Who’s playing9 artists
In the order the promoter lists them.
Cecilia Tosh · David August · KiNK · JakoJako · Plaid · Randomer · Sarah Sommers · Skee Mask · Gray Tones
David August — first Berlin night here
Set times not published.
None of these artists have shared a bill before Saturday.
Following two unforgettable editions at Berlin's stunning Zenner venue, LittleBig returns on Saturday October 31st for its annual celebration of alternative entertainment.
Curated by the internationally renowned music agency, this year's event brings together an exceptional selection of visionary artists operating at the forefront of contemporary electronic music. Running across two floors from 8pm, the evening will feature live performances from KiNK, JakoJako and Sarah Sommers, while Plaid and David August perform rare DJ sets. Skee Mask, Randomer and Cecilia Tosh will bring their special blend of heavyweight club explorations to the basement room.
LittleBig invites you to join us as some of electronic music's most adventurous artists take over Zenner for one special night.
from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor
Who they are
“The German-Mozambican soul Cecilia Tosh is a Berlin based artist and entrepreneur.”
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The German-Mozambican soul Cecilia Tosh is a Berlin based artist and entrepreneur. Sonically Cecilia is influenced and most inspired by Detroit Techno and Dub Techno. Her sets have a constant groove, are deep, trippy and yet colorful. When not performing she can often be found curating events, releases & exhibitions alike. Booking: tom@lb-agency.netTheir RA profile lists Tresor and Denude.Recently at Else, Tresor / Globus, Ikii · often with TRESOR, GLOBUS, jiyun kim, none of them here on Saturday
“The first shafts of morning light creep over the hilltop terraces, illuminating the ancient commune of Palestrina - David August breathes new air.”
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The first shafts of morning light creep over the hilltop terraces, illuminating the ancient commune of Palestrina - David August breathes new air. Born in Hamburg in 1990, August composes and performs multifaceted electronic music with hopeful tones and a human aesthetic. “Creating music - the act of creating in general - should be free from rationalization. In the best case, relying solely on subconscious communication,” says the classically trained multi-instrumentalist. Speaking with David, one immediately realizes the value that he places upon his well-earned artistic independence and steadfast sincerity. This hard-fought pursuit can be traced clearly through the producer’s recorded works; from a string of early dance singles and remixes (2010-2014), followed by his celebrated debut album, Times (2013), to a handful of genre-defying outings on Ninja Tune sub-label, Counter Records (2016), the Tonmeister graduate (2017) continues to uncloak hidden inner paths yet to be discovered. Adorning the altars of his newly-founded label, 99CHANTS, DCXXXIX A.C. (2018), the first in a series of offerings, basks in shifting, transcendental glow. The birthplace of his mother, this highland outpost has, as of recent, casted rays of inspiration upon the young musician. “After 26 years, I suddenly feel the urgency to connect actively with my Mediterranean provenience and culture. Although always present in me, I rather kept it hidden, private and absent from my creative work. These roots have always evoked the stronger emotions within me.” While his live-show takes various shapes and forms, free improvisation lives at the core of the artist’s fascination. Whether he performs solo for the Boiler Room (2014) or a Resident Advisor Live Session (2015) recruits trusted musicians as part of his Ensemble (2015-2016), DJ’s traditionally or explores collaboration with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (2016), liberating moments of immediate expression remain a constant. After a year of introspection, David August re-emerges with a vitalizing, advanced, personal language. “Finding the courage to have a true dialogue with myself has been a challenging process. A never-ending path, I hope to explore in the most honest way possible.”Their RA profile lists PIAS, Innervisions, Counter Records and 99CHANTS.“a house / techno / broken beat / experimental producer and dj, based in Sofia, Bulgaria.”
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Their RA profile lists Liebe*Detail Spezial, Macro, Rush Hour Music, Kolour Recordings and 6 more.Recently at Else, Dark Matter Berlin · often with Raredub, Rose Kourts, Voigtmann, none of them here on Saturday
“Primarily a live performer, JakoJako makes extensive use of modular synthesis in her productions and on stage. ”Depending on how you configure your system, you can design a completely different instrument every time.”
