Düsseldorf Now: The current music scene as a mixtape

#3: Gato Preto

Düsseldorf has a lively music scene. If you want to get an up-to-date overview, check out our Spotify playlist "TSOD Mixtape" - curated by Julian Janisch from the concert agency KKT.

Every week we present an artist or band from the playlist. In this way, we want to help ensure that "The Sound of Düsseldorf" gets the distribution it deserves during the pandemic. As long as no concerts can take place, it is all the more difficult for new artists to find an audience. Support your favorite local bands now. Play it loud for your neighborhood! Here is the profile of Gato Preto:

Where in Düsseldorf did you play your last concert?
We played our last concert in Düsseldorf on October 2, 2019 at ZAKK with Flávia Coelho.

What song do you listen to when you're homesick for Düsseldorf?
What's currently playing in our playlist or even on the radio, we're usually on our way home. Alice Merton's "No Roots" often comes on the radio.

Which Düsseldorf band should you build a statue of?
Kraftwerk

Where else in Düsseldorf would you like to play?
In the Tonhalle

You can find out more about Gato Preto here.

Listen now:

The curator

Julian Janisch observes the Düsseldorf music scene for Visit Düsseldorf and curates the Spotify playlist "TSOD Mixtape". The 33-year-old has worked in Düsseldorf for many years as a concert organizer and booker for the FFT, Zakk and New Fall Festival as well as for the Department of Culture. Since 2018/19, he has been working for the Berlin concert agency KKT, which is part of the Toten Hosen record company. He looks after bands such as the Donots and Kavka and works on tour planning for Die Toten Hosen and Die Ärzte.

Cover picture: © Alexander Wurm
Julian Janisch: © Thomas Tiefseetaucher

The Sound of Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf has repeatedly produced influential and successful pop music. Everything about "The Sound of Düsseldorf" can be found here.