Berlin is built on punks. Drag is punk. SHEENA IS a new open stage live drag night in Berlin! Hosted by Bleach & aftershow with legendary drag punk star dj Anita Drink till midnight!

Sign up to join the open stage. For the joy, for the stage, for the drink tickets.

5€ < up entry - delicious & cheap drinks - drag show & djs

beav boloney & little league shows prsnt:

THE 113 / post-punk, leeds
instagram.com/the113project / youtu.be/rIKr8FrQzSg 

& IOCI / post-punk-industrial, bln
ioci.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/ioci.berlin 

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. presale tickets available at --> https://vvk.link/3mpyk8g

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THE 113 (UK)-Pulverising and angular post punk perfectionCrawling out of the cracks of Leeds' inner city, The 113 conveys a realistic and bleak outlook on everyday life, combining the style of Post Punk, Dance Punk and Noise Rock.

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IOCI explores the imperfect relationship between humans and machines.
IOCI is a symphony of resistance corrupted by auto-generated rhythms.
IOCI is a performative act of a manipulative chaos.
IOCI is a three-headed animal created in a body shop in Berlin.

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beav boloney & little league shows prsnt:

BRAD MARINO / power-pop punk and roll, rochester/new hampshire, us
bradmarino.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/brad_marino 

& GOLDEN SHITTERS / punkrock, hamilton/ontario, canada
goldenshitters.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/goldenshitters 

at Schokoladen.doors 19 Uhr concert starts 20 Uhr. tickets at the doors or in pre-sale --> https://vvk.link/3ngoxao 

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BRAD MARINO first came to my attention as a member of The Connection along with fellow popster Geoff Palmer. A four piece outfit that tastefully blended past sounds such as The Ramones and Rockpile, their first couple of records were a refreshing change from the norm. Then, along came The New Tracaderos. In this iteration, the talents of Kurt Baker were introduced to the mix. Marino taps both of these very talented guys on his new, solo effort entitled Grin & Bear It. The results are quite enjoyable.
Adrenaline soaked power pop! Grin and Bear it.

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In a sea of trash, GOLDEN SHITTERS stand alone. This three piece scuzz punk unit crawled out of the sewers of Hamilton, Ontario and features Matt Ellis (Anxious Pleasers and The Vapids), Dave Tyson (Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs) and Kyle Fisher (the Dirty Nil). It’s punk rock with bad taste and a B-movie bathroom budget. The world's going down the drain! Get flushed with Golden Shitters!

puschen & little league shows prsnt:

RATS ON RAFTS / post-punk/wave/indie, nl
ratsonrafts.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/ratsonrafts 

+ ANNA LUCIA / exp-pop, solo, bln
instagram.com/aanna.luciaa / anchoress-official.bandcamp.com 

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. tickets for the concert at the doors and in pre-sale --> vvk.link/3fsfsls

+ after 22h: 
DJ Jonny Tiernan (acidgold / the berliner)
disco-punk / daft pop & everything in between
soundcloud.com/acidgoldberlin

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Currently preparing for the release of their fourth album set for release in 2025, RATS ON RAFTS’ new single ‘Hibernation’ is a rain-soaked lament to nature’s battered mortality, a monochrome snapshot of the landscape played out in beautiful cold wave delay.  

Finding joy in self-isolation, “I noticed that I could feel really comfortable with songs that can feel really heavy and isolated,” says frontman David Fagan “ If you listen to a Joy Division record for example, for a lot of people they’re really downcast. But for some people it’s like stepping into a really warm bath, because you can really identify with that music. I think that’s also what’s going on with ‘Hibernation’. I could identify with the coldness of the atmosphere, and that languid feeling of that song.”  

Following 2021’s exceptional ‘Excerpts From Chapter 3’ with its plagues, dreams, modal guitars, and mesmerising mantras, new single ‘Hibernation’ descends further into a brooding wasteland.

“I think this song really is a good example of what our new record sounds like. Slowing everything down as much as possible gives it a lot of space. The sound of the Soundcraft 1S mixing desk we used to record the album, close to the version Lee Perry used to mix his famous black ark records, works really well for the dub side of the song but also the doom side. This song and the record in general are not romanticizing this “darkness” as much as accepting it’s part of our persona/character.”

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ANNA LUCIA is a Berlin-based musician and artist who works at the intersection of music, performance and visual arts.

Centered around a magnetic vocal delivery, she fuses elements of poetry, film-score and drone into ecstatic pop dirges that oscillate between hope and despair and allow dark and powerful moments to co-exist with passages of fragility and softness. Through her lyrics she channels characters; playing with the audience's perspectives and expectations using a method of alternative storytelling, which dips anachronistically in and out of different histories, both imagined and real. With her rich, androgynous vocals often inviting comparisons to Nico and Anohni, her performances challenge sonic notions of gender and genre. Besides performing solo, Anna Lucia is the singer and front woman of the band Anchoress.

