Jan Kawelke

Jan Bruno Kawelke (*1992) is a German music journalist who goes by the stage names Icarus and Bruno Kawelke. He studied journalism in Gelsenkirchen, completed a traineeship at WDR, and then wrote for media such as ‘Juice’ and ‘ZEIT Online’. Since 2018, he has hosted the podcast ‘Machiavelli – Rap & Politik’ (‘Machiavelli – Rap & Politics’) together with Vassili Golod and the music programme ‘Soundcheck’ on COSMO. He has remained modest because, as he states, his greatest luxury in life is ordering an appetiser.