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SIMONAS NEKROŠIUS | ECLECTIC LABYRINTH

26 MAY FRI  20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Simonas Nekrošius, solo set 

Eclectic Labyrinth, the acoustic duo of Els Vandeweyer (guitar) and Klaus Kürvers (double bass)

MARCIN MASECKI 

21 MAY SUN  20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT   

Marcin Masecki (piano) plays Bach's Goldberg Variations.

THE MOST UNUSUAL THINGS | NOUR SOKHON

19 MAY FRI  20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT   

The Most Unusual Things  Debut of the electroacoustic trio of Sara Persico (voice, electronics), Tony Elieh (acoustic bass, electronics) and Niko de Paula Lefort (acoustic guitar, voice, electronics)

Nour Sokhon performs And who are we now? for voice, objects & electronics.

FRIDGE | SUNK HEAVEN

18 MAY THU  20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Power Loom #14

FRIDGE, the solo electronics project of Elvin Brandhi

Sunk Heaven, the solo electronics project of Austin Sley Julian 

FORDE–DELIUS–BANNER–BENNINK

MAY 13 SAT  20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Second of two nights with Declan Forde (piano), Tobias Delius (tenor sax, clarinet), James Banner (double bass), and Han Bennink (drums)

FORDE–DELIUS–BANNER–BENNINK

MAY 12 FRI  20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

First of two nights with Declan Forde (piano), Tobias Delius (tenor sax, clarinet), James Banner (double bass), and Han Bennink (drums)

APPARAT plays SAM SALEM | BRAD HENKEL

MAY 11 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Brass ensemble Apparat's four-concert series continues with the music of Sam Salem, with Weston Olencki performing Salem's Bury Me Deep (for trombone, electronics, video) 

Brad Henkel, solo trumpet set

DIE HOCHSTAPLER

MAY 5 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Nowhere Street #15

Die Hochstapler  Louis Laurain (trumpet), Pierre Borel (alto sax), Antonio Borghini (double bass) & Hannes Lingens (drums) ​

CLARA DE ASÍS & REBECCA LANE

MAY 3 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Clara de Asís, Pillar of Salt for synthesizer and metal chimes

Rebecca Lane & Clara de Asís, Four Angles (Image) performed by Sarah Saviet (violin), Deborah Walker (cello), Clara de Asís (synthesizer) & Rebecca Lane (flutes)

OKER | OWEN GARDNER

MAY 2 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Nowhere Street #14

Oker, the acoustic quartet of Fredrik Rasten (guitar), Torstein Lavik Larsen (trumpet), Adrian Fiskum Myhr (double bass), and Jan Martin Gismervik (drums)

Owen Gardner, solo guitar

KEITH ROWE CELEBRATION FESTIVAL DAY 3

APR 29 SAT 18:30 DOORS 19:00 CONCERT 

Judith Hamann & James Rushford, Midmeste for cello and organetto

Quentin Tolimieri (piano), Ignaz Schick (turntables, sampler) & Valerio Tricoli (Revox) play AMM

Axel Dörner (trumpet) & Bryan Eubanks (saxophone, electronics) 

Jessie Marino, solo performance

KEITH ROWE ROUNDTABLE

APR 29 SAT 17:00 TALK

Roundtable with Keith Rowe, Peter Margasak and Brian Olewnick, author of Keith Rowe: The Room Extended

KEITH ROWE CELEBRATION FESTIVAL DAY 2

APR 28 FRI 18:30 DOORS 19:00 CONCERT 

Burkhard Beins & Andrea Neumann perform as Lidingö, their duo for amplified percussion, inside piano, and mixer

Catherine Lamb, The Additive Arrow (2021/22), performed by Catherine Lamb (viola) & Lucy Railton (cello)

Annette Krebs, Konstruktion #4 for rubber, metal, strings, objects, voice, and live electronics

KEITH ROWE CELEBRATION FESTIVAL DAY 1 

APR 27 THU 18:30 DOORS 19:00 CONCERT 

Kaffe Matthews, 4-ch remix of Keith Rowe's solo recordings

Marta Zapparoli (antennas, radio receivers) & Andrea Parkins (objects, electronics)

Sean Meehan (cow bell) & Lucio Capece (bass clarinet, mini speakers)

MARC MATTER | ANDREAS DZIALOCHA 

APR 21 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Power Loom #13

Solo electronics sets from Marc Matter of Institut für Feinmotorik and Andreas Dzialocha of the Hyperdelia label

ABLINGER & VOUTCHKOVA | JOSEPH KUDIRKA 

APR 20 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Peter Ablinger and Biliana Voutchkova give the Berlin premieres of their joint composition Das Ökologische Manifest as well as Ablinger's An den Mond for 1-31 chanting violinists.

