Christine Kakaire (she/her) is an award-winning culture journalist, writer, critic, teacher and editor based in Berlin, Germany. Christine currently writes a bi-monthly column for Berlin nightclub Berghain and is a lecturer at BIMM University Berlin.

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

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

As a seasoned host, interviewer and moderator, Christine has engaged in conversation on film, in podcasts and at live events 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.

Read an interview with me here, listen to one here, or watch one here.