Line up:
SENDAI, ROBERT HENKE, CASSEGRAIN & TIN MAN, EMIKA, UNTOLD, HYPNOBEAT, BINTUS, EOMAC, ELECTRIC INDIGO, 5XL, MONDKOPF, EKMAN, KAMIKAZE SPACE PROGRAMME, DAT POLITICS, rROXYMORE, ALIENATA, DJ FLUSH, GATTO FRITTO, SKISM, VERA MONA, HURON, SUBKUTAN, AXIOM, THE29NOV FILMS + many more

Very limited festival passes available here:
http://www.killekill.com/shop/c-79-tickets/
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KRAKE is an annual Berlin based fes­ti­val for chal­leng­ing elec­tronic music brought to you by Killekill. KRAKE means octo­pus and the fes­ti­val is organ­ised in a com­pa­ra­ble way: reach­ing out to selected loca­tions dur­ing one week pre­sent­ing the best in elec­tronic music, what­ever style it is. We skip what’s not necessary and bring back the focus on what counts: artists who dare to step off the beaten track and kick your ass. A fes­ti­val for music lovers.
We are thrilled to share with you a week of adventurous live sets, banging dj sets, thrilling body performances, sound, video and laser installations, a record label market, music production workshops and much, much more.

Come on down with us!

Yours, the Killekill and Krake Team

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mon, aug 3rd – sat, aug 8th
KRAKE ART EXHIBITION
Urban Spree

Check here for all information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1007341869298637/

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mon, aug 3rd
KRAKE OPENING
Urban Spree
Revaler Str. 99
doors open: 18:00
entrance fee: on donation

DAT POLITICS (sub rosa, chicks on speed) – live
5XL (magic power) – live
Huron (crazy language) – live
Subkutan (institut für Zukunft)
Axiom (crazy language)

We open our festival with a line up that is as wild and eclectic as the festival itself.
DAT POLITICS is by far one of the most interesting electric bands on the planet. They have given proof of this with their uncountable albums as well as with the remix for David Lynch lately. Most of all they are known for their hot-wired and partly chaotic live shows, which explain the cult-like enthusiasm that surrounds the french combo. 5XL is a collaboration of 5 young musicians, who are all involved in other successful musical projects and use this alias for live jams of unheard raw energy on meters of hardware machines. Expect some techno/electro madness coming from these young folks! HURON’s music is deeply rooted in classic Electronica and IDM. Gllitches, beautiful soundscapes, a strong melancholy feel and a subliminal dark touch are typical for his music. SUBKUTAN, one of the residents of Leipzig’s new techno institution Institut für Zukunft, and Crazy Language-boss AXIOM round the evening off with their dj sets.

Also we will open the art exhibition tonight, which will be open all week long.

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tue, aug 4th
LABEL BOUTIQUE
Urban Spree
Revaler Str. 99
doors open: 14:00
entrance fee: tba

In order to cre­ate a plat­form for Berlin’s vivid elec­tronic music scene we con­tacted our favourite Berlin labels, record stores and agencies to set up this market, where you can browse their releases and merchandise for rarities and goodies. The mar­ket will be accom­pa­nied by dj sets, a panel on music rights management in modern times and a live performance by JULIA DROUHIN, who cre­ates choco­late records with hits from dead musi­cians, which can be heard and eaten by the audience.

The art exhi­bi­tion will be open all day long.

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wed, aug 5th
BODIES & MINDS
Berghain Kan­tine
Rüdersdorfer Str. / Am Wriezener Bahnhof
doors open: 22:00
entrance fee: 15€

body performances by:
Federica Dauri & others
ambient dj set: JOANA (werk, bodies)
live sets:
Inner8 (undogmatisch) – live
Ken Karter (kript, sa monad series) – live
killekill takeover:
Alienata (killekill, snuff trax)
DJ Flush (killekill)
FIST VAN ODOR (killekill)

The Wednesday night at Berghain Kantine is a classic. This is where the whole KILLEKILL story started and this night has been part of every edition of the Krake Festival so far.
For this year, we are cooperating with BODIES, a Berlin collective with a strong focus on the physical part of this thing we call techno. They have curated a fine selection of extreme body performances for this night. On the musical side of things we present live sets of INNER8, one half of DADUB, whose solo album earlier this year was a mindblowing trip from dark electronica to techno, and KEN KARTER, who melts down harmonies, numbers and mathematical codes like no other.
Later in the night the Killekill djs will take over: ALIENATA, who has built up a solid reputation with her extraordinary selection of dark styles and her outstanding sensibility for the crowd, Killekill boss hog DJ FLUSH, who is known for his driving sets ranging from abstract to banging techno, from Chicago house to acid, and FIST VAN ODOR. His music is deeply rooted in funk and UK Bass music and his mixes have names like “I smear butter on your belly” or “eating a horse”. He is a freak and he’ll teach you how to be one, too.

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thu, aug 6th
WORKSHOPS by Ableton
Urban Spree
Revaler Str. 99
doors open: tba

You are invited to a day of creative workshops and music-making hosted by Ableton at Krake Festival. EOMAC and ARAD – who make up the duo Lakker – will present in-depth track deconstructions and insights into performing on stage with Live. Ableton Product Specialist Jesse Abayomi will demonstrate Ableton Push and its workflow, and workshop participants will be able to try out Push for themselves at the Push playground. To round things off, The Ableton User Group Berlin will present a live laptop/hardware jam, hosted by Ableton Certified Trainers Maya Sternel and Brian Smith. Online registration is free through Eventbrite.

