December 1st, 2011



The long awaited video premier of 'The Figment Notebook', the film made by Danish artist and film maker Karim Ghahwagi and scored by Efterklang's Clausen & Brauer, for 'Audible Approaches For A Better Place'. This film will only be online for one month, until the 31st of December 2011!

More info on the "Audible Approaches For A Better Place" - Microsite...


December 1st, 2011



It's getting cold outside, get your sofas, stereos and home dancefloors ready: we have a very special backstock sale for you, coming with a one shot giveaway and the long awaited video premier of 'The Figment Notebook', the film made by Danish artist and film maker Karim Ghahwagi and scored by Efterklang's Clausen & Brauer.

Find out more here...


September 12th, 2011
c.sides008 out now internationally:



What if artists composed music for a better world?
This double CD compilation, released on September 12th 2011 internationally, features 10 new and exclusive works and 2 hours of music by Gold Panda - Brandt Brauer Frick - Jasmina Maschina - Khan - Glitterbug feat. Enas Massalha - Christian Löffler - Eliad Wagner - Casper Clausen & Mads Brauer (of EFTERKLANG) - John Kameel Farah

More info on the microsite ( www.audible-approaches.csides.net ) or in the 'Releases' section.


April 26th, 2011

What if artists composed music for a better world?

Audible Approaches For A Better Place
One evening with 10 live performances by:
Casper Clausen and Mads Brauer (of EFTERKLANG) feat. Karim Ghahwagi
Christian Löffler
Eliad Wagner
Gold Panda
Glitterbug and Ronni Shendar feat. Enas Massalha
Jasmina Maschina
John Kameel Farah
Khan
and very special surprise guests (to be revealed in May!)

12th of May 2011
Doors open 19:30 / Concert begins 20:00 (sharp!)

Haus der Kulturen der Welt,
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin



c.sides asked ten diverse artists (and bands) to create new works, all sharing one goal: to make a humble contribution toward making this world a better, more just and beautiful place!

Artists had full freedom in their creative process. We provided only general guidelines to participating artists regarding the project’s concept and an intended timeframe of ten to fifteen minutes for each piece, in order to allow the artists to develop an idea beyond the limitations of a ‘regular track.’ We also encouraged artists to work with different musical means than they usually would!

This is an artistic experiment we have wanted to do for a very long time. It is a personal reaction to the overwhelming global and local injustices, catastrophes and troubles, and stems from a slightly naïve, yet sincere belief that art, in its essence, can be a political act and path to changing the world. The idea is self-critical and self-deprecating, yet genuine and heartfelt: to create something beautiful and thoughtful, to dedicate a bit of our creative time to pondering the world and our role in it.

And the results? Probably our most beautiful production yet!

And, it will take place on one of Berlin's best sounding stages: the large auditorium at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

Here's a video Ronni Shendar made for the series of concerts that "Audible Approaches..." is part of (the soundtrack was made by Glitterbug):



It has been an amazing experience for us to see the pieces come together, miraculously corresponding with one another and with our own individual works. And we don't think anyone should miss out on this event.

One first step to making this world a better place is that entry costs only 8 Euros at the door, and 5 Euros for those eligible for discount!!!

A Second step is that a (double CD) release under the same title (Audible Approaches for a Better Place) will be released on the c.sides Label in September featuring all the works of all participating artists. The release will already be available for purchase on May 12th for those who attend the event. Yep, that's 4 months before the official release date!

This evening is part of the HKW Lokal program, as part of the ÜBER LEBENSKUNST initiative, more info here.


November 30th, 2010



This year we allow ourselves to throw all our love at you and offer you the entire c.sides backstock (well, one copy of each catalogue number) for a ridicolously low price of only 40€ (incl. 19%VAT) plus shipping.

What the heck does that entail?

All together 6 vinyl 12'', and 7 (!) CDs and: you'll get a hand made c.sides pin on top! and: a T-Shirt (be quick to get the right size!!). And maybe we will find a few more historical goodies that we'll throw into the basket.

