New York's DFA label celebrated its twentieth birthday on March 26 at the Knockdown Center in the borough of Queens
Later, in bed, the experienced booms in ears and head. And even later, on the plane back to Germany,…
20 Years of DFA Records
"DFA definitely not only stuck with what they do, they also seem to be reinventing themselves pretty…
Sid Le Rock „Invisible Nation“ album & „Sid rides shotgun mix“
It may look like Sheldon Thompson is chilling on his backyard, but truth is, the man behind the Sid …
Kulør 10 & Kulør 11
The Danish producer and DJ Najaaraq Vestbirk, better known as Courtesy, has recently been able to br…
Ramesh – „Valentino“ – Track Premiere
Ramesh: "The song is a stream-of-consciousness meditation on my many experiences in gay clubs – an…
Florian Hecker „Resynthesizers“ / R.M. Schindler’s Fitzpatrick-Leland House
“Resynthesizers,” Florian Hecker’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, is…
Ongoing 2022 playlist
We all know the storyline: the days are way too short for all of our ambitions. One of mine: posting…
Thomas Venker – 2021-2022
"The own historiography has changed massively. And so this year it is mainly the moments with others…
Electric Lights - Women in Electronic Music,
"I think the connection of femininity in my work is definitely the groove, I love to dance, I love t…
Deep Talk Technoschamanism III: Jana Kerima Stolzer & Lex Rütten
The exhibition "Technoschamanism" is currently on view at the Hartware Medienkunstverein in Dortmund…
Videoeditorial with Christian Huebler / knowbotiq
"The work was triggered because someone told us that there are many people in Zurich who sit on gold…
Videoeditorial with Inke Arns, Director of Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund
"How does it happen that in the most diverse places artists deal with such neo-shamanistic practices…
Videoeditorial
On 6th of November 2021 Berlin composer Hanno Leichtmann performed a new work at Villa Aurora, Los A…
Beats in Space & Apple Music
Last week Tim Sweeney made his debut with "Beats in Space" on Apple Music, where he found a new home…
M_Dokumente – Pre-Print – Malaria! ( 1981—1984 )
We found a kitten behind empty boxes in our rehearsal room on Paul-Lincke-Ufer. We called her Malari…
Helado Negro – Interview
"I never imagined doing what I do now. I definitely have privilege and access more so than ever but …
„Electric Lights - Women in Electronic Music“
"Music is – at least to me – all about passion. A passion you have to educate and control someti…
Radio Kaput for Radio Industry
Latest installment of the "Pastel-Succubus"-series by Sarah Szczesny, originally created for the Rad…
Radio Kaput for Radio Industry
„Der Klang der Isolation“ by Thomas Venker – featuring modulated fragments from and heartfelt …
Kaput Magazin x Pop-Kultur-Festival x Danitsa
Pamela Owusu-Brenyah and Thomas Venker spoke to Danitsa, who will perform on the opening day of thi…
Talking Kaput – Green Room, Stadtgarten, 10.06.2021 – Video Recap
On 10th of June 2021 we invited Meryem Erkus (aka Diana Jones), Jennifer Cardini and Luca Venezia (a…
Edgar Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers” is pop biography at its most joyful
"You don’t need me to tell you to see "The Sparks Brothers", because if you’ve even bothered to …
Monheim Triennale – Hibo Elmi – Interview
"I was scared about being a colored person, but when I came to Monheim it didn’t hit me that I was…
Kaput x Pop-Kultur x Liraz
Christian Morin, Thomas Venker in conversation with singer and actor Liraz Charhi, who will perform…
Martha Rose & Allen Paisley – video premiere + short interview
"I've always dreamed of making a clip involving the cosmos. I originally wanted to dress up as this …
Kaput x Pop-Kultur x Ian Isiah
From 25th till 28th of August the next edition of Pop-Kultur-Festival will happen at Kulturbrauerei …
Deep Talk NRW, Episode III, Duisburg with Ronja Schwikowski
Ronja Schwikowski came to Duisburg from Lower Bavaria. Just because of Punk. She now runs a mailorde…
Ozan Tekin – Video premiere "Flutter (Ballad of July)“
"Being from Turkey makes you naturally armed about how to deal with some uncertainties. Coming acros…
Cristian Vogel – Interview
"The global music community *is* a working community, not an industry – and it is a sector that su…
Jaimie Branch – Video premiere "Prayer for Amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2"
We are very happy to present you today the first video (by Video by Theo Darst and Gregory Nachmanov…
3 1/2 records for the weekend
As Cologne is still in 9pm curfew, music is more important than ever to keep the mood up. So here we…
Wir können hier offen reden
For the pilot episode of our new video editorial series "Deep Talk NRW", we talked to Miki Yui und …
„Deep Talk NRW" – First trailer – Keshav Purushotham, Miki Yui, Daniela Georgieva, Dima Oboukhov, Stefan Schneider, Hedda Schattanik
„Deep Talk NRW“, the new Kaput-Video-Editorial-Series of ten long format videos. Featuring amon…
JakoJako (Photo: Katja Ruge) – “Electric Lights - Women in Electronic Music”
This interview with JakoJako is part of the ongoing photo-project “Electric Lights – Women in El…
Thank Me later – Playlist
But talking about music is like cooking on television, possible but unsatisfactory, so we asked Simo…
Thank Me Later – Playlist
We asked the guys for a playlist of their current favourites and they sent us music by Glass Animals…
Wolfgang Tilmanns – Ausstellung, Tokyo
Wolfgang Tillmans “How does it feel?” Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan.…
Innervisions 99 – "Limbo"
"I’m happy that we can now live up that feeling of when we listen to a track and we wish the build…
Thank Me Later – Playlist
„Here is a collection of songs that really inspired me in the lead up to making my second album an…
Behind the scenes of the "Talking to Americans" production
In the fall of 2017 photographer Jonathan Forsythe and writer Thomas Venker crossed the USA from Eas…
DJ Mix
The Augsburg based dj and producer, who is closely associated with the local City Club, represents a…
DJ Mix
Shumi, is one of Colognes finest DJs and besides that also the booker of Gewölbe and in charge of t…
Kaput – Geschichten bei Anderen
Kaput Co-Editor-in-Chief Thomas Venker in conversation with Julian Brimmers about his new book "Talk…
Amelie Lens – “Electric Lights - Women in Electronic Music”
"Being out with so many people all dancing to the same music, it’s an incredible experience over a…
Thank Me Later – Playlist
„We tend to inhale a broad variety of genres and cherry pick elements from each of them to utilize…
Nafiseh Fathollahzadeh – Interview
"During the corona pandemic and by now we get used to managing our everyday life digitally. In other…
Talking Kaput – Video
Jondo in interview (with the two kaput founders Linus Volkmann and Thomas Venker) and live. Recorded…
Thank Me Later – Playlist
Sometimes, when you ask people for their musical influences, you can still get surprised - London ba…
Brianna Price – “Electric Lights - Women in Electronic Music”
"Before COVID started, I felt I was in some sort of rat race, on autopilot kind of, just moving from…
Super Saturday in London – A photo gallery by John Noi
John Noi reporting from the streets of London for kaput. That's how the British capital looked last …
Betsy Trotwood Tapes II
"I miss the nightlife, and like so many small music venues, the Betsey Trotwood on the Farringdon Ro…
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