PA69 • DAS GRÖSSTE KONZERT DER WELT • Berlin 😮‍💨

In the organizer's words:

PA69 - the "PA" is pronounced in English and the "69" in German - are a rap formation from Berlin. Little or nothing is known about the identity of the three pink-masked rappers DJ DOPE, Rabatto and Turbogianni. What is known for certain is that they grew up in the suburbs of Berlin and in the north-east of Germany. Further rumors regarding the identity of the three members (basketball youth coach, combat diver, guide-Michelin cook, wedding DJ, doctor of law or freestyle king) and the meaning of the abbreviation PA69 cannot be confirmed beyond doubt.

PA69 released their first tape, "Tape Nr. Zwei", back in 2020. Shortly afterwards, "Kingmische" became their first veritable underground hit. The first concerts at Goa open airs and in Berlin pubs were followed by their own tour in sold-out clubs after the release of "Biertornado" in 2023. PA69 now also attract an extremely diverse audience far beyond Berlin's city limits, playing sold-out shows in Rostock, Dortmund and Hanover and at festivals such as Spektrum, Pangea and various techno festivals. In other words, the PA69 phenomenon is slowly becoming a household name.

The fact that the people behind PA69 are so difficult to pin down gives the three rappers the tremendous freedom to slip effortlessly into the most diverse roles. Lyrically, they work with anti-styles and offbeat reference worlds, the more bizarre the better. So while other players in the music scene are all about coolness, toughness and wealth, the rappers are decidedly uncool. PA69 flirt with the very things that others look down on: life in the provinces, fingerboards, fake luxury watches or supermarket loyalty points. In short: PA69 are masters of "ironic-dadaistic twisting" (Alex Barbian).

In their euphoric, sloganeering rap, PA69 also convey an intoxicated, hedonistic attitude to life and can therefore be assigned to the cosmos of Berlin "Atzen rap", which is currently being shaped by artists as diverse as Teuterekordz, BHZ, Ikkimel and $ONO$ CLIQ. The influences of certain rap greats, especially from Berlin, cannot be ignored - one is reminded of the K.IZ. Promo album, DJ Reckless, Corus86 or the Atzen or Frauenarzt and Manny Marc. Lyrically, however, PA69 never tread water. Punchlines are not directed against women or minorities - unlike what is still common in German rap.

Friends of PA69 know this: Rabatto, DJ DOPE and Turbogianni are long dudes. Although the three pink-masked rappers naturally still prefer to play in tiny clubs, ergonomic reasons and general work safety dictate that they move to larger establishments. After playing the sold-out SO36 at the beginning of the year and the year-end gala "FEIERABEND 2024" at the Astra Kulturhaus being sold out three months in advance, PA69's Berlin concert will take place in the Columbiahalle the following year. This also means a new world record: the biggest PA69 concert in the world!

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