High on KRAKE

KRAKE 2015 takes place from August 3rd-9th, ranging across Berlin with arts and culture events at Urban Spree and Berghain Kan­tine, heaviest live doses to be caught at Suicide Circus with.

Since 2010 inception KRAKE has brought to Berlin some of the best known acts in the vanguard and at the margins of electronica–Mika Vainio, Mono­lake and Mur­cof, to name but 3 Ms–and Techno’s Outer Limits–cf. Cassegrain, Perc, and sundry Stroboscopic Artefacts. Ideated and curated by the Killekill label crew, KRAKE has honed a distinct aesthetic–not big, but clever, no snazzy spon­sor­ing deals, but a more edgy integrity–with tentacles (Krake=octo­pus (Ger.)) spreading out variously round the city.

KRAKE 2015 takes place from August 3rd-9th, ranging across Berlin with arts and culture events at Urban Spree and Berghain Kan­tine, heaviest live doses to be caught at Suicide Circus with:

Cassegrain & Tin Man–live
Sendai (Peter Van Hoesen and Yves De Mey)–live
Electric Indigo (female:pressure) playing ‘Morpheme’ A/V version w/ Thomas Wagensommerer
Mondkopf – A/V live show
Alienata (Killekill, Kat Channel)
Untold – A/V live showthenov29 films
Bintus – live
Eomac – live
Kamikaze Space Programme – live
Ekman (Berceuse Hero­ique) – live
++ Live visuals from thenov29 films

Other festival features are Robert Henke’s Destructive Observation Field, in which ‘a bright mul­ti­color laser beam points at a black reflec­tive sheet of plas­tic hang­ing freely from the ceiling,’ and Sonic Robots, who presents MR-808 Interactive, a giant robotic drum machine installation. All this and the label boutique featuring 40 merchandise tables showcasing Berlin’s vibrant scene.

Very limited festival passes are available here, with weekend tickets later via RA and others. Perk to punters: a free-to-download KRAKE comp for those shelling out for tickets from the Killekill webshop.

KRAKE FESTIVAL 2015 COMPILATION:
Kondaktor :: Signal#1 [from MA06] (Modal Analysis)
Inner8 :: Exploitation [from UNDLP01/UNDCD01] (Undogmatisch)
Huron :: Vector Change [from raum-cd-12] (Raumklang)
Eomac :: Spectre [from KILLEKILL 018] (Killekill)
Umwelt :: Dark City [from SH022124441] (Shelter)
Cassegrain & Tin Man :: Sear [from KILLEKILL008] (Killekill)
Bintus :: Reflections on Brown [from POWVAC010’] (Power Vacuum)
Ken Karter :: Dev_Log_C4 (unreleased)
Electric Indigo :: Morphem SN [Krake Version] (unreleased)

More information at Krake website, Facebook, soundcloud, and youtube, plus a documentary recalling last year’s festival (below).