berlin, Germany
Since '97 Strobocop's label Karaoke Kalk has been pumping our bleeps and jazzy riffs to cutely destroy the prevalent cliches. Besides Karaoke Kalk artists Takagi Masakatsu, Julee Cruise and Antonelli, label boss Thorsten Lutz likes to sit on the fence, creating his own niche next to the competing camps of post-glitch (a la Mouse on Mars) and minimal techno (the Kompakt people, you name them), who have traditionally dominated the music scene in his hometown Cologne. Pop sensibility finds an avantgarde outpost alongside acoustic instruments and all the nostalgia of a drunken singalong.