Kalipo - Alles

Few artists embody Berlin’s restless underground spirit as well as Kalipo, and Alles feels like a manifesto for that energy. The record is not just a stylistic exercise in blending dark disco, post-punk, and electroclash—it is a reflection on fear, conflict, and renewal, channeled through beats that demand both movement and introspection.

The production is tactile and raw: analog drum machines thump beneath arpeggiated synths, shimmering guitars cut through dense layers, and laconic vocals hover like mantras. My Laboratory and Sparkling Tears exemplify this fusion, simultaneously fit for late-night clubs and for solitary listening.

But what elevates Alles is its spirit of resistance. Echoing the way 1980s underground music countered societal heaviness, Kalipo offers a soundtrack for today’s uncertain age. It is music that doesn’t wallow in despair but transforms it into motion, attitude, and community. In this way, Alles is less an album and more a declaration: dark, poetic, and utterly present.

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