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Berlin Boombox Introduces ’80s Style Ghettoblaster Made From Cardboard

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Berlin-based designer Axel Pfaender has put a new and highly creative spin on the ’80s ghettoblaster with Berlin Boombox, a modern-day speaker constructed out of cardboard and assorted electronic parts. Powered by any mobile phone (iPhone, Android) and a playlist instead of a fistful of D batteries and cassette tapes, Pfaender’s inventive creation — which is easy to assemble and requires no technical savvy — comes as a kit consisting of a die-cut cardboard structure and only takes a few minutes to assemble.

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Berlin Boombox is now available globally at retailers for €74/$86 and comes in a variety of colors. Our favorite is the white model which can be customized using six colors. Watch the video below showing how one of the boxes comes together through the screen printing process through assembly.

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Watch the Russian Army Choir Cover Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”

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Just when you thought that we’d heard every possible rendition of Daft Punk’s global smash “Get Lucky” off Random Access Memories — our favorites are covers by Atlas Genius, Igor Presnyakov and Postmen — comes a new and most interesting one via a highly unlikely entity: the Russian Army Choir.

Having already covered Adele’s “Skyfall,” apparently part of the group’s mission is to win hearts and mind by singing more than only nationalist songs. Watch the choir sing their uniformed hearts at in the video below, making Mother Russia proud by putting their own stamp on the song.

If only the Russian government’s policy toward gays and lesbians was as open-minded as their army choir’s musical taste.

Video Premiere: Rituel’s “Club Zanzibar”

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Back in May we premiered the Extended Instrumental of Rituel’s “Club Zanzibar,” a track where Christophe Monier (The Micronauts) and Thomas Regnault (Dew Town Mayor) pay homage to the same-named New Jersey house music institution that featured legendary deep sets by masters such as Tony Humphries and Kenny Carpenter on the decks.

Rituel return with a music video directed by Ruta Pu and Urte Janus of Terrible Twins, an emerging duo based in the UK who shot the video this summer in abandoned factories in their native Lithuania.

“The video tells a universal story,” they explain. “Five mysterious characters head to a secret place in the wild, to carry out a ritual. The enigmatic world in which they evolve shows the ruins of an industrial civilization where nature reclaimed its rights. The ritual takes the form of various dances, all with the same goal: enjoy, reach a state of trance, forget your ego, unite, love.”

Rituel’s Deux Remix EP is released October 25 via Micronautics.

Guy Gerber: “I’m the Larry David of Techno”

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Tel Aviv-based DJ/producer Guy Gerber has been in the news a lot in recent months. This season he took the reigns at Pacha in Ibiza, setting up his Wisdom of the Glove party after the club’s owners gave the boot to their resident DJs in an effort to bring back the essence of the Balearic sound and vibe. Gerber is also partners in Verboten’s new club opening soon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. If that wasn’t enough, last month he dropped a free album, Who’s Stalking Who?, brimming with a choice selection of deep, techy tracks.

During a brief North American jaunt, Gerber joined Sasha and Maya Jane Coles at Verboten’s Stageone party last weekend at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn. We caught up with Gerber before his set and asked him why he gave his new album away for zero shekels.

He says giving away the album seemed like a good idea because it was a nice departure from the traditional setup required for album releases, one that doesn’t work well for an artist who admits that he’s sometimes lacking in patience. The wisecracking Gerber mused that he’s “not a righteous person” for doing such a kind act. “I’m the Larry David of techno.”

Watch the video and decide for yourself.

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