Kulturarenaclub Jena | Diggidaniel

In the organizer's words:

Sometimes it's comforting to know that almost everything will come back at some point. For example, carrot and flared pants, hipster or skinny jeans alternate with super-wide baggies. Musically, too, we ride certain trend waves from time to time. A lot of things come back - sometimes fresher, cross-genre or experimental. And which musical direction is currently experiencing its grandiose revival? The new German wave.

But is it really? Not quite, because people are now saying "Neue neue deutsche Welle" - two times new, makes perfect sense. This movement, which revives old synthesizers and breaks down genre boundaries, has been growing steadily for a few years now. Diggidaniel is one such up-and-coming representative of this increasingly popular retrowave in Germany. The young artist likes to be inspired by Depeche Mode, The Cure or Joy Division, but still creates his very own sound. His works combine good 80s beats, synthpop, genre blends with cool melancholy, confidence and liveliness.

What else we know about Daniel, we are happy to share: the past seems to be a recurring element in his work. In elementary school, he wanted to become a paleontologist, to research the geological past, so to speak. The American hip-hop musician and producer J Dilla, sadly already deceased, changed his life. As Spirit Animals, he picks out the lemurs - which is somehow exciting, as the translation of this primate genus is "shadow spirits of the deceased". And now, since 2021, he has been wiping the dust off a bygone musical genre, bringing it back to life and creating his fascinatingly nostalgic yet refreshingly new sound in a timeless manner.

"When I stood on stage for the first time, I definitely realized that I was born for this. And that I don't want to do anything else." The announcement says it all, Diggidaniel has big plans! The Kassablanca in Jena is THE perfect venue for this and we're really looking forward to meeting up in the present!

Price information:

Advance booking: € 10.00 Box Office: € 10.00 No admission for under 18s!