Atonal returns to Berlin’s Kraftwerk from 24 – 28 August and they’ve just added a host of new names to the lineup Each year Berlin Atonal brings an eclectic and…

Berlin Atonal returns for a sixth time to Berlin’s Kraftwerk, an abandoned power plant that once served the East German regions of the capital. Inside its cavernous main rooms, the…

…line-up of Nubya Garcia, Nils Frahm, Kraftwerk and Moodymann isn’t your typical mash-up of artists, but they pull it off. All prolific in their individual fields, the first artist to…

This autumn, Berlin’s immense Kraftwerk building opened its doors for a run of nightly concerts staged as part of an exhibition and event series called Metabolic Rift. The endeavour itself,…

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…people like Kraftwerk. Kraftwerk was a phenomenon that was maybe better received internationally, because inside Germany people were still looking towards London or New York and the international scene. I…

…the most anticipated set of the weekend: Kraftwerk’s 3D show. Over the last four decades or so, endless column inches have championed the pioneering German collective for the seismic shift…

…progressive electronic rhythms of Kraftwerk; on its release, electronic music was instantly endowed with the kind of lofty aestheticism only a classically-leaning piece can bestow. No longer the preserve of…

The Pen Test’s chugging odes to Kraftwerk on their Interstate LP follow in similarly conceptual nature to the landmark Autobahn album. The Minneapolis-based duo’s hypnotic, steady arpeggios and dehumanised vocals…

…Ensemble to Kraftwerk – the epic venue where Berlin Atonal takes place. Raster-Noton artist Kangding Ray and Mogwai’s Barry Burns will also team up to present SUMS, a collaboration created…

This year’s edition of Berlin Atonal takes place between 24 – 28 August in Berlin’s expansive Kraftwerk complex Synth innovator Peter Zinovieff will collaborate with renowned cellist Lucy Railton on…

Demitri Hegemann has revealed that his long-awaited “Living Archive of Elektronika” will open in Kraftwerk – the power station that houses Tresor Dimitri Hegemann has confirmed that his planned techno…

…Kraftwerk, a converted multi-level powerplant that once provided electricity to the whole of East Berlin during the GDR era. Famously, it was clubs like Tresor that forged Berlin’s early connection…

…upcoming Metabolic Rift concert series, which is set to take place across September and October in Berlin’s Kraftwerk. The concert programme will run alongside an “(un)guided” exhibition-tour through a series…

X100 is a 3-day festival celebrating the seminal composer, organised by Berlin Atonal. The one-off event will take place at Kraftwerk, Berlin from 18-20 November. Paying homage to Iannis Xenakis’…

…DJ Plead. OK Williams, The Bug and Flowdan, upsammy, LCY and ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U have also been confirmed for the six-night concert programme. The festival returns to Kraftwerk Berlin from 7-17…

…show as part of the extensive Berlin Atonal festivities at the Kraftwerk complex – the pair’s joint Selections offering is loaded with euphoric, nostalgic dance music from the likes of…

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…brought in Belinda Carlisle. We felt like it would be a good laugh. One of my biggest influences is Kraftwerk. They are one of the funniest bands around. I like…

…14. A lot of my brother’s music really. Kraftwerk, Art Of Noise. As someone who operates as a DJ and someone who fronts a band, do you find there are…

…admittedly a reductive, pared down account of events – the sounds emanating from Chicago in the mid 80s collided with funk, jazz, and the European electronics of Moroder and Kraftwerk,…

…the Michigan town 30 miles from Detroit they hailed from – began combining the lugubrious elasticity of funk records with the stiff synthetic workouts of Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra…