mʊdʌki
mʊdʌki Polina Khatsenka is an audiovisual artist, sound designer, and curator from Minsk, Belarus, based in Ústí nad Labem. She explores sound through performances, site-specific installations, and compositions, focusing on collaboration and spatial perception. Since 2018, she has specialized in spatial sound, studying at HSDüsseldorf and Kunstuniversität Linz. She is now pursuing a PhD at […]
LOUFR
LOUFR LOUFR is a solo project by the Polish composer Piotr Bednarczyk. His work focuses on intermedial chamber and electronic music. In his sonic endeavors, he explores the spaces of sound design, seeking sounds and structures characterized by a subjective, strong physical, and emotional impact. The non-musical content woven into his compositions revolves around global […]
Jules Reidy
Jules Reidy Jules Reidy composes music for prepared and acoustic instruments (mostly guitars). Their work can be described as a series of non-traditional song forms that combine unstable harmonic territories, rhythmic elasticity, and abstract narratives with stretched and episodic structures. The aesthetic fluctuates between electronic drones and found sounds, sometimes reminiscent of Hope Sandoval or […]
X. Lee
X. Lee X. LEE is a DJ/producer, experimental sound artist, and composer with roots in scratch turntablism, jungle, techno, noise, and electroacoustic contemporary composition. His work draws from his experiences in electronic underground subcultures. By combining interactive technologies and multimedia elements, he seeks to explore design in both physical and auditory spaces. His works have […]
Natasha Barrett
Natasha Barrett Natasha Barrett (NO/UK) composes and presents concert works, sound art installations in public spaces, and multimedia interactive music, using a wide range of sounds, new technologies, and experimental techniques. She is widely known for her electronic, acousmatic, and electroacoustic live music as well as her use of 3D audio in composition: her works […]
Jana Irmert
Jana Irmert Jana Irmert is a Berlin-based sound artist and composer working across spatial composition, film soundtracks, and live performance, often exploring the boundary between musical sound and noise through extensive experiments with field recordings. In times of ecological crisis, she investigates temporality and impermanence, creating atmospheric audiovisual and sonic spaces that work with (dis)harmony […]
Jessica Ekomane
Jessica Ekomane Jessica Ekomane is an electronic musician and sound artist born in France and based in Berlin. She creates situations where sound acts as a transformative element for the space and the audience. Her quadraphonic performances, characterized by their physical impact, seek a cathartic effect through the interplay of psychoacoustics, the perception of rhythmic […]
Damián Gorandi
Damián Gorandi Damián Gorandi is a contemporary composer and professor of composition. He was born in Argentina in 1991. He studied composition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in Stefano Gervasoni’s class and at the Haute École des Arts du Rhin (Strasbourg), electroacoustic music at the Hochschule für Musik […]
Hauptmeier|Recker
Hauptmeier|Recker Since 2009, composers Martin Recker (*1991) and Paul Hauptmeier (*1993) have worked together as an artist duo in the field of sound and multimedia art. They studied composition together with Robin Minard and Maximilian Marcoll at the FRANZ LISZT University of Music Weimar, as well as at the University of California San Diego with […]
Sébastien Branche
Sébastien Branche The French saxophonist Sébastien Branche, based in Leipzig, focuses on sound as a material and typically performs at the intersection of drone, noise, and bruitism, incorporating long tones, extended techniques, or objects into his improvisations. Interested in collective and non-hierarchical experiments, he has been a member of several collectives and is currently part […]
Passepartout Duo
Passepartout Duo Since 2015, Passepartout Duo have been developing their own polyphonic instruments, which control sound generation in novel ways — often through gestures. During their residency ahead of their concert as part of swim 2024, they connected their inventions with 3D audio for the first time, exploring ways to use space itself as a […]
Oscar Friisgaard
NOTHING WHERE SOMETHING SHOULD BE BY Listening Session / 10.12.23 Join us for an exclusive musical experience brought to you by Oscar Friisgaard in collaboration with ZiMMT. Immerse yourself in the captivatingsoundscape of ‚Nothing Where Something Should Be’ ‘Nothing Where Something Should Be’ is the culmination of a 3-month artistic exploration into liminal spaces—those intriguing […]
dotserosix