Be quick, the offer is only valid from the 1st of December - 21st of December 2010!

More info can be found here.


May 17th, 2010

Glitterbug - Calcutta from Ronni Shendar on Vimeo.

May 17th, 2010


Artist: Glitterbug
Title: Privilege
Catalog Number: c.sides007
(Double CD, 2x12’’ and Digital)
Label: c.sides label
(exclusively distributed by Kompakt)
PR: Stars&Heroes Agency, Berlin
sandra@stars-and-heroes.com
Booking: Magnet Booking, Berlin maya@magnet-musik.de
Release Date: May 17th, 2010

Web: www.privilege.csides.net
c.sides: www.csides.net
Glitterbug: www.glitterbug.de
Glitterbug Myspace: www.myspace.com/meglitterbug
Artwork: Ronni Shendar: www.ronni-shendar.com

The most exciting and intriguing undertaking of the flourishing Glitterbug, is his breathtaking new double-CD / 2x12’’ album ‘Privilege’. Scheduled for release May 17th, 2010, ‘Privilege’ is a milestone that continues Glitterbug’s line of venturous sounds and overflowing inspirations, exploring and uncovering new frontiers of techno with 20 brand new tracks in an epic double CD with 2h20min playtime, and a 2x12’’ in beautifully sounding club quality with 8 tracks and 1h02min playtime, including a vinyl only bonus track. (The dedicated vinyl buyer additionally gets to download the CD album tracks for free).

Glitterbug’s debut album ‘Supershelter’ (Oct. 2008) made huge waves across music critics, magazines and fans around the globe. His following EP ‘Dim Flares’ and remixes kept unraveling his musical surprises and an unmatched sound of an epic Glitterbug world.

‘Privilege’ is an emotional and passionate production, and Glitterbug’s sensitivity to sounds keeps unraveling and revealing a unique language that spans between abstract composition, ambient, pop music, and the one ingredient that binds it all: Techno.

With ‘Privilege’, Glitterbug takes the listener on a journey to explore new terrains, inverted and unconditional, drawing the full attention of every nerve and sense. If ‘Supershelter’, was still searching for a refuge, ‘Privilege’ goes farther, to explore alternative prospective landscapes, uncharted territories of unearthly lands.

‘Privilege’ was produced partly in Glitterbug’s Cologne recording studio and partly “on the road” during his international performance tours in 2009 between the Arctic Circle, southern India, Israel, Europe and China (and everywhere in between). Fragments of field recordings he took in these places appear in many of the tracks, some are apparent, others very subtle.

Despite its epic playtime, ‘Privilege’ never feels lengthy, perhaps because of its inverted genuine celebration of the sole opportunities of its own existence:

“'Privilege’ deals with the fortune of living out a dream in a world that does not grant all people with the same opportunities. Over the last year I had the fortune to visit places around the globe in which I felt the obscene wealth of opportunities I have in life. It’s hard to bear that the majority of humanity will never have the chance to even dream of who and what they could have been.” (Glitterbug about his new album)

Accompanying the CD release, is a stunning booklet by internationally acclaimed Israeli visual artist and photographer, Ronni Shendar, also Glitterbug’s visual partner for most of his live performance. Shendar’s photos and artwork are perfectly mirroring the album’s foreign terrains of blurring and desolate horizons.

Vinyl Bonus and ‘myprivilege’:
The double-vinyl release comes with an exclusive bonus track, ‘Drift’, (a striking, deep fervent addition promising to enchant the dancefloor) and is a hand numbered 500-copy limited edition. The first 300 copies will include the extensive, beautiful CD booklet as an exclusive addition.

