CTM 2017 Festival in Review

Documentation

Browse a collection of articles, radio broadcasts, and images documenting CTM 2017.

CTM 2017 in Image

The official CTM 2017 gallery with photos taken by the CTM photographic team: Camille Blake, Udo Siegfriedt, Stefanie Kulisch, and Andrés Bucci. You can also access the images from below as well as documentation of past festivals directly via our Flickr page.

CTM x Berlin Community Radio

Over the course of the ten-day festival, CTM teamed up with Berlin Community Radio to produce over twenty different mixes by some of this year's featured artists. The wide-ranging roster includes DJ Stingray, Elysia Crampton & Why Be, Umfang, Nkisi & Angel-Ho, Traxman, and Stine Janvin Motland. 

CTM x RBMA

During the festival CTM also collaborated with RBMA to produce live recordings of several standout sets from the festival.

→ Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Aaron Dilloway at HAU1

Sami Baha at Prince Charles

Traxman at Prince Charles

→ LSDXOXO at YAAM

Negroma at Schwuz

→ Ziúr at Schwuz

→ MikeQ at Schwuz

Two RBMA sessions were also held during the festival:

RBMA session with MikeQ

RBMA session with Dylan Carlson

CTM x The Vinyl Factory

For this year’s CTM edition, The Vinyl Factory contributed a collection of limited-edition vinyl records by some of the most provocative practitioners working today: Gazelle Twin, Moor Mother, Chino Amobi, and N.M.O.

Established in 2001, The Vinyl Factory encompasses a record label, vinyl pressing plant, the record shop Phonica and the music magazine FACT. The Vinyl Factory also works on a number of arts-based activities including new commissions, audio-visual shows and collaborations between musicians and contemporary artists.

All four records are available for purchase now from VF Editions:

Chino Amobi’s minor matter 
N.M.O.'s DaF EP 
Moor Mother's The Motionless Present
Gazelle Twin's Kingdom Come EP

Articles and Radio Broadcasts

Tabula Rasa

Stray Landings
Date: 21.12.2016
Content: Interview – Sote
Author: Theo Darton-Moore
Language: English

Vaudou, Noise et Cut-up

The Drone
Date: 12.01.2017
Content: Interview – Genesis P-Orridge
Author: Bettina Forderer
Language: French

Neue Realität

Kaput Mag
Date: 22.01.2017
Content: Interview – Jan Rohlf & Thomas Ankersmit
Author: Anton Teichmann
Language: German 

Festivales CTM & transmediale

Neo2
Date: 23.01.2017
Content: Preview – CTM & transmediale
Author: Maria Munoz
Language: Spanish

Bight of the Twin

Siegessäule
Date: 24.01.2017
Content: Interview – Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Author: Joey Hansom
Language: English


CTM 2017 Guide

Local Suicide
Date: 25.01.2017
Content: Festival Preview 
Author: Thomas Romana
Language: English

Fear Anger Love Highlights

Berlin 030
Date: 26.01.2017
Content: Festival Preview
Author: Stefan Guther
Language: German

Kurt Hentschläger on Radio Arty

Flux FM
Date: 26.01.2017
Content: Interview – Kurt Hentschläger
Author: Yaneq
Language: German

Fear Anger Love

Anti-Utopias
Date: 26.01.2017
Content: Festival Preview
Author: --
Language: English

CTM Festival 2017

Tip Berlin
Date: 26.01.2017
Content: Portraits – Robert Henke & Mobilegirl
Author: Thomas Winkler
Language: German

Singen Wie Maschinen

TAZ
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Festival Preview
Author: Tim Caspar Boehme
Language: German

Kritische Klänge

Jungle World
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Festival Preview
Author: Natalie Mayroth
Language: German

Meine Stimmung, Euer Tanz

Tagesspiegel
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Portrait – Mobilegirl
Author: Martin Böttcher
Language: German

Wie kommen wir mit einander klar?

TAZ
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Interview – Jan Rohlf & Mobilegirl
Author: Jens Uthoff
Language: German

Es rauscht und klingt und kracht

TAZ
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Preview – Mexico Focus
Author: Beate Scheder
Language: German

Die Musik macht das Private politisch

Der Spiegel
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Interview – Jan Rohlf & Oliver Baurhenn
Author: Dennis Pohl
Language: German

MIDI Memories

Dazed
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Interview – Mechatok
Author: Selim Bulut
Language: English

Bauhaus, Berlin and Berghain

Amuse/Vice
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Interview – Virgil Abloh
Author: Nadja Sayej
Language: English

Kurt Hentschläger: SOL

Anti-Utopias
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Preview – SOL
Author: --
Language: English

