Berlin Music Commission

Olaf “Gemse” Kretschmar

Marketing and philosophy graduate Kretschmar founded the Club Delicious Doughnuts in 1993, which he ran for four years. In 1997 he opened his second club oxymoron in the Hackeschen Höfen, and until 2007 was the managing director and booker for the event organisation. In 2000 he became a founding member of Berlin’s clubcommission, and from 2002-2008 was its managing director and press spokesman. He is the project leader of the Europäische Clubnacht and from 2003-2007 he was co-publisher and columnist for clubbing magazine Freshguide. Since 2008 he has been a columnist for the Nachtleben Berlin magazine.

Jörg Riedel