Karsten Schmidt
Karsten Schmidt is one of Berlin’s “Wendekinder”, or one of those, who witnessed the wall dividing the city falling, which kick-started the development of the underground electronic music culture in Berlin. This lead to him establishing a connection with electronic music from its early days.
Like many others who began their musical journey as frequent visitors of clubs like Bunker, the old Tresor, Walfisch, E-Werk, WMF, he made contact with known and unknown DJs, who deeply influenced him and he began his intensive exploration of electronic music. Even if the popularity of many of those music pioneers and idols he met early on changed in time, his love for the music didn’t, as well as his desire to exceed the limits of 4/4.
This is how it came to be, that Karsten Schmidt’s all time favorites belong not only to the Disco, House and Techno classics, but also incorporate musical influences from Ambient to Drum’n’Bass. Along with Giorgio Moroder, Lil’ Louis, Carl Craig, Underground Resistance, Moritz von Oswald, such names as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher or Jean-Michel Jarre belong to his musical background.
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Given this history, you can expect to hear many nuances and surprises in his sets. Even those, who love music from the past, can check some of his current sets, where among the latest and future hits some old-school gems can be discovered.
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Records out on Dangerous Drums. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
2026
- Fri 14 AugGestrandet An Der Jannowitzbrückefirst time · Get Up!
- Fri 8 MayBirgittheir 2nd night · Birgit & Bier
- Sat 4 AprSüss War Gesterntheir 5th night
- Fri 20 MarSüss War Gesterntheir 4th night
- Fri 6 FebSüss War Gesterntheir 3rd night
2025 — 4 nights
- Wed 31 Dec 2025Süss War Gesterntheir 2nd night
- Sat 11 Oct 2025Süss War Gesternfirst time
- Fri 5 Sep 2025Birgitfirst time · Birgit & Bier
- Sat 23 Aug 2025Renatefirst time · Renate Club
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2025, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- Süss War GesternOct 2025 – Apr 20265 nights
- BirgitSep 2025 – May 20262 nights
Once each: Gestrandet An Der Jannowitzbrücke and Renate.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- Oliver RaumklangGestrandet An Der Jannowitzbrücke ×1, Süss War Gestern ×1 · Mar 2026 – Aug 20262 nights
- NikklaasRenate ×1, Süss War Gestern ×1 · Aug 2025 – Apr 20262 nights
- Denifitiv ManuSüss War Gestern ×2 · Oct 2025 – Dec 20252 nights
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