Emotional Healing

Aqnb
Date: 27.01.2017
Content: Festival Preview
Author: --
Language: English

Fear, Anger, Love

ORF FM4
Date: 28.01.2017
Content: Festival Preview
Author: Christiane Rösinger
Language: German

Ein Gespräch mit Jens Balzer

Deutschlandfunk
Date: 28.01.2017
Content: Interview – Jens Balzer
Moderator: --
Language: German

The Darkest Hour

Stray Landings
Date: 28.01.2017
Content: Interview – Elysia Crampton
Author: Laurel Uziell
Language: English

Berlins bestes Pop Festival

Berliner Zeitung
Date: 29.01.2017
Content: Review – Opening Concert
Author: Jens Balzer
Language: German

Innere Kreaturen ringen miteinander

TAZ
Date: 29.01.2016
Content: Review – Opening Concert
Author: Sophie Jung
Language: German

Schimpfkanone Trifft Kehlkopfvulkan

Tagesspiegel
Date: 29.01.2016
Content: Review – Opening Concert
Author: Andreas Hartmann
Language: German

Wo bleibt sie, die Welt ohne Grenzen?

Berliner Zeitung
Date: 30.01.2017
Content: Review – NON Worldwide
Author: Jens Balzer
Language: German

l'Héritage de Sun Ra

The Drone
Date: 30.01.2017
Content: Portrait – Moor Mother
Author: Bettina Forderer
Language: French

Collecting Perspectives

New Emergences
Date: February 2017
Content: Preview – Female Networks Panel
Author: --
Language: English

The Reflection of Emotion

The Quietus
Date: 01.02.2017
Content: Interview – Sky H1
Author: Nikita Velichko
Language: English

Warum die Welt NON braucht

Thump/Vice
Date: 01.02.2017
Content: Review – NON Worldwide
Author: Natalie Mayroth
Language: German

Keine Übelkeit

Berliner Zeitung
Date: 01.02.2017
Content: Review – Genesis P-Orridge
Author: Jens Balzer
Language: German

Ihre Musik kratzt an der Schädeldecke

TAZ
Date: 01.02.2017
Content: Review – Moor Mother
Author: Sophie Jung
Language: German

Im Banne des Stachelrochens

TAZ
Date: 01.02.2017
Content: Preview – DJ Stingray
Author: Philipp Rhensius
Language: German

What if You Could Touch and Feel a Score?

Create Digital Music
Date: 02.02.2017
Content: Portrait – Enrique Tomás
Author: Peter Kirn
Language: English

Avantgarde aus Mexico

SWR2
Date: 03.02.2017
Content: Portrait – Ensemble Liminar
Moderator: Franziska Buhre
Language: German

Feelings Forward

Aqnb
Date: 03.02.2017
Content: Overview – First Days
Moderator: Yves Decline
Language: English

Abenteuerliche Musik und Künste

Berliner Zeitung
Date: 03.02.2017
Content: Review – Berghain February 2nd
Author: Jens Balzer
Language: German

Böse Geister Vertreiben

TAZ
Date: 03.02.2017
Content: Review – Festival
Author: Jens Uthoff & Julian Weber
Language: German

Wie vom wilden Watz gebissen

Berliner Zeitung
Date: 05.02.2017
Content: Review – Yaam February 4th
Author: Jens Balzer
Language: German

Electronic Mexican Music

The Cusp
Date: 05.02.2017
Content: Review – Mexico Focus Concerts
Author: Sam Johnstone
Language: English

Die Welt Nach Tiepolo—Amerika

RBB Kulturradio
Date: 06.02.2017
Content: Review – Die Welt Nach Tiepolo
Moderator: Claus Fischer
Language: German

Vollbärtige Apokalyptiker

Tagesspiegel
Date: 07.02.2017
Content: Review – The Bug & Dylan Carlson
Author: Volker Lüke
Language: German

The Great Disappointment

Berlin Art Link
Date: 07.02.2017
Content: Review – NON Worldwide
Author: Candace Nembhard
Language: English

Das Böse T-Wort

Betondelta
Date: 07.02.2017
Content: Review – CTM & Transmediale
Author: Annett Scheffel
Language: German

Lost and Found

Frieze
Date: 07.02.2017
Content: Portrait – Guillermo Galindo
Author: Josh Hall
Language: English

Körper sind dressierte Tiere

TAZ
Date: 08.02.2017
Content: Review – Festival
Author: Philipp Rhensius
Language: German

Sci-fi is Reality, Motherfuckers!

