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Music and the fall of the Berlin wall

What was the soundtrack of the late ’80s, shortly before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall?

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KCRW placeholderBy Erik Kirschbaum • Nov 2, 2019 • 25m Listen

What was the soundtrack of the late ’80s, shortly before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall? In this episode of Studio Berlin, host Erik Kirschbaum explores the power of music and how it captured the spirit of freedom and united people in East and West Germany. Erik is joined in studio by Jochen Staadt, leading researcher of the Forschungsverbund SED-Staat at the Freie Universität Berlin. We also hear from Jörg Stempel, worked for the GDR-owned Amiga music label and Tobias Rapp, author of “Lost and Sound: Berlin, Techno and the Easyjetset.”

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    Erik Kirschbaum

    host, Studio Berlin

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    Monika Müller-Kroll

    producer, Studio Berlin

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    Sylvia Cunningham

    host and producer of KCRW Berlin's The Bear

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