Trilogy interview – Unchained from the Past, Forced into the Future
Few projects have to negotiate legacy as openly as Trilogy. Emerging directly from the aftermath of Trial, Erick Miotke’s long-running...
Karo Kratochwil
Based in Wrocław, I work as a music journalist and photographer covering electro, industrial, EBM, gothic, and darkwave. My work includes features and live coverage, as well as concert, portrait, promo, and theater photography. What interests me most is the connection between artistic intention, what the work communicates, and what unfolds live on stage, all in pursuit of the bigger picture behind the music.
Flint Glass & Ah Cama-Sotz interview: ‘Presence is everything. A record without presence is just content.’
On April 21, 2026, ant-zen will release act482, ‘The Shadow of the Torturer’, a collaborative work by Flint Glass and...
Klangstabil interview: ‘A sound, a voice, or a melody can act as a key that opens something within you’
After seven years away from the stage, Klangstabil returned not with nostalgia or spectacle, but with something rarer: clarity, presence,...
LARMO interview: ‘I’m stepping beyond fixed frames, mixing genres and connecting different scenes’
With LARMO, Mirosław Matyasik distills more than two decades of movement through Poland’s independent underground into something at once heavier,...
TC75 interview – Inside the Pressure of ‘4S (Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome)’
(Interview by Karo Kratochwil) Recently, I was given the chance to listen to “4S (Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome)”, the new...
The Sheer Action of Fini Tribe: Chris Connelly and Andy McGregor on Edinburgh Post-Punk, Art, Rebellion, and Staying Interested
(Interview by Karo Kratochwil) Few bands captured the restless imagination of early Scottish post-punk quite like Fini Tribe. Long before...
Gözde Düzer (Aux Animaux) interview on joining IAMX, touring with Chris Corner, and balancing two worlds
(Interview by Karo Kratochwil) Gözde Düzer has spent years shaping Aux Animaux into one of the most distinctive projects in...
SKOLD interview: ‘Caught In The Throes’, AI, identity and the freedom of going solo
(Interview by Karo Kratochwil) With Caught In The Throes, SKOLD returns with an album that feels feverish, lean, and emotionally...
Statiqbloom interview on sound as pressure and new album ‘The Casket Nest’
(Interview by Karo Kratochwil) Statiqbloom is one of those projects I instinctively follow with every new release - whether it’s...
Die Krupps interview on the 45 Years of Industrial Steel North America Tour
(Interview by Karo Kratochwil) Forty-five years after they first welded steel, sequencers and social tension into one brutal language, Die...
Nitzer Ebb’s Bon Harris interview on the 2026 European tour, new album and keeping EBM alive
(Interview and photos by Karo Kratochwil) Catching Bon Harris in the middle of Nitzer Ebb’s Europe 2026 run feels a...
Wieloryb interview: ‘No Flag’ brings EBM without borders
(Interview by Karo Kratochwil) For many listeners, Wieloryb is one of the projects that proved Polish extreme electronics can hit...
Johnny Tupolev interview: ‘The Best Unknown’ and Art You Can’t Measure
(Interview by Karo Kratochwil) Johnny Tupolev recently released their debut album "The Best Unknown," created in collaboration with producer John...
Ralf Dörper interview on why Die Krupps still won’t behave
(Interview by Karo Kratochwil) Forty-five years is usually when bands turn themselves into exhibits: tidy eras, polished anecdotes, the safe...
