Ruhr Diamonds

The young musician Joël-João is a singer/songwriter from Cologne, formerly Dortmund. He is also active with his band. Joël-João has been making music for over 10 years and has had the honour of performing and presenting his art at many events and stages throughout Germany. He loves music and wants to share this love with other people by encouraging them to sing along or accompanying them in his workshops (music, songwriting and spoken word). His music contains many elements of indie pop, rock, soul and R'n'B.

Like a curious child, KARMAKIND explores the world of electronic live music, composing a fusion of vocals, flute, guitar, and synthetic sounds. Sometimes meditative, sometimes playful, sometimes powerful and energetic - anything can happen. Genre limits dissolve in a transcultural mixture of downtempo and dub, organic house and psychedelic spheres, always leaving space for the surprising element of improvisation. With lyrics in Arabic, Kurdish, German, English, and Spanish, experimental, danceable, and imaginative sets are created, taking the audience on a dreamy, deep, and joyful journey.

MARNELE does things differently. The newcomer from Bochum has decided that she doesn't have to choose between punchlines and poetry, reflection and fighting spirit, melancholy and self-empowerment, unequivocal statements and metaphorically coded messages. MARNELE is timeless poetry that finds expression in contemporary rap singing; it's a sharp, thoughtful, world-wearied look outwards and inwards; it's a little bit of Ruhrpott and a little bit of Paris. What always remains the same? MARNELE's music plays in darkened rooms and nocturnal settings and is always enveloped in an abysmally calming text, sound and visual aesthetic. At the same time, there is always an irrepressible energy that only rarely tips over into dreaminess – a lyrical and vocal acuity bursting with urgency that casts a surreal spell.