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Electronic Beats

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Telekom Electronic Beats(TEB) is an international music marketing program ofDeutsche Telekomfocusing 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.[1]

Publishing

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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 byIll-Young Kimand broadcast byVIVAandViva Zwei.[2]From 2005, it was published as a quarterly DVD magazine calledSlices.[3]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.[4]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 aspodcasts,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.[5]LikeSlices,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.[6]

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 withGorillaz.

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,DJ Hell,WestBam,Fritz Kalkbrenner,Oliver Koletzki,Michael Michalsky,Perel,Frank Wiedemann,Dimitri Hegemann,Many Ameri, Roosevelt, David August,Gabi Delgado,Heiko Hoffmann,Modeselektor,Michael Rother,HVOB,Apparat,Laurin Schafhausen and Christian Löffler, among others, have appeared on the show.

Events

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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 byMouse on MarsandOP:L Bastards.

In 2002, the second Electronic Beats Festival at Cologne’s Palladium featuredLTJ Bukem& MC Conrad,Kosheen,Sofa Surfers,Kid LocoandChicks on Speed.

In 2004, the "Electronic Beats Stereo Deluxe Spring Tour" took place. That same year duringPopkommthere are also three event nights featuringRammstein,Virginia Jetzt!,Phillip Boa,TiefschwarzandMockyamong others in the formerPalace of the Republic.2raumwohnung,MIA.andChicks on Speedplayed at an Electronic Beats Live Special during the Bonner T-Mobile Forum.

In 2005, there were Electronic Beats Festivals withFaithless,Stereo MCs,Zoot Woman,GusGusandThe Prodigyin 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 withSony Ericsson.

Ten Fé performing at Electronic Beats Festival in Budapest in 2015

2006 saw Electronic Beats Festivals withNightmares on Wax,Superdiscount,The Prodigy,Deichkind,Carl Graig,Groove Armada,Boy George,DJ Hell,MIA.,Zoot Womanin Cologne, Budapest, Bratislava, Prague and Vienna plus a Croatian club tour withIan Pooley.

2007 saw Electronic Beats Festivals withSoulwax(as2 Many DJs),Goldie,KelisandFelix da Housecatin Vienna and Budapest as well as another club tour withIan Pooley,Howard Donald and Tonka in Croatia.

In 2008, Electronic Beats Festivals were held in Bratislava, Prague, Bonn, Graz, Vienna and Berlin, featuringUnderworld,Modeselektor,Robyn,Alter Ego,Who Made Who,The Streets,Róisín Murphy,Booka Shade,The Whitest Boy Alive,Peaches,Hercules and Love Affair,SantigoldandGorillaz Sound System.

In 2009, Electronic Beats Festivals were held in Cologne, Graz and Innsbruck, featuringThe Gossip,Phoenix,Fever Ray,Simian Mobile Disco,Modeselektor,Bodi Bill,Filthy DukesandJames Yuill.That same year the first "Electronic Beats Classics Concert" withDonna Summerwas held in Berlin. The second episode of the event series presentsYelloand their “Virtual Concert” in Berlin, Vienna and Cologne.

In 2010, Electronic Beats Festivals withHot Chip,Booka Shade,Moderat,Miike Snow,Delphic,The Human League,Little Dragon,Kele,Bon Homme,Nouvelle Vague,The Asteroids Galaxy Tour,TurboweekendandRóisín Murphywere held in Prague, Graz, Cologne, Berlin and Vienna. There was also a “Friends and Family Event” for the tenth anniversary of TEB withCaribouand Barbara Panther in Berlin. An “Electronic Beats Recommends Club Tour” happened that same year, featuringCaribou,Barbara Panther andMount Kimbiein Munich, Leipzig, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Cologne, Prague, Budapest, Vienna, Frankfurt and Zagreb.

In 2017, four shows withGorillazwere 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,Blitz Clubin 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.

Certificate of Econ Award Unternehmenskommunikation

Awards

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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[7]
  • Questar Award 2013: Gold for TEB's DVD magazineSlices[8]
  • Art Directors Club 2014: Silver in category "Corporate Publishing"[9]
  • BCP - Best of Corporate Publishing 2015: Gold in category "B2C - Medien/Entertainment/Kultur" and Gold in category "Best Crossmedia Solution - Handel und Kosumgüter"[10]
  • Best of Content Marketing 2016: Gold in category "Best Crossmedia - Dienstleistung / Handel / Konsumgüter"[11]
  • Econ Award Unternehmenskommunikation 2016: Silver in category "Social-Media-Aktivitäten"[12]
  • PR Report Awards 2016: Finalist in category "Content-Strategie"[13]
  • German Brand Award 2016: Excellence in Brand Strategy, Management and Creation[14]
  • Deutscher Digital Award 2016: Silver in category "Websites (stationary and mobile) – Content"[15]
  • Questar Awards 2019: Gold in category "YouTube"[16]
  • iNOVA Awards 2019: Gold in category "Copy/Scriptwriting"[17]for the reportageBehind Bars: Meet The Georgian Techno Producer Making Music From Prisonby Chloé Lula

References

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  1. ^"electronicbeats.net/about".Telekom Electronic Beats.Retrieved2019-06-05.
  2. ^polghirstenskoetter (2010-09-22),Viva Zwei - Electronic Beats Trailer,archivedfrom the original on 2021-12-21,retrieved2019-06-06
  3. ^"Telekom Electronic Beats".telekom.Deutsche Telekom AG.Retrieved2019-06-05.
  4. ^"Electronic Beats TV".YouTube.Retrieved2019-06-05.
  5. ^"Electronic Beats TV".YouTube.Retrieved2019-06-05.[verification needed]
  6. ^"Electronic Beats".Discogs.Retrieved2019-06-11.
  7. ^"BCP Best of Corporate Publishing Award 2013 - Gewinner".24 June 2013.
  8. ^"BCP Best of Corporate Publishing Award 2013 - Gewinner".24 June 2013.
  9. ^"ADC Gewinnergalerie - Wettbewerb 2014".
  10. ^"Best of Corporate Publishing 2015 Shortlist / Nominierte / Gold-Gewinner 2015"(PDF).
  11. ^"Best of Content Marketing 2016: Shortlist / Nominierte / Gold-Gewinner"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2019-08-09.Retrieved2019-08-09.
  12. ^"Telekom cleans up at the Econ Awards".31 October 2016.
  13. ^"PR Report Awards Finalisten 2016"(PDF).
  14. ^"Electronic Beats - Gold Integrated Brand Campaign".
  15. ^"Deutscher Digital Award - Gewinner 2016".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-01-19.Retrieved2019-08-09.
  16. ^"Questar Awards | Category Winners".
  17. ^"iNOVA Awards | Category Winners".
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