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Primarily a live performer, JakoJako makes extensive use of modular synthesis in her productions and on stage. ”Depending on how you configure your system, you can design a completely different instrument every time. I love when it’s surprising me.” When not in the studio, her expertise is put to use advising well-established artists on their own systems at Berlin’s synth-mecca SchneidersLaden.Their RA profile lists Mute Records, BPitch, Tresor, Figure and 6 more.Recently at Berghain, Silent Green, ZENNER · often with Berghain, nd_baumecker, Fadi Mohem, none of them here on Saturday
“Plaid sit right at the very heart of global electronica.”
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Plaid sit right at the very heart of global electronica. In fact there's a very real sense in which Ed Handley and Andy Turner are the perfect encapsulation of what the electronic music of their generation was all about. As Plaid and as two-thirds of The Black Dog, they were central to the “Artificial Intelligence” movement of the early-mid 1990s: alongside their WARP stablemates Autechre, The Aphex Twin, B12 and allies like Richie Hawtin, Speedy J, Kenny Larkin, they brought new rhythmic variation, emotive melody and sensual textures to electronic music, creating a warm and welcoming counterpart to the white heat of the rave explosion. But where the others would swiftly diverge and head off in many creative directions – into increasing abstraction or intricacy, or back towards pure techno – Plaid were the ones who stayed truest to the musical values they started out with. Their sound palette has got broader over the years, their techniques more sophisticated, they increasingly incorporate “real” instruments – especially with their ever-closer collaborations with multi-instrumentalist Benet Walsh – but over the years their focus has remained the same: intricate but always grooving rhythm, immersive listening experience and melodies and sound design that connect direct to the emotional centres. The pair, and Ken Downie with whom they formed The Black Dog, were initially inspired “first of all by hip hop and electro, then later by the techno, house and acid we heard coming from the US” We were motivated to write because the music we liked was difficult to find at that point. We listened to cassette compilations and shared US import vinyl bought at places like Blackmarket and Groove Records in London”. Indeed, their earliest releases from 1989 onwards – which now fetch eye-popping sums second hand – are hip hop as much as they are techno or electronica. And like so many hip hop beat heads, they got immersed in the crate-digging game, seeking new and obscure vinyl to sample for beats, and as a result very quickly got a schooling in jazz and funk. This too is instantly audible in their work: from the beginning they had a swing and roll to their rhythms, and a narrative complexity to their chord and melody patterns that made them stand apart. For all that this music was intended for close listening (the computer art of an android enjoying a smoke and a Pink Floyd album on the cover of the first Artificial Intelligence album in 1994 made that clear), it was not an alternative to club music. Quite the opposite, it was very strongly rooted in the dancefloor, and the scene around British electronica was a social one, with a supportive scene involving not just the WARP artists but acts like Coldcut, Orbital, Bandulu, The Orb, Future Sound Of London and an array of spaces both legal and illegal to play in. Ed and Andy's clearest and best memories of the time are of clubs and live shows: as they say, “Mindset and setting has a huge impact on the way music is experienced. Often a track will vividly evoke a moment in time far more than a picture of an event.” And although they've played many huge shows over the years, their musical hearts are still in small clubs like the Bass Clef in pre-gentrification Hoxton, or Club 69 in Paisley on the outskirts of Glasgow, with “artist and audience on the same level, people not even bothered about the performer, everyone just enjoying the music and the night.” Plaid as a duo and The Black Dog as a trio existed concurrently, indeed blurred into one another on the legendary Bytes album and elsewhere, until 1995 when Ed and Andy decided to focus entirely on Plaid. Up until that point, despite their prodigious output and cult status, music had ultimately been a hobby, a way of making the sounds they wanted to hear – but from here on in, the scale and pace of their activities stepped up a gear. Being asked to support Björk on an Asian tour in 1996 gave them an immense boost, and confident in the support of WARP to treat them as an act with a viable career, they spread their wings and really became the entity they are today. While the scene around them was twisting into ever-new forms, and in particular the fiddly intricacies of IDM started to risk