DJ setup using Native Instruments’ Traktor software, photo credit: IMAGO/Depositphotos
Berlin pumps out a lot of cutting-edge music, and behind the sounds the city produces is an industry that develops the tools and instruments that make it all possible. Earlier this year, one of the city’s largest and longest-running companies that develops such products, Native Instruments, entered preliminary insolvency proceedings. The company has shaped the modern music scene, especially in Berlin, for over 30 years. It now faces an uncertain future. But what does this mean for the rest of the city’s industry?
Founded back in 1996, Native Instruments revolutionised music production and digital DJing. It was…