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Doors: 19:00
Show start: 20:00
Matching Outfits: 20:00
Emperor X: 21:00

Tickets: 18 €

Emperor X (experimental folk, techno folk)

For fans of: Pavement, Daniel Johnston, The Mountain Goats

Emperor X (real name Chad Matheny) plays one-man pop songs, sometimes with little more than an acoustic guitar and a port-a-mic. Typical descriptions of his sound often include the words “electronica” and “indie”, but a more fitting one might be experimental indie-folk. In live shows, Emperor X often includes motley and mercurial backing musicians, usually Matheny’s friends and acquaintances.

Most Emperor X songs riff on Matheny’s life, usually straying into the realm of the future or his obsession with mass transit (see “Everyone in Jacksonville”, “Right to the Rails” and “Edgeless”).

Support: Matching Outfits

Matching Outfits are a trio of adopted Berliners whose warped, wistful take on indie pop has been compared to “a Super 8 film from the family attic”. Singer Linnea Mårtensson’s lyrics capture life’s major losses and minor inconveniences in gut-wrenching, occasionally hilarious detail, while dulcet harmonies morph into discordant freakouts and shout-along choruses. Their debut cassette ‘Band Made Out Of Sand’ caught the attention of cult radio station WFMU as well as New Jersey label Bar/None (Yo La Tengo, The Feelies), which signed the band and are releasing their Emperor X-produced sophomore album ‘Ditch Me’ on July 25th 2025. The band does not wear matching outfits, except when they do.

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Venue:

Kantine am Berghain
Am Wriezener Bahnhof 10243 Berlin

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