Exhibition Islands of Time by Niccolò Masini – Opening

On 6 August, we will celebrate the official opening of Islands of Time in the Ateliers. As part of the programme, the following artists will perform in the Kuppelhalle. Admission to the exhibition is free of charge; tickets for the concerts are available via the ticket link below. Islands of Time will then be on view until 16 August.

Pole
Since the 1990s, Berlin-based producer and mastering wizard Stefan Betke, alias POLE, has been exploring the realms of minimal techno, ambient and dub. His latest releases sound both focused and open, deeply rooted in the bass yet characterised by a remarkable lightness. Here, dub is no longer a genre but a way of thinking: echo as memory, space as an instrument, silence as a secret co-producer. His most recent release features remixes of his latest album Tempus, with contributions from Sleaford Mods, Alessandro Cortini and Rrose

JakoJako & Rubén Nsue
The Berlin-based modular synthesiser specialist, producer and DJ Sibel Koçer, known as JakoJako, is dedicated to exploring the spaces that open up between the technical and emotional aspects of electronic music, fostering a relationship to sound that implements both rigorous knowledge and unrestrained intuition. She recently released a series of remixes from her latest album Tết 41.

Today she performs with Rubén Nsue Mbese. The Madrid-born dancer began his career in his hometown, where he studied jazz and modern dance. He furthered his artistic training in Barcelona, London and New York, where he honed his skills in dance theatre, contemporary dance and hip-hop. Nsue has appeared in several musicals, including high-profile productions such as Hair and The Wedding Singer.

Sunroof
Originally founded as a remix project by Mute founder Daniel Miller and producer Gareth Jones, Sunroof have released three albums of free improvisations over the past years, rooted in their shared love of Eurorack modular synthesizers. On record as in their rare live performances, most recently as support for Yann Tiersen, the guiding principle is that nothing may be planned or rehearsed in advance, and that each piece must be performed or recorded live using a maximum of 2x2 channels, without overdubs.

Nicolas Bougaïeff
French-Canadian Nicolas “Dr. Techno” Bougaïeff has long celebrated that rare kind of electronic music that sounds like the future while taking measure of the present in all its asymmetries and complex structures. On his more recent releases, Bougaïeff has not left the club behind, but rather mapped it with greater precision: as a space for thought, as a pressure chamber, as a site of controlled ecstasy. Where others still speak of “atmosphere,” he is already working on architecture. Recent tracks include Sunday Morning at Panorama Bar When Things Go Sideways and Summer Beach Bar Where Jodie Foster Goes in the Movie Contact.