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Tickets: https://vvk.link/3r7hgnk

VEX is a wonderfully weird dance-punk, synth-pop band from Malmö, Sweden. 

Their yellow live show has gained quite a reputation for being very energetic, fun and weird, filled with dancing and odd props like food graters and gymnastic ribbons. With their playful attitude, irresistible hooks and choruses, it's all just really entertaining.

Dance punk bonanza!

The band's third album, titled "New Sick Music," was released on May 10th, 2024, under the HepTown Records label.
Vex's debut album won the Best Debut award at Synthsläggan 2021. All three albums have been mixed and mastered by Gustav Brunn (known for his work with Timbuktu, Mando Diao, and Yung Lean) at GG All In studio in Lund. 
Vex was founded in 2019 by Tobias Kastberg, formerly of the electro-punk duo The Guilt. Frida Ekerlund and Sasha Reiss have since joined Vex on stage.
https://vex-tobias.bandcamp.com

BIG FUN (US)

Hatching out of the underground DIY punk scene in Los Angeles, California, Big Fun has assembled a noisy, hard-hitting, electronic sound that zig-zags through techno, hardcore, and dance punk. They are known for their mind-bending and powerful live performances as well as their groundbreaking, atmospheric recordings. Formed in 2017, their set up includes Austin Ford on synthesizers and vocals, Nick Tripi on drums, and Cody Barbato on bass.

Tommy and the Teleboys (DE)

In the shadow of the prefabricated buildings in the central German province between Halle and Berlin, the quartet plays loud and sweaty psychedelic fuzz rock. Guitars, driving synths, sometimes garnished with a sweet West Coast melody, sometimes with the noise crowbar. A band that brings styles together, emulates role models and yet has its own sound and sounds different. Here, garage rock is mixed with psychedelia, and post-punk, krautrock and electronica are tried out. Danceable, groovy, wild and full of melodies. Then relaxed and floating again. Despite rigid genre boundaries, everything is allowed and a wild mix comes together.

IXZHILION:                                                                                                                                                                              Beyond far away stars and distant galaxies, out where no human has ever gone before. The crew of the Ixzhilion 1 is preparing for the ascend into an unknown world. Time is running out as Mother earth is dying and in attempts to save the human race, expeditions and rangers are venturing out into deep space in search of new planets, planets where humans can settle and where they might find a new home. Only guided by Hope and vague signs, the crew of ixzhilion 1 has been tasked to seek out remote and mysterious territories of the vast cosmos and to explore the far away region known as Orion. On the borders of the final frontier, they make their flight through the deep dark abyss in one final attempt to give hope to planet earth and to save the human race from extinction. 

IXZHILION:                                                                                                                                                                       Jenseits von fernen Sternen und fernen Galaxien, hinaus, wo noch nie ein Mensch zuvor gewesen ist. Die Crew der Ixzhilion 1 bereitet sich auf den Aufstieg in eine unbekannte Welt vor. Die Zeit läuft ab, da Mutter Erde im Sterben liegt, und ein Versuchen, die Menschheit zu retten, wagen sich Expeditionen und Waldläufer in die Tiefen des Weltraums auf der Suche nach neuen Planeten, Planeten, auf denen sich Menschen niederlassen können und wo sie eine neue Heimat finden könnten. Die Besatzung von Ixzhilion 1 wurde nur von Hoffnung und vagen Zeichen geleitet und damit beauftragt, abgelegene und geheimnisvolle Gebiete des riesigen Kosmos aufzusuchen und die weit entfernte Region Orion zu erkunden. An den Grenzen der letzten Grenze machen sie sich auf den Weg durch den tiefen, dunklen Abgrund in einem letzten Versuch, dem Planeten Erde Hoffnung zu geben und die Menschheit vor dem Aussterben zu retten.

RYL:                                                                                                                                                                                   Garage Rock Legends of the past 10 years in Berlin return once again to Schokoladen for an absolut banger of a show! When RYL (Jannis, Hannes And Thomi) steps up onto that stage, they are guaranteed to leave you breathless with an absolute banger of a punk show, prepare to get your socks rocked off as they open the night in Schokoladen! 

RYL:                                                                                                                                                                                           Die Garage Rock Legende der letzten 10 Jahre in Berlin kehren wieder einmal ins Schokoladen zurück und bieten eine absolute Knallershow! Wenn RYL (Jannis, Hannes And Thomi) die Bühne betreten, werden sie euch garantiert den Atem rauben mit einer absoluten Punk-Show. Macht euch bereit, euch die Socken vom Leib zu reißen, wenn sie die Nacht im Schokoladen eröffnen!

beav boloney & little league shows prsnt:

WAX HEAD / garage-psych-punk, manchester, uk
linktr.ee/waxheadband / waxhead1.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/waxhead.band 

& BERNAR GOMMA / psych, bln/bra
bernargomma.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/guitarramarolada 

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. presale tickets available at --> https://vvk.link/3o9qvm8

+ after the show DJ Heller Than Hell (reverberation festival)
soundcloud.com/hellerthanhell 

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WAX HEAD are a drummer-fronted punk quartet from Manchester. Their first EP Salt Fat Acid Heat, was mastered by JJ Golden (Ty Segall, Osees). Latest single ‘Rusty Cutter’ followed on Sour Grapes Records! A visceral gang of youth rolling around in a sweaty pit of garage-psych riffage with punk energy!

