WÜT

Berlin-based metal-punk trio WüT bring furious energy with pounding D-beat, roaring double bass, mid-tempo stomps and rapid riffs reminiscent of bands like Disrupt, Hellshock and Warthog. Their recent demo features songs like Mordfabrik and Disco (Fressekotzen) that rail against the mechanized cruelty of modern life and a “moloch” of entertainment and exploitation.  

Committed to feminist, anti-fascist and anti-speciesist values, WüT wrap their aggression in pointed social commentary—this is punk that’s unafraid to get angry. 

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RYTES

Berlin’s RYTES are a raw and uncompromising force in anarcho-hardcore: fast blast beats, shuddering riffs and fiercely political lyrics. Their 2025 release TEMPEST includes tracks like Abolish (“break the grid / abolish what you learned”) that push against oppressive systems and carve out hope for collective resistance.  

Tagged as “BLAST BEATS FOR ANARCHO PEEPS”, RYTES blend sludgy hardcore textures with riot-ready urgency, thriving in the underground Berlin ecosystem of DIY and political punx.  

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FLINTA* IM KIEZ is a monthly concert series organized by MY PEOPLE BOOKING in Berlin, aimed at providing a platform for underrepresented musicians in the city’s alternative rock and punk scenes.

The series specifically focuses on FLINTA* (women*, lesbians, inter people, non-binary people, trans people, and agender people) artists who often face challenges in spaces dominated by cisgender male musicians. By offering a stage to these artists, the project works to disrupt the dominance of privileged voices in the alternative music scene and ensure that diverse perspectives are given visibility.

The concert series will take place across Berlin, ensuring that it reaches different communities and supports the city's rich underground music culture. The initiative also responds to the struggles faced by small venues, which have been hit by rising costs and economic downturns.

By highlighting local talent and providing a space for FLINTA* musicians, the concert series creates an important cultural environment that nurtures new artists and fosters community support.

Additionally, FLINTA* IM KIEZ will implement sliding scale pricing for tickets, making these events more accessible to a wider range of people, particularly those from marginalized communities such as FLINTA*, BIPoC, and individuals with migration experiences.

This approach ensures that everyone, regardless of income, has the opportunity to experience and enjoy underground music. With a focus on diversity and inclusion, the series strives to build a more equitable cultural landscape for both artists and audiences.

The concert series is made possible in part by the support of MusicBoard Berlin, as part of the POP IM KIEZ funding programme, without which this project would not be possible.

Café Chocolat Evening #9 – 
last event of the year 
04.12.25 @ Schokoladen-Mitte 🍫
Batila & The Dream Bus (Bantu Soul) + Guests: Ssemaganda (Uganda) + DJ PAYARES (Afro-Colombian Vibes)

“Another evening of Bantu Soul, global rhythms, and diasporic celebration…” ✌🏽
Café Chocolat returns with another heart-filled edition of our community-rooted series, featuring Batila & The Dream Bus — a Berlin-based collective of outstanding international musicians led by Batila, whose Bantu Soul sound fuses ancestral rhythm, groove, and spirit.

We’re thrilled to welcome Ssemaganda, a Ugandan multi-disciplinary artist, folk musician, dancer, photographer and storyteller whose work bridges the past and present. His music blends traditional instruments like the Adungu, Akogo, and flute with soulful vocals and gentle electronic tones — weaving stories of love, belonging, and unity. @ssemald_256 

And for the dance floor — DJ PAYARES! @djpayares 🔥 Formerly known as El Profe, this Salsa Brava resident DJ brings his Afro-Colombian roots to Café Chocolat with an irresistible mix of salsa, soukous, and Congolese rumba — perfect for a night of rhythm, warmth, and connection. 

🍲 As always, we’ll be serving food before and during the show — come early, eat, and meet friends before the music begins!

Café Chocolat is more than a concert — it’s a gathering. We celebrate and support local talent and newcomer Black and Brown artists & DJs within Germany’s diaspora communities. Because when communities are supported and treated fairly, they thrive. 🌱  @batilasound  @msoundtrack 

📍Schokoladen-Mitte
📅 Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Doors open at 19 Uhr — come hungry & stay late. Live: 20-22 Uhr Afterparty from 22 Uhr  
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https://www.instagram.com/payaresdj/
https://www.instagram.com/ssemald_256/
https://www.instagram.com/musicboardberlin/

#CafeChocolat #BantuSoul #Salsa #Soukous #CongoleseRumba #BerlinNights #DiasporaVibes #Schokoladen #CommunityCare #Vintage African music #Highlife, #Afrobeat #Salsa brava, #Afro-Caribbean #Afro-Colombian music #Traditional Cumbia, #Bullerengue, #Champeta, #classic Vallenato, and sounds from Colombia’s Pacific region.

