FUNDED PROJECTS

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

With a colorful music, artistry and cultural programme, the SpreeSpektakel has been inviting visitors to the Holzmarkt grounds every year since 2015. The aim ...

gespenster is the project of Phil Haussmann, a Berlin-based songwriter who has previously released two albums and toured extensively with indie-folk outfit Apples In ...

Having previously released two records of oneiric ambient music on Martin Hossbach as 1k Flowers and having worked with artists such as Jungstötter, P.A. ...

The fem*ergy collective, founded in Berlin, brings together Ay Wing, Cégiu, Donia Touglo, Mari.ama, Mya Audrey, Shanice Ruby Bennett and Johanna Amelie as a ...

Godmother are critical theory in pop-music drag. A non-binary identity becomes a Weltanschauung, challenging dichotomies such as real and artificial, self and other, sincerity ...

Steven Warwick is an artist, musician and writer living and working in Berlin. His practice is paradigmatic of an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses theatre-making ...

The ensemble and artist residency Grounded Outer Space People explores the relationship between transmigration and music, curating open listening sessions, workshops and presentation meetings. ...

For over a decade now – first in Paris, then Montreal and now in Berlin – La Fraicheur has been brewing her own blend ...

Bonaventure uses music as an identity research tool to connect her African and European influences and to question human relationships. Bonaventure’s compositions are expressive ...

Amnesia Scanner’s beats sound so familiar, something you’ve definitely heard before but can’t quite place. Energetic kicks and deep bass drums jolt your body ...

With urban world- and bass music, street art, and graffiti as well as a platform for alternative cultural offerings, the Spreeveria Festival aims to ...

#EinfachSein – That’s Fargo. In the tender age of six years, Falk-Arne Goßler was already on stage: He has been the child of choice ...

A Berlin via New York transplant, Dis Fig’s music earnestly reflects her past and present. A member of NYC label PTP, whose mold-melting output ...

The YO! SISSY Music Festival focuses on bridging the gap between local talents and established international acts, with an emphasis on the presentation of ...

The son of a soldier from New Orleans and a German mother with Austrian roots, Juju Rogers grew up in a working-class southern German ...

Hailing from Crete, interdisciplinary artist and performer Abyss X became a virtuosa in experimental cross-genre composition by crafting a unique melange of her homeland’s ...

Inaugurated in 2017, the monthly event Basement Bash has become one of Berlin’s most popular concert series. Its goal is to provide a stage ...

Grinder is a small community of 200 people in Norway. Veslemøy Rustad Holseter not only grew up here – the town seal adorned with ...

The Puschenfest is a two-day music festival that returned to the Festsaal Kreuzberg in 2018 after a five-year hiatus. Its aim is to create ...

Neukölln Country Club is a vaudeville show with live music hosted by the house band The Hole Boys. Regularly, musicians are invited to perform ...

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

As the voice of Berlin’s club scene, the Clubcommission works to ensure that the interests of Berlin’s club culture are taken into account by ...

Anoki grows up in the 90s between Dutch red facades and a small Bavarian town to an Indonesian-born father with American citizenship and a ...

The multilingual rapper Yetundey knows how to rack up points with surprises. While she oscillates among the German, English and French languages and occasionally ...

Balbina was born in Warsaw in 1983, but since she’s a 3-year-old girl, she’s living in Berlin. The singer and songwriter is observing her ...

Even though Àbáse is both the artist name and solo project of the classically trained Hungarian jazz pianist, producer and DJ Szabolcs Bognar, Àbáse ...

Golden Diskó Ship is the alias of composer, sound and video artist Theresa Stroetges. As a member of bands such as Soft Grid and ...

What happens when a Dutch comic artist and an Israeli producer encounter in Berlin and decide to make music together? An interesting package in ...

The work of Mexican-born Daniela Huerta hovers between performance art, sound design and multimedia projects. Under the pseudonym Baby Vulture, she developed her own ...

»It’s normal to be different« – Graf Fidi has built a career out of this message. As a rapper, social worker, and speaker, he ...

Having been described as »honest pop,« Magic Island’s soundscape is permeated by haunting and unforgettable flavours. With her Berlin-based solo project, the artist weaves ...