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BERNAR GOMMA is a heavy dose of brazilian psychedelia mixed with artistic-contemporary abstraction. Solo project, a total mind blowing guitar. Wild Garage, Spring Reverb, Fuzz... Rusty effects/guitars with images from another dimension. Directly from Rio de Janeiro to twist your head up. 

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Groovy 60s party with live bands, DJs and psychedelic light show.

**THE SONIC DAWN (Copenhagen)**
The Sonic Dawn is an exciting psychedelic trio from Copenhagen. Their music blends soulful vocals, swirling guitar leads, and hypnotic grooves into a sound that is both timeless and unpredictable.

"As if The Beatles had reinvented themselves as a blues band in their psychedelic phase," as one reviewer put it.

With five albums and over 250 concerts behind them, The Sonic Dawn has captivated audiences all over Europe, often turning shows into full-blown dance freakouts.

Fans of 1960s-flavored psychedelia won't be disappointed by The Sonic Dawn's mind-expanding sound and electrifying presence.

**GO MAHHH (Berlin)**
GO MAHHH are a Berlin-based five-piece band of international musicians who have been making a name for themselves in the local psych-rock scene. Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Minami Deutsch and Phoenician Drive are among the bands who GO MAHHH have supported on their journey and they have most recently landed a spots at Desertfest Berlin and Void Fest sharing the stage with the very best that the stoner and psych rock genres have to offer. In November 2024, the band capped off the year with a nomination for Best Artist at the Listen to Berlin awards and a performance at Most Wanted Music Berlin Showcase

**DJs**
Resident DJ Marycherry
Guest DJs Electric Jungs (DE)& Mor-Lok (CH)
&a surprise DJ set tba

Psychedelic lights by Bernar Gommar

Doors 7pm

M:Soundtrack x Café Chocolat welcomes spring! Batila & The Dreambus bring artist Betina Quest onboard for a beautiful Afro Soul evening!

Dear Lovely Listeners! its a been a while and through the thaw of 2024 into 25 we have all been on one hell of a ride. Things are looking bleak out there, BUT the remedy is in moments like this that we can create a space for community to gather! WE are still looking how to bring back Café Chocolat this year with more events and this is a little teaser and warmer upper - so please bring you friends and join us back at cosy Schokoladen for a beautiful evening and celebration of music and culture!

This evening featuring the GUEST ARTIST:  Betina Quest – An Electronic Afro-Soul Experience

From Burundi to the world, Betina Quest crafts a sound that blends electronic experimentation with deep soul and raw emotion. As a multi-instrumentalist and one-woman powerhouse, she layers loops, synths, and samples to create immersive sonic landscapes. With a rich, warm voice and an instinct for connection, she invites audiences into an intimate yet boundless musical journey.

Her name, Quest, reflects her artistry—a search for unity, a voice for untold stories, and an exploration of sound beyond borders. Growing up across multiple continents, she seamlessly fuses genres and languages, shaping a style that’s as fluid as it is powerful. Now, she shares fan favorites and unreleased tracks from her upcoming EP, guiding listeners into new yet familiar emotional territories.

And of course our Houseband:  Batila & The Dream Bus – A Bantu Soul Experience

Batila & The Dream Bus is a Berlin-based band led by singer-songwriter Batila, the visionary behind Bantu Soul. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Batila draws inspiration from legends like Papa Wemba and Franco while forging his own path. His music blends Afrobeat, soul, reggae, and Congolese rhythms into a sound that is both deeply rooted in tradition and boldly innovative. The Dream Bus, featuring some of Berlin’s finest musicians, creates an ever-evolving, immersive experience that transcends borders and generations.

More than just a band, The Dream Bus is a movement—one that unites, uplifts, and tells powerful stories through groove-driven melodies. Batila’s deep connection to the Kongo shines through in his homage to Rumba Congolaise, while his global sonic influences push the music forward. Just like a bus picking up and dropping off passengers, The Dream Bus is constantly shaped by the musicians and cultures that step on and off, absorbing new influences while staying true to its roots. This fluidity keeps the music fresh, dynamic, and ever-evolving, making each performance a unique and electrifying journey.

Batila & The Dream Bus  features some of the city’s finest musicians, including: Dodo Nkishi (drums), Paul Hoyle (bass), Sam Konzi (electric guitar), Jarrah Skyline Sun (electric guitar),  Adam Pawel Dziewaltowski-Gintow (percussion), Nane Kahle (vocals), Maurizio Fleury (keys), and a rotating cast of guest excellent musicians like Kalle Zeier or Regis Molina for example.

https://www.instagram.com/cafechocolat.sessions/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLdtfEkKzBk