KIND KAPUTT

In the organizer's words:

With their unmistakable language, the new Kind-Kaputt songs prove to be music with a symbolic edge that you can cling to. The tracks contain the pulsating style of the German post-punk school, but instead of seeking grueling self-destruction, they strive to see through the fog of emotions. Kind Kaputt always find the saving melody or the open-armed alternative hymn in the fire of the rotating bass and guitar riffs and the relentlessly forward-pushing drums, which makes the songs not only understandable but also inviting. It's hardly a coincidence that the band is reminiscent of the late Heisskalt in some elements - after all, their singer Mathias Bloech was the producer on many of the tracks and locked himself away with the band to record on a few scalding hot summer days. The approach of the individual pieces created in this way also plays into the hands of band member Fabian Willi Simon, who is solely responsible for the visual production of Kind Kaputt and who has designed a distinctive video for each of the new songs. The diverse range of these clips clearly underlines the extent to which Kind Kaputt's way of working also allows them to elaborate the uniqueness of individual works of art in much greater depth. For example, the song "Gründe" is accompanied by an interlaced performance video, "Bleiben" with Heisskalt frontman Mathias Bloech translates the flower metaphor of the lyrics into the very visual scenario of a greenhouse and the expansive shots for "Zeit" were even shot entirely in the Microsoft Flight Simulator. It speaks for Kind Kaputt's foresight that their new songs do not lose sight of the essentials despite their distilled sharpness. Because, of course, the world is not suddenly in order even after the "disintegration", perhaps it is even worse than ever. But perhaps intelligent reflection is sometimes more effective than self-destruction. This music is needed right now - especially when the reality around it seems so much more restless.