24/05/2025, 8:00 pm,

Gajek (Concert)

, Kunsthalle Münster

Matti Gajek (born 1984) produces and performs electronic music under the stage name Gajek. Born in the GDR Gajek reflects on the emotional echo of ruptures and discontinuities: music about odd timelines, grief and ecstasy, weird youth cultures, hidden fashion codes, personal tragedies and strange haircuts. Remediating the for-gotten archive of East German subcultures from a contemporary perspective Gajek´s music explores evolving textures of high-energy digital composition. In a unique production technique Gajek fractures and inverses modern genres emphasizing their out-of-jointness: creating oscillating atmospheres combined with haunting lyrical work. Since 2014, Gajek has released five studio albums on Labels such as Stroom, Infinite Greyscale, Throttle Records and more. He composes music for films, theatre, exhibitions and performances, most recently for the critically acclaimed film The Investigation by RP Kahl and the award-winning short film Fear does not Exist by Anna Zett. In 2022, Gajek launched mix series Socialist Realness on UK radio Resonance Extra focusing on avantgarde music produced in the GDR and shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall. Gajek has performed at major international venues and festivals, including CTM Festival, Berghain, Printworks London, Traumabar Und Kino, ADE Amsterdam, Melt Festival, MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology and many more. Matti Gajek lives and works in Berlin.