'Rather Resplendent Records' – Podcast
The poptastic stereo-sounds of splendid isolation!
And so the good ship United Kingdom, after three bumpy years on the Seas of Brexit, finally sailed o…
'Rather Resplendent Records' – Podcast
"Electric Lights - Women in Electronic Music”
Gloria de Oliveira: “To re-energize and recalibrate myself, I need to retreat into my little bubble and focus on creating art”
"I can be a bit of an introverted hermit and while I’ve always enjoyed performing and have been pe…
“Electric Lights - Women in Electronic Music”
Helena Hauff: “I would love to dj on the moon. Could be a bit problematic with vinyl though.”
Helena Hauff has an unswerving commitment to doing exactly what she wants: “Club culture is about …
Köln ist Kaput 14 – Video
Kaleo Sansaa, Secret Stage & MINCK at GOLD + BETON
Last November saw Kaleo Sansaa, Secret Stage and MINCK heating up Cologne venue GOLD + BETON for…
CTM 2020 – The official Kaput festival recommendations for the second festival week
From Dan Deacon and Andy Stott to Hildur Guðnadóttir, from Festsaal Kreuzberg and Berghain to Silent Green
Ten days, uncountable performances, concerts and dj sets, the annual CTM festival is always way too …
Claire Morgan – “Electric Lights - Women in Electronic Music”
Claire Morgan: “I can’t think of many things more special than listening to someone you love play music that touches your heart”
"I personally find focus, peace and acceptance in both writing and performing music, and it allows m…
George Solar – Kaput Mix 006
“Balearic Software Update 1.0” – Feel free to feel free
"What is Balearic? Do we even want to know or find out? For me, first and foremost it’s the freed…
Track of the Week – IV & V
Frank Ocean “In My Room” & “Little Demon (feat. Skepta)” (Arca Remix)
Frank Ocean is back! Sarah did not listen to anything else the last days – and as "In My Room" i…
Antwood “Castalian Fountain” (Planet Mu)
My friend Jana pointed the new Antwood record on Planet Mu out to me. Well, you can spend a whole we…
Mix
Sarah Szczesny “Pastel Succubus No. 5 (NAK Edit)”
We are super happy to present as part of the kaput-mix-series the new "Pastel Succubus No. 5 (NAK E…
Column – Part I, created in Koufonisia, Greece
Pablo Castoldi: “I would like to do Architecture “
"Perhaps because of having been born on the tide of materials from a house in construction, I always…
Track of the Week
070 Shake “Fish On Land”
A few day ago my buddy Max send me this linke with a heart and the short message "Grammy 202X" on Te…
Popkultur 2019 – Photo gallery by Christoph Voy
From Awa Khiwe to Schorsch Kamerun – Popkultur Festival in 19 images
Popkultur 2019 – Photo gallery by Christoph Voy.…
Berlin Atonal 2019 – Photo Gallery by Christoph Voy
From Aho Ssan to Function – Berlin Atonal in 14 images
Berlin Atonal 2019 – Photo Gallery by Christoph Voy …
Magic Island "No Pain" – video premiere
Magic Island and the concept of romance and love
The Clip is shot and produced by John Michael. He followed Magic Island through her recent tour in G…
Sonar 2019 – The 11 most kaput moments of this years Sonar festival
Sonar 2019: From Afrodeutsche till HAAi
It is about time to kick of the 26th edition of Sonar Festival in Barcelona. Kaput had a close look …
Köln ist kaput XIII – Photogalerie
Köln ist kaput feat. Swan Meat, Jens-Uwe Beyer, Sarah San, Dj Brom
Die Schäl Sick von Köln fühlt sich langsam aber sicher wie die neue Heimat von Köln ist kaput an…
Köln ist Kaput 11 – Video
Angelica Summer, Bum Khun Cha Youth, Minjung Cho
Video-Recap of Köln ist kaput 11. …
Tentenko "Parade" – video, directed by Tentendo, edited by Dino Oon
Tentenko “Parade”
Kaput is proudly presenting the brand new video by Japanese artist Tentenko (edited by Dino Oon) fo…
Lena Willikens – Essential Mix BBC1 Radio
Lena Willikens: From “Hello” to “Screaming Colors”
Friday night Kaput favorite Lena Willikens gave her Essential Mix debut on BBC1 Radio. Starting with…
SUGAI KEN on reworking Kohei Amadas "Shinshunfu"
muzyōkan – the sense of the vanity of life
"I was impressed that Kōhei was trying to fuse Western and Eastern elements in his music in mid 195…
Electronic Music Home + female:pressure electronic concert (by Elisa Metz)
Zoë Mc Pherson + Allesandra Leone = “String Figures”
Zoë McPherson and Alessandra Leone will present their transmedia work "STRING FIGURES". Before the …
Kate NV – Videofeature
Kate NV “A Journey Into Sounds”
Kate Shilonosova in conversation with Thomas Venker for Kaput – Magazin für Insolvenz & Pop. …
Martin Howse & Bernd Schurer – Interview
“Quite dark, on the borders of precise experiment and collapsing edifice”
Martin Howse and Bernd Schurer are up to challenge our coordinate systems in some way and another. …
Survey – Birgit Heuzeroth, Phil Tortoroli, Vivien Mierzkalla, Anika Väth, Philipp Maiburg, Vladimir Ivkovic, Markus Naegele, Severin Most, Maurice Summen, Oli Isaacs, James Friedmann
What to expect from music journalism in 2019 and the years to come?