Joseph Kudirka and Biliana Voutchkova premiere Kudirka's Music Box and Violin. 

UENO & YIP | MASAOKA & UCHIHASHI 

APR 18 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Ken Ueno (voice, megaphone) & Viola Yip (self-built instruments, electronics) 

Miya Masaoka (koto, One String Thing, synthesizer) & Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar, daxophone)

REINIER VAN HOUDT

APR 15 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Reinier van Houdt (solo piano) performs Luc Ferrari, 36 Enfilades (piano & tape); Alvin Curran, For Cornelius; Eva-Maria Houben, Sonata 1; and Jürg Frey, Pianist Alone (2)

DAVID MOSS & TILO WEBER

APR 14 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

 Virtuoso singer David Moss and percussionist Tilo Weber present their new duo Gong Mountain Galaxy.

HÅVARD WIIK TRIO

APR 12 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Håvard Wiik Trio  Håvard Wiik (piano), Ole Morten Vågan (double bass), and Håkon Mjåset Johansen (drums)

JAMES RUSHFORD & JOE TALIA

APR 8 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

James Rushford (piano) and Joe Talia (drums & electronics)—the duo behind Palisades (Sabbatical), Paper Fault Line (Boccian Records) and Manhunter (Kye)—perform two solo sets and an electronics duo.

ZEYNEP TORAMAN | FREEMAN EDWARDS

APR 7 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Zeynep Toraman, In a Dark House for synthesizers & electronics

Freeman Edwards, solo works for electric guitar

LUCY LIYOU | NICK ZANCA 

APR 6 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Lucy Liyou (voice, piano) tours their new album Dog Dreams (개꿈), with Nick Zanca (electronics).

Nick Zanca, solo set for voice, laptop, electronics, guitar

HARMONIC SPACE: PRIME TIME #2 

MAR 31 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Harmonic Space: Prime Time #2

Marcus Pal, sound synthesis solo, and Michiko Ogawa, clarinet and synthesizer solo

Lumatone-based demonstration by Catherine Lamb and Marc Sabat, followed by a Harmonic Space Orchestra composition (led by Thomas Nicholson) featuring Rebecca Lane, M.O. Abbott, Michiko Ogawa, Marcus Pal, Ellen Arkbro, Thomas Nicholson, Marc Sabat, and Catherine Lamb

EVELYN SAYLOR & NINA GUO

MAR 30 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Evelyn Saylor premieres Shattered, Shimmering and No Such Virtue ('There Is No Rose' Permutation) for solo voice and electronics and Vel Piling Grimtra ('Traveling Pilgrim' Permutation) for fixed media

Evelyn Saylor (voice) & Nina Guo (voice) perform Change Patterns No. 2 by Saylor & Lane; MOSSOPERA by Guo & Brandner; and two new works by Evelyn Saylor: Astral Circuits and The Autumn Day Its Course Has Run (with additional vocals by Marco Wessnigk).

CHANTAL MICHELLE | SEVERIN BLACK

MAR 29 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Chantal Michelle performs Pulse, Puls-ar, Procession (Dinzu Artefacts, 2022) with Michiko Ogawa (clarinet).

Solo electronics set by Severin Black of Archaic Vaults 

GAHLMM | VINYL -TERROR & -HORROR 

MAR 24 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

GAHLMM tour their new release Break a Leg, featuring works by Tony Blomdahl, Paula Matthusen, Vinyl -terror- & -horror, and Lars Marhaug, performed by George Kentros (violin), Mattias Petersson (electronics), My Hellgren (cello), Anna Svensdotter (flutes), Lisa Ullén (piano), and Henrik Olsson (percussion & piezo elements).

