pre:sense pres. Substance (Live)
arkaoda Berlin, Berlin
This night happened — Wed 1 Apr
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Who was billed4 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
5 of the 6 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- DJ Pete and Substance — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Tue 17 Mar 2026.
Who they are
“If you want to trace the beginnings of DJ Pete's status in Techno culture, you have to go back a very long way.”
their own biography
the whole biography
If you want to trace the beginnings of DJ Pete's status in Techno culture, you have to go back a very long way. He emerged as a DJ in the pioneering days of the Berlin scene during the late 80s. As a producer he made his name with the first release on Chain Reaction in 1995, a sub-label of the Basic Channel imprint, together with René Löwe aka Vainqueur as Scion. Scion also released the first commercially available CD ever produced with the then newly developed software Ableton Live in 2002 and later continued their collaboration as Substance & Vainqueur on the label Scion Versions. Substance, the acclaimed alias DJ Pete uses for his own productions has a back catalogue of highly influential solo efforts and an impressive string of acclaimed remixes for pivotal Techno artists like Juan Atkins, Regis, Kessell, Orphx, Robert Hood, Rhythm & Sound, Monolake or Shed, among many others. DJ Pete earned similar respect behind the decks, combining highly individual yet refined mixing skills with both his vast encyclopedic knowledge of Techno history and an unquenchable thirst for new sounds that carry the potential to push all boundaries. Beyond that his energetic sets also incorporate elements of pure Techno, the Hard Wax tradition and powerful House tracks. His seemingly unlimited scope is informed by frequent Dynamic Tension nights at Tresor in the late 90s with Surgeon and his residency at Berghain since its opening, as well as countless successful gigs at the most crucial nights of the scene's international circuit. He is also known to merge Techno with Dubstep and selecting Reggae, particularly while working the mighty Killasan sound system as core DJ member of the seminal Wax Treatment events. DJ Pete's lauded signature style also benefits from his numerous experiences as part of the cherished live acts TR-101 (an improvisational live act in collaboration with Sleeparchive), Scion (either with or without vocalist Paul St. Hilaire), and gigs with many other likeminded DJ innovators. A typical DJ Pete performance is always delivering an array of programming, sequencing, layering and live effects that goes well beyond a mere presentation of tracks. True to Techno's original claim, innovations in sound and technology are intuitively employed to achieve a floor sensation that manages to involve the crowd on as many levels as possible.Their RA profile lists Scion Versions and Chain Reaction.Recently at Paloma, Tresor / Globus, OXI · often with Juju Ji, TRESOR, Finn Johannsen, none of them here that night
- Their RA profile lists Scion Versions, Chain Reaction, SonuoS, Zero G Sounds and 6 more.
Last at OXI in Mar · often with Berghain, TRESOR, GLOBUS, none of them here that night
“Berlin-based artist, influenced by early Detroit and Dub Techno.”
their own biography
Their RA profile lists Planet Rhythm Records.Last at Monarch in Nov 2025 · often with Sabine Hoffmann, Prodomo, TRESOR, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- TRESOR4 with DJ Pete, 1 with Substance and 1 with YNNY
- GLOBUS3 with DJ Pete and 1 with Substance
- Vainqueur1 with Substance and 1 with YNNY
- Finn Johannsen3 with DJ Pete
- Juju Ji3 with DJ Pete
- Marylou3 with DJ Pete
- BLACK2 with DJ Pete
- Hadone2 with DJ Pete
187 said they were going — much busier than a usual Wednesday at arkaoda Berlin.
how this compares
- Median final count, Wednesdays at arkaoda Berlin32
- Middle half finished between5 and 64
- Past Wednesdays at this venue counted23
The room
arkaoda Berlin — 199 events and 842 distinct artists since Aug 2025.
Most-tagged here: House (4), Bass (3) and Experimental (3). genre tags on this room’s listings
Who put it on
pre:sense — 5 events and 15 artists since Nov 2025.