CTM Festival

The immersive installation »Oceanic Refractions« brought the testimonies of Fijian, i-Kiribati and Papua New Guinean elders to CTM 2024, with hyper-detailed soundscape compositions combined with 360 videography, kinetic seating, and olfactory effects to create an unforgettable experience. An expert in indigenous rights and international environmental law, Fleur Ramsay discusses the current situation of peoples and places of the Pacific, giving context to the installation, while artists AM Kanngieser, Mere Nailatikau, and KMRU dive into how the work was conceptualized and created, on the Pacific context in which it is grounded, and the techniques and ethics of working with testimony and field recordings. › Listen 🌊

TONIGHT 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 »𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲« 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁 | 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗫𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘅 | 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗵𝗻𝗲 💀Remaining Tickets💀

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗧𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗞 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗸𝗮𝗸 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗸𝗮𝗸, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗻! 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 | 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 Takkak Takkak is a new project by Berlin-based Japanese producer Shigeru Ishihara and Vilnius-based Indonesian junk multi-instrumentalist J. Mo’ong Santoso Pribadi fusing low-end club sounds with wiry traditional Asian patterns and howling vocals. The duo will perform their ST album on Nyege Nyege Tapes. Gabber Modus Operandi (the duo of Kasimyn and Ican Harem) fuse the sounds of gabber, digital hardcore, punk, and noise with uniquely Indonesian sounds such as jathilan, dangdut koplo, and funkot. Japanese sound artist popon binds the evening together with DJ sets influenced by 80s Japanese DIY punk, children's music, and various music coming out of Bristol. › 𝙏𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨

Ukrainian composer and musician Oleh Shpudeiko explores intersections of past and present, providence and contingency as Heinali, providing a bridge with which to connect the worlds of High Mediaeval polyphony and modular synthesis. At CTM 2024, the SHAPE+ supported artist was joined by the Berlin-based visual artist u-matic & telematique, who hold a particular fascination for intangible processes including perception and the sense of time. › Watch it here

Ukrainian composer and musician Oleh Shpudeiko explores intersections of past and present, providence and contingency as Heinali, providing a bridge with which to connect the worlds of High Mediaeval polyphony and modular synthesis. At CTM 2024, the SHAPE+ supported artist was joined by the Berlin-based visual artist u-matic & telematique, who hold a particular fascination for intangible processes including perception and the sense of time. After a premiere with @crackmagazine, this excerpt from their CTM performance is, dot dot

33EMYBW is the alias of Shanghai-based producer Shanmin Wu. Her works flow in the raptures among liminal worlds and sci-fi mediums, excavating biological myths from ancient dreams and ancestral wisdom. Influenced by modern dance music, traditional music styles and visual art, her music is often considered to be a combination of highly personalized low frequency grooves and intricate drum patterns. Diving deeper into 33EMYBW's hyper-real worlds which the artist describes as the Arthropods Continent, 33EMYBW speaks with oxi peng, one of her collaborators, as well as her »dream catcher« with whom she has been sharing dreams for years. They contemplate on how these worlds have grown from the orifices of the East, and further blossom into the spirits that one's ear drum might encounter among 33EMYBW's beats and rhythms. › Read it now in CTM Magazine

𝗩𝗠𝗢 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 | »𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗢𝗳 𝗫𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘅« 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟲𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 | 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀𝗯ü𝗵𝗻𝗲 Osaka-based VMO a.k.a Violent Magic Orchestra will perform their new album »Death Rave« at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. After touring the world to present their A/V moshpit-live-show, they unveil a milestone in the Japanese hardcore new rave scene with »Death Rave«, fusing the aesthetics of black metal with the euphoria and rush of hardcore and gabber. Performance installation »Star Of Xanax« by artists Natalie Assmann, Maximilian Prag and Anna Schall, have invited dancer DaDa JV and music producer IDKLANG. Together they embark on a journey into the unknown, a sci-fi fusion of black metal, gabber, cyberpunk, performance art and techno. › 𝙏𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 🔗

For the CTM 2024 performance of composer Eduardo Reck Miranda’s ‘Swirling Qubits’, a state-of-the-art quantum computer developed by IQM was used to run generative music algorithms and to synthesize sounds. Performer Federico Visi controlled the quantum computer based in Finland with bespoke gestural controllers developed with UdK’s Wearable Computing team, brain signals and live coding through the Internet, along with Miranda’s Q1Synth software. › Watch ⚛ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵, 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘡𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘨𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 24, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺.

With formative encounters with the jungle, dubstep, and grime scene in her native Rotterdam, audiovisual artist, graphic designer and AMPFEMININE founding member Soft Break melds the tender with the tumultuous in her work. Delicate vocals skitter atop footwork and hip-hop snares, heavy percussion, and heavier bass in works that feel both piercing and at times ethereal. Get an earful of her genre-busting OXI set from CTM 2024, packed with energy-driven aural narratives full of unexpected twists and turns. › Listen 🎧

The Contemporary Music Research Centre (CMRC or Κ.ΣΥ.Μ.Ε. in Greek) came into existence in 1979. It was conceived by John G. Papaioannou, Stephanos Vassiliadis, and Iannis Xenakis with the expressed aim to support and advance research and development of electroacoustic music in Greece. Each unique in their own way, these three figures espoused and promoted ideas about music, education, and art that still resonate in several obvious or subtler ways with contemporary music in Greece and beyond. Accompanying yesterday's Chronotopia album release, this in-depth portrait of the CMRC/ KSYME dives into the context of the CMRC's creation and its place within the experimental music context then and now. › Read it now in CTM Magazine