Those purchasing the vinyl release are eligible to download the full CD release by sending a photo of themselves with the vinyl, in a scenery of their choice, to the email address: myprivilege@csides.net. In addition to the photo, a picture of the number of the vinyl copy has to be sent. The photos will be published on the dedicated album micro site: www.privilege.csides.net

(More info, incl. press excerpts, in the release section)


January 15th, 2010


Artist: Christian Löffler
Title: Raise EP
Catalog Number: c.sides006 (Vinyl and Digital)
Label: c.sides label (exclusively distributed by Kompakt)

PR: Stars&Heroes Agency, Berlin
Booking: inlovewith Agency – BOOKING@INLOVEWITH.NET
Release Date: 15th of February 2010

Web:
Album Microsite: http://www.raise.csides.net
Artist's Myspace:http://www.myspace.com/christianloeffler

Tracks:
A1 Cord (00:07:50)
A2 Glare (00:06:27)
B1 Raise (00:08:00)
B2 Core (00:04:04)

Christian Löffler’s ‘Raise EP’ is one of the most stunning pieces of recorded electronic music- at least that's what Glitterbug and the rest of c.sides thought when the demo was first played back in their Cologne studio, and they have been in love ever since. Christian Löffler has this magic touch to whatever he does, both as an audio and visual artist. The clarity and intensity of his work, in addition to the analogue warmth that his music contains, is unmatched. Played back loud, this seemingly calm EP turns into a dense club stormer, of the most explosive and unexpected kind. Hurray, an EP & an artist perfect for the c.sides imprint!!!

More info in the release section...


August 20th, 2009


Artist: Glitterbug
Title: Dim Flares EP
Catalog Number: c.sides005 (Vinyl and Digital)
Label: c.sides label (exclusively distributed by Kompakt)

PR: Stars&Heroes Agency, Berlin
Booking: Magnet Booking, Berlin
Release Date: 12th of October 2009

Track list:
A1 So Much More (00:09:01)
A2 Deadpan (00:02:37)
B1 Daubed Beams (00:05:14)
B2 Be Content (00:08:07)

Following the great international success of Glitterbug’s album “Supershelter”, everyone has been curious to hear what this unique and unmatched producer will bring us next. And truth is, there is a lot! Glitterbug has been working on piles of new enchanting materials, tracks, projects and remixes.

As a first release in a series that will lead to his next (double CD) album, is the “Dim Flares EP”: a dream-like, intense and deep moody EP that carries that very special Glitterbug sound to a whole new level, touching on deep emotional techno with a utopian 4/4 perspective.

This beautiful EP opens with “So much More”, an epic track that releases its melancholic-euphoric mood slowly over the course of 9 minutes, turning itself into a beautiful, hopeful, hand-raising screamer that floods the dance floor with overwhelming warmth and heartfelt love. Side A ends with “Deadpan”, an intense dark ambient miniature that lets us peak at Glitterbug's world of score-like ambient compositions.

The B-Side begins with “Daubed Beams”, a Deephouse track all Glitterbug. "Daubed Beams" feels like what mid 90's Detroit techno released on Warp would have sounded like: unbelievably deep, pensive, warm, divine and pumping.

c.sides' latest emotive EP culminates with “Be Content”, a warm track with a deep drive of warped pads, a dark bass-line, airy percussion and unforgettable arpeggios. This exhilarating dance track is layered with bottomless emotions, the kind you want to close your eyes to, hug the person dancing next to you and wish it would never ever end.

The "Dim Flares EP" is the first in a series of 3 magnificently moving EP's (by Glitterbug, Christian Löffler, and a collaboration between Glitterbug & Ostgut Ton’s Murat Tepeli) to be released on the c.sides Label in 2009-2010, all leading up to Glitterbug's extraordinary next double album which is currently in the making and will be released in spring 2010.


March 6th, 2009


Supershelter – The Remixes (c.sidesDigi001) / Release Date 09.03.09:
A1 Brontohouse (Lawrence Born To House Remix) 00:08:25
A2 Reference System (Glitterbug Remix) 00:08:34
A3 Intro (Barbara Morgenstern 1000fach alles Remix) 00:04:06

Go to "Releases" for more information!!


Dec. 15th, 2008
We are working on the c.sides Festival 2009 dedicated mini website!
and we will launch it on the 6th of January...so hang on!

