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Paul Kalkbrenner

Paul Kalkbrenner
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About

Paul Kalkbrenner (born 11 June 1977 in Leipzig) is a German electronic music producer and live performer who grew up in East Berlin and came of age just as the Berlin Wall fell. Rather than DJing, he reassembles his own tracks live on stage - a format that took him from the underground to the top of European album charts. His 2008 film Berlin Calling, in which he starred and composed the soundtrack, made him a household name across the continent, and his platinum single "Sky and Sand" (with his brother Fritz) still holds the German record for most weeks at #1. His ninth studio album THE ESSENCE was released in October 2025.

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Weeks "Sky and Sand" held #1 on German singles chart (record)

What's new

  • 2025-10

    Paul Kalkbrenner released his ninth studio album THE ESSENCE on 10 October 2025 via B1/Sony Music, his first album in seven years.

  • 2025-08

    Kalkbrenner released "QUE CE SOIT CLAIR", a collaboration with Belgian artist Stromae, as the second single from THE ESSENCE on 29 August 2025.

  • 2026-05

    Kalkbrenner performed at the Neues Palais in Potsdam on 9 May 2026 as part of his Summer 2026 tour.

  • 2026

    Kalkbrenner is currently on a 2026 summer tour spanning 21 cities across 9 countries, running from June to October 2026.

  • 2025-09

    THE ESSENCE features a collaboration with Depeche Mode samples on the track "DREAMING ON", built around a sample from their 2001 single "Dream On".

Tour

PotsdamMönchengladbachFerraraWerchterVienneSt. GallenLuxembourgSaint-NolffMünsterSt. PöltenMunichToulouseBarcelona

Tracks

Sky and Sand2008 platinum single with brother Fritz Kalkbrenner; German chart record of 121 weeks at #1
Feed Your Headlead single from album 7 (2015), built on a Jefferson Airplane sample; #1 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
QUE CE SOIT CLAIR2025 collaboration with Stromae, lead festival hit of the THE ESSENCE album cycle
DREAMING ON2025 single from THE ESSENCE, sampling Depeche Mode's 'Dream On'
Berlin Calling (soundtrack)2008 film soundtrack that broke Kalkbrenner into mainstream European consciousness

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