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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Parties: KONRAD BLACK (CAN / Berlin) - Live in South Africa

Killer Robot celebrate their 3rd birthday with bringing another critically acclaimed international techno DJ this weekend. And even better, they are including a Jozi date this time round.


Todd Shillington produces and performs under the name Konrad Black and has been doing so for over 10 years now. His productions have been released on M_nus, Clonk and his own label Wagon Repair that he founded in 2004 with Mathew Jonson, Graham Boothby and Jesse Fisk.

Originally based in Vancouver, whilst abroad touring in Berlin for a few months, he was convinced by Magda and Troy Pierce to relocate to Berlin after being reminded how much more was going on in the Berlin scene than at home.

He's been praised by heavyweights Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Steve Bug, Loco Dice and Tiga, did the third and latest installment for legendary Berlin club Watergate's mix series earlier this year and has recently remixed tracks for Paul Ritch and Circlesquare.

So there's plenty of international techno cred. We haven't stopped listening to his Watergate mix in anticipation, but if you need further convincing, read more on the Facebook pages linked to below or sample some of his live mixes:

Konrad Black - Live @ Carnivale Studio 80 (28-11-2008) (Depositfiles)

Konrad Black - Live @ Minitek Festival NYC (14-09-2008) (Megaupload)

Konrad Black - Live @ Watergate (03-11-2007) (Megaupload)

Check him out at Fiction on Friday, August 21, @ Fiction (more details on Facebook here);
and Jozi at Truth on Saturday, August 22, (more details on Facebook here).