Berghain Wednesday

25th May 2022 26th May 2022 18:30 00:00

Raed Yassin »Phantom Orchestra«

22:00

Nakul Krishnamurthy

00:15

Slumberland feat Sainkho Namtchylak

01:15

Sam Slater & Theresa Baumgartner present »Vandals«

19:30

Berghain18/9 € reduced

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  • Nakul Krishnamurthy

    IN

    Nakul Krishnamurthy explores new ways of conceiving Indian classical music at the intersection of Western classical, experimental, and electronic music traditions.

     

  • Raed Yassin

    LB/DE

    The Lebanese artist and musician creates work originating from an examination of his personal narratives and their position within a collective history, through the lens of consumer culture and mass production.

  • Stephen O'Malley

    US/FR

    The American composer and musician, though best known for his role as guitarist and founder of Sunn O))), has earned admiration as a wizard of fiercely innovative collaborations and as a promulgator of the musical and artistic avant-garde at large.

  • Theresa Baumgartner

    DE

    The Berlin-based visual artist blurs the lines between AV performance and installation art using experimental filming techniques and an approach to stage design that is rooted in sculpture.

  • Stephen O'Malley

    US/FR

    The American composer and musician, though best known for his role as guitarist and founder of Sunn O))), has earned admiration as a wizard of fiercely innovative collaborations and as a promulgator of the musical and artistic avant-garde at large.

  • Stephen O'Malley

    US/FR

    The American composer and musician, though best known for his role as guitarist and founder of Sunn O))), has earned admiration as a wizard of fiercely innovative collaborations and as a promulgator of the musical and artistic avant-garde at large.

    • This evening highlights personal/artistic responses to lack of human contact, and attempts to create new musical spaces that bridge traditions, histories, and artforms.

    In collaboration with Morphine Records and featuring over 40 improvisational artists, Raed Yassin presents »Phantom Orchestra,« an archival project of solo improvisational recordings and an unconventional performance developed in the context of pandemic lockdowns, when the in-person synergy at the core of improvised music was completely suspended. As a means of coping with the loss of their livelihoods and forms of expression, musicians around the world began to experiment with solo improvisation within the confines of an enclosed or isolated space – an act which brought forth brilliantly unique and experimental responses within this collectively endured period. »Phantom Orchestra« showcases otherwise lost output from Berlin-based improv musicians in single vinyl recordings of reproduced solo performances pressed by Morphine Records. The resulting collection of vinyls will be played in a live performance by Yassin, using a system of over a dozen turntables to create an orchestra of deconstructed and repurposed »phantom sounds.«

    Dialoguing between Western classical/experimental and classical Indian music traditions, Nakul Krishnamurthy presents Tesserae, an upcoming release via Cafe Oto where numerous recorded vocal phrases and harmonies intersect, layer, and blend with generative patterns and chance-based modulations. Krishnamurthty’s unbounded sonic mosaic conjures »a musical space that reflects the intimacy of cultures in the contemporary migratory world and celebrates the possibilities afforded by cultural hybridity in enriching our traditions and modes of thought.« (Cafe Oto)

    Belgian musician, composer and instrument maker Slumberland collaborates with Tuvan voice-artist Sainkho Namtchylak, known for being the first female overtone artist and her avant-garde interpretations of traditional chants. Slumberland’s hypnotic and tactile sounds, generated by various mechanical objects, coalesce with Namtchylak’s unearthly, compelling strains.

    Theresa Baumgartner and Sam Slater premiere a new audiovisual installation. »Vandals« is a piece about inevitability, the sudden event of potential energy becoming kinetic, captured in ultra slow motion, barely detectable in its near frozen motion. The work speaks to moments of personal and social collapse and recovery, and will be shown during each of CTM's events at Berghain, in the ground floor Säule space. The work is commissioned by Arctic Arts Festival and CTM.

    »The Phantom Orchestra« is funded by Musikfonds e.V. by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM), as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR recovery programme and Gwärtler Stiftung. In partnership with CTM Festival and Morphine Records.