Veranstaltungen in Berlin: Pop-Kultur Festival 2025 @ PANDA platforma: Day 1

PANDA platforma

Knaackstraße 97 (im kleinen Hof der Kulturbrauerei), 10435 Berlin

Pop-Kultur Festival (25–30 August 2025, Berlin) – A six-day celebration of pop culture featuring live concerts, DJ sets, experimental music formats, talks, workshops, and networking across the silent green Kulturquartier, nearby clubs, and the Kulturbrauerei. The festival showcases Berlin’s most relevant music trends, topics, and talents, offering fans fresh discoveries, artists’ creative freedom, professionals’ thought-provoking discussions, and emerging talent’s real opportunities.

Lineup in PANDA:
21:00 Horizontaler Gentransfer

Horizontaler Gentransfer (HGT) is a K-punk band and collective art project from Stuttgart, made up of Mizi Lee, Yun Park, Jerry Ahn, Seonha Park, Lilian Gonzalez, and Hanseo Oh. Founded in 2022 at the Academy of Fine Arts, their practice extends far beyond music – they design their own stages, costumes, videos, visuals, and merchandise. They call their sound »Empowerment Karaoke«.

With anti-racist lyrics, hybrid sounds, and a wild mix of references, languages, and influences – from BTS to pop, Viennese chansons to Swabian butter pretzels – they break down genre and cultural boundaries. The band’s name refers to the biological process of horizontal gene transfer across species – just like memes, music, and politics spread across the globe.

Their current album »Everything Possibbong« draws on the Korean pop genre BBong – which emerged during the colonial period and now fosters intergenerational dialogue. In their visuals, past and future blend: using artificial intelligence, the band generated baby photos from their own faces – a metaphor for the hybrid DNA of their sound.

22:00 Post Neo

With their melancholic yet warm blend of electronic beats, dreamy synth pop, and multilingual vocals, Post Neo seem like a prototypical act for Gudrun Gut’s label Monika Enterprise. They began as an international project: Mexican musician Nicole Luján met Pauline Weh at an event, and in 2019, they created their first tracks together between Berlin and Mexico City. Now both based in Berlin, the duo has released two EPs – the most recent, »Alles Immer Wieder«, came out in 2024. Post Neo’s music may sound introspective at first, but it soon opens up to a universal layer – playfully and ironically engaging with contemporary questions. Their sound thrives on contrasts: smooth harmonic flow disrupted by deliberate moments of tension – captivating, hypnotic, and a true celebration when experienced live.

23:00 Kerosin 95

It’s the comeback of the summer. Because honestly – how long have we been waiting for Kerosin95 to return? It felt like forever, even though the widely acclaimed debut »Volume 1« was released in 2021. That album delivered the soundtrack to a queer decade. Tracks like »Futter« and »Außen hart innen flauschig« aren’t just bangers – they’ve become anthems of visibility. Kerosin95 describes themself as »a colourful plastic flower in grey concrete« – while making it crystal clear that space and attention need to be redistributed. »Are you scared of the way I am? Jealous of my beard?« It‘s been far too long since we‘ve witnessed the storm this Austrian act is capable of unleashing. Kerosin95 doesn‘t hide the political power of their music: »I can’t rap and claim to be apolitical.« They advocate for intersectional justice and wield humour – including sharp disstracks – to call out discriminatory behaviour. Now, finally, this year’s Pop-Kultur festival brings the long-awaited reunion.

More information: https://www.pop-kultur.berlin/
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