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fri, aug 7th
KRAKE CLUB NIGHT
SuicideCircus Berlin
Revaler Str. 99
doors open: 23:00
entrance fee: 18€

suicide club floor:
cassegrain & TIN MAN (killekill, infrastructure) – live
Sendai (time to express) — live
Electric Indigo (female:pressure) play­ing “Mor­pheme” a/v ver­sion w/ Thomas Wagen­som­merer
Mondkopf — a/v live show
the29nov films & Sebastian Kökow dj set
Balas & Rifts (werk)
Talla (ifz crew)

open air floor:
rROXYMORE (noise manifesto) – live
EMIKA (emika records)
VINILETTE (the hum)
SÖREN MIEHE (our hobby is different)
BASTUS (our hobby is different)

On Fri­day, we kick off the Krake weekend! For this day we present some of the most chal­leng­ing char­ac­ters in con­tem­po­rary elec­tronic music. First to be men­tioned here are CASSEGRAIN & TIN MAN, a coop­er­a­tion between the Greek/British/Turkish/Asian duo Cassegrain and Tin Man from Vienna, who in their col­labs have com­bined both their dis­tinc­tive sounds — clas­sic con­nois­seur acid and mod­ern techno — to prove how fer­tile this com­bi­na­tion can be. With out­stand­ing releases on Killekill, Ostgut Ton as well as Function’s and Ed Davenport’s Infra­struc­ture lately, the trio has made their way into fame, and we are glad to present one of their rare live shows.
ELECTRIC INDIGO is undoubt­edly one of the most shin­ing peo­ple in techno music for us. Leav­ing the fact, that she is one the first major player in techno for over 20 years aside, she is also an artist search­ing for new chal­lenges and fields con­stantly, with­out ever lean­ing back and get­ting cosy in the com­fort­able couch of suc­cess. We are proud to present her coop­er­a­tion with the Aus­trian visual artist THOMAS WAGENSOMMERER, a sub­tle piece explor­ing the pos­si­bil­i­ties of organic growth and change in elec­tronic music.
MONDKOPF’s coop­er­a­tion with a French visual artist, the video col­lec­tive THE29NOV FILMS and many more will be on duty that night — indoor and outdoor.

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sat, aug 8th
THE KRAKEN
Sui­cide Cir­cus & Urban Spree
Revaler Str. 99
doors open: 23:00
entrance fee: 20€

The Sat­ur­day undoubt­edly is the peak of the Krake Fes­ti­val. Cross­ing over from sub­tle elec­tron­ica and ambi­ent to the freaki­est shit in techno and elec­tro, this night will be a four­di­men­sional blast filled with great music, out­stand­ing visual art and every­thing that goes in between categories.

Come down and freak out with us!

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SUICIDE CLUB:

Untold— a/v live show
Eomac – live
Bintus — live
Kamikaze Space Programme — live
+ more

live visu­als: THE29NOV FILMS

Dance music is dead!
Well, this might be true after more than 20 years of his­tory… But there are some peo­ple who still push the enve­lope, and some of them are here tonight. Enjoy!

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SUICIDE GARDEN hosted by SAMEHEADS

GATTO FRITTO (international feel, fritto morto)
SKISM (wasn & wunderwaffel)
VERA MONA (berlin) – live

This floor will be hosted by the Neukölln-based Sameheads Berlin Berlin crew, a col­lec­tive run­ning an exper­i­men­tal fash­ion show­room, a music fes­ti­val and a cafe-club. They will bring together long lost Euro­pean disco tracks, pul­sat­ing con­tem­po­rary elec­tronic jams, and exper­i­men­tal live showcases.

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URBAN SPREE CONCERT

Ekman (@Berceuse Heroique) — live
+ more tbc

On this floor we are going to present a line up of inter­na­tional artists, who know how to com­bine old school with new school, acid and elec­tro with mod­ern techno and prove that what used to be good, still is.

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URBAN SPREE BASEMENT

Robot Army SHOWCASE

Robot Army – A Berlin col­lec­tive which truly knows how to rock a floor. All for­mer Tre­sor res­i­dents, these guys will bring their punk atti­tude and base­ment techno to our fes­ti­val. We are proud to have them here. Put on your danc­ing shoes, but beware of seri­ous dj skillz on this floor.

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URBAN SPREE GALLERY

For this night, we will have our art exhi­bi­tion fea­tur­ing Robert Henke’s laser instal­la­tion “Destruc­tive Obser­va­tion Field” and Sonic Robots’ “MR-808 Inter­ac­tive” open all night long.
Addi­tion­ally we will present some weirdo elec­tron­ica here, which you will DEFINITELY not have heard of before.

line up tba

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URBAN SPREE GARDEN

This will be the chill area of the fes­ti­val. Expect ambi­ent, dub and sim­i­lar stuff here.

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sun, aug 9th
CLOSING PARTY
Nirgendwo Berlin
doors open: 12:00

access exclusively for owners of festival passes & guestlist