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Collaborative project by ToTarTu featuring Street Musician David Bergfeldt.
ToTarTu is on a collaborative project to record the street musicians he finds in the city of Berlin.
Winter is fast approaching Berlin…and it’s getting cold.
Fortunately there are still the street musicians providing entertainment, some out in the open whilst some others are tucked away in small lanes/arcades that lead into coffee shops or theaters.
Hackescher Markt in Mitte, Berlin, is a very colourful area with many galleries, shops and restaurants.
And on one evening came the harmonic sounds of a guitarist and his voice…welcome David Bergfeldt.
After approaching David, he was happy to participate in ToTarTu’s Street Musician Project.
Subsequently, the recording was made on a cold evening in one small laneway…leading into a cosy cinema, located off Rosenthaler Strasse in Hackescher Markt.
The song was an opportunity to improvise some drums, strings, piano into what otherwise is already a beautiful song.
More music please David!
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Collaborative project by ToTarTu featuring Street Musician Yuval Glico.
ToTarTu is on a collaborative project to record the street musicians he finds in the city of Berlin.
Warschauer Strasse U-Bahn is a popular place amongst performing street musicians as many people use this Bahnhof to catch the train that runs along the U1 line through the hip areas of Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain.
And of course it provides an audience that otherwise would not exist.
On this particular day at Warschauer Strasse Bahnhof, Berlin, ripped the sounds of an electric guitar.
After listening to the street performer I approached him to see whether he would be interested in ToTarTu having a go at interpreting his music and adding the rest of a band…so to speak.
Yuval was cool with this and the subsequent recording took place.
The electric guitar takes up a lot of space in the recording deliberately to keep it centre stage. The hardest part for ToTarTu was determining the speed of the song!
Mostly a different array of drums and affects were added along with some other sounds to give the music a different texture than would otherwise be the case.
Yuval is a member of a band and he was only in Berlin for two weeks when I met him…playing at Warschauer Strasse Bahnhof to get some extra money for a night out.
We look forward to seeing and hearing more from Yuval in the future!
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Location – Along the Berlin Wall by The River Spree, Berlin, near die Overbaumbrücke.
Date – Thursday, 22nd May, 2014
Time – 15.30h
This Street Musician is the dude! He was playing by the Berlin Wall on the old East Berlin Side of the River Spree. He was very funny. Unfortunately ToTarTu could only photograph the anonymous performer because ToTarTu was on a boat cruise and couldn’t stop. However, if you know him, tell him he is a Legend! And if he wants to work on a track please ask him to contact me!!

Collaborative project by ToTarTu featuring Street Musician, Nicka Kristian Donn.
ToTarTu is on a collaborative project to record the street musicians he finds in the city of Berlin.
Introducing Nicka Kristian Donn – what a performer!
Hermannplatz in Berlin is a busy port for shoppers and commuters with the U-Bahn running underneath.
And as the weather was getting colder late last year, with street performers somewhat thinning, Berlin was still lucky to have the sounds of Nicka ‘softly’ hammering away at his Dulcimer.
This instrument produces sounds much the same way as a piano with a (padded) hammer against the string.
I explained ToTarTu’s Berlin Project to Nicka and fortunately for ToTarTu, he was very happy to participate.
My recording of Nicka was made on the backdrop of a very busy intersection; it was quite intense.
ToTarTu’s electronic input into the musical piece picks up on this mood, as well as enhancing the hypnotising and cool performance by Nicka…another Champion Street Musician!
Unfortunately Nicka has no website nor contact details.
However, if we are lucky, we will see him and his fancy Dulcimer in Hermannplatz again this year!!
* Disclaimer – all work produced and posted is done so on an artistic basis and is there for the promotion of artists and musicians alike.