For those who are curious and would like to do some planning:
c.sides Festival 2009
11-14th February, Tel Aviv
with many special guests....

To keep updated until the website is ready, visit our myspace


Nov. 18th, 2008
Thursday Nov. 20th @ River Studio, Ravnezki 7 4th floor, Tel Aviv
Friday Nov. 28th @ Bass Club, Hahistadrut 1, Jerusalem
more info at pacotek.com
(thanks pacotekies)



If you would like to hear more about the SUPERSHELTER release you can either visit the
supershelter microsite or you can read about all the exciting news, reviews and updates at glitterbug's blog
If you are searching where to buy it, just visit your favorite record shop or online shop. It's waiting for you :)




On the 8th of November, we will celebrate the official release of glitterbugs 'supershelter' album in our new studio in Cologne, also premiering glitterbug's brand new live set, and we are flattered to spend the night together with:

Murat Tepeli (of Ostgut Ton, DJ)
Jacopo Carreras (of Lan Muzik, live)
Falko Brocksieper (sub static, Karloff Rekordings, DJ)

Visuals will be provided by Ronni Shendar and Yildiz Güler.

You can find us in Cologne in the Heliosstr. 6 a-d (close to the Ehrenfeld Bahnhof and the tram and U station Venloer Str. Gürtel).

Admission will be limited, so come early...


October 15th, 2008

Thanks to our amazing Michael Spahn of Bureau Brut, we are proud to announce that the Supershelter Microsite is online. Come visit!


September 1st, 2008

...with glitterbug's orchestra of good friends and fabulous players, in union with some of the c.sides label/festival long-time supporters, contributors and performers. glitterbug is available for his mesmerizing live act, warm raving dj set and/or joint audio-visual performance with israeli video artist Ronni Shendar (the co-director of the c.sides Festival) who created a new cinematic live video performance for SUPERSHELTER which will see its international premiere on November 8th 2008 (glitterbug solo show in Cologne) and December 5th in Berlin (audio-visual live show with Ronni Shendar).


August 18th, 2008



Long awaited, soon to be there: c.sides will venture off to new additional adventures and become a label. The first "real" release will be glitterbug's 'supershelter'-album, coming on November 4th on CD and two vinyl excerpts accompanied by remixes of Lawrence (Dial) and Barbara Morgenstern (Monika Enterprise), distributed by Kompakt and our dear friends at a-musik. Have no fear, SUPERSHELTER is here! More infos to be found in the releases section (under c.sides002).


May 5th, 2008



We lately received quite a few requests for downloading possibilities of the 49 tracks on the c.sides 2006 compilation (haven't heard it? see more details under 'releases'). So here it is on the new myx2u.com platform available for digital download. We still have a few hard copies in stock - in case you want one and can't find it where you are, just write us.


March 10th, 2008

Heads up! In January and February 2009, c.sides Festival returns with another full scale and all new production in Tel Aviv!

Rumors say there will be a month long media art lab, 4-5 day festival program, an all new c.sides label and many other exciting surprises.
This website will soon receive an all over lifting to bring out its full blossoming beauty as well as to cater to new programming and project developments.
Stay tuned! and thanks for visiting.


December 14th, 2007



Click here to get to the online album from the Wordtronics Festival at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. If you have more photos from the event - please send them to us!!!


December 10th, 2007



The Upgrade! with the c.sides team:

After several years of cultural and artistic exchange between Germany, Israel and internationally, as curators and artists, many things have changed within the cultural and artistic fields in both places which have also effected the terms and frameworks for our involvements. What do these social, political and economical changes mean for us as artists, producers and curators? Where will our projects develop to? What are the questions and obstacles we are facing in our daily work and what do they mean in our long term commitments? We would like to openly discuss these questions above along with some of our artistic and curatorial activities of the past few years. Along, we will screen and play some excerpts of our works and projects.

More Info can be found on The Upgrade!'s website.

Saturday 15.12.2007, 19:30
Daila, Shlomzion HaMalka 4, Jerusalem