Experimental Improvisational Music from Hamburg since 2018
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.
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.
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.
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
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 exhibition occupies a liminal space between art and
interactive laboratory. The idea of a mass tourism-infused escape room
parcour is to be counterpointed by this exhibition. The ship and the
exhibition title serve as an metaphor for our planet, on which we will
exposed to the changes we introduced ourself in the time to come. The
location of the ship acts as a memento of the rising sea levels and the
shipping industry which is a major contributor to climate change.
Antitainment is served – an sucessful escape however will be impossible. In
the labyrinthic exhibition space, which hints at an art fair, the
artists explore possible entanglements and points of entry for the
future. Expanding oranisms and techno-sensoric devices tell tales
ranging from hopeful paths, over dead ends to dooms day scenarios. Every
artistic position opens a vision of a fragile future that is threatened
by a dystopy – this way different narrative strands emerge which
ultimately meet at the zero point. The claustrophobic narrowness of the
ship connects with a virtual lack of resonance.
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.
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maschin kaput live at MS Stubnitz
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.
Tape Release: лента один
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.
dopamina music video
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 or right here on this site by clicking here (fullscreen button is in the lower right corner).
maschin kaput in Radio FSK
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.
If this sparked your curiosity, you can listen to the whole thing directly on this site,
by clicking here
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