Narod Niki do the jitterbug

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  • Laptop supergroup Narod Niki take on the roaring twenties next month, complete with period visuals, jitterbug dancers and a grand old Berlin venue.
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  • Laptop supergroup Narod Niki take on the roaring twenties next month, complete with period visuals, jitterbug dancers and a grand old Berlin venue. The brainchild of Ricardo Villalobos and his fellow Chilean minimalists, Narod Niki is a laptop supergroup with a rotating cast of players that has included the likes of Maurizio, Carl Craig, Monolake, Dandy Jack, Richie Hawtin and Luciano in its ranks. Their improvised jams happen infrequently, but when they do there's always a twist. This summer it was a WTF double bill with the Beastie Boys at Sonar, but next month is even odder - a night of jitterbug dancers, Weimar period visuals and Berlin cabaret happening at the Admiralspalast, an honest to god cabaret theater with plush seats, a dress circle and even a bathhouse that dates back to the Weimar period and beyond. Presented in collaboration with Club Der Visionaere, the relaxed Berlin club on the river where you can catch big techno stars for a couple of euro on a Sunday afternoon, 'Jitterbug Ballroom' promises to be an intriguing night of techno to say the least. Nov 16 Narod Niki, Admiralspalast, Berlin
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