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berlin

Last updated: Mon Nov 03 2025 02:27:51 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Berlin is an eclectic music scene characterized by electronic experimentation, punk energy, and multicultural urban sounds that emerged from the city's unique post-reunification culture. The genre blends techno, electropop, and hip-hop influences with German-language lyrics and international collaborations, reflecting the city's role as a creative melting pot. Its sound ranges from underground club minimalism to accessible pop, unified by an innovative, boundary-pushing spirit.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
7		1965	Great Danes	Great Danes	acoustic berlin country folk
36		1972	Various Artists	Classic Electro	berlin minimal wave ndw	minimal wave # 28 ndw # 70
100		1973	Freddie King	Getting Ready... (World)	berlin karlsruhe	karlsruhe # 100
76		1973-10	Lou Reed	Berlin	rock art rock	art rock # 62
75		1976	B. B King	BB King Jamming	berlin blues karlsruhe soul	karlsruhe # 96
21		1977	Various Artists	Herr Lehmann	berlin soundtrack
86		1977	Various Artists	Cabaret	berlin soundtrack
97		1986-11-18	Berlin	Count Three & Pray	berlin dance new wave synthpop
93		1987	Depeche Mode	Live in Berlin Soundtrack	berlin electronic electronic rock	electronic rock # 68
91		1988-11-03	Berlin	Best Of Berlin 1979-1988	alternative pop berlin
72		1992	Maurizio	Ploy	berlin german techno
81		1992	Depeche Mode	LiVE SPiRiTS SOUNDTRACK	berlin
3		1993	Slapshot	Live At So36	berlin boston	boston # 73
71		1997	Ideal	Monotonie	berlin ndw punk rock	ndw # 90
34		1999	Dakar & Grinser	Are you really satisfied now	berlin electronic
25		1999-10	Malaria!	Compiled	berlin darkwave german post-punk
1		2000-03-31	Surrogat	Rock	berlin rock
56		2000-11-03	Gonzales	The Entertainist	alternative rap berlin breaks downtempo electronica paris trip-hop underground rap	breaks # 9 alternative rap # 30 paris # 68 underground rap # 76
6		2001	Delbo	Holt Boerge!	berlin german indie pop indie rock
22		2001	Britta	Kollektion Gold	berlin
66		2001	Ellen Allien	Statdkind	electronic techno electro
35		2001-05-21	Seeed	New Dubbie Conquerors	berlin dancehall reggae
69		2001-09-17	Ellen Allien	Stadtkind	electronic techno electro
68		2002-04-02	Seeed	Waterpumpee	berlin reggae roots	roots # 79
70		2002-09-09	Rosenstolz	Macht Liebe	berlin pop
51		2002-11	Bangkok Impact	The Floor	berlin electronic ethereal
11		2002-12-21	Beatsteaks	Die Wohnzimmer EP
4		2003	Lex Barker Experience	Warregae	acoustic alternative alternative rock bass berlin dance dancehall deutschpop deutschpunk deutschrap drum electro electronic electronica electropop funk german german rap germany hip-hop hollywood indie rock pop reggae rock singer-songwriter synthpop	deutschpunk # 32 german rap # 68 hollywood # 75 drum # 82 deutschpop # 83
5		2003	Lex Barker Experience	Warreggae	acoustic alternative alternative rock bass berlin dance dancehall deutschpop deutschpunk deutschrap drum electro electronic electronica electropop funk german german rap germany hip-hop hollywood indie rock pop reggae rock singer-songwriter synthpop	deutschpunk # 35 german rap # 69 hollywood # 77 drum # 83 deutschpop # 84
15		2003	Fleshgore	Killing Absorption	berlin brutal death metal death metal germany	germany # 8
24		2003	Britta	Lichtjahre voraus	alternative alternative rock berlin german indie rock
48		2004-04-05	Brainless Wankers	Endorphin	berlin