Support from Music Board Berlin

HUMAN TOYS is a garage punk duo. Poupée Mecanik (vocals, theremin) plays with female archetypes, coupling subversion with irony. Guitarist Jon Von, x-Rip Offs, has transformed the band with new songs somewhere between the Ramones and the Avengers!

The LPs on Topsy-Turvy records and 45 on Outro Records cover subjects from B-movies, drugs and perversion to politics, sexism and gender freedom.

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"Ah, The almighty ROXIES! There are not sufficient words in the English language to convey how much I love this Berlin-based band. They have a new album called Keep You Up At Night releasing in March on Flight 13 and Dirt Cult Records — and I'm stoked, of course! In advance of the album, new single "Animals" is vintage Roxies — a head-on collision of power pop and old school punk with infectious hooks and thoughtful lyrics "about self-determination, humanity and equality." What's not to love? Once again, the legendary SmaiL ShocK is on hand for recording and mixing duties, and the track sounds great! This is music that will have you both dancing and feeling inspired!"

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aftershow DJs tba!

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Das österreichische Duo Äffchen & Craigs präsentiert sein drittes Album: "Gegen olles (wos ned passt)". Der Titel ist Programm. Vermehrt werden politische Themen verhandelt - ohne dabei auf den bandtypischen Humor zu verzichten. Musikalisch bilden eigenwilliger Hip Hop und druckvoller 80ies SynthiePop eine bunte Sofettunion. Ö1 verortet die Band im Dreieck von Attwenger, Texta und König Leopold. Und Huckey (R.I.P.) nannte Äffchen & Craigs „die ärgste Versuchung zwischen Punch und Schmäh seit es freie Radikale gibt". Weltrettung mit Wahnwitz und Wumms: mögen die Herzen höher schlagen. #RoughPop #HipHop #Electronica #Wucht #Witz #Groove

Stephan "Äffchen" Roiss: Text & Stimme
Christoph "Craigs" Hehn: Komposition, elektronische Beats & Schlagzeug

Subact. A hybrid of styles. Weird pulsating electronics meet passionate drums. Two musicians sending waves from the heart to the soul to the feet. Subact are as deep as they are heavy and sometimes their mighty Dub influence comes shining through. Dark and trippy sounds whirl along acid psychedelics, underlayed by driving Techno Trap. Analogue Live Drums interlink with floor hitting electronic Beatz. Deep soundscapes come upon hard raving energy. Subact is live.

Der Käpt'n kommt mit einem fetten Angebot aus allen nationalen und internationalen Künstlern!
Der Abend hat schon lange Kultcharakter und ist zum Kreischen fröhlich, generations- und sozialübergreifend und warmherzig...!
Eine der schönsten Bühnen Berlins & ein perfekter Monitor- und Raumsound besorgen den Rest!
Singen macht halt glücklich und dabei zuschauen auch!
holt euch die Käpt'n Karaoke App auf's Smartphone!
... wei sie wirklich toll ist!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details...
Oder klickt den Link für seine Songliste…
http://derkaeptn.de/songliste.html

VVK startet am 1.11.25 hier!

Sham 69 mit Tim V am Gesang haben ein brandneues Doppelalbum namens TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH herausgebracht. Die Songs des Albums spiegeln die Veränderungen nicht nur in der Gesellschaft, sondern auch in der Szene im Allgemeinen wider. Ein Spiegelbild unseres Lebens im Alter und all derer, die wir im Laufe der Jahre geliebt und verloren haben. Dieses Album ist auch eine Hommage an Neil Harris, Mitbegründer von SHAM 69, und von Tony Feedback, die beide nicht mehr unter uns sind. Bereits 1975 gründete sich die Band in England. Sham 69 schrieb grandiose Hits wie „Hey little rich boy“, „Hersham Boys“ oder eben „If the kids are united“. Gassenhauer, die jedem Punk und Skin von damals bis heute. Es gab viele Line up Wechsel innerhalb der Band, der bedeutendste davon ist sicherlich, dass Jimmy Pursey 2007 durch Tim V ersetzt wurde, der die Band wiederbelebte und mehrere Welttourneen bestritten hat. Somit ist diese Version die Sham 69 Band mit Tim V, nicht Jimmy Pursey. Sie sind wieder unterwegs, wie jedes Jahr, mit Leidenschaft und dem RocknRoll im Blut. Vorsicht, hier werden Ärsche getreten.

