We are in Berlin.

After two nights of going out, tonight we seem to be sitting around the flat, though I think we’re going out for a quick drink in a bit. JP and Max are working on a remix, Leo has been on his laptop – I think working on a song, judging by the midi keyboard on his lap – and Chris and I are playing around on Hype Machine. Last night we went out around Friedrichstrasse, and in the day I wandered up through Tiergarten – the biggest park in Berlin, with the Brandenburg Gate at the edge of it where Tiergarten joins with Mitte (the central district).

Chris, JP and I went to the Kennedy Museum earlier today. It’s mainly a photo exhibition and was very very good. Being here I keep on thinking who on earth thought the Wall was a good idea – it’s so weird seeing where it divided the city – but the city’s recovered so well. Leo and I were talking about it last night – there’s a lot of acknowledgement of what went on in the past hundred years here, and it’s not been forgotten, but it’s all moved on.

This is what I’ve been listening to. Oxford Comma on a near enough repeat, lots of Black Kids, and a lot of Hot Chip and their associated remixes. The CSS Streetlife DJs mix is Let’s Make Love over one of my favourite songs, Wordy Rappinghood by Tom Tom Club – so that’s pretty neat too. We heard it out last night and I’ve heard it before in London, so I’m glad I’ve finally bothered to track it down.

Tags: Berlin, Berlin Wall, Black Kids, Brandenburg Gate, Brandenburg Tor, CSS, David E Sugar, Hot Chip, JFK, John F Kennedy, Tom Tom Club, Vampire Weekend