82		2005	Culcha Candela	Next Generation	reggae german	german # 1 dancehall # 3 reggae # 15
52		2005	Seeed	Next !	berlin dancehall reggae
55		2005-01-17	Tocotronic	Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen	german	german # 10 deutschrock # 12
31		2005-03-21	Nachlader	Bock Auf Aphorismen	berlin electro pop synthesizer	synthesizer # 87
92		2005-08-29	Ohrbooten	Spieltrieb	german berlin reggae	german # 24
28		2005-10-07	Deine Lieblingsrapper	Dein Lieblingsalbum	rap
32		2006	Kleingeldprinzessin	Schall und Schatten	acoustic berlin german liedermacher singer-songwriter	liedermacher # 52
74		2006-03-10	Apparat	Berlin, Montreal, Tel Aviv		montreal # 90
84		2006-04-07	SDP	...Nur Musik Ist Schöner	berlin german hip-hop
79		2006-04-24	Barbara Morgenstern	The Grass Is Always Greener	berlin electronic german idm
87		2006-04-27	The Whitest Boy Alive	Dreams	electronic	electronic # 27
14		2006-05-19	And One	Live 11-29-97 Cologne, E-Werk
64		2006-06-06	Agonoize	Ultraviolent Six	aggrotech	aggrotech # 11
38		2006-06-16	Alexander Kowalski	Changes	house
9		2006-07-12	Karri O.	Dynamite	berlin house minimal house minimal techno techno	minimal house # 72
26		2006-11-27	Karri O.	Airport Lounge	berlin deep techno electro house finland house minimal techno	finland # 43 deep techno # 74
59		2007	Miss Platnum	Give Me The Food	berlin deutschland romania	deutschland # 87 romania # 94
10		2007	Team Avantgarde	Team Avantgarde-Absolut	berlin deutschrap german rap
17		2007	die Wallerts	Humppa in Berlin	berlin
12		2007-04-25	Boris Brejcha	Monster E.P.	berlin electro
96		2007-04-27	Boundzound	Boundzound	berlin dancehall deutschland reggae	dancehall # 60 deutschland # 99
27		2008-05-26	Booka Shade	The Sun & The Neon Light	electronic	minimal house # 55
49		2008-10-02	Paul Kalkbrenner	Berlin Calling	electronic minimal techno soundtrack techno	techno # 46 minimal techno # 96
63		2009	Cobra Killer	Uppers & Downers	berlin electropop
50		2009-07-03	Siva.	Same Sights, New Light
20		2009-11-30	ZOE.LEELA	QUEENDOM COME	berlin hip-hop jazz
33		2010-02-05	Maayan Nidam	A Turnaround	berlin
58		2010-03-17	Micha Maat	Du und Ich	pop rock deutschpop berlin electro singer-songwriter german deutschrock electropop schlager	hollywood # 80 drum # 88 deutschpop # 95
45		2010-03-26	Stereo Total	Baby ouh!	berlin electropop germany indie pop	germany # 46
67		2010-04-01	Dota und die Stadtpiraten	Bis auf den Grund	acoustic berlin bossa nova female vocalists german jazz liedermacher singer-songwriter	liedermacher # 88
94		2010-05-14	Sido	Der Himmel soll warten	berlin
19		2010-08-13	Micha Maat	Nur mit Dir	rock deutschpop deutschrock german pop electro singer-songwriter	deutschrock # 25 hollywood # 81 drum # 85 deutschpop # 93
41		2010-10-22	Christiane Rösinger	Songs Of L. And Hate	berlin
53		2010-12-21	White Wishes	Today	alternative alternative pop berlin dream pop indie pop russia russian shoegaze singer-songwriter	russia # 76
8		2011-01-21	Nagel	Was kostet die Welt	electropop rock soul acoustic alternative berlin deutschrock electronica german hip-hop hollywood indie rock singer-songwriter	drum # 54 hollywood # 78
23		2011-02-05	Zugezogen Maskulin	Ratatat im Bataclan	berlin deutschrap german hip-hop rap
44		2011-02-25	Jupiter Jones	Jupiter Jones	rock
57		2011-04-29	EMMA6	Soundtrack für dieses Jahr	german rock bass berlin deutschrock dub pop	deutschrock # 16 germany # 22 new rave # 37 hollywood # 87 deutschpop # 89 drum # 92