Auf irgendeinen Stil oder ein Ziel lassen sich die Eklektiker von EAT THEM nur höchst ungerne festnageln. Möglich ist das angesichts des Oeuvres der Band aus Bochum ohnehin kaum. In ihrer Diskografie gibt es so gut wie alles, was sich mit einem wie auch immer gearteten Bandsetup bewerkstelligen lässt: Indie und Punk, Noise und Lo-Fi-Pop, Shoegaze und Krautrock, Mathcore und Punk, Experimentelles und Eingängiges. Die Liste ließe sich absurd lang weiterführen – und das ist auch durchaus gewollt. Vorhersehbar sind Alben wie „Powerbank Reality“ (2018) oder „Gelbe Spinnerei“ (2021) jedenfalls nie, was Fans der Band zu tatsächlichen Fanatikern macht, die alles aus deren Angebot dankend verschlingen. Eat Them haben die Reaktion auf ihre Musik also irgendwie im Namen, vertilgen aber auch alles an Einflüssen derer sie geistig habhaft werden können. Das neue Album „LATE“ (2024) lässt diesbezüglich ganz bewusst viele Fragen offen, damit die Antworten Teil des Hörprozesses werden. Zweifellos eine der spannendsten deutschen Bands der Gegenwart.

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M:Soundtrack closes the year with— light, energy, and a whole lot of Brazil. K'Boko and Cosmic Race will bring this and more to the stage

As winter settles in, these two artists are here to bring healing heat, ancestral pulse, and cosmic joy straight into Schokoladen.

First up, K’BOKO — Brazilian-born, Berlin-based DJ, producer, percussionist, music therapist, and social worker. His sound — “high ancient future vibes” — bridges Afro-diasporic rhythms with 808s, sub-bass, and shimmering synths. Rooted in traditional percussion and Afro-Brazilian lineage, K’BOKO builds immersive journeys where Candomblé drumming meets global bass and underground dancefloors.
IG: @kboko_aka_biano

And joining him is Cosmic Race, arriving from the sun-baked edges of Rio de Janeiro by way of a distant galaxy. Somewhere between baile funk, Sun Ra, and the reality of growing up mixed-race in Brazil, Cosmic Race transforms magic realism into sound — bending absurdity, identity, and groove into one electrifying experience.
IG: @cosmicracemusic

Come dance, come warm up, come fill the room with the energy we all need as we close this year.
Brazil is in the house — and Schokoladen is ready.

DJ TBA

For a second time, after his debut in Loophole in May 2022, VAN ELST comes with new material. His dreamy atmospheres and ethereal sound will sooth you through melodies and layers of sound. Van Elst, drummer of the disbanded band ,Desert Mountain Tribe, made a huge impact on the world psych scene with 2 amazing LP releases and a world tour supporting Peter Murphy ( Bauhaus ) in 2023.

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Dreampop and shoegaze from Berlin and Hamburg: The duo GARLANDS enchants with two voices, delicate guitar work, and tasteful synthesizer sounds. Even the band's name—a reference to the Cocteau Twins' first album—evokes the ethereal atmospheres of the 90s, somewhere between sophisticated pop and new wave, without sacrificing the necessary edge, a kind of noise that evokes a sound reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine. At the same time, the two multi-instrumentalists create expansive soundscapes ranging from delicate pop harmonies and tasteful loops to raw distortion effects, while echoes of ambient, krautrock, and psychedelic rock drift by. Lyrically, the musicians embark on a journey into a vast cosmos.

Garland stand for the deconstruction of restrictive concepts and refuse to let pop narratives be dictated solely by twenty-somethings or old men. They sing of highs and lows, transitional zones, peaks and abysses from the perspective of a woman in midlife. For the "Come Together Experience," the two musicians Catarina Rüss (guitar, synths, vocals) and Sui Kemmer (bass, flute, vocals), accompanied live by two other musicians, cut and polish their way through the Beatles universe. Between "Helter Skelter" and "I Want to Tell You," "Dear Prudence" and "Tomorrow Never Knows," they weave their distinctive shoegaze style into a flowing trip. A journey through soundscapes between noise and gentle melancholy.

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