MOKA EFTI ORCHESTRA

In 1929 the world is different. Berlin is wild, dirty, glamorous and party-loving all at the same time. MOKA EFTI ORCHESTRA, a 14-person ensemble around the composers Nikko Weidemann and Mario Kamien and the saxophonist/arranger Sebastian Borkowski brings back the music and the attitude to life of the 1920s, literally inviting the concert-goer into the “Moka Efti”, one of the entertainment palaces of Berlin in the 1920s and a prominent setting for the series “Babylon Berlin”!

Nikko Weidemann and Mario Kamien are no strangers to the music business, but the task of supervising all the music in the picture for “Babylon Berlin” is new territory. They are given the trust of the directors Tom Tykwer, Henk Handloetgen and Achim von Borries to compose all kinds of pieces, from blues and piano ragtime to chansons and opulent big band Charleston numbers. In the title song “Zu Asche, Zu Staub” in particular, the focus is more on a lively feeling that can be transferred to today than on historical accuracy. Weidemann and Kamien are given the task of not only producing the music, but also casting musicians for both the filming and the soundtrack recordings. Together with Sebastian Borkowski, they put together the MOKA EFTI ORCHESTRA Since then, they have become an integral part of the German live scene and have also played acclaimed concerts abroad.

Admission 18:30