Golden Years begins with a farewell that is not a farewell. No goodbye is forever, is it? Tocotronic are concerned with the self-contradictions of our existence in an ever more refined way. For the 75th edition of the Berlinale, Tocotronic celebrates the start of its fourth decade as a band at the Columbia Theater.

ARTE welcomes international artists to some of the best art collections in Europe. American group Gossip, led by the charismatic singer Beth Ditto, engages in a dialogue with works by Lucy Raven and Yoko Ono at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie.

Piano/electric duo Grandbrothers perform at Cologne Cathedral to celebrate the 700th anniversary of its consecration, in a spectacular show featuring their ‘augmented’ piano and light show.

Trance pioneer Armin van Buuren and psytrance queen Indira Paganotto meet on the decks for the first time. Armin van Buuren's fame is inseparable from his influential radio show A State of Trance but is also known for his killer festival sets across the world. Bringing that huge energy together with the hypnotic modern psy sounds of Indira Paganotta proves to be a genius move- stratospheric BPMs meet saturated beats in this wild debut b2b. Filmed on 14 June 2025 at Sónar in Barcelona.

The direct sincerity of Tom Walker's poignant lyrics was front and centre for Leave A Light On, released in 2017. This phenomenally successful single took the Scottish artist on tour to every continent and won him the Best New Brit Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. Filmed on July 29, 2024 at the Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg.

Heart-stopping rhythms, otherworldly melodies and a childlike, carefree yet energetic voice: The winning formula behind tracks like Yebo Mama, a formula that has given this young singer, songwriter and dancer an international audience over the past few years.

Since the release of her debut album I'm Feeling Hopeful in 2021, Milan Ring hasn't been doing things by halves! Exploring the fields of alternative electronic music in her compositions, she creates ethereal vocal arrangements with her inseparable guitar, which always takes centre stage.

What drives Chlär is an unquenchable thirst for learning and progress. So it's hardly surprising that his productions are like attempts to awaken the primal, tribal instinct that lies dormant in all of us. Dax J, British DJ and producer, has gone from pirate radio to headlining the world's biggest techno institutions. All the while cultivating a resolutely singular style and an unshakeable attachment to his underground DNA.

Now based in Munich, the Mongolian-born singer combines the grace of vocal jazz with chamber folk and urtiin duu, the traditional music of her Central Asian homeland known for its endless steppes. Influenced by the great voices of American jazz, such as Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae, Enji's voice is at once warm and graceful, discreet and assured.