Muzi is widely acknowledged as the hottest young DJ/Producer emerging from the South African electronic music scene. Having relocated to the epicentre of electronic ...

Born in Šiauliai, raised in Vilnius, and based in Berlin, Severija Janušauskaitė aka Severija is a stage and film actress, singer, musician, and composer. As a child, ...

Kitty Solaris is underground and disco, cool, direct, soft and sincere: »Solaris sounds almost like a grunge Lana Del Rey; it’s dark and moody, ...

BERvokal is hosting its fifth edition in 2018. From September 14th to 16th, the international acapella pop festival invites participants and listeners interested in ...

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

Yellow Bird is a Modern Roots Music and Indie Folk band with one foot in the Avantgarde and Jazz. Manon Kahle comes from the ...

Heatsick is the project of musician and visual artist Steven Warwick, whose album ›Re-engineering‹ has been released on PAN. Heatsick’s entrancing live show is ...

Maous is no stranger to insecurity and fear, and much like the eponymous mammal, these two things don’t bother Maous either. Quite the opposite: ...

Klangteppich (»Sound Carpet«) is a festival presenting contemporary musicians from the Iranian diaspora. The focus of the second issue in 2019 was on artists ...

Güner Künier’s music is shaped by the sound of her voice and a minimalism that combines industrial beats, lo-fi guitars and experimental synthesiser sounds. ...

A vantage point to experiencing GIL’s music is one’s body and the haptic-affective sensation music creates; this was also the way in which the ...

rRoxymore’s music is an intriguing, one-off blend of contrasting textures – organic and synthetic, icy and warm – a fresh step in dance music. ...

EVÎN is a singer, songwriter, producer and one of the most exciting new voices in R&B. Her music blends elements from different genres with ...

Music for the Not-Yet is a residency project providing artists with the time and space needed to address the unknown. As community-building, care and ...

Established in 2019, the Selected event series began with the idea of supporting collectives, newcomers and active players in the Berlin hip-hop scene and ...

Hani Alsawah aka Aldarwish is a prominent Syrian Arab rapper and producer who has two albums, more than 50 singles, 90 concerts and three ...

Horst Weidenmüller (!K7) and Mark Reeder (B-Movie) proudly present: a very special evening with rare video material featuring bands like Einstürzende Neubauten, Malaria or ...

Since June 2020, YAAM’s indoor venue has been closed by building authorities, meaning that for the time being, events can only take place in ...

The universality of pop music can mean different things to different people. For Albertine Sarges – Berlin-born musician and producer – it’s a vessel ...

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

Instrumental work with audio samples is a fundamental component of contemporary music culture. The Sample Music Festival is the first educational music festival devoted ...

As Blazey, Millé and Nik are a duo active in the genres of pop, soul and hip-hop. Their respective musical backgrounds, as well as ...

Maura moves with playful ease in her universe between soul-laden head voices and hardcore rap flows, relegating everything to its place that previously thought ...

Ria Boss, also affectionately known as Cat Mama, is a real jack-of-all-trades. She has met Kamala Harris, hosts the show ›Cat Mama World‹ on ...

CHILDREN are Steffi Parker and Laura Loop. Influenced by 90s pop music and the indie music of the early 2000s, they’ve been making music ...

Jascha Kreft and Tammo Dehn are childhood friends, native East Frisians, Berliners by choice and experts in curiosities. Since 2014, they have been fusing ...

Those tender moments of cathartic house euphoria are what Sara Miller strives for, as the Irish-born DJ and producer conducts blissful trajectories through the ...

Anneli Bentler grew up in Freiburg, Germany, with a classical music education and a passion for composers like Bach, Debussy, Ravel and Steve Reich. ...

As the child of Turkish parents, İpek İpekçioğlu grew up mainly in Berlin – surrounded by classical music both Western and Turkish as well ...

What the Future Holds is dedicated to queer and feminist club and performance culture. Its mission is promoting the work of FLINTA* artists and ...

With Ghost Town, four (sub)cultural locations in Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg were to be revived for one day, illustrating the legacy of the districts. The ...

Started in 2015 by Berlin band Feline & Strange as a concert evening with sideshows and a costume-ball atmosphere, STEAM BALL increasingly evolved into ...