dotserosix dotserosix are Tania Cortés and Oscar Bahamonde (Paris, France / Quito, Ecuador). Cortés is an interdisciplinary musician and composer, Bahamonde is a musician, multimedia artist, and lecturer. Since 2020, they have been jointly creating audiovisual experiential spaces in a minimalist, glitchy language of form, combining music, environmental sounds, and visual arts. They are constantly […]
Jacopo Cenni
Jacopo Cenn Jacopo Cenni (*1995) is a new media artist and composer from Siena, Italy. He often combines theatrical expression with sound art, focusing on exploring diverse forms of systemic interaction and interplay between elements. His works span sound theatre, electroacoustic composition, and data sonification, and have been presented at prestigious venues such as La […]
Ikbal Lybus & Aii Wijayanti Anik
Ikbal Lybus & Aii Wijayanti Anik live spatial Video & Sound Performance / 03.10.23 Join us at ZIMMT for a work-in-progress performance by our Indonesian artists in residence, Ikbal Lubys and Aii Wijaya. The performance will include live video, silent film, experimental guitar exploration and spatial sound, investigating musical tension related to the colonial sonic […]
Philipp Rumsch
Philipp Rumsch Philipp Rumsch – composer, sound designer, and producer based in Leipzig – is exploring ways at ZiMMT to translate his studio’s Dolby Atmos productions into a 3D audio live context. He aims to develop technical concepts that will enable concerts and tours for a wide range of projects: from a twelve-piece ensemble to […]
Iulja Smeu
Iulja-Andreea Smeu (Kite) Listening session / September 28, 2023 Do you remember the sound of my voice? The classic theme of terraforming Mars is one that has recently unsettled me, underscored by the obvious conflict between the current climate catastrophe and the space journeys of the super-rich. Beyond our innate drive as explorers, colonizers, and […]
Quast
Quast Bruno Quast was born in Germany and raised in Italy. He studied classical piano, contemporary art, and animation, and today teaches sound design at universities alongside his artistic work. His animated short films depict surreal worlds and soundscapes. Quast usually blends digital and analog techniques, such as 3D animation, drawings, sand, and digital collages. […]
Robert Normandeau
Robert Normandeau With Robert Normandeau, a true pioneer of immersive music is visiting ZiMMT:Normandeau (*1955 in Quebec, Canada) is an internationally renowned acousmatic composer and has been a professor of electroacoustic composition at the University of Montreal for over twenty years. In 2009, together with his research group GRIS (Research Group in Spatial Immersion), he […]
Stephanie Felber
Stefanie Felber Phantasmagoria
Perila
Perila Perila is a transdisciplinary sound and media artist, performer, and DJ. At ZiMMT, she focuses on the breath of sounds, using exclusively sounds derived from living nature. In immersive improvisations, she explores how the vibrations of her interplay affect our bodies. One of her main research questions is how music can evoke emotions throughout […]
Rashad Becker
Rashad Becker Rashad Becker’s music has been described as “a tear in the fabric of reality.” A significant part of his work consists of electronic narratives of fictional worlds, where no dominant aesthetic ideas exist, but instead endless sonic diversity—such as the cycle Traditional Music of Notional Species. Other works, like the sound staging of […]
Antje Meichsner
Antje Meichsner Antje Meichsner is a Dresden-based audiovisual artist and a guest at ZiMMT for the mentoring program. She is translating her noise-based ambient sound design and compositional work into the three-dimensional listening space. In doing so, she questions the tools of 3D audio and its immersive effect on what is being conveyed. spatialaudionetwork.de
X. Lee
X. Lee X. Lee is developing an intuitive controller tool for 3D audio as part of the mentoring program, specifically designed for electronic live performances. The goal is to make audio spatialization adaptable to a wide range of concert setups and collaborative contexts. spatialaudionetwork.de
Henrik Rohde
Henrik Rohde Henrik Rohde is a musician and sound artist based in Leipzig and Berlin. His work includes electroacoustic compositions, band performances, and performative live sets. He creates multilayered soundscapes using field recordings, digital synthesizers, and other electronic instruments. For his debut album nowadays, he explored the possibilities of mobile production in depth — including […]
Portrait XO
Portrait XO “I wondered whether AI-generated music can be emotional and coherent. In the end, I found it deeply emotional, because hearing a machine sing like me was at the same time eerie, fascinating, and inspiring.” — Portrait XO Portrait XO (she/they) is a project by producer, singer, and songwriter Rania Kim, exploring collaboration between […]
