In November, Berlin Massive, a German cultural organisation and NGO that actively uses arts and culture as a tool for social change and emancipation, partnered with local artists and organisations, to launch a three-week, three-city India tour. As part of the Indo-German Hip Hop Movement, the artists  - Berlin hip-hop legend Marc Hype, B-Girl & MC Sinaya, Bboy Ludi Rockoon, Beatboxer Pekor and Graf writer Rake) will hold workshops, thrown down hip-hop / b-boys jams and also play club gigs. It's one of the biggest contingents to visit the country all year, with grassroots-level inclusive programmes, workshops and gigs. The tour kickstarts in Delhi, before moving on to Bangalore and finishing up in Mumbai in early December.

TOUR DATES BOMBAY

Thursday, December 4th  Masterclass on record digging, music production and DJing at True School of Music (TSM) with Marc Hype and Grizzly Adams (Berlin) 

Entry Free: 6-8pm

Thursday, December 4th 

Hip Hop Night at IBar, Bandra (West) 

Entry Free: 11pm-1am

Saturday, December 6th 

Roc Fresh Crew Cypherholics (Bombay's biggest Bboy jam fifth anniversary) at Kenstar Hall, Andheri (West)

Entry free: 2pm-5pm

Sunday, December 7th

Bboy workshop at Battle Fort Dharavi (Open to all)

4pm onwards...

ABOUT BERLIN MASSIVE

Berlin Massive was founded in 2004. The nonprofit association is part of the network from the Hip Hop Headquarter, Berlin. They are committed to the promotion of urban cultures, develop cultural and educational projects, and organise events and exhibitions, giving workshops and seminars. The 30 members of the association are artists and work with graffiti art, contemporary dance (break dance, street dance), music (beatbox, rap) and design. Berlin Massive has been active in the field of cultural education and international cultural exchange for several years. Culturally, they are moving in the field of hip hop culture. In this respect, Hip Hop is particularly suitable for the transmission of knowledge and values, the exchange of ideas and understanding of other cultures. They have developed together with partners from the Hip Hop Stutzpunkt, Berlin many sustainable projects of international co-operation.

As part of the Indo-German Hip Hop Project, they have successfully run and executed several projects in the past two years. With Tiny Drops, SlumGods and Roc Fresh crew they have participated in and organised community bboy jams and workshops in Delhi and Bombay (at Battle Fort Dharavi, Celebrate Bandra festival, Youdh Bboy Championships, Danceworx Academy, Pali Naka). 

With the Wall Project, they have painted murals inside the BMC office in Dadar, walls on Chapel Road and Mount Mary in Bandra, in Dharavi, and several more. The highlight of the graffiti projects was the painting of the walls of the German Embassy in Delhi on the occasion of the German Year in India.

Their music projects with DJ Uri and Sound Curry have included the tour of Marc Hype and Jim Dunloop with workshops and gigs at Bonobo, Cool Chef Café and Blue Frog in Bombay, Circa 1191, TLR Cafe, Out of the Box in Delhi, college festivals like Mood Indigo at IIT Powai, IIT Warangal, and more.