Mr.Subtitle feat. Jamie Lidell – Yeti Park
Viktor Marek, general manager at large of Hamburgs finest venue Golden Pudel Club, just released und…
"Tresor: True Stories"
Regina Baer: “After the miracle of German reunification, everyone dreamed of making the impossible possible”
"We all wanted to create something special. The club was a base for artists who came from a world as…
Meakusma Festival 2022 – Photo Gallery
Happily touched in Eupen
The system Meakusma, if you want to describe this festival as such, it is an inviting, idiosyncratic…
Electric Lights – Women in Electronic Music
Chloé Caillet: “I love listening to music on my headphones while walking. I find it really cathartic.”
"I always sample my voice in all my tracks. I love playing with sounds and I feel like it brings my …
Our next level Talkshow
Talking Kaput #08 featuring Carla Kaspari, Jens Friebe, Bum Khun Cha Youth
Hello friends, viewers, family, hi mom, this is the very own talkshow with music from kaput-mag base…
A mid-term review in 12 acts – Concept & Realization: Lars Fleischmann
“365 Days of Kaput” – mid-term review
Instead of a long introduction to the "365 days kaput" project, which keeps kaput's Instagram follow…
Kaput Podcast w/ Ramesh Srivastava
The true essence of Ramesh, Austin’s best-kept songwriting secret
Ramesh Srivastava: „My biggest wish is to keep moving forward with what I’m doing.“ Today…
Deep Talk: House of Mirrors
Deep Talk: House of Mirrors
The exhibition "House of Mirrors" can be seen until July 31 at the Hartware Medienkunstverein in Dor…
Monheim Papers – Monheim Triennale Editorial Series – Geschichten bei den Anderen
Monheim Papers Special: 18 Artist Portraits
Ava Mendoza, Colin Stetson, Farida Amadou, Hibo Elmi, Ingrid Laubrock, Jennifer Walshe, Julia Úlehl…
Primavera Sound 2022
E´s & Wizz in Barcelona – back to Primavera Sound Lalaland
even if you missed 3/4 of what you had on the longlist, the shortlist you experienced should provide…
New York's DFA label celebrated its twentieth birthday on March 26 at the Knockdown Center in the borough of Queens
DFA Records: Reunion in the House of the jealous Lovers
Later, in bed, the experienced booms in ears and head. And even later, on the plane back to Germany,…
20 Years of DFA Records
Josh Houtkin „I go pretty deep in memories with DFA and James Murphy”
"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“
Sid Le Rock talking about the „Invisible Nation“
It may look like Sheldon Thompson is chilling on his backyard, but truth is, the man behind the Sid …
Kulør 10 & Kulør 11
Courtesy & Daniel Hjorth: “Night Journeys” & “Leben”
The Danish producer and DJ Najaaraq Vestbirk, better known as Courtesy, has recently been able to br…
Ramesh – „Valentino“ – Track Premiere
Ramesh “Valentino”
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
Florian Hecker „Resynthesizers“
“Resynthesizers,” Florian Hecker’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, is…
Ongoing 2022 playlist
New music for a kaput world
We all know the storyline: the days are way too short for all of our ambitions. One of mine: posting…
Thomas Venker – 2021-2022
Glimmers of hope, illusions and realities: 2021 in the loop of the (perceived) experiences
"The own historiography has changed massively. And so this year it is mainly the moments with others…
Electric Lights - Women in Electronic Music,
Joyce Muniz: “Music has to touch me in a way that I can feel it in my body & soul”
"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
Deep Talk Techno-Schamanism III: Jana Kerima Stolzer & Lex Rütten
The exhibition "Technoschamanism" is currently on view at the Hartware Medienkunstverein in Dortmund…
Videoeditorial with Christian Huebler / knowbotiq
Deep Talk Technoschamanism II: 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
Deep Talk Technoschamanism I: “How does it happen that in the most diverse places artists deal with neo-shamanistic practices?”
