Apsilon • Pop-Kultur Festival Berlin 2025

In the organizer's words:

The Pop-Kultur Festival brings phenomenal acts such as Apsilon, ÄTNA & ensemble reflektor, Anika, MOLIY, Boondawg, Eli Preiss, Die Nerven, Efterklang, Los Bitchos and many more to the stage.

Pop-Kultur is the six-day festival for pop culture with live concerts, DJ sets, experimental music formats, talks, workshops and networking in the heart of Berlin.

With new formats, more Berlin locations and even more space for pop culture and exchange.

The Pop-Kultur Festival sees itself as a platform for creative ideas, artistic experiments and international encounters - open to everyone who loves pop culture and wants to help shape it.

You can expect international and local artists, world premieres and music in all its facets. From big stages to intimate club shows.

About Apsilon

Apsilon is one of the richest and most profound voices in German-language hip-hop. He packs his melancholy-tinged lyrics into energetic performances that get under your skin. His songs, often steeped in a dark atmosphere - such as the hit single "Grau" - trace the life of a son of Turkish migrant workers in Berlin. But despite the heaviness, his tracks remain accessible and haunting.

Apsilon's music thrives on the tension between personal experience and social observation. His style combines trap elements with political aspirations - reflective, but never preachy. With "Haut wie Pelz" (2024), he has released an album that is considered one of the strongest of recent years. Apsilon not only strikes a chord with the times - he also helps shape them.