Spex
Date: 08.02.2017
Content: Review – Festival
Author: Laura Aha
Language: German

Ein grenzenloses Versuchslabor

Kaput Mag
Date: 08.02.2017
Content: Review – Festival
Author: Thomas Venker
Language: German

Core Truths

Stray Landings
Date: 08.02.2017
Content: Interview – Mobilegirl
Author: George McVicar
Language: English

Brave, Bold VOJD

Creative Boom
Date: 08.02.2017
Content: Design Review – VOJD
Author: Emily Gosling
Language: English

Emotie als Revolutionair Antidotum

Gonzo Circus
Date: 08.02.2017
Content: Festival Review
Author: Ruth Timmermans
Language: Dutch

Šest nocí, šest vrcholů

Full Moon Zine
Date: 09.02.2017
Content: Festival Review
Moderator: Jan Starý
Language: Czech

Ending Sexism in the Music Industry

Here You Are Berlin
Date: 09.02.2017
Content: Review – Networking for a Kaleidoscopic Scene
Author: Camille Darroux
Language: English

The Festival Gets Emotional

FAD Magazine
Date: 10.02.2017
Content: Review – Exhibition
Author: Luba Elliott
Language: English

Heightened Emotions as Radical Response

Crack Magazine
Date: 11.02.2017
Content: Review – Festival
Author: Dan Cole & Josie Thaddeus-Johns
Language: English

Melting Metal

Q Daily
Date: 11.02.2017
Content:  DesignReview – VOJD
Author: 徐佳辰
Lan
guage: Japanese

Fear Anger Love

Stray Landings
Date: 12.02.2017
Content: Festival Review
Author: Laurel Uziell & George McVicar
Language: English

Five Key Performances

Resident Advisor
Date: 13.02.2017
Content: Festival Review
Author: Matt Unicomb
Language: English

CTM Festival

Zero Instanbul
Date: 15.02.2017
Content: Festival Review
Author: Hay Bin Kunduz
Language: Turkish

CTM Festival in Pictures

Hyponik
Date: 15.02.2017
Content: Festival Review
Author: --
Language: English

Rima Najdi at CTM

Berlin Art Link
Date: 15.02.2017
Content: Review – 'Happy New Fear' 
Author: Annelyse Gelman
Language: English

Обзор фестиваля

Fulldozer
Date: February 2017
Content: Festival Review
Author: Ilia Kozirev
Language: Russian

Strach, vztek a láska

Radio Wave
Date: 22.02.2017
Content: Festival Review 
Author: Mary C
Language: Czech

Naar SOL

De Filmkrant
Date: March 2017
Content: Review – SOL
Author: Dana Linssen
Language: Dutch

Fear Anger Love: The Quietus at CTM 2017

The Quietus
Date: 04.03.2017
Content: Festival Review
Author: Karl Smith
Language: English

CTM 2017 The Day After

CLOT Magazine
Date: 06.03.2017
Content: Festival Review
Author: --
Language: English

Téhéran Autoprod

Mouvement
Date: 06.03.2017
Content: Interview with Sote & Siavash Amini
Author: Louis Seiller
Language: French

Overwrite Your Mind and Body

Norient
Date: 27.03.2017
Content: NON Worldwide – The Great Disappoinment
Author: Philipp Rhensius
Language: English

Audio and Video Recordings

Mix – Bjørn Torske

Crack Magazine
Date: January 2017
Content: Portrait and Mix
Author: --
Language: English


Angst und Liebe im Bass-Gewitter

Arte TV
Date: 24.01.2017
Content: Favorite Tracks
Author: --
Language: German

AU + NZ + MEX + CTM

Radio Wave
Date: 23.01.2017
Content: Mix Featuring CTM Artists
Author: Mary C.
Language: Czech
Track List

Kreaton

Radio Wave
Date: 06.02.2017
Content: Mix Featuring CTM Artists
Author: Mary C.
Language: Czech
Track List

Dragos Rusu Live at CTM

The Attic
Date: 09.02.2017
Content: Mix
Author: Dragoș Rusu
Language: --

Dieser Künstler verwandelt deine Emotionen

Ze.tt
Date: 13.02.2016
Content: Portrait – Hacklab
Creator: Gerlinde Schrön
Language: German & English

Marie Davidson – Passage

Kaput Magazin für Insolvenz und Pop
Date: 18.03.2017
Content: Interview with Marie Davidson
Creator: Kaput Mag
Language: English

Julian Bonequi – The Death of the Anthropocene

Vimeo
Date: 20.03.2017
Content: Video of CTM 2017 performance
Creator: Julian Bonequi
Language: English

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