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The VUT mentoring programme aims to bring experienced industry experts from labels, publishing, distribution, booking and promotion as well as self-promoting artists together with ...

canelonely is an interdisciplinary music and video project by Jannik Morton Schneider. With the band Der Ringer, for which he also produced music videos, ...

People Club are a five-piece indie soul band formed in Berlin in late 2017. Their distinctive aesthetic blends social-commentary lyrics with classic soul-ensemble sounds, ...

Half-German. half-Malaysian vocalist and DJ Soraya grew up in between cultures, heavily inspired by the variety of genres encompassing soundsystem club music from the ...

For over 20 years, singer, rapper and freestyle MC Chabezo was the frontman of various group. In 2020, after a long period of musical ...

The DJ and producer duo MRJAH from Berlin is a pioneer in German trap music. In early 2013 the Duo produced the famous ›Splah!Mag ...

Born Tania Takoh, T’neeya is an Afro-R&B artist. Her Cameroonian father and German mother provided influences at an early age. Her father’s love of ...

From Berlin via Tel Aviv comes Moscoman, the producer behind underground hits on ESP Institute, Correspondant, I’m a Cliche, Eskimo Rec, and the curator ...

Wooly Aziz is a solo, progressive R&B/soul/left-field project by Jannat Sohail from Pakistan, also listed in the Alternative Power 100 Music List (2020) for ...

AIWA: Beats, Rhymes and Beyond from the Arab World is a concert series aiming at intercultural exchange between Berlin-based hip-hop artists and musicians from ...

Poetra Asantewa is a sensational balance of poetry, music, intellect and wit. Poetra is a multifaceted Ghanaian performer who combines smooth-like-butter neo-soul beats, lyricism ...

Anthony Hüseyin is a non-binary musician and performance artist of Kurdish-Turkish and Arabic descent who works with voice, text, film and installation. Their works ...

Bad Hammer are a shadow pop band who live and work in Berlin. Close-ups of nostalgia and sensation inspire Bad Hammer‘s timeless and cinematic ...

In 2019, glanz&krawall started a radical alternative to the classical-music festival industry with Berlin is Not Bayreuth, attracting over 1,000 visitors. In 2020, the ...

With the event series Zusammen Auf!, Mensch Meier seeks to support integration on various levels in order to help overcome societal barriers. The series ...

Blue Desert is a form of Berlin Desert Blues: A musical encounter of five people from Agadez, Agadir, Hamburg and Berlin that has been ...

The sound of yunis is dynamic and intricate, but always bringing a fully-fleshed vibe that’s capable of moving dancefloors and fuelling the imagination alike. ...

Since 2008, Digital in Berlin has been curating, developing, and supporting concerts and festival formats as an independent cultural agency in Berlin and in ...

With funky bass and minimalist ballads, with 2000s R&B and hip-hop vibes, with a multi-faceted voice and multi-layered harmonies, RIIVA is uncompromisingly captivating. Her ...

Under the title Menschu Hi Menschu (human is human) the DeutschSintiRoma Festival with free admission focuses on marginalised artistic perspectives. With a diverse programme, ...

The moment has arrived for the world to discover the powerhouse that is UCHE YARA – the young wonder, on stage and in the ...

Since its opening in 2011, the Kreuzberg music venue Gretchen has been synonymous with a high-quality music programme. With the aim of discovering new ...

Mapp has quietly been making appearances in the Berlin music scene for the last six years. She has released two EPs and performed at ...

Ava Vegas spent most of her youth on Ibiza, living in a small house her parents had built. Influenced by the Spanish island’s techno ...

Ofiri has made a name for himself in the Israeli hip-hop scene as a producer, rapper, DJ and Bboy. Early on, he formed his ...

THF Radio is a radio station in Tempelhof, based at Torhaus, the independently organised community space in the gatehouse of the subdistrict‘s former airport. ...

An-i is the latest musical moniker for former New Yorker Doug Lee AKA Lee Douglas, who emerged out NYC’s Leftfield Disco scene of the ...

She’s Drunk is a project which was launched by Berlin-based French producer David Monnin about six years ago. Due to his long-time experience as ...

While guitarist Manuel and drummer Johannes were already working on a joint project, singer Maria initially joined the band as a feature guest. That ...

Unlike many self-taught artists, JakoJako’s musical journey began with a profound knowledge of sound that she could acquire as a trained nurse during the ...

The Festival für selbstgebaute Musik (»Festival for Self-Built Music«) seeks to highlight two topics: unusual, home-made instruments and similar, idiosyncratic non-conformist musical concepts. In ...

The SISTER*QUEENS & Friends Festival for hip-hop and feminism brings young rappers to the stage, creating a safer space for partying and sister*hood for ...

