KAFVKA

KAFVKA
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	; KAFVKA (2016)
	General information
origin	Berlin , Germany
Genre (s)	Crossover
founding	2013
Website	www.kafvka.de
Current occupation
singing	Jonas Kakoschke
bass	Philipp Lenk
guitar	Oscar Ureta (since 2018)
Drums	Stephan Ifkovits (since 2016)
former members
Drums	Sascha Hornung (until 2015)
guitar	Martin Silber (until 2017)

KAFVKA is a German crossover - band from Berlin . The formation consists of the front singer Jonas Kakoschke, the bassist Philipp Lenk, the guitarist Oscar Ureta (since 2018) and the drummer Stephan Ifkovits (since 2016). From 2013 to 2015 Sascha Hornung played the drums and Martin Silber was the guitarist from 2013 to 2017.

history

The band formed in February 2013 and released the EP Probe-Raum-EP in 2014 on the Wolfpack Entertainment label . In April 2016 her debut album Hands Up! in the same publisher. The album contains a cover version of the Rauch-Haus song by Ton Steine Scherben . The text was changed in such a way that it takes a critical look at the gentrification problem in Berlin.

For hands up! three songs from the EP were re-recorded (#LadyGagaSeinSohn / Lampedusa / Berlin, Berlin).

Kafvka at the Ackerfestival 2017

Sookee appears as a guest rapper on the song Come with Me .

The release concert to hands up! took place on May 2, 2016 in the private club in Berlin. This was followed by appearances at Rock im Park , at the Trebur Open Air, at the Open Flair Festival, at the Taubertal Festival , at the Karben Open Air and at Rocco del Schlacko . In November 2016 KAFVKA played the Rauch-Haus song at the “Rio Reiser Nacht” in the sold-out Berlin Admiralspalast .

In 2017 the band was invited to support Die Toten Hosen in the sold-out ÖVB Arena in Bremen.

In April 2018 KAFVKA released their second studio album entitled "2084", based on Orwell's book "1984".

style

From the point of view of music journalism, KAFVKA plays classic crossovers from the 1990s. The genre is not very clear for the band either; In April 2017 they asked on their Facebook page: “Politcrossoverrap? German rap rock? Political crossover German rap? Just a 90s crossover? What is the name of what we do? ”One thing is undisputed: Jonas Kakoschke raps in German to energetic alternative - and rock - to industrial music. In many of their lyrics the band positions itself clearly politically and is clearly against racism , xenophobia and homophobia as well as for integration and tolerance .

Surname

The band's name is a fusion of the name of the writer Franz Kafka and the former MTV -Moderators Markus Kavka .

Discography

2014: Rehearsal-Raum-EP (EP, Wolfpack Entertainment )
2016: hands up! (Album, Wolfpack Entertainment)
2018: 2084 (Album, Dodo Beach Originals)

Music videos

2014: Berlin, Berlin
2016: #LadyGagaSeinSohn
2016: Rauch House Song
2017: Fuck your people
2018: 2018
2018: Chip in the head
2018: tie-dye pants
2018: Hello world
2018: Everyone hates Nazis