Mariam Gviniashvili
Mariam Gviniashvili In the first half of the concert, Mariam Gviniashvili presents her electroacoustic compositions from the past two years in a seamless, flowing multichannel performance. The second half features the German premiere of the audiovisual work RUINS, where multichannel composition and visuals merge. Gviniashvili found inspiration for the piece in the ruins of Soviet […]
Nils Baumbach
Nils Baumbach Nils Baumbach/Jens Baumann works as a musician, composer, and DJ. The music he creates ranges from jazz to more dancefloor-oriented styles such as disco and techno. Through the mentoring, he is exploring ways to integrate electronic elements and 3D sound into his current live project, which focuses on live minimal music. spatialaudionetwork.de
Michael Akstaller
Michael Akstaller Michael Akstaller (b. 1992) studied Fine Arts, Media Theory, and Engineering. In 2017, together with Jan St. Werner, he initiated the Class for Dynamic Acoustic Research at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, which has operated as an independent collective since 2021. He has collaborated with artists such as Alexandra Pirici (Terraform, 2020), […]
Viola Yip
Viola Yip Viola Yip is a composer, performer, sound artist, and instrument builder. She invents new instruments that explore the complex and dynamic relationships between media, materiality, musical bodies, and space through electricity and electronics, thereby introducing a new physicality into electronic music. Her recent performances have taken place at venues including the Hong Kong […]
Tasneem-Lohani
Rest Now, Sleep Later Open Studio & Listening Session / November 30, 2022 Tasneem (Bangalore, India) explores sound, connection, and healing as a way to cope with the dusty work culture of the post-pandemic techno-capitalist era. Inspired by ancient Indian wisdom through mantras and chants, she aims to create a spatial sound work as a […]
Ca$$andra
Ca$$andra The trio Ca$$andra (vibraphone/percussion, bass, voice) performs a freely improvised set that occasionally settles into more structured forms. The improvisation engages in a dialogue with the live electronics of Paul Hauptmeier, who processes the instrumental sounds and spatializes them on the ZiMMT’s 3D sound system. zimmt.net/allyears/
Marja Ahti
Marja Ahti (born 1981) is a Swedish-Finnish composer and sound artist from Turku, Finland. Ahti works with field recordings and other acoustic sound materials combined with synthesizers and electronic feedback to find the space where these sounds begin to communicate. She creates music that rides waves of slowly morphing harmonies and mutating textures—raw, edgy, yet […]
Anna Schimkat
Anna Schimkat After completing an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor at the Technical School for Wood and Ivory Craftsmanship in Michelstadt i. Odw., she studied Fine Arts at the Bauhaus University in Weimar until 2004. In 2011, she completed her masterclass at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden in the Sculpture and Architecture-Related Media department. […]
Patrick Franke
Patrick Franke He is an award-winning sound and recording artist specializing in wildlife and environmental sounds. Scientific expertise is an integral part of his work as a recording artist. His library includes over 16,000 recordings. Between 2004 and 2008, he ran the sound art platform and record label ‘Alula Ton Serien’ and was part of […]
Crys Cole
Crys Cole Crys Cole is a Canadian sound artist currently living in Berlin, working in composition, performance, and sound installation. With a conceptual approach that emphasizes focused listening, she creates subtle sound pieces through tactile gestures and seemingly everyday sources, crafting structurally nuanced works that continually retune the ear. Cole has performed and exhibited worldwide […]
Sara Persico
Sara Persico Sara Persico (Naples, 1993) is a Berlin-based sound artist, composer, and performer. In her practice, she explores forms of storytelling through the expressive possibilities of the human voice and electronic sounds. Her compulsive sonic dimension is characterized by an unusual, impulsive vocal style, combined with pulsations and a wide range of frequencies. Sara […]
Jascha Hagen
Jascha Hagen Jascha Hagen is a musician, record collector, and producer. Since 2008, he has been continuously developing and refining his signature style in music creation and production. His work spans various genres, ranging from dance music to experimental electroacoustic live performances. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in electroacoustic composition at the Hochschule […]
