Telekom Electronic Beats (TEB) is an international music marketing program of

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focusing on electronic music and international club culture. The program was founded in 2000. It comprises a media portfolio and has been organizing events such as concerts, festivals and club nights with mainly electronic music artists throughout Europe.

Publishing

TEB's media portfolio and formats have changed and developed since the start of the program: “Electronic Beats TV” is one of the longest running video magazines in electronic music. The format started in 2000 with a weekly TV show moderated by Ill-Young Kim and broadcast by VIVA and Viva Zwei. From 2005, it was published as a quarterly DVD magazine called ''Slices''. The DVDs were available for free through distribution in boutiques, cafés, bars, clubs etc. mainly in Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2015, all content is hosted on Youtube. In February 2018, TEB’s YouTube channel was awarded the YouTube Silver Creator Award for more than 100.000 subscribers. The online magazine .net was launched in 2001. It offers news, single and album reviews, longform articles as well as

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s, audio and video features on electronic dance music and club culture. In 2005, the English-language Electronic Beats Magazine started. The quarterly print publication revolved around music, culture and travel subjects. Like ''Slices'', it was available for free through distribution in boutiques, cafés, bars, clubs etc. mainly in Central and Eastern Europe. The final issue was published in late 2015. Telekom Electronic Beats also appeared as a record label: 2007 saw the release of the first Electronic Beats Compilation in collaboration with Warner Music Austria. In 2011, Electronic Beats extended its work to Poland, launching a website in Polish and hosting events in the biggest cities throughout the country. In 2017, TEB created the app “The Lenz” together with

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. In 2018 started the German language Electronic Beats Podcast series. It is moderated by hosts Gesine Kühne and Jakob Thoene. Each episode features one or more guests from the field of nightlife, electronic dance music and club culture. So far,

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, Fritz Kalkbrenner,

Oliver Koletzki Oliver Koletzki (born in Braunschweig on 5 October 1974) is a German dance and house music producer and DJ. He is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Koletzki rose to international fame with his track "Der Mückenschwarm" (meaning "the mosquit ...

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, Perel, Frank Wiedemann, Dimitri Hegemann, Many Ameri, Roosevelt, David August, Gabi Delgado, Heiko Hoffmann,

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, HVOB, Apparat, Laurin Schafhausen and Christian Löffler, among others, have appeared on the show.

Events

The Electronic Beats live music events are a series of club nights, concerts and festivals hosted in cities throughout Europe. The first Electronic Beats Festival took place in 2001 at Cologne’s Palladium, featuring live appearances by

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and OP:L Bastards. In 2002, the second Electronic Beats Festival at Cologne’s Palladium featured

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& MC Conrad,

Kosheen Kosheen are an Anglo-Welsh electronic music group based in Bristol. The group consist of singer-songwriter Sian Evans, songwriter-producer Ron Mcelroy and drummer Mitchell Glover. The name Kosheen derives from the name of a North American Apac ...

, Sofa Surfers, Kid Loco and

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. In 2004, the "Electronic Beats Stereo Deluxe Spring Tour" took place. That same year during

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there are also three event nights featuring

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, Virginia Jetzt!,

Phillip Boa Phillip Boa (born Ernst Ulrich Figgen; 18 January 1963) is a German independent musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist and composer. The musical style followed by Boa and his band Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub was described in a review by ''NME ...

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and Mocky among others in the former Palace of the Republic.

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, MIA. and

played at an Electronic Beats Live Special during the Bonner T-Mobile Forum. In 2005, there were Electronic Beats Festivals with

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, Stereo MCs,

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and

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in Cologne, Edinburgh, Vienna and Amsterdam. Additionally the Electronic Beats Sundowner Tour takes place in Budapest, Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg, Brighton, Munich, Zagreb and Amsterdam. Moreover, there was “The Night is White/Casa Relax Launch Party” in Ibiza which was held in collaboration with

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. 2006 saw Electronic Beats Festivals with

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, Superdiscount,

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, Carl Graig,

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, MIA.,

in Cologne, Budapest, Bratislava, Prague and Vienna plus a Croatian club tour with

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. 2007 saw Electronic Beats Festivals with

Soulwax Soulwax are a Belgian electronic band and DJ/production collective from Ghent, who formed in 1995. Centred around brothers David and Stephen Dewaele, other current members include Igor and Laima Cavalera, and Stefaan Van Leuven. The group first ...