Imagine if Portishead formed in Berlin today. Josef Beuys comes along, shreds the band with a coarse wire brush and exhibits them in a ...

Collo Awata’s art – whether music, sound design, DJing or video – is deeply interwoven with experiences of the African diaspora. By weaving in ...

KAOS turns ten in 2023! Over the past few years, KAOS has offered talented artists and creators a space where they can work, grow, ...

Martina Stock’s musical repertoire cannot be clearly assigned to any genre. It includes key influences of neo-classical, ambient and electronic music and combines acoustic ...

Uo Ray’m’s work focuses on the relationship between sound and memory: our sense of hearing in hyper visual times and our sense of belonging ...

Payman Hedayatifar began his musical journey singing and writing songs in his native Tehran, Iran. Developing a unique atmospheric electronica sound, he soon released ...

Johanna Borchert is a singer, pianist and composer whose roots lie in jazz. In October 2014, the charismatic artist released her first record ›FM ...

Musa is a fighter. As part of the BSMG (Black Superman Gang) with Megaloh and Ghanaian Stallion, the Berlin resident found the right space ...

It’s common knowledge that female musicians often receive too little attention and that festivals book far fewer female acts than male acts. The concert ...

As the child of a German mother and an African-American father growing up in Berlin, Celina Bostic learned early on to adapt to the ...

Trille has been producing a mix of urban pop and storytelling since 2018, creating his own world somewhere between indie and trap. Hard 808 ...

»It all started within herself« describes Kya Kyani, who grew up in Amsterdam to Surinamese parents. Socialised as an orthodox Rastafarian, Kya Kyani was ...

Mark Bérubé is a Canadian folk artist who already produced four albums and toured successfully in his homeland and Europe. Together with Kristina Koropecki ...

Paul and Leo Eisenach are siblings. For many years they shared a room – nowadays they share a drummer and a keyboard player and ...

With an affinity for decentralised discourse and experimental practices, the workshop series Nuts And Bolts aims to open up spaces of learning and experimentation ...

Five Berlin boys and a small cellar: The result resembles a rather dense piece of pastry. It smells a little bit like Indie, tastes ...

The story of Chuckamuck is a classic rock’n’roll story. Founded by schoolmates Oska Wald (guitar/vocals), Jiles (drums), and Lorenz O’Tool (guitar/vocals), Chuckamuck were signed ...

As an interdisciplinary artist, Pan Daijing creates music based on performative practices that transfer movements and architectures into stories. In doing so, the musician ...

Pari Eskandari is an Iranian-German singer, composer and producer living in Berlin. In 1988 at the age of three, she fled with her parents ...

Known as half of Berlin-based indie duo Gurr, Andreya Casablanca’s solo project shows an eagerness to experiment with genres outside of her comfort zone. ...

Born and raised in Cologne, Germany, Noraa took her first serious steps in music after moving to Paris. In search for a wider range ...

The open-air series Sonic In(ter)ventions aims to rethink public space as an interactive venue for independent artistic expression through energetic, musical improvisational practices. The ...

Danielle Arielli has always been surrounded by music. Her mother, a music teacher, taught her to sing and to play guitar and piano, and ...

Barbie Williams is an Argentinian singer, songwriter, and producer. She studied Contemporary music in Buenos Aires, where she developed a particular interest in jazz, ...

It seems that fate is what brought Max Prosa and Sascha Stiehler together. No pianist could accompany Prosa’s lyrics and stories with such virtuosity ...

The genre of science fiction is more successful than ever, and it has become indispensable to pop culture. But while its images and visuals ...

Barcelona-born Laura Elle describes herself as a »fat queer singer-songwriter«. Intimate and introspective, her music revolves around soulful vocals that form the centre of ...

Growing up in the midst of his parents’ experience of political exile, Ahmed Mahmoud spent part of his life in Palestine before relocating to ...

SUBVERTED’s Electronic Music Production Mentoring Program consists of an Ableton Live and Modular Synth course – primarily for Queers, BIPOC, trans, agender and non-binary people and ...

Schorsch Kamerun and PC Nackt offer the discreet charm of reduction, joined by actress Annemaaike Bakker, performers from the Komische Oper Berlin, the Richardchor ...

The RambaZamba Theater is the home for the experimental, musical-lyrical late-night show HI FREAKS. Along with friends from the music and literature scene, the ...

East Side Music Days is Berlin’s first street music festival, which premiered in 2015. This public festival around East Side Park and the Oberbaumbrücke ...

15 Minutes of Femme is not only a stage but also a platform created by and for women, trans and non-binary artists, musicians and ...

Gregor Dys considers himself a sound researcher who transfers (natural) processes, ideas and emotions into soundscapes. Forming the basis of his acoustic storytelling are ...

