Christine Kakaire

Christine Kakaire is an award-winning music journalist, editor, culture critic and lecturer based in Berlin, Germany.

Christine has worked in music and club culture her entire life. It has taken her from independent music PR in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, to record stores in London, UK, and to content curation, journalism, consulting and higher education in Berlin.

As a journalist Christine’s bylines have appeared across print and and street press, including work published by Ableton, Boiler Room, Crack, CTM Festival, Gay Times, Groove, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor and The Face.

As a seasoned host, interviewer and moderator, Christine has engaged in conversation in collaboration with ADE, Audio Technica, AVA Festival, DCM Films, Emergent Bass, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Insomnia Festival, Le Guess Who? Festival, Nuits Sonores Festival, Patreon, Red Bull Music Academy, Red Bull Radio, Sónar, Sonos, Soundcloud and Terraforma Festival.

In 2021 Christine developed the Black Creative Database, an initiative of the community platform Black Artist Database. In 2019 Christine sat on the Creative Board of Berlin Night Embassy, and in 2022 she joined the Board of Trustees for Tag Der Clubkultur, an initiative of Clubcommission Berlin, Senate Department for Culture & Europe and the Musicboard.

In 2022 Christine was awarded the Preis Für Musikjournalismus (Music Journalism Award) by Berlin Music Commission’s Listen To Berlin Awards, and in 2021 she was named an Honoree of SheSaid.So’s Alternative Power List.