Peven Everett live

About Peven
For over twenty years, his records have been holding Berlin floors together while the man himself has been somewhere else. Any record by him dropped at four in the morning and a room decided to stay another hour. Records passed hand to hand between diggers, rewound by producers trying to work out how one person did all of that. The music stuck.

On 25 October, Peven returns. He plays Berlin for the first time in more than two decades, and if you have been waiting for it, you know how rarely his name appears on a European flyer at all.

This is a booking made from the heart. It exists because this music mattered to us long before we were in any position to ask.

Chicago raised him on jazz discipline and trumpet before house got hold of him, and for close to three decades he has released on his own terms, most of it through his own imprint, Studio Confession. That independence is Peven’s substance. While the industry was deciding what soulful house was permitted to sound like, Everett kept putting out music at a pace nobody could match, letting gospel phrasing, jazz harmony and raw four-to-the-floor sit in the same track because he wanted them there. Producers in Chicago, London and Detroit have been drawing on that catalogue ever since.

Building the room before him are Xubii and Femdelic. Xubii is known for her smooth and soulful sets. She holds it down in the local Leipzig scene, playing for dancers and lovers alike. Femdelic came to the decks from dancing, by way of breakdance and poppin' at Berlin youth clubs, and it shows in everything she plays: funk, electro boogie, disco, Afro, house, pulled from a deep collection and arranged for bodies to move. She has warmed up for George Clinton and Cymande and she holds late rooms on her own terms.

Come with your footwork and the people you like dancing next to. Leave space for each other. Let's create memories together.

Venue
The location is a members-only venue situated near Jannowitzbrücke in Berlin, Mitte. You will receive an email with the address and direction before the event.

If you are already a member: Please bring your own card
If your are new to the place: You will be able to sign up at the door directly for an annual membership fee of 5€ (cash only) -- This fee is additional to all tickets.

Please note: the venue is cash only, at the door and at the bar. Come prepared.

This is a strictly non-smoking event. Please be considerate!

Thanks to Roland for supplying the Fantom-8 for the show, and to HHV for the media partnership.

artwork: Tali Bayer