The experimental improvisational music of maschin kaput oscillates freely between the broken, belling rhythms of a desolate steel-mill and the nearly indiscernible echo an under-oiled shopping cart bounces off the urban facades at night. A sonic therapy for the aesthetically tortured soul of the modern urban dweller.
A drum kit assembled from found items and scrap metal, abused instruments running into self built electronics, uncontrolled anger in the voice and an exorbitant network of synthesizers. In short: Wild sounds in interaction. All of this emerges from the energy of the moment when maschin kaput comes together to improvise.
Exactly to the day, one year ago – last Halloween – we recorded a rehearsal where everything went just right and all improvisations clicked. This Halloween we release it under the title UNG. Have a listen..
You can watch the music video for the 5th song "japanese reis-lager" on youtube starting 2100: link to youtube
Get the full album on bandcamp
| When | Friday 2025-01-24 19:00 |
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| Entrance | donation |
All: experimental and noise from hamburg
Playing together with our David Wallraf, Fuia, FNGR, SM12 at Valentinskamp, next to the entrance to the Gängeviertel
| When | Saturday 2024-11-30 16:30 |
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Maschin Kaput has been invited to play at the Good Cause Festival in Bahnhof Pauli, a festival dedicated to the "initiative barrierefreies feiern" (German for: initiative for barrier-free partying). We are honored to have been called to this Festival despite the harsh, experimental nature of our music.
| When | Friday 2024-10-11 20:00 |
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| What | Mokry Website |
| Entrance | On Donation Basis |
Playing in Willhelmsburg with:
Philomena Lauprecht (Experimental Folk, Berlin)
David Wallraf (Noise, HH)
| When | Friday 2024-08-23 23:59 (Fabrique) |
| Saturday 2024-08-24 20:00 (Jupibar) | |
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| What | Event on Gängeviertel Website |
| Entrance | Pay what you want |
Gängeviertel celebrates its 15th birthday and maschin kaput was invited to play on two concerts. One on Friday 23th August in Fabrique and one the day after in Jupibar. The first gig is going to be a spectacle of typical maschin kaput fashion, the second gig is a more calm, more experimental set, with reduced instrumentation.
| When | Sunday 2024-05-19 20:00 |
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| What | Event on Hafenklang Website |
Hafenklang has invited maschin kaput to open the gig for RuinsZu – a collaboration between Ruins (est. 1985 Japan, represented by Tatsuya Yoshida on drums) and Zu (est. 1997 Rome/Italy, represented by Luca T Mai (sax) / Massimo Pupillo (bass)). They will play both Ruins and Zu material, as well as new music they started to write.
We are happy to be part of this gig and look forward to see you all there.
| When | Monday 2023-10-09 20:00 |
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| What | Event on VAMH |
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maschin kaput is releasing the second tape titled »テープ II « (jap. "Tēpu II" which translates to either "tape two" or "on the tape") and celebrates the occasion by giving a concert at Hafenklang. Every visitor gets a digital download code with their entrance ticket.
This is a self-organized event with the valuable support by the friends of Hafenklang.
| When | Saturday 2023-09-16 20:00 |
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maschin kaput is playing at summer fest of the Vorwerkstift. As a special concert we invited friends to improvise with us: Felix Meyer, Malte Struck & Monod0nt.
There is going to be food, drinks, DJs and an exhibitions. For more details see here
| When | Thursday 2023-08-24 20:30 |
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| What | MS-Stubnitz Calendar |
maschin kaput is playing at the opening evening of the art exhibition titled »Das 8. Meer, der Ungehorsam des Wassers« which takes part on the MS Stubnitz on 24. August. The exhibition is part of the festival Seefrauenparade 2, which takes part during that time frame in different location on and around the river Elbe. The band plays the only gig of the evening, which gives us the luxury of playing for 60 minutes.
Before and after there is going to be music by DJ Raspe
The doors open at 18.00, the band starts at 20.30
| When | Friday 2023-07-14 21:30 |
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| What | @gutistgut |
Photo bye @brueningtim
| When | Wednesday 2022-10-05 18:00 |
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maschin kaput releases there first tape in this small window concert at hinterconti. Accompanying art, videos, and objects are exhibited alongside the tape. Bring an umbrella should there be bad weather.
In it's coverage of the blurred edges festival the FSK radio show klingding dedicated a full 90 (!) minutes to our band and the concert we played at Zollo/Parks during Blurred Edges.
Our singer and our synthesizer player are live guests and talk about the band, the artistic concepts and the history of the band. In between there are recordings from nearly the whole gig.
Picture by Antje Sauer
Thanks to all our supporters! We had a blast at the concert on MS Stubnitz which was part of the seefrauenparade – thanks to the crew of the ship for hosting us, thanks for DJ Raspe for the support and Michael Steinhauser for the filming.
After more than half of a year of work our first tape release with the title »лента один« has been released!
The eight tracks on the tape span roughly 40 minutes and have been recorded over a period of one month entirely at the KünstlerInnenhaus VorwerkStift in Hamburg/Germany. The artwork has been drawn by Yves Cruchot (@the_noise_eye on Instagram). Mix and master has been done by David Huss and the tapes have been copied on high quality chromeoxide tape by Tape Muzik in Leipzig, Germany.
You may listen to the digital version (or even aquire a tape and/or shirt) on bandcamp or if you use spotify is on there as well.
We are proud to present the music video for dopamina, one of the songs of our first tape-release. You can watch it on Vimeo