Molly Nilsson is a Swedish born artist, producer and songwriter residing in Berlin since 2005. She first started composing in 2007 and made her ...

To the moon and back: this is how the musical career of Achan Malonda could be described. Born in 1983 to a Congolese mother ...

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 ...

powli is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based in Berlin. Her instruments of choice are piano and guitar, and she infuses her pop ...

More than half their lives – that’s how long Kicker Dibs have been making music together. They are more like the family you can ...

Vamp Acid is a live acid dance producer, dark electro DJ and designer. Peppered with 80s analogue beats, her music combines sensual vocals with ...

Referring to his output as »cyberpunk R&B,« London-born singer-songwriter and producer Gozi pushes the boundaries of what can be considered pop music. Fusing bright, ...

Laura Landergott (Ja, Panik) and Yair Karelic (Mystical Communication Service) first met in early 2017. The duo constructs a patchwork of indie rock, blues, and psych. ...

Amplify Berlin is a residency and mentorship programme designed to support projects by emerging musicians, composers, producers and performers in Berlin. Month-long residencies pair ...

MADANII is a genre-rebel, a barrier-breaking recording artist and creative instigator from Berlin. With an artistic vision rooted in Persian culture and informed by ...

Taking place in one of the city’s most rapidly changing neighbourhoods, the Veteranenstraßenfest in Berlin-Mitte strives to be a site of encounter and a ...

Laurids Richter is a drummer and producer from Berlin, that made a name for himself in the mid-90s jazz and hip-hop scene of the ...

Founded in 2021, [Endlich] put together a diverse line-up for a free open-air event followed by a club night at OXI in 2022. The ...

JARITA is a drummer, singer, and producer. Percussion is always at the centre of her work, and grooves from Afrobeat and reggae create a ...

We Make Waves aims to connect women by creating a forum for discourse, idea-sharing, mentoring and goal-setting, showcasing the strengths of women in the ...

›Everything sucks‹ is one of the first singles by the non-binary hyperpop artist IXXF. But that’s not entirely true, as it certainly doesn’t apply ...

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 ...

Tel Aviv-born artist Mor Elian moved to Los Angeles as a teenager, living there for ten years before relocating to Berlin. Elian co-owns the ...

World Wild Web (WWW) is the project of French producer Manuel Jesus. His sound is colourful and crowded, an organic conglomerate of distinct influences ...

Around a thousand musicians almost lost their rehearsal space when the owner of the former office building on Buchberger Straße in Berlin-Lichtenberg gave notice ...

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 ...

Enyang Ha is a Berlin-based Korean electronic music composer and performer. Her approach is based on experimenting with her voice, sampling her body and ...

Echo is one of the busiest singer and producers in Israel, performing all over Israel, Europe and the East. These days, Echo is releasing ...

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

Born and raised in Istanbul, Berlin-based artist R.A.N. explores the possibilities of how sonic textures and rhythm can be used to evoke a sense ...

slimgirl fat is a small fish in a big pond. You might know her through her further projects Gaddafi Gals and Nalan381. slimgirl fat ...

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 ...

Why Be is a musical project by artist Tobias Lee, made in collaboration with visual artist Daylen Seu. Their work focuses on tracks and ...

The first encounter of the members of Modha was rather unexpected, crossing paths as hired musicians playing in a live band. At the time, ...

For the second time, noiseLab was taking over Teufelsberg in 2019. Artists had been invited to react and respond to the specifics of the ...

NOA is an English-speaking singer with Filipino and African-American roots who’s active in the world of alt-pop. Her songs are musical paintings that deal ...

Last year Irmin Schmidt turned 80. In honour of this and of the fifty-year anniversary of the band CAN, a tribute concert at the ...

Rap duo PALAS, consisting of female MCs Tina Turnup and Babylit, produces versatile, new-school music. Floating from the trap to the cloud, PALAS sound ...

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

KOLLMORGEN is the project of Berlin-born and -raised musician, singer and producer Emma Kollmorgen. Songwriting and sound design go hand in hand in her ...

Since 2019, Das Rattenkabinett have been playing in a new constellation with a new sound: female-fronted and more experimental than ever. Live hip-hop from ...