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

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and broadcast by

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Viva Zwei Viva Zwei was a German music channel aired and distributed throughout Europe. The channel was launched on 21 March 1995 under the name "Viva II" as a second channel to the main channel VIVA in Germany and lasted until 7 January 2002, when it got ...

. 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

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...

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 Gorillaz. 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 Helmut Josef Geier (born 6 September 1962), known professionally as DJ Hell, is a German DJ. Biography 1970s and 1980s DJ Hell described his musical beginnings in an interview with '' The European'', telling them “I was socialized with ...

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Fritz Kalkbrenner Fritz Kalkbrenner (born 1981) is a German disc jockey, DJ and music producer. He is a grandson of the East Germany, East German artist Fritz Eisel and younger brother of Paul Kalkbrenner. Discography Albums * ''Here Today Gone Tomorrow'' ...

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 mosquito ...

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Dimitri Hegemann Dietmar-Maria "Dimitri" Hegemann (born August 26, 1954) is a German nightclub owner, cultural activist and community organizer, currently living and working in Berlin, Germany. Early life and career Dimitri Hegemann was born in Werl of Westfalia ...

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

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& MC Conrad,

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, Sofa Surfers,

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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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among others in the former Palace of the Republic. 2raumwohnung, 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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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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, Carl Graig,

Groove Armada Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles "At the River", " I See You Baby" and " Superstylin'". The duo have released nine studio albums, four of w ...

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

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. 2007 saw Electronic Beats Festivals with

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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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Robyn Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two Billboard Hot 100, ''Bil ...

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

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. 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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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' ...

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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 Gorillaz 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, Blitz Club 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
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References

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