heading into cliché, Plaid remained true to their love of song and groove, and though they were as in love with the possibilities of technology as any of their peers, for them it was always a tool to support the music, not vice versa as in many cases. Regular collaborations with unique singers like Björk and Nicolette, and frequent remix work for the likes of Goldfrapp and Herbert only strengthened the duo's own sense of song structure, and their gigging increased, keeping them constantly in touch with their audience and the possibilities of live performance. That work rate has not let up. In the 2000s they increasingly worked on film soundtracking, with their scores for Michael Arias's Tekkonkinkreet and Heaven's Door becoming among their best-loved releases. This tied in with a strong visual aesthetic that has always been part and parcel with Plaid's output – whether in artwork, videos, or on-stage projections, which they two feel are vital to what they do and have evolved along with the available technologies. Indeed, their next tour is set to involve them 'playing' a visual sequencer, with custom screens built for three-dimensional image mapping, and they speak excitedly about the possibilities of working with virtual reality. Whether as DJs or a live act, Plaid still play 40 to 50 shows a year, and everything they do is tested in this demanding atmosphere. If anything, in fact, they've stepped up the pace even more lately, and their cross-media and technological collaborations are becoming more diverse. There was the material written for the robotic orchestra Felix's Machines at Workshop InFiné, Normandoux in 2014 with Felix Thorn, and performed at the Tate Modern in London last year. Also last year they wrote a three track EP entirely on the Elektron Analog Rytm beat machine and sold in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. They were involved with the development and launch of Mogees – the electronic trigger that can turn any device into an instrument. They soundtracked a level on the Little Big Planet 3 game. With The Creators Project, Nexus Interactive Arts and director Evan Boehm they worked on sound for an original interactive film experience, The Carp and the Seagull. And so it goes on, but always with their constant studio experimentation driving everything.Their RA profile lists Peacefrog, Warp Records, Balkan Vinyl, Seed Records and 4 more.Recently at Gretchen · often with (Warp/UK) *live, none of them here on Saturday
““You need to make it more stupid” is the advice, given by label boss Untold, that set Randomer on his path.”
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“You need to make it more stupid” is the advice, given by label boss Untold, that set Randomer on his path. You wouldn’t know it from his productions, which foreground his instantly-recognizable sound signature and are built on a foundation of esoteric and surprising techniques. Over the last ten years, his works have become some of the most indispensable in modern dance music. Tricky earworms and a blighty dancefloor sensibility and are woven through with jarring sound design and an infectious sense of play. As a DJ, these qualities shine through: slick and supple builds give way to monstrous moments, with an unwavering command of the crowd.Their RA profile lists Clone Records, Hessle Audio, Hemlock Recordings, Numbers and 4 more.Recently at RSO.BERLIN · often with SLICK DOWN, De Schuurman, wahala.wav, none of them here on Saturday
“Sarah Sommers is a Berlin based live hardware electronic dance music producer and performer.”
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Recently at RSO.BERLIN, Straße des 17. Juni, Komplex Berlin · often with Ellen Allien, ROBUS, OLHA, none of them here on Saturday
- Their RA profile lists Ilian Tape, RFR Records and Infinite Drift.
Recently at Tresor / Globus, RSO.BERLIN, Berghain · often with TRESOR, GLOBUS, Bill Kouligas, none of them here on Saturday
names these artists often play with — not on Saturday
- Berghain8 with JakoJako and 2 with Skee Mask
- TRESOR6 with Cecilia Tosh and 4 with Skee Mask
- GLOBUS5 with Cecilia Tosh and 4 with Skee Mask
- nd_baumecker5 with JakoJako
- Ellen Allien4 with Sarah Sommers
- Fadi Mohem4 with JakoJako
- Säule4 with JakoJako
- Ben Klock3 with JakoJako
825 going.
The room
ZENNER — 40 events and 236 distinct artists since Aug 2025.
Also that night
- KlubnachtBerghain — Panorama Bar and JakoJako play together a lot.
- Tresor KlubnachtTresor / Globus — TRESOR and Cecilia Tosh keep turning up on the same bills.
- BCCO HalloweenRSO.BERLIN — that room books a lot of the same DJs as this one.
how these 3 are connected
- Klubnacht — Panorama Bar and JakoJako have shared 8 bills; Panorama Bar is on that bill and JakoJako is on this one.
- Tresor Klubnacht — TRESOR and Cecilia Tosh have shared 6 bills; TRESOR is on that bill and Cecilia Tosh is on this one.
- BCCO Halloween — shares 42 artists with this room, Hyperaktivist among them.