Frictive Frequencies: schoco mune / Notorische Ruhestörung / İpek Odabaşı

In the organizer's words:

The concert series Frictive Frequencies brings some of the mostly behind-the-scenes cultural activists in the field of improvised music in Berlin into the spotlight. It makes the artistic side of the organizers visible, giving something back to this scene. The series sees itself not only as a forum for improvised music, but also as a place for communication and the exchange of ideas about DIY practices. The invited guests present their own unique sonic languages, and also share their experiences in artistic and organizational practice in short talks.

schoco mune (it/she) is a sound performance project that delivers explosive, noisy, chaotic soundscapes generated with a strong focus on physicality and intuitive action. A dismantled piano being hit with whatever is there, being stomped upon, or a minimalist mixer with a couple of pedals in a seriously loudspeaker threatening feedback assembly, or... schoco mune started to liberate from the conventional musical approaches and traditional gender norms in 2020. Using sounds as a tool to embody human perception, pain, emotion, feeling, thoughts, and imagination, it explores a cognitive process through its performance.

Notorische Ruhestörung is an artist, organizer and activist mainly focusing on sound and music, but also active in other fields such as video, performance, zines and painting, DIY noisy electronics and improvisation. As a long-term member of the Berlin DIY, collective- & self-organized scene, Notorische Ruhestörung is always interested in social struggles and real life experiences. Touching several music styles and art currents in one go, Notorische Ruhestörung consistently plays and combines the drum, the guitar, the self-made instruments and keys.

İpek Odabaşı is an Istanbul-born, Berlin-based noise maker, sound artist, experimental DJ, and curator. Her practice centers on experimental music, including noise and improvised performance, where samples and field recordings are combined with live sound. She is a co-founder of the artist-run project space Richten25, co-curator of the Neu Berlin Institute of Improvised Music series, one of the bookers at B.L.O. Ateliers – Kantine, and co-founder and coordinator of the A.I.D concert series. Odabaşı plays loud and beautiful noise music produced by non-input mixers and various digital sound sources.

Funded by Musikfonds e.V. by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. 

Price information:

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