Breaking Tempo 3

After two editions with guests like DJ Spinn, RP Boo, Jana Rush and Bianca Oblivion that hit harder than anyone could ever expect, Breaking Tempo returns to Berlin's favourite bass bunker OHM on April 25th. Footwork remains firmly at the centre of the series, with everything else orbiting and mutating around it - and with this night we remain fully committed to the cause, bringing Chicago footwork prodigy Heavee to Berlin for the very first time. A dancer before he was a producer, like so many who came up through Chicago's footwork scene, Heavee has spent years pushing the form into territory that is entirely his own. His critically acclaimed debut album Unleash on Hyperdub is a case in point: footwork's 160 BPM chassis is still there, but what's built on top of it draws from R&B, jazz, grime, computer games and Detroit techno. This one has been a long time coming and we are not taking it for granted. Co-headlining will be Amsterdam's T.NO - if you've been anywhere near a good dance floor recently, you've almost certainly already heard his tracks without knowing it. Drawing on his Surinamese roots and a restless ear that spans gqom, bubbling, kuduro and bouyon, T.NO is quietly rewriting what Amsterdam sounds like from the inside out. Alongside them, Breaking Tempo doubles down on the importance of Afro-Caribbean club music. Berlin's Psycho Calypso do exactly what it says on the tin — a full-throttle carnival of sound where dancehall, Latin and electronic music don't so much blend as collide, loud and gloriously messy. Hamburg sister duo Cho Room bring their command of Jersey club, Gqom and Miami Bass with the kind of effortless range that makes you wonder how two people can hold that much music in their heads at once. Breaking Tempo co-founder and Berlin bass lifer Opium Hum brings it home. See you in the circle on April 25th!