Berlin’s Cocktail D’Amore celebrates 10th anniversary with new compilation and book

“10 years of music, friendships, flirts, and fun.”

Label and monthly club night Cocktail D’Amore is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with a new book, titled  Cocktail D’Amore – 10 years!, and compilation, called Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing Vol.10, released this December.

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Run by Giacomo Garavelloni and Giovanni Turco, and based in Griessmühle since 2014, Cocktail D’Amore has been a mainstay in Berlin’s queer club scene for the past ten years.

The three-part compilation is named after Griessmuehle’s dance floors, and features the likes of Powder, Bell Towers, Jonathan Kusuma and more.

Cocktail D’Amore – 10 years! includes a collection of visual and written entries from the organisation’s fans, as well as photographs, label artwork and video stills.

“All the money collected will be donated to LGBTQI+ non-profit NGOs based in Berlin and Germany who support lesbians, gays, bisexuals, Trans, Inter and queers, with a focus on refugees, black, indigenous and persons of colour”, the label notes.

Money collected will go to the following groups: GLADT, Tgeu – Transgender Europe, LSVD-Verein für europäische Kooperation, TransInterQueer.

Cocktail D’Amore – 10 years! is available now, with the compilation following on the 9th of December.

Head here for more info, check out extracts from the book and the tracklist below.

Tracklist

Main Room

Side A

1. Jonathan Kusuma – Energi Hall
2. Sleep D & Samo DJ – No Mans Land

Side B

1. Mascaras & Powder – RealGold
2. DJ City – Torreyson Drive

Garden

Side A

1. Tornado Wallace – Start Again
2. GreenVision – Sleeping Bag In New York

Side B

1. Bon Voyage Organization – Presque L’Amazonie (Version 4)
2. Bell Towers – In The Garden

Cosmic Hole

Side A

1. CPI – Mount Anal
2. Juan Ramos – Skincrawler

Side B

1. Kris Baha – Parallelled
2. Bézier – Starpoint