No. 1 · May 2026 · Print
Since 2015, the Cologne-based online magazine kaput has been writing about pop culture where it actually happens: among artists, scenes, and production conditions; between euphoria and exhaustion. In May 2026, kaput was published in print—as a magazine you keep, rather than scroll past.
Edited by Thomas Venker and Linus Volkmann, who founded the magazine in 2015, Issue No. 1 brings together interviews, feature stories, essays, photo essays, and reviews—covering club culture and streaming, Manele in Romania and the Golden Pudel Club in Hamburg, and the question of how one can make music today without burning out.
The magazine deliberately avoids taking a clear-cut stance. The texts contradict one another, run parallel to one another, and intertwine—just as pop itself does. Christian Schäfer designed the magazine; the logo, collages, and cover are by Sarah Szczesny.
“the diversity and, yes, contradictions of the (pop) world”
From the editorial in kaput No. 1
A selection from 168 pages.
With texts by
Laura Aha, Aida Baghernejad, Lennart Brauwers, Julian Brimmers, Mark Fell, Lars Fleischmann, Oke Göttlich, Steffen Greiner, Christoph Jacke, Philipp Kressmann, Mario Lasar, Alexander Mayor, Christina Mohr, Dragos Rusu, Shilla Strelka, Annett Scheffel, Rebecca Spilker, Maurice Summen, Saskia Timm, Thomas Venker, Linus Volkmann, Benedict Weskott, Marc Wilde, and Ariana Zustra
The magazine is available in our online store.
Bookstores and record stores can order directly from us: wolke@wolke-verlag.de
"Kaput" is published online in German and English.
kaput-mag.comNº 1 · May 2026 · Print
Since 2015 the Cologne-based online magazine kaput has been writing about pop where it actually happens: between artists, scenes and the conditions of production, between euphoria and exhaustion. In May 2026 kaput appeared in print with us—as a magazine to keep rather than scroll past.
Edited by Thomas Venker and Linus Volkmann, who founded the magazine in 2015, No. 1 brings together interviews, reportage, essays, photo series and reviews—on club culture and streaming, on manele in Romania and Hamburg’s Golden Pudel Club, and on how anyone can still make music today without being broken by it.
The issue deliberately refuses a clean line. Its texts contradict one another, run side by side, interlock—just as pop itself does. The magazine was designed by Christian Schäfer; logo, collages and cover are by Sarah Szczesny.
“the diversity and, yes, contradictions of the (pop) world”
From the editorial of kaput No. 1
A selection from 168 pages.
With texts by
Laura Aha, Aida Baghernejad, Lennart Brauwers, Julian Brimmers, Mark Fell, Lars Fleischmann, Oke Göttlich, Steffen Greiner, Christoph Jacke, Philipp Kressmann, Mario Lasar, Alexander Mayor, Christina Mohr, Dragos Rusu, Shilla Strelka, Annett Scheffel, Rebecca Spilker, Maurice Summen, Saskia Timm, Thomas Venker, Linus Volkmann, Benedict Weskott, Marc Wilde and Ariana Zustra
The issue is available in our webshop.
Bookshops and record stores can order directly from us: wolke@wolke-verlag.de
Online, kaput is published in German and English.
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