Club Control

Imarhan have always ripped up the rulebook, and they’re coming to enforce this on Saturday, November 7, in Control. Since 2006, the band has challenged preconceptions about the Tuareg desert blues sound known as assouf, popularised by the likes of Tinariwen and Mdou Moctar, by blending its ancient poetry and rhythms with funk, psych-rock and pan-African rhythms....Ver más detalles

Black Rhino Residency Saturday: November 7—2026   → King Alpha (3 hours set) → Ital Power (3 hours set) → Amplified by Riddim Bandits Sound System + More to be announced For the 30th Black Rhino Residency at Control Club, it only made sense to celebrate what sound system culture is all about....Ver más detalles

PANORAMIC is a new monthly live series presented by Control x The Attic.  It's dedicated to experimentation and cross-border music culture. Taking place one Wednesday a month, it brings together live acts from North and Central Africa, Europe and the SWANA region. We’re stripping away the tired, lazy label of “world music”....Ver más detalles

Ten years ago, Horse Jumper of Love released an album they barely expected anyone to hear. On November 17, they play it in full at Control. Written when frontman Dimitri Giannopoulos was 19 and quietly released on Bandcamp in 2016, Horse Jumper of Love began as nine rough-edged slowcore songs with few ambitions beyond covering the cost of recording....Ver más detalles

Two Wrongs x Thursday: October 19—2026 → Actress (3 hours DJ set) + More to be announced Big one for the heads, as the third instalment of Two Wrongs brings one of underground electronic music’s most elusive names to the Berlin Room. When we go searching for a Black avant-garde, we have to be prepared to look in unexpected places....Ver más detalles

inTension returns to Control Club, this time diving deep into the faster, harder side of Trance. This edition we are joining forces with the Romanian Trance Family for a high-energy journey through Trance and Tech Trance, bringing soaring melodies, driving basslines and hypnotic tunes for a night built around pure rave energy....Ver más detalles

On Thursday, November 26, Arab Strap arrive at Control for their first-ever show in Romania, bringing with them a new album set for release later this year: Half-Told Tales. Three decades in, Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat still sound like nobody else. What began in 1995 as lo-fi intimacy, post-rock drift, and brutally personal storytelling has kept mutating ever since, from romance and ruin to something wider, stranger, darker, and unexpectedly funny....Ver más detalles

On Saturday, November 28, DELUXE arrive at Control with moustaches, boundless energy and an unwavering commitment to a good time. Discovered by Chinese Man after their early days as street musicians, the French collective has spent the last 15 years following curiosity rather than convention, ignoring genre boundaries and believing that music has the power to bring joy, connection, and a bit of lightness when we need it most....Ver más detalles

Black Rhino Residency Saturday: December 5—2026 → IZCO & Camille Munn (Brighter Days Family)  + More to be announced As the nights get colder and colder, we find ourselves thinking of brighter days. In this quest of bringing warmth, Black Rhino Radio is putting together a special instalment of our residencies at Control Club on December the 5th....Ver más detalles

The KVB return to Control on December 12 with a detached, retro-chic electronic pulse that hits like a melancholic sledgehammer. Blending reverb-soaked production with minimalist electronics, the KVB's ever-evolving cold wave always reflects their mastery of atmosphere. On early releases such as 2012's debut album Always Then, Kat Day and Nicholas Wood's brittle beats and sonic blasts evoked Cabaret Voltaire and the Jesus and Mary Chain in equal measure....Ver más detalles