Music journalism is not a thing happening in a isolated, theoretical vacuum, it is most of all an in…
a musical segment by Traxx
“Assorted Dance, Groove n more 4 Kaput“
"Assorted Dance, Groove n more 4 Kaput“ a musical segment by Traxx…
Omar Contri – Interview
Shinoby: “It’s not a strategy, for an DIY artist like me it’s a question of surviving. “
Verona based producer Omar Contri is about to release three 12-inches back to back, each coming in w…
Meet me at: Gold & Beton
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 – 10
For the 10th edition of Köln ist kaput we booked the geilste rap dude of Cologne, Veedel Kaztro …
Evans/Dahl/Pride „Pulverize the Sound“
“Music such as this is trying to show a different and deeper way human beings can interact and co-exist.”
"The more I study, the more I find pathways through many kinds of music that help me develop my own …
Chee Shimzu on his label 17853
“I am waiting for chances to appear. I am not in a hurry.“
Chee Shimzu, dj, producer, label owner, record seller, compilation curator and author leads us throu…
Pop-Kultur Festival 2018 in 24 Pictures
From Vivien Goldman to Die Mausis
The Pop-Kultur-Festival in 24 pictures by Christoph Voy. …
Discwoman – Videointerview
Challenge the norms
Thomas Venker met Emma Burgess-Olson (aka UMFANG), Christine Tran and Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson at …
c/o pop & Dutch Impact
Deutsch-Holländische Freundschaft
Besides international country specials on Southamerican and Eastasien bands the c/o pop has a long …
Köln ist Kaput 8 – Video-feature
Sonae & Gora Sou at Gold+Beton
On the 31st of March the 8th installment of Köln ist Kaput happened at Gold+Beton with awesome liv…
10 stirring Sónar moments for 2018
THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON SÓNAR
When does the Sónar week start? And when does it really end? A difficult question indeed, consideri…
Track by Track: the 29 songs from Efdemin´s new mix-album "Naïf" auf Curle Recordings
From Autolyse to Margaret Dygas and Efdemin
Kaput columnist in meditation Phillip Sollmann (aka Efdemin) just released "Naïf", a tender and eng…
Köln ist Kaput VII – Video-Feature
Sue Lewig, Sarah San & Friday Dunard
The latest in our series of Köln ist Kaput video-documentaries on the Cologne music scene. …
Fishbach – Videointerview
Fishbach “I allow myself everything”
Florence Fishbach – Cologne Kaput-Talk. …
Kaput Mix 001 – DJ Brom
Kaput Mix: DJ Brom – Kein Nichts!
"Recording 4-hour mixes is nothing I do in everyday life, although I am someone who likes to play lo…
Köln ist kaput 7 – Photogallery
♫ Sue Lèwig, Sarah San & Friday Dunard ♫
Last night I dreamt That somebody kaput me No hope, no harm But it was not just another false …
... going record shopping at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles
Halo Antwoord, Krule Melvins, Elijah Duran
We at Kaput dig Amoebas "What's In My Bag?" videos. Why? Simply follow the gang of Laurel Halo, Die …
CTM 2018
Angst and love über Berlin
Another bodily challenging and highly inspiring CTM festival is over. It was again a week of many i…
Tired Eyes Kingdom – Talking "Edge"
“When we are in the room doing our thing nothing really manage to enter this circle.”
Elif Dikec, Isabelle Pabst, Yotam Schleuniger and Felix Nisblé are most of all a gang, one you rare…
Eurosonic Noorderslag & European Talent Exchange Programme / An interview with Ruud Berends
Ask me again after the event ;-)
Each January the European festival and media circus travels to the Dutch city of Groningen to experi…
Koxette celebrate the „21st Century Decay“
Baumusik for China
Until recently Caroline Kox and Antonio de Luca were best known for their avant-garde outfit Coloris…
How we spend 14 hours in Marfa, Texas in 33 pictures
Stranded in Marfa
Paranoia is never a good mate. And an accidentally locked in the trunk car key mos def a terrible id…
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
“I just follow what brings me joy.”
After her highly praised albums „Euclid“ and „Ears“, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith now calls „The …
LCD Soundsystem
Intimate and loud in Berlin
When I first heard about an exclusive LCD Soundsystem show at Funkhaus in Berlin, it all made sense …
120 hours (and 37 photos) in Beijing
From the Great Wall to NEU CHINA and Level 7
I had the pleasure to visit Beijing for five days on invitation of Goethe-Institut and NEU CHINA to …
Princess Nokia makes you understand what Jennifer Lopez was talking about one upon a time ago
In search of feminist reality
Our author Merve Namli was a 14-year-old living in Istanbul when Jennifer Lopez’s single “Jenny …
