CTM 2020: Bbymutha, Teto Preto, Sicaria Sound, Hibotep & more am 01.02.2020

› Kathedrale
Slim Soledad [BR]
TETO PRETO [BR]
Hibotep [SO/UG]
Bbymutha [US]
Debmaster & MC Yallah [UG]
Sicaria Sound [UK]
› Salon
Mo Chan / DJ Kohlrabi [JP/DE]
Y-DRA – “No-Brain Dance” [ID]
Rizan said music [SY/DE]
Borokov Borokov [BE]
› Bunker - Amplify Berlin
Jessica Khazrik [LB/DE]
Grinderteeth [NO/DE]
Max Dahlhaus [DE]
The Allegorist [HU/DE]
Bora [FR/DE]
Convention-shirking Slim Soledad is part of São Paulo’s vibrant queer collective Chernobyl. She sets the scene in the Kathedrale for a live performance from Teto Preto, known as driving forces within São Paulo’s cultural landscape. Spearheaded by vocalist Laura Diaz, a co-founder of vital party Mamba Negra, the troupe are known for songs such as “Gasolina,” which has been at the forefront of much resistance and activism by young, queer, POC communities. In 2018, they released Pedra Preta via Mamba Rec, described as “an amulet that transforms our generation's grieving into fighting.”
Hibotep’s music transcends physical and spiritual boundaries. Playing music from all corners of the world, though largely rooted in African and Arab traditions, she rejects rules and conventions in favour of embracing her rebellious nature, and encourages her listeners to do the same.
Tennessee native Bbymutha has worked with producers such as Suicideyear, LSDXOXO, and God Colony to craft a sound that is as genre-defying as her lyrics are feminist. In the Bbymutha universe (a.k.a., The Mutha Land), women are allowed to be (if not downright celebrated for being) sexual, vulgar, ambitious, and savvy.
Debmaster & MC Yallah have been bringing heat to dancefloors, whether via their Hakuna Kulala release Kubali or with their fiery, infectious live sets.
Ndeko & Imbratura, aka Sicaria Sound, are the Deep Medi affiliates known for rattling dancefloors with contemporary dubstep and all other bass-heavy UK sounds. Their sets take inspiration from Imbratura’s love for grime and dancehall, as well as Ndeko’s roots in sound system culture and electro.
In the Salon, Mo Chan aka DJ Kohlrabi sets the tone for an evening of wide-ranging sounds. Y-DRA examines the potential for resistance in koplo (or “stupid” in Indonesian), a popular Indonesian music genre that channels the sentiments and experiences of the country's working class. Hybrids of new, vivid, visceral sounds, his album and live show titled “No-Brain Dance” channel koplo’s rhythmic elements alongside techno and IDM to shapeshift between identities and realities.
Rizan Said is a prolific composer, musician, and producer who has contributed to hundreds of Syrian music industry productions, and scores for television and cinema. Said’s live performances catalyse fervent dancing driven by the sounds of the Syrian dabke. He will perform following the release of his second solo record, on Akuphone Records.
Belgian ensemble Borokov Borokov guarantee raucous, energetic shows and feverish dancing. The Antwerp-based project offer a pounding mix of hi-NRG, punk, pop, hardcore, lounge music, and power ballads. Absurd and bizarre, the four-part troupe boasts sympathetic mindfucks as they segue from sludgy acid flashbacks to brisk synth-pop.
In keeping with CTM’s support of Berlin’s local culture, the festival will present a collaborative evening with creative development programme Amplify in the Bunker. Jessika Khazrik, writer and performer, delivers both DJ and hybrid sets; The Allegorist sings in a fictional and majestic language in an effort to bridge boundaries; Grinderteeth builds vast, noisy soundscapes through live improvisation; Max Dahlhaus, audio-visual artist and producer, plays live and DJs; and Bora, the multidimensional producer and artist, performs a live set that plays with performance and ritual. To close out the night, the artists come together for a b2b.
The night takes place as part of CTM Festival 2020 – Liminal, taking place 24.1-2.2.2020. The festival’s 21st edition brings together a wide-ranging programme to propose multiple entry points into this year’s theme. Liminal phenomena and states are transitional phases in which a familiar order sees its values and symbols destabilised; norms are suspended or turned on their heads. We find ourselves in ambiguous spaces, somewhere between a past that is no longer valid and an ever-becoming future. With Liminal, CTM 2020 throws itself into limbo in hopes of stimulating a critical discussion of our present and possible futures.
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