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Marcel Dettmann & Gerd Janson [GER]

Friday, 20 November 2026 at 23:00 GMT+11

Oxford Art Factory

38-46 Oxford St, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia

Performing: Marcel Dettmann, Gerd Janson

<p style="text-align: center;">Two of Germany&rsquo;s most storied DJs meet for an unprecedented and intriguing back-to-back session</p><p name="p" style="text-align: center;"><span name="span"><span name="span">At first glance there&rsquo;s little that unites&nbsp;</span><span name="span"><span name="strong">Gerd Janson&nbsp;</span></span><span name="span">and&nbsp;</span><span name="span"><span name="strong">Marcel Dettmann&nbsp;</span></span><span name="span">besides nationality. Yet look a little deeper, and the pair share more than just a few digits of postcode.&nbsp;</span></span><br><br><span name="span"><span name="span">Both have roots in the former Eastern Bloc - Janson&rsquo;s parents emigrated from Romania to the outskirts of Frankfurt in the late 70s, while Dettmann was raised just outside of Berlin, in the former GDR - and both emerged in the early 2000s as part of a golden generation of German DJs and producers. As Dettmann was helping define a new generation of Berlin techno over at Berghain and&nbsp;</span></span><a href="https://ostgut.bandcamp.com/" name="a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span name="span"><span name="span"><span name="u">Ostgut Ton</span></span></span></a><span name="span"><span name="span">, Janson was reinvigorating house music, setting up his now-iconic label&nbsp;</span></span><a href="https://runningbackrecords.bandcamp.com/" name="a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span name="span"><span name="span"><span name="u">Running Back</span></span></span></a><span name="span"><span name="span">&nbsp;while still at university.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" name="p" style="text-align: center;"><br><span name="span"><span name="span">Dettmann&rsquo;s austere brand of techno combines the negative space of dub techno with the cold romance of 80s synth pop and goth rock: everything from Front 242 to Depeche Mode and The Cure. You can hear traces of those same artists in Janson&rsquo;s deep cuts of Italo-flavoured ho

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Dance/Electronic · Club Dance

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Australia/Sydney

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