With live music and DJs, the SO36 is celebrating uniqueness from the stage to the audience. Kon-Fett-I offeres musicians and DJs with and without ...

Christine Börsch-Supan is a singer, composer and performer. Her artistic focus is the band HOPE, a four-piece avant-garde pop formation founded in 2014. Their ...

AŸA is an all-rounder. In her music, however, she tells stories that reflect her Moroccan-Yemeni roots. Her electro-pop sound is characterised by a world ...

The Berlin Song Week is an event concept for the creatives »behind the song«. Songwriter and producer get the chance to present themselves to ...

Empower is an Afro-futuristic and queer-feminist festival and presented some of the most important current work by queer people and/or BPoC active in music, ...

Off the back of a young and wild experience with his first band Paris Suit Yourself (UK/BigDada), Victor Tricard has grown into a solo ...

An homage to the lunar calendar, Celestial Festival creates space for pan-Asian and pan-BIPOC to connect, form solidarity and give empowerment. The festival’s mission ...

The Bedroom Sessions presented young musicians in Berlin and around the world. Artists had the opportunity to reach and interact with a global audience ...

Romanian born, and Berlin Based, Borusiade (aka Miruna Boruzescu) descended from Saturn’s sphere through various channels of transmission such as: the mesmerising show ›Dreamcatcher‹ ...

The concert series Kometenmelodien, which takes place in the Kantine am Berghain, directs listeners’ ears to exciting new artists making music in the genres ...

Born Ronja Zschoche in Hamburg in 1993, Haiyti inherited her musicality. Her mother is a music teacher, her father the Croatian musician and music ...

Eilis Frawley is a classically trained percussionist from the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide. She spent a number of years in Seoul, where ...

Odelly’s sound is a contemporary mixture of pop, trap, hip-hop and traditional instrumental music from North Africa. Having been born in France and raised ...

The Whoriental project is a deliberate provocation, a safer space, and at the same time, a meeting place. Queer and trans people often find ...

In her music kaala combines elements of warm, electronical sounds with organic rhythms and profound lyrics. She sings of the hidden aspects of the ...

Shirking notions of identity, Born In Flamez subverts gender and genre with a panoply of influences somewhere in the nether regions between deconstructed pop, ...

Beginning in the manageable Bassy Club in 2015 and meanwhile set at the sprawling Kulturbrauerei, this audiovisual happening has made itself known beyond local ...

As a platform with events, GRRRL NOISY aims to connect musicians and music-lovers, helping them to reach their full potential. The collective, organized by ...

Founded in 2013, the band Black Heino considers itself in the musical tradition of garage rock of the sixties and in the spirit of ...

Juno Francis is the supposed »lovechild of a 60s gentleman and an 80s lady,« and as plausible as that sounds, it also means that ...

Tele was founded in Freiburg end of the 1990s playing typical indie-guitar-rock. ›Tausend und ein Verdacht‹, the band’s self-distributed debut album, was released in ...

Initiated in 2019 as an event by YAAM and its inclusive DJ collective Supa Star Soundsystem, the Supa Star Showcase celebrated its third anniversary ...

Pink Lint lives in the space between two colliding images. A city like Berlin provides its residents rather with too many impressions than too ...

Patrick Christensen aka PC Nackt is one of the most versatile artists in the German music scene. As a composer, producer and performer, he ...

With a professional career spanning 15 years, Dan Bodan has pursued a multitude of different avenues in music- and art-making. After releasing song-oriented pop ...

tuftyhead is a dark-disco duo based in Berlin. In early 2018, Max Hirtz-Wolf, composer and originator, moved from his home of Berkeley, California, to ...

For the voyeur in all of us, Public Display Of Affection have arrived. Conceived as a mixed media art project by Jesper Munk and ...

Ein Hit ist ein Hit is the city’s probably most secret music show dedicated to pop music in its historical and sociocultural context. Musicians, ...

It’s not easy to define who or what Perilymph is: lonely DIY bedroom recordings, four-member live band, communal project – the dynamic and concept ...

Spoke, as a trained sound and light technician, started their musical career as a DJ in Berlin in the late 2000s, while the first ...

As Ale Hop, Peruvian-born Alejandra Cardenas composes electronic and electroacoustic music that adds influences from noise, pop, avant-garde and ambient to an unorthodox repertoire ...

An urban scenery. An adult girl in search of love. A young woman in search of extremes. Search for meaning and senseless crash between ...

Otto is a village of shipping containers at the Haus der Statistik situated directly on the corner of Karl-Marx-Allee and Otto-Braun-Straße, where the collective ...

Territory Disrupt was launched in 2022 as a musical and discursive event to take a critical look at the role of music, sound and ...