(as 2 Many DJs),

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and

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in Vienna and Budapest as well as another club tour with

, Howard Donald and Tonka in Croatia. In 2008, Electronic Beats Festivals were held in Bratislava, Prague, Bonn, Graz, Vienna and Berlin, featuring

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The Whitest Boy Alive The Whitest Boy Alive is a German-Norwegian musical group based in Berlin. It was originally active from 2003 to 2014; after a five-year hiatus, the group reformed in 2019. The band is composed of singer and guitarist Erlend Øye of Kings of Co ...

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and Gorillaz Sound System. In 2009, Electronic Beats Festivals were held in Cologne, Graz and Innsbruck, featuring

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, Phoenix,

Fever Ray Karin Elisabeth Dreijer (born 7 April 1975) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and record producer. Dreijer was one half of the electronic music duo the Knife, formed with their brother Olof Dreijer. They released their debut solo album unde ...

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, Bodi Bill, Filthy Dukes and James Yuill. That same year the first "Electronic Beats Classics Concert" with

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was held in Berlin. The second episode of the event series presents

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and their “Virtual Concert” in Berlin, Vienna and Cologne. In 2010, Electronic Beats Festivals with

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, Delphic,

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Little Dragon Little Dragon are a Swedish electronic music band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1996. The band consists of Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion), Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Wallin (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards). Little Dragon's ...

, Kele, Bon Homme,

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and

were held in Prague, Graz, Cologne, Berlin and Vienna. There was also a “Friends and Family Event” for the tenth anniversary of TEB with

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and Barbara Panther in Berlin. An “Electronic Beats Recommends Club Tour” happened that same year, featuring

, Barbara Panther and

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in Munich, Leipzig, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Cologne, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Frankfurt and Zagreb. In 2017, four shows with

were held in Warsaw, Budapest, Katowice and Cologne. Since 2017, there’s an ongoing TEB Clubnight series in clubs throughout Germany. It features live appearances by artists such as Ata, Mr. G., Inga Mauer, Hodge, FJAAK and many more. Clubs that host TEB Clubnights include Institut fuer Zukunft in Leipzig, PAL in Hamburg,

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in Munich, White Noise in Stuttgart, Gewölbe in Cologne, Klub Neu in Dresden, Galerie Kurzweil in Darmstadt, Studio Club in Essen, Oma Doris in Dortmund among others.
Award ECON 2016 TEB

Awards

Since its inception TEB has won many international publishing and marketing awards, including * BCP Best of Corporate Publishing Award 2013: Gold in categories "CP Excellence", "B2C - IT/Telekommunikation/Energie" and "Digital Media" as well as a Grand Award in the "Best of Photography" category *Questar Award 2013: Gold for TEB's DVD magazine ''Slices'' *Art Directors Club 2014: Silver in category "Corporate Publishing" *BCP - Best of Corporate Publishing 2015: Gold in category "B2C - Medien/Entertainment/Kultur" and Gold in category "Best Crossmedia Solution - Handel und Kosumgüter" *Best of Content Marketing 2016: Gold in category "Best Crossmedia - Dienstleistung / Handel / Konsumgüter" *Econ Award Unternehmenskommunikation 2016: Silver in category "Social-Media-Aktivitäten" * PR Report Awards 2016: Finalist in category "Content-Strategie" * German Brand Award 2016: Excellence in Brand Strategy, Management and Creation *Deutscher Digital Award 2016: Silver in category "Websites (stationary and mobile) – Content" * Questar Awards 2019: Gold in category "YouTube" * iNOVA Awards 2019: Gold in category "Copy/Scriptwriting" for the reportage
Behind Bars: Meet The Georgian Techno Producer Making Music From Prison
' by Chloé Lula

References

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