GRAY CONTRAST

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GRAY CONTRAST

Everything I do is 100% live and mostly improvised. Obsessed with the magic of spontaneous creation, every performance is unique, unrepeatable, and deeply connected to the crowd and the moment.

Guerilla Concerts & Open Airs in Berlin. Sometimes elsewhere too.

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Full Sets, Live-Songs & Demos

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19–27 MAR

Gambia

Live Performance • Details TBA

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MY JOURNAL

ARTE TWIST Documentary
2025 ARTE TV / TWIST

ARTE: Techno, Tanz, Protest

Zu sehen bei TWIST, dem ARTE-Kulturmagazin—über Straßenkunst in ganz Europa.

Die Doku taucht tief in die Realität der Straßenkunst in ganz Europa ein: die Leidenschaft, die Kämpfe mit Behörden, und die rohe Kreativität, die entsteht, wenn Künstler nur den öffentlichen Raum und ihr Talent haben. Mit Breakdance, Techno und Street Art aus Städten des gesamten Kontinents.

Rave The Planet 2025 Main
July 12th, 2025 Berlin, Germany

Rave The Planet 2025

In July 2025, our local family of live-electronic street-musicians, titled the 'Mauerpark-Live-Kommando' and I contributed a truck for legendary Rave The Planet—the successor to the Berlin Love Parade. This techno-protest was an insane honor to play at and organize our own Mauerpark-Centric Truck around.

Massive gratitude to our visionary partners Loopy Pro, zoom, kinoheld, Novation, and Temple Audio for powering this mobile sonic assault.

Humnava Pakistan Main
September, October 2025 Hunza, Pakistan

Humnava, Pakistan

In September and October 2025, I was invited to Hunza, Pakistan for a first-of-its-kind music production camp and artist residency—created by Giraffe Music in cooperation with the European Union (EU).

It took place in the Karakorum Mountains and brought together artists across backgrounds, with many of the local talents coming through LLMC.

Aufgetischt St. Gallen Main
May 2025 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Aufgetischt St. Gallen

In may 2025, I got to perform in the beautiful St. Gallen with my friend and vocalist Zeli. Sets from there are coming soon, in the mean time you can watch how Zeli and I rehearsed:

Berliner Zeitung – Sound für die Straße (2023)
February 2023 Berliner Zeitung

BERLINER ZEITUNG: SOUND FÜR DIE STRASSE

"Sound für die Straße" is a biographical article about me and my life as a guerilla rave-curator.

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2023 Gwangju, South Korea

Gwangju Busking Worldcup (64 Finals)

In 2023 I got selected to compete at the Gwangju Busking WorldCup. Here's one of the Sets!

Spring 2025 Hamburger Kunsthalle (hamburg)

SCORING AND SFX FOR HAMBURGER KUNSTHALLE (Andreas Greiner)

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I contributed to Alex Greiner’s exhibition “Illusionen” at one of Germany’s leading art museums, the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

For the installation inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and HAL 9000, I created the majority of the sound design for a locally hosted, dystopian AI encounter staged like an interrogation room. The system observes museum visitors and engages them directly—often with a cynical edge, occasionally crossing into authoritarian and deliberately uncomfortable tones.

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I'm a Berlin-based live electronic artist devoted to improvisation as I'm building Techno, Electro & Trance from scratch.

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Partnered With

Collaborations

On request, I can bring vocalists – ones that are also great at improvisation.

Collaboration with KIM
Ceremonial

I have hosted numerous meditation and cacao-ceremony events where I guided the space with more ambient music.

Fully Open-Air Equipped

On request I can provide a premium PA including power stations for remote raving :)

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Bio

Gray Contrast is the solo project of Berlin-based musician Dorian Goetsch, built for real-time, improvised electronic performance where Techno, Electro, and Trance collide on the spot. Shaped by Berlin's street-music culture and especially the Mauerpark hotspot, each set is constructed live with a custom Loopy Pro–centered rig, synthesizers, and vocals, without playback or pre-written sequences. The music follows the room and the crowd, which is exactly why no performance can be repeated: every show is a one-time event that disappears the moment it ends.

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Tec-Rider (Stage)

I am a one-man-band, possibly with +1 singer. I bring all my own gear (including mics). I give you a stereo out:

  • 2 XLR (Preferred)
  • or 6,35mm L / R TS
  • or L / R Cinch directly into CDJ inputs

If I can't use DI's and only CDJ, please let me know in advance!

I usually don't need mixing, compression or limiting — I have a DAW and am mixed already. I need FLAT settings!

I use a Mic, so monitors shouldn't be too high / not directly pointed at my mic from behind — rather aimed at me from the front.

Set-Up Time

~15-20 mins

Soundcheck

5 minutes

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