Two heavyweight club lineups arrive at Griessmuehle. Berlin crew Through My Speakers welcomes Slikback, Gafacci, Sho Madjozi, and Phatstoki, while LSDXOXO hosts the inaugural edition of Floorgasm with guests Wallis, Juliana Huxtable, and Pangaea.

The Research Networking Day welcomes students and researchers from different European graduate and postgraduate programmes traversing the fields of audio, arts, media, design, and related theoretical disciplines.

The club programme opens with a Bassiani x CTM collaboration at Berghain, and As If We Were Unique up in Panorama Bar. The likes of Machine Woman, Anastasia Kristensen, RUI HO, quest?onmarc, Tama Sumo, and more kick off CTM 2019.

The 20th birthday edition of CTM kicks off today! Between openings for The Mantis, the Eishalle, Raster’s Labor, and the Persisting Realities exhibition, the schedule is chock-full adventurous work to see, hear, and experience.

Feeling overwhelmed? We’ve compiled a programme overview to guide you through the festival.

Ahead of her appearance at CTM 2019, Sho Madjozi joins Thomas Meinecke for the year's inaugural edition of Plattenspieler, a celebrated series at HAU Hebbel am Ufer. For the festival, she will appear at Griessmuehle this Saturday, as part of a night hosted by Berlin collective Through My Speakers.

CTM 2019’s already enviable lineup is rounded off with the addition of a spectacular ice rink at the Halle am Berghain, renowned turntablists, forward-thinking club acts such as The Black Madonna, Buttechno, Pangaea, and Tama Sumo; notorious punk and noisey sounds from Cocaine Piss, Ani Klang, Zanias; and more. The CTM 2019 Exhibition, Persisting Realities, brings together the work of legendary artists and exciting newcomers. It features work from Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Jacolby Satterwhite, Johannes Paul Raether, Mika Taanila & Ø (Mika Vainio), Ryoichi Kurokawa, Tabita Rezaire, and more. Notable additions to the Discourse programme include A Tribe Called Red, Linn da Quebrada, Liz Pelly, Pedro Oliveira, and many others, who will come together to consider the multifarious roles and implications of music today.

The Research Networking Day (RND) is an exchange platform for students and researchers from different European graduate and postgraduate programmes traversing the fields of audio, arts, media, design, and related theoretical disciplines. This year's programme traverses themes of ecology, technology, and identity through the lens of music and sound. Have a look at the schedule and participants selected from an open call.

The MusicMakers Hacklab is a performance laboratory that aims to invent tools and strategies for improvised play. Following an open call, some 20 Hacklab fellows have been selected for the 2019 edition. In a spirit of sharing and community, the Hacklab will be open to walk-ins from both hackers and the general public, and includes a free series of Hacklab Input talks, providing inspiration for Hacklab fellows and the public. After a week of exploring together, the Hacklab will culminate in a live performance at HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU2) on Sunday 3 February.