Vinyl -terror & -horror, the turntable duo of Camilla Sørensen and Greta Christensen 

APPARAT plays ANN CLEARE | PNEUMA

MAR 23 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Ann Cleare, surface station #1: in the upper atmosphere (for French horn and electronics) and mire |…|veins  (for brass ensemble) performed by Apparat 

Samuel Stoll (horn), Paul Hübner (trumpet), Mathilde Conley (trumpet), Max Murray (tuba) & Weston Olencki (trombone) 

Pneuma, the working trio of Heather Frasch (flute), Axel Dörner (trumpet), and Max Murray (tuba)

HUGO ESQUINCA | RYONG 

MAR 22 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT   

Power Loom #12

Solo electronics sets by Hugo Esquinca and Ryong

COTTBUSSER CHOR | ALEX MENDIZABAL 

MAR 18 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT   

Cottbusser Chor sings Vorahnungen by Nicholas Bussmann with texts by Haytham El Wardany, Yan Jun, Mikhail Lylov, and Jasmina Al Qaisi in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Romanian.

Lucile Desamory, Yusuf Ergün, Margareth Kammerer, Laura Mello, Eduard Mont de Palol, Rico Repotente, and Aaron Snyder

Alex Mendizabal, 6 half basses, solo for six membranes in rotating ratio

RICHARD VALITUTTO

MAR 15 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT   

Pianist Richard Valitutto performs works from his debut solo album nocturnes & lullabies (New Focus Recordings, 2020), featuring works by Maura Capuzzo, Frederic Chopin, Nicholas Deyoe, Thomas Feng, Marc Sabat, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, and Linda Catlin Smith. 

JOHN KAMEEL FARAH plays BACH

MAR 11 SAT 14:30 DOORS 15:00 CONCERT | 18:30 DOORS 19:00 CONCERT

John Kameel Farah (piano & synthesizers) plays J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in its entirety, connecting keys with improvisations and electronic episodes, weaving the series into a contrapuntal soundscape. (Book I starts at 15:00 and Book II at 19:00.)

KIER GOGWILT & JOHNNY CHANG 

MAR 8 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Keir GoGwilt (violin) & Johnny Chang (viola) perform selections from their recent release hope lies fallow (Another Timbre 2022), developed after works by Orlando de Lassus and Hildegard von Bingen and the Cantigas de Santa Maria.

ALAN COURTIS | MATTIN  

MAR 7 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Avant-garde psychodelia meets deep listening with Alan Courtis (electric guitar, voice & tape) of legendary band The Reynols.

Conceptual improvisation meets social realism with artist, musician, and theorist Mattin (audience & computer).

GARD NILSSEN ACOUSTIC UNITY  

MAR 5 SUN 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Nowhere Street #13

Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity  tour their latest album Elastic Waves (ECM Records), feauturing André Roligheten (saxophones, clarinet), Petter Eldh (double bass), and Gard Nilssen (drums).

BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES

MAR 4 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Antonio Borghini's recent compositions are performed by Banquet of Consequences, featuring Pierre Borel (alto sax), Toby Delius (tenor sax, clarinet), Anil Eraslan (cello), Rieko Okuda (piano), Antonio Borghini (double bass), and Steve Heather (drums)

DAFELDECKER & BUSSMANN | SIMON JAMES PHILLIPS 

MAR 2 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT    

Werner Dafeldecker & Nicolas Bussmann present their debut album Monte Carlo Fallacy  (Ni Vu Ni Connu, 2023).

Composer and pianist Simon James Phillips performs 7 or 9 Bagatelles for solo piano.

HÅVARD WIIK | TONY BUCK & BEX BURCH

MAR 1 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Håvard Wiik, leader of the celebrated ensembles Atomic and Håvard Wiik Trio, gives a rare solo piano set.

Tony Buck & Bex Burch present their new collaboration informed by traditional West African music, post-Punk, and minimalism.

RAGE THORMBONES | ELLEN ARKBRO 

FEB 25 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Duo set by RAGE Thormbones (Weston Olencki & Matt Barbier, trombones) 

Chords for trumpet by Ellen Arkbro (trumpet and synthesis)

KJAERGAARD–WESTERGAARD–BRUUN

FEB 24 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Nowhere Street #12

Kjærgaard–Westergaard–Bruun Trio with Søren Kjærgaard (piano), Jonas Westergaard (double bass) and Peter Bruun (drums)

HAMANN & DOBIE | BERTHEAU & ANDERS 

FEB 17 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Judith Hamann & Sholto Dobie, duo for cello and organ

Romain Bertheau & Isabel Anders (piano) play Morton Feldman's Piano Three Hands (1957) and Piano Four Hands (1958).

