Techno Takeover

Get ready for Kraftwerk’s DC stop on their world tour! Phillips after 5 celebrates techno music culture and Germany’s world-renowned electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk. Developed in collaboration with artist, DJ, and music historian Adrian Loving, this special edition of Phillips after 5 is not to be missed.

• Score tickets to Kraftwerk’s concert at the Anthem on March 16!
• DJ Lola Villa will spin a mix of vibey electronic techno tracks and Kraftwerk-inspired grooves.
• Enjoy Kraftwerk cover band Computerworld, set to an exciting visual backdrop.
• Watch a rare DC screening of “God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines” (Washington Hill Pictures, 2022) by Kristian R. Hill and Jennifer Washington—the story behind one of Detroit’s great contributions to world culture: Techno, the electronic music phenomenon created by Black artists in the 1980s that transformed dance music internationally and blossomed into the multi-billion dollar industry of EDM today.
• Techno-Makers Workshop: Save your spot for a special hands-on session of creative music-making, sampling, and rhythmic sound patterns influenced by the music of Kraftwerk and other techno artists.
• In the art workshop, create magnets and keychains inspired by the techno-brutalist movement.
• Techno Trivia! The first 15 guests to name a famous Kraftwerk sample used in a hip hop or dance music song will receive a single complimentary ticket to an upcoming party at the renowned DC dance club Flash, either for March 7-8 weekend or their Sunday Love season opening party on March 9. Present your answer to DJ Lola.
• Keep the party going! Adrian Loving and Lola Villa host the Phillips after 5 afterparty at Le Mont Royal (1815 Adams Mill Road, NW) from 9 pm to close.

About Computerworld

Computerworld is a live act that began as a tribute to the band Kraftwerk. It has since become a playful excuse to create and reiterate any and all campy intersections of technological music, style and art, while still paying tribute to Kraftwerk and to the Detroit house and techno scene that openly embraced and reflected the sound. Computerworld consists of DJ and music producer Dean Frisby and singer and musician Peter Witrak of the band Tender Ness.

About Lola Villa

Lola Villa (Bogota, Colombia) is an intersectional artist and activist exploring different aspects of the human experience through sound and visuals. She’s an electronic music composer, producer, and DJ who has shows in New York’s Studio 151, Burning Man, Into the Woods in Amsterdam, Nomade in Chile and Mexico’s Dos Tierras festival among many other under her belt. When playing, she invokes landscapes, animals, and rituals of her homeland, Colombia, along with many other places she’s lived.

IMAGE: Gabriele Evertz, Untitled (from “American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio”), 2012, Inkjet print, 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in., The Phillips Collection, Gift of American Abstract Artists, 2012