Pop from Germany – Selected Links

Emerged after the PopKomm left Cologne in 2004

World’s largest music trade fair

The International Music Business Market, trade fair in Berlin

Indie electro chartbreakers Egotronic & Co’s label, Hamburg

Specialists in re-releases of old pop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Label started up by ex-music journalist Alfred Hilsberg, initially handled New Deutsche Welle

Various training programmes and degree courses in music

Various training programmes and degree courses in sound

jazz/rock/pop (Master’s programme)

Bachelor Popular Music, Bachelor Jazz, Master JazzPopRock

Master of Music (jazz/pop)

Voice training in popular music (jazz/musicals)

jazz/popular music

Master’s programme in cultural and music management

Pop and world music as well as classical

Master of Music in keyboard instruments, guitar and voice

Bachelor’s degree propramme in pop

Music Business B.A.; Music and Creative Industries M.A.; Pop Music Design B.A.; Popular Music M.A.

Hip hop quarterly covering topics like breakdance, DJing and graffiti

Online hip-hop magazine with free content and subscription content.

Focussing on German-language artists, especially from Eastern Germany.
Published four times a year.

Monthly specializing in hardcore guitar music

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

Leading German reggae/dancehall magazine, published four times a year.

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

Popular magazine steeped in dark wave/gothic/medieval rock. Published ten times a year.

Long-standing monthly covering multiple pop genres, from underground to mainstream. Until further notice operations are ceased.

Monthly rock-heavy alt music magazine