"How does it happen that in the most diverse places artists deal with such neo-shamanistic practices…
Videoeditorial
Hanno Leichtmann performing Villa Aurora
On 6th of November 2021 Berlin composer Hanno Leichtmann performed a new work at Villa Aurora, Los A…
Beats in Space & Apple Music
Tim Sweeney: “That’s right, that’s right, this is the new set-up”
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 )
Bettina Köster: “Everything came easily. We never put an effort into getting any deals”
We found a kitten behind empty boxes in our rehearsal room on Paul-Lincke-Ufer. We called her Malari…
Helado Negro – Interview
Helado Negro: “I am constantly navigating how to sustain a healthy creative life and my relationships with the music industry”
"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“
Anetha: “I went to Berlin to visit Berghain, passion never left”
"Music is – at least to me – all about passion. A passion you have to educate and control someti…
Radio Kaput for Radio Industry
Sarah Szczesny: “Pastel Succubus Nr. 7 (I don´t want to be a freak but I can´t help myself)”
Latest installment of the "Pastel-Succubus"-series by Sarah Szczesny, originally created for the Rad…
Radio Kaput for Radio Industry
Thomas Venker: „Der Klang der Isolation“
„Der Klang der Isolation“ by Thomas Venker – featuring modulated fragments from and heartfelt …
Kaput Magazin x Pop-Kultur-Festival x Danitsa
Danitsa: “Olala, I gonna make you all jump like crazy. A big moshpit.”
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
„Artist Communities” w/ Jennifer Cardini, Luca Venezia aka Curses, Meryem Erkus aka Diana Jones
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
The brothers grin
"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
Hibo Elmi: “The world is going to be hungry to hear us”
"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
Liraz Charhi: “In Iran they listen to the music at very underground parties, woman parties”
Christian Morin, Thomas Venker in conversation with singer and actor Liraz Charhi, who will perform…
Martha Rose & Allen Paisley – video premiere + short interview
Martha Rose & Allen Paisley: “It Doesn’t Matter”
"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
Ian Isiah: „Ego never wins. Ego usually dies. It never goes far.“
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: “Feminism is not a private agenda”
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)“
Ozan Tekin: Embracing the uncertainty
"Being from Turkey makes you naturally armed about how to deal with some uncertainties. Coming acros…
Cristian Vogel – Interview
Cristian Vogel: “I can’t see the future, I can’t tell you how it´s going to change – but it must change.”
"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"
Jaimie Branch:”It’s a song about America, but it’s about a whole lotta places – `cause it’s not just America where the shit´s fucked up…”
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
Hustlers for everything kaput w/ Jayda G, Roman Flügel, Schneider TM and Haftbefehl
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
Miki Yui & Stefan Schneider – Deep Talk NRW, Pt. 01
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
A jump into the cold water
„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”
JakoJako: “I have musical dreams, where I hear the most beautiful melodies my brain can imagine”
This interview with JakoJako is part of the ongoing photo-project “Electric Lights – Women in El…
Thank Me later – Playlist
Thank Me later w/ Shelter Boy
But talking about music is like cooking on television, possible but unsatisfactory, so we asked Simo…
Thank Me Later – Playlist
Thank Me Later w/ Cassia
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?”
Wolfgang Tillmans “How does it feel?” Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan.…
Innervisions 99 – "Limbo"
Cibelle Cavalli Bastos: “AR helps to pass the time in creative and socially engaging ways as well as solo inward journeying”
"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
Thank Me Later w/ Gordi
„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
Once Upon a Time in America
In the fall of 2017 photographer Jonathan Forsythe and writer Thomas Venker crossed the USA from Eas…
DJ Mix
Sedef Adasi: “Talking Kaput 081020” (Kaput Mix 011)
The Augsburg based dj and producer, who is closely associated with the local City Club, represents a…
DJ Mix
Shumi: “Talking Kaput 081020” (Kaput Mix 010)
Shumi, is one of Colognes finest DJs and besides that also the booker of Gewölbe and in charge of t…
