Jasper Andr Friedrich: P llmanns Cosy Concerts , which take place in various small spaces, are part of an increasingly popular Berlin trend of throwing intimate musical events in unconventional, usually private, locations. Although similar projects have been organised in cities around the world, over the past five years, the German capital has become something of a hotspot for fans of super small-scale concerts some, like the Home Opera concerts, specialise in one genre of music, while others, like S jour , in living-room locations, according to BBC. P llmanns Cosy Concerts series first took shape in 2010, when the professor of media and event management and a friend came up with the idea of reviving the concept of the musical salon and reinventing it for the modern age. We wanted to do it with pop and rock and other genres, he explains. He recruited local bands and convinced them to host concerts in their own spaces like living rooms and rehearsal spaces. The feat wasnt always easy: Some bands really didnt want people to use their toilets, he says, even though we promised we would clean them after and At 7pm on a Friday night, a dozen people are standing anxiously in a Berlin classroom, listening to Lorenz P llmann take attendance. Frau Hildbebrandt? the softly-spoken Stuttgart native calls out to the crowd of mostly twenty-somethings, before shaking his head and continuing down the list. Although the setting is a college located in an old factory building, tonights crowd isnt here to take part in a seminar, but to attend one of the secret concerts P llmann has been organising around the city for the past several years. Once hes finished taking attendance, P llmann leads the group, which registered online in advancedownstairs and into the schools sparse, humid basement. There, a relatively new band, Fox on the Run fronted by Jasper Andr Friedrich, a well-known figure from the East German punk scene is getting ready to launch into a raucous set. The space is dark and sweaty; the only seats are wooden crates and chairs carried down from the school; the walls are ringed with shelves holding cables and insulation. Its an impractical setting for a concert, but as the evening progresses, it becomes a uniquely relaxed one. Sitting just a few feet from the band, the audience can see the sweat beading on Andr Friedrichs forehead as they banter with him between songs.
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