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Thanks to Schiko for the photographs he took at the soundcheck and the concert of KMRU and Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti at Velvet, 18.04.26.
Nightlife, concerts or performances, for Schiko, have always been linked to its potential for creating utopian communities, a space for experimenting with alternative ways of creating, listening, and being together.

@fotoschiko @m__bertoni @_kamaru_ @velvet__collective

live concert review

Thanks to Schiko for the photographs he took at the soundcheck and the concert of KMRU and Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti at Velvet, 18.04.26.
Nightlife, concerts or performances, for Schiko, have always been linked to its potential for creating utopian communities, a space for experimenting with alternative ways of creating, listening, and being together.

@fotoschiko @m__bertoni @_kamaru_ @velvet__collective

live concert review

Thanks to Schiko for the photographs he took at the soundcheck and the concert of KMRU and Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti at Velvet, 18.04.26.
Nightlife, concerts or performances, for Schiko, have always been linked to its potential for creating utopian communities, a space for experimenting with alternative ways of creating, listening, and being together.

@fotoschiko @m__bertoni @_kamaru_ @velvet__collective

live concert review

Thanks to Schiko for the photographs he took at the soundcheck and the concert of KMRU and Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti at Velvet, 18.04.26.
Nightlife, concerts or performances, for Schiko, have always been linked to its potential for creating utopian communities, a space for experimenting with alternative ways of creating, listening, and being together.

@fotoschiko @m__bertoni @_kamaru_ @velvet__collective

music for a stage play

VERGELTUNG
Ein Live Hörspiel mit sechs Bildern von Sebastian Baumgarten

SCHAUSPIELHAUS Köln, Depot 1
TODAY ! 24.4. Premiere,19.30h

Very excited to announce the premiere of Vergeltung, a live audio play, which i did the soundtrack for.

„It all begins at a height of 12,000 feet: a stream of US bombers half a mile wide and eighteen miles long approaches a German city. Below it shortly afterwards there are falling bombs, the parachutes of a bomber crew, low-flying aircrafts and towers with anti-aircraft guns. At the very bottom are houses and streets in which floundering human beings are “barbecued” in boiling tarmac. Air raid shelters, cellars, chaos, scenes of inconceivable horror. Gert Ledig’s novel VERGELTUNG (“Payback”) takes a cold and unsentimental look at the destructive power of an allied air raid in July 1944. The city that is described here remains nameless – but it could be Cologne. After the night of 30 to 31 May 1942, the Cathedral was the only building left standing in a vast landscape of ruins. The book was published in 1956 and was soon forgotten. Director Sebastian Baumgarten stages Ledig’s challenge to war-mongering phrases about “fatherland, heroism, tradition, faith and honour” as a world premiere for Schauspiel Köln.

Regie SEBASTIAN BAUMGARTEN
Bühne JOEP VAN LIESHOUT and CHRISTIAN MAYER
Kostüm TABEA BRAUN
Komposition STEFAN SCHNEIDER
Musik FIETE WACHHOLTZ
Videoart CHRIS KONDEK

With NIKOLAUS BENDA, REBEKKA BIENER, JONAS DUMKE, ELIAS EILINGHOFF, ANDREAS GRÖTZINGER, LEONHARD HUGGER, HASTI MOLAVIAN, UWE SCHMIEDER and SARAH SANDEH, FIETE WACHHOLTZ

https://www.schauspiel.koeln/en/production/vergeltung

Berlin Concert

Katharina Grosse, Farida Amadou, Carina Khorkhordina, Stefan Schneider

Tue. 5th of May
KM 28
Karl Marx Straße 28, 12043 Berlin
doors 19.30 / stage 20.00

Very much looking forward to playing with this unique line-up. We are a battery.
Katharina Grosse and Stefan Schneider first met whilst studying fine arts at Art Academy Düsseldorf in the very early ‘90‘s. Their creative paths deviated, resulting in a consistent series of live performances, sound installations and also two albums (Tiergarten / 2017 and Permanent Parts / 2024 - both for TAL) which both are celebrating musical experimentation.
For this special performance they are joined by Carina Khorkhordina on trumpet and Farida Amadou on bass guitar, to pursue a curious sense of development, where several elements are allowed to exist alongside each other, not in direct contact but in a mode that’s somewhere between carefree layering and unconscious juxtaposition.

