PLEKTRUM

PLEKTRUM isn't trying to fit a mold. This German station plays everything from ambient drones to garage rock riffs. The playlist jumps around so much you'd think someone spilled a crate of records. But that chaos has a method. Afternoons lean into electronic textures reminiscent of Kompakt's output. Evenings bring out moodier tracks, the kind of deep cuts you'd hear in a Berlin basement. The station title suits it - 'plektrum' suggests a guitar pick, yet there's plenty of synth. It's a Music radio Germany that refuses to be pinned down. Language? Mostly instrumental or English, with occasional…