An adage known among music enthusiasts, “The Only Good System Is A Sound System,” is also the title of a Berlin festival this weekend exploring the sounds and politics of bass music.
Ben Okri, a Man Booker Prize winner and author of 11 novels, came to Berlin this month to headline Berlin’s African Book Festival. We talked with him about his work and delving into the mystery of life through narrative.
In the second installment of our segment on classical music and opera, Leitmotifs, host and opera singer Fredrika Brillembourg is joined by Marsha Ginsberg, a set and costume designer for opera and theater.
We have an opportunity for our Brave New Rave listeners to revive an exclusive, unreleased track by Moderna! Instructions: snap a photo of one of the BRAVE NEW RAVE posters…
Find the File, a new Haus der Kulturen der Welt festival, explores questions related to sound archives and preservation: what do we keep and who gets access? We hear from the festival’s curator, plus musicians Derya Yıldırım and Tellavision.
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Prussian scientist Alexander von #Humboldt, prompting events in his honor across Berlin. We found out more about how Humboldt’s legacy lives on and why he’s important to study today.
Last Summer, KCRW Berlin Visting Talent Valida visited our studio and brought a couple of friends along. Listen to Valida’s conversations with Jazzanova and Kutmah, as well as exclusive mixes by both, right here.
Whether we like it or not, we live in a consumption-based world, and our daily transactions don’t always go as expected. We spoke with Dorothea Kesberger from Berlin’s…
With New Year’s just around the corner, we’re looking back at some of our favorite stories from 2018. Click on the links below the gallery to listen to the full…
By Flora Adamian Berlin-based artist and illustrator Christoph Niemann recently unveiled a new mural at the Wannsee train station. The mural depicts all aspects of the suburb, from…