Katharina Grosse - analogue synthesizer
Stefan Schneider - digital synthesizer
Farida Amadou - bass guitar
Carina Khorkhordina - trumpet

Fotos: Frank Kleinbach

@___fariiiiiiiida @carinakhorkhordina @katharina_grosse @km28berlin

Berlin Concert

Katharina Grosse, Farida Amadou, Carina Khorkhordina, Stefan Schneider

Tue. 5th of May
KM 28
Karl Marx Straße 28, 12043 Berlin
doors 19.30 / stage 20.00

Very much looking forward to playing with this unique line-up. We are a battery.
Katharina Grosse and Stefan Schneider first met whilst studying fine arts at Art Academy Düsseldorf in the very early ‘90‘s. Their creative paths deviated, resulting in a consistent series of live performances, sound installations and also two albums (Tiergarten / 2017 and Permanent Parts / 2024 - both for TAL) which both are celebrating musical experimentation.
For this special performance they are joined by Carina Khorkhordina on trumpet and Farida Amadou on bass guitar, to pursue a curious sense of development, where several elements are allowed to exist alongside each other, not in direct contact but in a mode that’s somewhere between carefree layering and unconscious juxtaposition.

Katharina Grosse - analogue synthesizer
Stefan Schneider - digital synthesizer
Farida Amadou - bass guitar
Carina Khorkhordina - trumpet

Fotos: Frank Kleinbach

@___fariiiiiiiida @carinakhorkhordina @katharina_grosse @km28berlin

Berlin Concert

Katharina Grosse, Farida Amadou, Carina Khorkhordina, Stefan Schneider

Tue. 5th of May
KM 28
Karl Marx Straße 28, 12043 Berlin
doors 19.30 / stage 20.00

Very much looking forward to playing with this unique line-up. We are a battery.
Katharina Grosse and Stefan Schneider first met whilst studying fine arts at Art Academy Düsseldorf in the very early ‘90‘s. Their creative paths deviated, resulting in a consistent series of live performances, sound installations and also two albums (Tiergarten / 2017 and Permanent Parts / 2024 - both for TAL) which both are celebrating musical experimentation.
For this special performance they are joined by Carina Khorkhordina on trumpet and Farida Amadou on bass guitar, to pursue a curious sense of development, where several elements are allowed to exist alongside each other, not in direct contact but in a mode that’s somewhere between carefree layering and unconscious juxtaposition.

Katharina Grosse - analogue synthesizer
Stefan Schneider - digital synthesizer
Farida Amadou - bass guitar
Carina Khorkhordina - trumpet

Fotos: Frank Kleinbach

@___fariiiiiiiida @carinakhorkhordina @katharina_grosse @km28berlin

Berlin Concert

Katharina Grosse, Farida Amadou, Carina Khorkhordina, Stefan Schneider

Tue. 5th of May
KM 28
Karl Marx Straße 28, 12043 Berlin
doors 19.30 / stage 20.00

Very much looking forward to playing with this unique line-up. We are a battery.
Katharina Grosse and Stefan Schneider first met whilst studying fine arts at Art Academy Düsseldorf in the very early ‘90‘s. Their creative paths deviated, resulting in a consistent series of live performances, sound installations and also two albums (Tiergarten / 2017 and Permanent Parts / 2024 - both for TAL) which both are celebrating musical experimentation.
For this special performance they are joined by Carina Khorkhordina on trumpet and Farida Amadou on bass guitar, to pursue a curious sense of development, where several elements are allowed to exist alongside each other, not in direct contact but in a mode that’s somewhere between carefree layering and unconscious juxtaposition.

Katharina Grosse - analogue synthesizer
Stefan Schneider - digital synthesizer
Farida Amadou - bass guitar
Carina Khorkhordina - trumpet

Fotos: Frank Kleinbach

@___fariiiiiiiida @carinakhorkhordina @katharina_grosse @km28berlin

live concert

KMRU
Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti

Sat.18.4.2026
Velvet
Düsseldorf, Stresemannstrasse 8
Doors 20.00 Music: 21.00

Very much looking forward to sharing the stage with the fantastic KMRU.
The concert at Velvet is also the Düsseldorf debut for the new duo of Martina and myself.

For Joseph Kamaru (KMRU) a Nairobi-born Berlin-based sound artist, sound is a sensorial medium through which social, material and conceptual interpretations are manifested and contested in his works. KMRU carries with him a repository of listening experiences from Nairobi and beyond expanding his sonic practices and bringing an awareness of surroundings through creative compositions, installations and performances.

Martina Bertoni is a Berlin based composer and experimental cellist whose work is focused on embodied sound practices and post-instrumental identities. Her most recent solo album „Electroacoustic works for Halldorophone“ was released earlier this year on Karlrecords.

Photos: Marco Krüger and Jana Irmert

@velvet__collective @m__bertoni @janairmert @_kamaru_

live concert

KMRU
Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti

Sat.18.4.2026
Velvet
Düsseldorf, Stresemannstrasse 8
Doors 20.00 Music: 21.00

Very much looking forward to sharing the stage with the fantastic KMRU.
The concert at Velvet is also the Düsseldorf debut for the new duo of Martina and myself.

