“‘(Cathartic) Singers’: CTM Festival, Berlin, 24 January – 2 February 2025”, Cyclic Defrost

CTM Opening, Silent Green Kuppelhalle, CTM Festival 2025 Berlin. Photo: Frankie Casillo

 

For its 26th edition CTM Festival did not have a unifying theme, although it did unveil a new multi-year thematic thread “Resynthesizing the Traditional”. This concerns how artists are approaching and remaking “traditional” practices—songs, instruments, tuning systems—with contemporary tools, production techniques and to address current issues. This was evident in several performances during the festival, alongside a week-long lab that featured several notable artists such as bela and Nakul Krishnamurthy, which was showcased on the festival’s final day.

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