Thomas Ankersmit
Thomas Ankersmit Thomas Ankersmit is a musician and sound artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam. He plays the Serge Modular Synthesizer both live and in the studio and collaborates with artists such as Phill Niblock and Valerio Tricoli. His music is released on labels like Shelter Press, PAN, and Touch, blending intricate sonic details with […]
Jiyoung Chloe Yoon
Jiyoung Chloe Yoon Jiyoung Chloe Yoon, also known as klof, is a composer and media artist working at the intersections of electroacoustic composition, experimental music, installations, production, and audiovisual live sets. She studied computer music at the Korea National University of Arts (MA) and electroacoustic composition at the FRANZ LISZT University of Music, as well […]
Martí Guillem
Martí Guillem With “DAS IST NICHT ASMR” (This is not ASMR) Martí Guillem has developed a site-specific performance especially for ZiMMT that explores the immersive potential of sound moving through space. Self-built electroacoustic devices are manipulated and moved around the setup, creating dynamic movements within the tree-like sound structure and unfamiliar listening experiences. As an […]
Judith Crasser & Viti-Ko Lilja Schell
Judith Crasser & Viti-Ko Lilja Schell For their first joint collaboration, Leipzig-based artists Judith Crasser and Viti-Ko Lilja Schell composed a multi-instrumental piece for the 3D audio system at ZiMMT, exploring the potentials of acoustic spatiality and spatial perception. Crasser’s sound syntheses, vocal experiments, and electro-acoustic elements meet Schell’s fragments of pop and punk music. […]
Elisa Batti
Elisa Batti “To talk about this composition, I first have to talk about the way I usually conceive a piece. When I compose, I always think of the music as a landscape, a scenographic set where I develop a story. The content is always very evocative and pictorial, following a path along which I unravel […]
TIBSLC
TIBSLC The spatial audio live performance Light Rain And Distant Dogs blends subtle ambient recordings with digital noise and feedback. The resulting atmosphere resembles a waking dream. On the threshold of perception, spatial parameters alternate, mixing dizziness with a heavy, impenetrable feeling tinged by an almost unidentifiable sadness. TIBSLC (The International Billionaire’s Secret Love Child) […]
Cucina Povera
Cucina povera Impressed by Tod Dockstader’s Water Music, a technique that uses “everything and the kitchen sink,” Cucina povera is particularly interested in exploring field recordings of water in all its forms, combined with long vocal chants. Always starting from folk singing, she is drawn to the connection between singing and water—the oldest of all […]
Ectoplastic
Ectoplastic Stephan Kloss and Jakob Gruhl met in 1999 through hip-hop projects. Since then, they have shared an interest in electronic music.In connection with the Mazetools project, they have been conducting practical research since 2013 at the intersection of music, art, and technology. Their latest musical works are closely linked to the development process. The […]
Robertina Šebjanič
Robertina Šebjaničs Robertina Šebjanič’s immersive audio installation “Stories about the Atlantic” tells the tale of the wandering basking shark Cetorhinus Maximus and the flame scallop Limaria Hians, both marine inhabitants of the North Atlantic.The story weaves together mythologies and sciences, humans and non-humans, and explores the ability to speak and confront challenges in the […]
Sébastien Branche
Sebastién Branche Sebastién Branche presents his new solo project Lignes de niveaux (English: Level Sets).It is an extension of his tenor saxophone solo work, which this time is transformed into an electroacoustic and immersive experience through the use of the programming language SuperCollider and Ambisonics 3D sound technology. Branche employs his characteristic design elements: long […]
Denim Szram
Denim Szram For Denim Szram, experimenting with synthesizers and sound recordings marks the beginning of every compositional process.Intriguing textures and moods are extracted and expanded into an intense dramaturgy—ranging from deep subfrequencies to high, noise-like sounds, from long pads to short signals. Denim Szram is a sound and media artist currently living and working in […]
Jasmina Rezig
JASMINA REZIG Jasmina Rezig’s performance explores and engages with identity-forming terms.For this experiment, zie* asked numerous people to speak gender labels and terms for sexual orientations, weaving these recordings together with orgasmic sounds into a sonic landscape—a transformative ritual. In 3D sound, zie finds an unconventional space to grapple with resonating power structures. Jasmina Rezig’s […]