Peak Time – Âme & Planningtorock and Thomas Fehlmann on Kunstdisco 1988

Live from the Sonos store in Berlin, Germany, today's Peak Time is about groundbreaking collaborations both new and vintage. Berlin hero Thomas Fehlmann – who's been pushing the limits of electronic music composition since the early '80s, both solo and in groups like Palais Schaumberg and the Orb – recalls the dance music atmosphere of Germany in 1988 and tells the story of his involvement in Kunstdisco 1988 (a three-week "art disco" rave installation the German Goethe Institut that was brought to Korea for the '88 Olympics in Seoul). Plus, Kristian Beyer of Âme – Berlin's electronic music heroes who run the Innervisions label with Dixon – joins non-binary dancefloor adventurer Jam "Planningtorock" Rostron to talk about their surprising collaboration on Âme's full-length debut *Dream House*. That record is a diversion from peak-time bangers toward mood music; we'll also get into gender and queer politics in the club space and stretching limitations of sound and identity.