For Joseph Kamaru (KMRU) a Nairobi-born Berlin-based sound artist, sound is a sensorial medium through which social, material and conceptual interpretations are manifested and contested in his works. KMRU carries with him a repository of listening experiences from Nairobi and beyond expanding his sonic practices and bringing an awareness of surroundings through creative compositions, installations and performances.

Martina Bertoni is a Berlin based composer and experimental cellist whose work is focused on embodied sound practices and post-instrumental identities. Her most recent solo album „Electroacoustic works for Halldorophone“ was released earlier this year on Karlrecords.

Photos: Marco Krüger and Jana Irmert

@velvet__collective @m__bertoni @janairmert @_kamaru_

[English in comments]

Herzliche Einladung zum Konzert von KMRU zusammen mit Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti im Velvet am 18.4.2026 um 21 Uhr. Das Konzert ist Teil der ortsübergreifenden Klanginstallation „FOLDS (In tape fields)“, die das IMAI gemeinsam mit der Kunsthalle Düsseldorf beauftragt hat.

In dieser Neuproduktion untersucht KMRU, wie urbane Infrastrukturen das Hören im öffentlichen Raum bedingen und strukturieren. Ausgehend von Hörspaziergängen, Umwegen und beiläufigen Aufnahmen nähert er sich Düsseldorf als einem auditiven Feld, in dem sich Routinen, Rhythmen und Erwartungen überlagern.

Während der Laufzeit von „Circulating Copies“ vom 16.4. bis zum 3.5.2026 entfaltet sich die Arbeit über verschiedene Orte und Lautsprechersysteme im Stadtraum, darunter die Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf, der Salon des Amateurs, die 3ModellRäume in der U-Bahn-Station Heinrich-Heine-Allee (mit @miki_iuy und @yonca.yil), der Lautsprecher im Notausgang des UFA-Palast Düsseldorf an der Worringer Straße und das Callshop Radio.

Am 23.4. um 18:30h und am 25.4. um 16h bieten wir außerdem Hörführungen mit Joy Bausch an.

Alle Veranstaltungen sind kostenlos. Gerne unterstützen wir Euren Besuch bei Bedarf mit einem Abholservice, Early Entry und Assistenzen vor Ort und unterwegs. Meldet Euch dafür einfach unter 0211 54 23 09 94 oder info@stiftung-imai.de.

Mit Dank an @_kamaru_ , @m__bertoni , @tal.label , @killjoy3006 , @kunsthalleduesseldorf , @filmwerkstattduesseldorf , @velvet__collective , @3modellraeume , @duesseldorfufapalast , @salon_des_amateurs , @callshopradio , @dontbelikejuli , @alicia.holthausen , @peaux__ , @linneasemmerling, @surmus.v3

Bildbeschreibung:
Nahaufnahme eines eckigen Gullideckels aus grauem, verschmutztem Metall im Düsseldorfer Stadtzentrum. Auf der Oberfläche sind helle Rückstände alter Kaugummis zu sehen. Durch die schmalen Öffnungen wirkt der Raum darunter tiefschwarz. Aus dieser Dunkelheit wächst leuchtend grünes Moos empor.

Bildcredits
(1) KMRU, „FOLDS (In tape fields)“, 2026, ©️ und Foto: KMRU
(2) ©️ KMRU, Foto: Marco Krüger
(3) ©️ Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti, Foto: Jana Irmert

[English in comments]

Herzliche Einladung zum Konzert von KMRU zusammen mit Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti im Velvet am 18.4.2026 um 21 Uhr. Das Konzert ist Teil der ortsübergreifenden Klanginstallation „FOLDS (In tape fields)“, die das IMAI gemeinsam mit der Kunsthalle Düsseldorf beauftragt hat.

In dieser Neuproduktion untersucht KMRU, wie urbane Infrastrukturen das Hören im öffentlichen Raum bedingen und strukturieren. Ausgehend von Hörspaziergängen, Umwegen und beiläufigen Aufnahmen nähert er sich Düsseldorf als einem auditiven Feld, in dem sich Routinen, Rhythmen und Erwartungen überlagern.

Während der Laufzeit von „Circulating Copies“ vom 16.4. bis zum 3.5.2026 entfaltet sich die Arbeit über verschiedene Orte und Lautsprechersysteme im Stadtraum, darunter die Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf, der Salon des Amateurs, die 3ModellRäume in der U-Bahn-Station Heinrich-Heine-Allee (mit @miki_iuy und @yonca.yil), der Lautsprecher im Notausgang des UFA-Palast Düsseldorf an der Worringer Straße und das Callshop Radio.