BROMP TREB | FELICITY MANGAN 

FEB 15 WED 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Power Loom #11

Bromp Treb, the solo electronics project of noisemaker and filmmaker Neil Cloaca Young 

Felicity Mangan, solo electronics incorporating animal archives, field recordings, and piezo transducers

OGAWA & RAILTON | SAM DUNSCOMBE 

FEB 14 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Michiko Ogawa & Lucy Railton, Trio for Cello, Shō, and Hammond Organ (2022), with Lucy Railton (cello),  Michiko Ogawa (shō), and Joseph Houston (organ)

Sam Dunscombe, Fourth Study in Mass Plasma Synthesis for room tones and sine waves

LUKA ARON | LUDWIG WANDINGER 

FEB 10 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Luka Aron, solo for sine waves and distortion units  

Ludwig Wandinger, solo electronics  

WOBBLY| WILTED WOMAN

FEB 9 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Wobbly  performs Monitress, the germ of his seven-album studio cycle, for multiple mobile devices and electronics. 

Wilted Woman, solo electronics and synthesizer

CAPECE & PORTER | SOFIA SALVO | QUENTIN TOLIMIERI

FEB 7 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT

Lucio Capece & Katie Porter, Phase to Phase, duo for bass clarinets

Sofia Salvo, solo for baritone saxophone

Quentin Tolimieri, Bass Clarinet, Piano, Bass, performed by Katie Porter (bass clarinet), Quentin Tolimieri (piano), and Werner Dafeldecker (double bass)

CHRIS PITSIOKOS | AXEL DÖRNER 

FEB 4 SAT 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Chris Pitsiokos, Irrational Rhythms and Shifting Poles for alto saxophone, electronics and four loudspeakers

Axel Dörner, rixtorp for trumpet, electronics, and four loudspeakers

JOSEPH HOUSTON  

FEB 2 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Joseph Houston, solo piano, performs Horațiu Rădulescu, Piano Sonata No. 4 (like a well ... older than god); Alexander Scriabin, Deux Danses, op. 73, Joseph Houston, new piece; Mark Barden, die Haut anderer; and Linda Catlin Smith, The Underfolding.

HARMONIC SPACE: PRIME TIME #1

JAN 31 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

The Harmonic Space: Prime Time series begins with a Harmonic Space Orchestra collective composition (led by Deborah Walker); a new solo work by Rebecca Lane (quarter-tone bass flute and electronics); and Fredrik Rasten's Murmurations XVI and Stasis I-II for six electric guitars and spatialized amplifiers. 

Rebecca Lane (flute), M.O. Abbott (trombone), Sam Dunscombe (clarinet), Weston Olencki (trombone), Thomas Nicholson (viola), Jonathan Heilbron (double bass), Judith Hamann (cello), Deborah Walker (cello), Marc Sabat (violin), Fredrik Rasten (guitar), Sarah Saviet (violin)

RICHARD VALITUTTO 

JAN 27 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Richard Valitutto plays Sarah Hennies’s hour-long work for prepared piano, SOVT [Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract] (2017); Thomas Feng’s trace of hope (variations); and Linda Catlin Smith’s Thought and Desire.

GERMAINE SIJSTERMANS

JAN 26 THU 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT  

Germaine Sijstermans (clarinet) performs compositions from her double album Betula (Elsewhere 2022) with Rishin Singh (trombone) and Fredrik Rasten (guitar). 

RUPERT ENTICKNAP

JAN 24 TUE 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

Morphologies

Four new works for voice, piano, and electronics for a single performer by Liisa Hirsch, Lucie Vítková, Dominykas Digimas, and Wojtek Blecharz

Rupert Enticknap, performance

LISLE–EDWARDS–DOWNES  

JAN 20 FRI 20:00 DOORS 20:30 CONCERT 

 The trio Andrew Lisle (drums), John Edwards (bass), and Kit Downes (piano) tours its first release Multi-directional (Raw Tonk Records).