We're thrilled to welcome Dutch singer-songwriter Douwe Bob to Rough Trade Berlin for an exclusive live performance on Friday, 13th December 2024 at 6pm.  
  
Resting is not for this walking collection of contradictions. For that, Douwe Bob is too much of a daredevil, cocktail shaker, womanizer, bohemian, romantic, melancholic, party animal, father, poet, singer, rock 'n roller, charmer, guitarist, night owl, skipper, poker player, style icon, pianist, city boy, and nature lover… all united in one person.

After the rootsy Americana album Born To Win Born To Lose (2021), his sixth album, a true pop record, 'Where Did All The Cool Kids Go?' was released on Valentine's Day 2024, featuring the hits "This World Is Our Home" and "Nothing To Lose".  
  
The album, written with Stijn Van Dalen and producer Gordon Groothedde, is about love in the broadest sense of the word. It's about feeling at home on this earth, being happy in this world, and with the people you love.

Douwe Bob won the first edition of De Beste Singer-Songwriter van Nederland in 2012, represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 and has been awarded two 3FM Awards, a BUMA Award and three Edison Awards.  
  
In 2023, he celebrated his 10-year anniversary and appeared on the TV programme De Beste Zangers.

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Douwe Bob: Live Instore Performance

Douwe Bob - This World Is Our Home

Douwe Bob

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We're excited to announce an exclusive live performance at Rough Trade Berlin by Berlin's own Dina Summer, celebrating the release of their brand new album 'Girls Gang'.

Dina Summer is the Berlin-based collaborative band project between Kalipo and DJ couple Local Suicide, fronted by Dina PB. The Greek native, who lends her vocals and thought-provoking lyricism to the act, first started performing as a teenager on local radio stations, making waves as one of the first female DJs in Thessaloniki. She later moved to Berlin, meeting her husband and DJ/Producer partner Max B. to form Local Suicide. The third member of Dina Summer is Bavarian-born Jakob H., who started his music career as founding member of the legendary German electro-punk band Frittenbude.

The supergroup began working on music together in 2019 and have since been refining their combined sound. It is a unique blend of their influences, drawing from 80s italo disco, new wave, EBM and early 00s electro clash for a dark retro-futuristic synth/wave pop sound that is standing out with it's clubby basslines, epic melody hooks and fun lyrics.

Their debut album 'Rimini' earned raving reviews and features from Spiegel Online, Musikexpress, Kulturnews, DJ Mag, Mixmag, Groove, Sonic Seducer, Tsugi, Penthouse, Musikwoche, TIP and FAZE, who declared the group as one of the most promising up-rising German electronic acts to watch in 2022 while amassing over 10k radio plays around the globe and over 2 mio streams.

Copies of Dina Summer's new record ‘Girls Gang' are available as White LPx2 + T-Shirt, White LPx2, White LP and CD with Entry Tickets. The products can be collected before, during or after the show at the store.

There are NO single tickets available for this event.

Dina Summer: 'Girls Gang' Instore Gig

Dina Summer, Kalipo & Local Suicide - Girls Gang

Dina Summer - Girls Gang

Dina Summer

We're excited to welcome Canadian DJ-producer Marie Davidson to Rough Trade Berlin on 1st February 2025 for an exclusive DJ Set in anticipation of her new record 'City Of Clowns'.

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CDs/LPs purchased as part this event will be available for pickup at the Rough Trade Berlin shop from 28/02/2025, when Marie's sixth studio album, made in collaboration with Soulwax and Pierre Guerineau (Essaie pas, L’Œil Nu, Feu St-Antoine), will be released via Soulwax’s own DEEWEE label.

Earlier this year, Davidson debuted on the legendary DEEWEE imprint with her single “Y.A.A.M. (Your Asses Are Mine),” reuniting with the Belgian powerhouse Soulwax, who previously reworked Davidson’s acclaimed “Work It” anthem. Her all-out blistering club cut “Contrarian” soon followed, evoking Davidson's heavier output.

'City Of Clowns', marks a return to the club – but not as you know it. The techno thump and scathing spoken-word delivery of Working Class Woman resurface at points, but the pop structures and melodic sensibilities of Renegade Breakdown also remain. It’s a “strange” sonic blend even by Davidson’s own standards. “It’s definitely linking back to what I was doing pre-pandemic, but with a bit of an evolution,” she says. “I didn't want to just repeat myself.” The sound and the spirit of the album are shaped, too, by the fact that Davidson has a new antagonist. This time it’s not club culture that’s coming for her sense of self, it’s Big Tech.

Marie Davidson: 'City Of Clowns' DJ Set

Marie Davidson - Sexy Clown

Marie Davidson

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