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Pop/Rock/Indie:

Hip-Hop/Soul:

Reggae/Global Pop:

Afrika-Karibik-Festival, Aschaffenburg

Backspin (Hip-Hop)

Hip hop quarterly covering topics like breakdance, DJing and graffiti

Juice (Hip-Hop)

Highest-circulation hip hop magazine in Europe, bimonthly

Intro (Indie-Pop + Electro)

Monthly indie pop magazine that has long since opened up to electronic music as well

Melodie & Rhythmus (Pop/Rock)

Bimonthly focussing on German-language artists, especially from Eastern Germany

Metal Hammer (Heavy Metal/Rock)

Monthly specializing in hardcore guitar music

Musikexpress (Pop/Rock/Electro)

Monthly spanning everything from pop, rock and electro to hip hop

Riddim (Reggae)

Leading German reggae/dancehall magazine, bimonthly

Rolling Stone (Rock/Pop/Songwriter)

Monthly covering every aspect of pop culture, including the hallowed veterans of rock and the latest trends

Sonic Seducer (Dark Wave)

Popular monthly steeped in dark wave/gothic/medieval rock

Spex (Indie/Electro/Hip-Hop)

Long-standing monthly covering multiple pop genres, from underground to mainstream

Audiolith

Indie electro chartbreakers Egotronic & Co’s label, Hamburg

Buback

The painter Daniel Richter was actively involved in this Hamburg label, which is home to the Goldene Zitronen, Deichkind et al.

Bureau B

Hamburg re-issue label that did a lot for krautrock in particular

CitySlang

Berlin flagship label of Christof Ellinghaus, who discovered Hole, Broken Social Scene and Arcade Fire

Disko B

One-of-a-kind Upstart and his outstanding label in Munich, which now publishes everything from FSK and ’90s techno to Schlachthof Bronx

Echokammer

One-man label in Munich run by bustling Albert Pöschl, who is involved in virtually every release – featured artists include Queen Of Japan, Dis*ka, Kamerakino and Damenkapelle

Essay Recordings

Shantel’s label in Frankfurt, which takes on every variety of global pop

Exploited Records

Radio DJ Shir Khan’s Berlin dance label, which started with mashups and now puts out global pop

Four Music

Set up by the Fantastische Vier, home to many (Stuttgart-based) rappers, now produces pop and electro too (Berlin)

Grand Hotel Van Cleef

Label of Hamburg bands Tomte and Kettcar, devoted to German and international guitar pop

Hazelwood

Wide-ranging Frankfurt/Leipzig label from Mannheim’s Mardi Gras.bb sound to Nuremberg/Hersbruck indie pop

Kyr Records

Mexican Elvis guitarist and On3 Radio presenter Laury Reichart’s fledgling Munich label for high-calibre indie

Man Recordings

Berlin label of ex-music journalist Daniel Haaksman, who put out the acclaimed Rio Baile Funk CD series with Brazilian bass sound, among other things, and now produces global pop

Monika Enterprise

Started up by Berlin-based Gudrun Gut, ex-member of Neubauten and then Malaria, who has done a lot for new electronic music particularly by women musicians from all over the world

Cologne’s all-round musician Burnt Friedman with his label, on which he releases mostly his own recordings, featuring Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit, among others, and spiced with elements of jazz and dub

Pudel Produkte

Founded by Schorsch Kamerun and Rocko Schamoni and affiliated with the Pudel-Club at Hamburg harbour, this label publishes experimental electronic compilations, often music with a political bent or off-the-wall humour

Shitkatapult

Label owned by T.Raumschmiere, the hardrocking electro smasher from Berlin

Staatsakt

Die Türen singer Maurice Summen’s ambitious Berlin label puts out Ja Panik, Christiane Rösinger, Andreas Dorau et al.

Tapet

Prolific Hamburg indie label, big on German-singing bands, lately puts out English/American/Swedish groups as well

Trikont

Veteran Munich label with mostly German-singing artists in a wide range of genres, famed for compilations put together by international journalists and music fans