Casual Gabberz, MCZO & Duke, Sote, Putas Vampiras, Gabber Modus Operandi, and others make up tonight’s formidable lineup at Berghain. This caustic lineup harkens back to CTM’s famed Wasted nights, and promises all things hard, gut-wrenching, and uncompromising.

Israel Martínez, one of the winners of CTM 2019’s Radio Lab call, presents the first of a series of performances at DAAD. Entitled Love and Rage, the piece proposes a tribute to the resistance and persistence of critical individuals, movements, and collectives around the world. Please note: the audience will be blindfolded for this performance.

CTM continues its critical engagement with AI with the annual CTM x transmediale Collaborative Concert. The two festivals welcome the world premiere of Actress and Young Paint’s live AI/AV show. The AI sprite has been learning, programming, and arranging Actress’ sonic palette. Listen to the pair’s mini-album (shared via Werk_Ltd.) for a preview.

Words cannot do our gratitude and delight justice—but we'll still try!

A huge and all-encompassing thank you to each and everyone of you who attended and participated: to our artists for consistently kicking so much ass both on stage and off, to every member of our team who helped us make it all happen, to the volunteers who supported us, to the venues and clubs for providing us with space yet again, and to our audience for listening and dancing persistently and for sharing in this journey with us over the years.

As editions pass, the festival has really become more and more of a celebration of making contact and exchanging in all possible ways. 10 days of sharing ideas, knowledge, art, and emotions has a colossal impact; new friendships are forged, and new collaborations are sparked. In thinking of this footprint, and these ripples that extend far beyond the actual festival, we feel incredibly grateful for and excited by the echo of these few fleeting moments. 

Thank you all once again, and we hope to see you next year!

Due to the unsatisfactory nature of our Eis experiment, the Eishalle is now a Skatehalle! Entry is now 3 €, and roller skate rental is 5 € (or feel free to bring your own). Music continues courtesy of Prison Religion, bod [包家巷], Uta, and more.

We are pleased to announce a residency opportunity for Berlin-based artists, in collaboration with Nyege Nyege Festival, Musicboard Berlin, and Goethe-Institut. Set in Nyege Nyege's home base of Kampala, Uganda, the residency can take place for up to two months between July and September 2019. Application deadline is 15 March.

We are pleased to announce a residency opportunity for Berlin-based artists, within WSK Festival for the Recently Possible (Manila, The Philippines). The residency can take place for up to two months within the timeframe of September and November 2019. It is a collaborative initiative between Nusasonic (a multi-year collaboration between WSK, Yes No Wave (Yogyakarta), Playfreely (Singapore), CTM Festival, and Goethe-Institut, and Musicboard Berlin. Application deadline is 15 March.

Cure any post-festival blues and continue nurturing recoveries over at our CTM 2019 in Review page! Browse a collection of interviews, reviews, radio broadcasts, video recordings, and images documenting our 20th anniversary edition. More audio and video recordings of this year's discourse programme will be available on SoundCloud and YouTube soon.