42		2011-07-22	Laserkraft 3D	Weightless	acoustic alternative alternative rock bass berlin dance deutschpunk deutschrock downtempo drum dub electro electroclash electronic electronica electropop female vocalists folk funk german germany hip-hop hollywood house idm indie pop indie rock liedermacher new wave pop punk rock rap reggae rock singer-songwriter soul soundtrack	germany # 40 liedermacher # 64 deutschpunk # 66 hollywood # 86 drum # 97
43		2011-11-27	Aidan Baker	Closure Axioms	ambient berlin drone post-rock
2		2012	Florian Meindl	Florian Meindl - Take the train EP	berlin house techno
29		2012-06-08	Barbara Morgenstern	Sweet Silence	berlin electronic
95		2012-08-10	Jennifer Rostock	Live in Berlin	alternative rock berlin
54		2012-08-22	Mat.Joe	Heart To Find EP	berlin deep house electro
90		2012-10-19	SDP	Die bekannteste unbekannte Band der Welt	berlin german hip-hop
65		2013-02-22	Benjamin Damage	Heliosphere	berlin techno
88		2013-05-03	Maxim	Meine Soldaten	alternative alternative rock bass berlin dance dancehall deutschpunk deutschrap deutschrock downtempo drum dub electro electroclash electronic electronica electropop female vocalists folk funk german german rap germany house idm indie pop indie rock liedermacher new wave pop punk rock rap reggae rock singer-songwriter soul soundtrack trip-hop	electroclash # 2 dancehall # 35 bass # 71 deutschrap # 75 deutschrock # 75 germany # 90 liedermacher # 96 german rap # 97 deutschpunk # 97 drum # 100
60		2013-05-31	Maxim	Staub	acoustic alternative alternative rock berlin dance dancehall deutschpunk deutschrap downtempo dub electro electroclash electronic electronica electropop female vocalists folk funk german germany hip-hop hollywood indie rock liedermacher pop punk rock rap reggae soul soundtrack	deutschrap # 26 germany # 67 deutschpunk # 79 liedermacher # 84 hollywood # 92
83		2013-08-02	Moderat	II	electronic	idm # 27 future garage # 35 experimental techno # 88
78		2013-09-03	King Khan & The Shrines	Idle No More	berlin garage rock indie rock rock
13		2013-09-21	Franz Ferdinand	Evil Action	berlin
73		2014-01-10	SDP	Bunte Rapublik Deutschpunk (Premium Edition)	berlin german hip-hop
77		2014-03-31	Efdemin	Decay	berlin german
99		2014-10-31	Zugezogen Maskulin	Alles brennt	berlin deutschrap german hip-hop rap	german # 15 deutschrap # 94
46		2015	SDP	Zurück in die Zukunst	berlin german hip-hop
39		2016-02-22	Vizediktator	Rausch	berlin
47		2016-07-27	Foreign Guest	Timeless Hours	berlin deep house electronic electronica house tech house
61		2017	SDP	So schön kaputt	berlin german hip-hop
37		2017-03-24	Acid Pauli	BLD	berlin electronic
16		2017-09-01	Sleeping Pandora	Quiet Pass	rock berlin
85		2017-10-20	Zugezogen Maskulin	Alle Gegen Alle	berlin deutschrap german hip-hop rap	deutschrap # 65
89		2019-05-02	Von wegen Lisbeth	sweetlilly93@hotmail.com	berlin german indie pop
80		2021	$OHO BANI	$oho Bani Vol.1	berlin deutschrap	deutschrap # 55
18		2021-01-29	65Goonz	Goon City	berlin
98		2022-01-27	SDP	Ich will nur dass du weißt	berlin german hip-hop	german # 13
30		2022-07-15	KazOnDaBeat	Lo Fi (REMIXES)	berlin remixes	remixes # 31
62		2022-11-11	Bulgarian Cartrader	Motor Songs	alternative berlin
40			Virginia Jetzt!	Unplugged @ Fritz Studios 31.08.2009	berlin deutschland indie pop	deutschland # 80

Related genres

• german
• electronic
• rock
• pop
• germany
• alternative
• electro
• electronica
• techno
• singer-songwriter