Flo Mega - from Rap to Soul

Last fall the former rapper Flo Mega had his breakthrough as a soul singer. He took second place in Germany's nationwide Bundesvision Song Contest, and he reached the German Top 40 with his debut album.

Jenix - Rocking the Charts

It took Jenix eight years to come out with their debut album, but it was worth the wait; "Kill the Silence” shot straight into the charts after its release on the band’s own label.

Boy - Female Duo score a Hit Album

German bassist Sonja Glass and Swiss vocalist Valeska Steiner make up Boy. Based in Hamburg, they have been charming fans and critics alike with their melodic pop tunes. Their debut album landed in the German Top 10.

MissinCat - an Italian in Berlin

„Light as a pinch of summer with a dash of melancholy” - that’s how the press is describing the folk-pop of Caterina Barbieri, alias MissinCat.

Tusq - Indie Pop with Accordeon

Critics are calling their songs "melancholic, dreamy and simply gorgeous". Tusq have been around for less than two years. Still the guys have already released their first album and even toured Russia.

Brandt Brauer Frick - Techno Meets Classical

It’s been called "Acoustic Techno" or "Chamber Music for Dance": the music of Brandt Brauer Frick teases techno beats out of classical instruments. The three musicians are a popular act in clubs and concert halls alike.

MIT - Following in the Footsteps of Kraftwerk

MIT is the name of a young German band from Cologne that is making waves in the UK and Japan with its Kraftwerkesque blend of synth pop and German lyrics.

Baby Universal - Handcrafted Indie Rock

Soulful rock with roots in the 1970s - that's the sound of Baby Universal, a newcomer band from eastern Germany. Lead singer Cornelius Ochs looks a bit like the Doors vocalist Jim Morrison.

Beat! Beat! Beat! - on the Road to Success

Four young guys from a small town in western Germany founded "Beat! Beat! Beat!" in 2008. Two years later the indie band recorded its first album featuring ten original tracks.

Zpyz- the Style Mixers from Berlin

Synthpop meets hip hop, rock goes electronic - the Berlin duo Zpyz mix up musical genres with abandon. Their name is pronounced like "spice", and their recipe for success is "A little of this and a little of that".

Fotos - German Indie Rock from Hamburg

After making two albums in just two years and going a marathon tour around the world, the Fotos took a well-deserved break in 2009. They switched record labels and put all their energy into writing new songs.

The Rumours - Indie Rock from Dinslaken

The Rumours are a young band whose indie rock sound could come straight from the British Isles. Instead, the energetic group of 20-somethings come from the small town of Dinslaken in western Germany.

Hundreds - Keep it in the Family

The name Hundreds may sound like a mega-band, but the electro-pop act is only made up of two people: siblings Eva, 28, and Philipp Milner, 35, from Hamburg.

Drone - Thrash Metal from Lower Saxony

The four-piece band from Celle have been categorized at Thrash Metal. They’re so good at it that they walked off with the Wacken Metal Battle 2006 award just two years after getting together.

Brixtonboogie - Big City Blues from Hamburg

Anyone who thinks that blues is out of date and always melancholy should give a listen to the big city blues of Brixtonboogie.