Am 23.4. um 18:30h und am 25.4. um 16h bieten wir außerdem Hörführungen mit Joy Bausch an.

Alle Veranstaltungen sind kostenlos. Gerne unterstützen wir Euren Besuch bei Bedarf mit einem Abholservice, Early Entry und Assistenzen vor Ort und unterwegs. Meldet Euch dafür einfach unter 0211 54 23 09 94 oder info@stiftung-imai.de.

Mit Dank an @_kamaru_ , @m__bertoni , @tal.label , @killjoy3006 , @kunsthalleduesseldorf , @filmwerkstattduesseldorf , @velvet__collective , @3modellraeume , @duesseldorfufapalast , @salon_des_amateurs , @callshopradio , @dontbelikejuli , @alicia.holthausen , @peaux__ , @linneasemmerling, @surmus.v3

Bildbeschreibung:
Nahaufnahme eines eckigen Gullideckels aus grauem, verschmutztem Metall im Düsseldorfer Stadtzentrum. Auf der Oberfläche sind helle Rückstände alter Kaugummis zu sehen. Durch die schmalen Öffnungen wirkt der Raum darunter tiefschwarz. Aus dieser Dunkelheit wächst leuchtend grünes Moos empor.

Bildcredits
(1) KMRU, „FOLDS (In tape fields)“, 2026, ©️ und Foto: KMRU
(2) ©️ KMRU, Foto: Marco Krüger
(3) ©️ Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti, Foto: Jana Irmert

[English in comments]

Herzliche Einladung zum Konzert von KMRU zusammen mit Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti im Velvet am 18.4.2026 um 21 Uhr. Das Konzert ist Teil der ortsübergreifenden Klanginstallation „FOLDS (In tape fields)“, die das IMAI gemeinsam mit der Kunsthalle Düsseldorf beauftragt hat.

In dieser Neuproduktion untersucht KMRU, wie urbane Infrastrukturen das Hören im öffentlichen Raum bedingen und strukturieren. Ausgehend von Hörspaziergängen, Umwegen und beiläufigen Aufnahmen nähert er sich Düsseldorf als einem auditiven Feld, in dem sich Routinen, Rhythmen und Erwartungen überlagern.

Während der Laufzeit von „Circulating Copies“ vom 16.4. bis zum 3.5.2026 entfaltet sich die Arbeit über verschiedene Orte und Lautsprechersysteme im Stadtraum, darunter die Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf, der Salon des Amateurs, die 3ModellRäume in der U-Bahn-Station Heinrich-Heine-Allee (mit @miki_iuy und @yonca.yil), der Lautsprecher im Notausgang des UFA-Palast Düsseldorf an der Worringer Straße und das Callshop Radio.

Am 23.4. um 18:30h und am 25.4. um 16h bieten wir außerdem Hörführungen mit Joy Bausch an.

Alle Veranstaltungen sind kostenlos. Gerne unterstützen wir Euren Besuch bei Bedarf mit einem Abholservice, Early Entry und Assistenzen vor Ort und unterwegs. Meldet Euch dafür einfach unter 0211 54 23 09 94 oder info@stiftung-imai.de.

Mit Dank an @_kamaru_ , @m__bertoni , @tal.label , @killjoy3006 , @kunsthalleduesseldorf , @filmwerkstattduesseldorf , @velvet__collective , @3modellraeume , @duesseldorfufapalast , @salon_des_amateurs , @callshopradio , @dontbelikejuli , @alicia.holthausen , @peaux__ , @linneasemmerling, @surmus.v3

Bildbeschreibung:
Nahaufnahme eines eckigen Gullideckels aus grauem, verschmutztem Metall im Düsseldorfer Stadtzentrum. Auf der Oberfläche sind helle Rückstände alter Kaugummis zu sehen. Durch die schmalen Öffnungen wirkt der Raum darunter tiefschwarz. Aus dieser Dunkelheit wächst leuchtend grünes Moos empor.

Bildcredits
(1) KMRU, „FOLDS (In tape fields)“, 2026, ©️ und Foto: KMRU
(2) ©️ KMRU, Foto: Marco Krüger
(3) ©️ Martina Bertoni & Stefan Schneider Monti, Foto: Jana Irmert

Robert Lax - Living in the Present / TAL39

Album listening session at Yoda with Miki Yui and Stefan Schneider.

Words and music by Robert Lax, Nicolas Humbert, Carina Khorkhordina and Miki Yui.

Saturday, March 21st 2026
Open 19:30
Start 20:00
Yoda
Stresemannstraße 28, 40210 Düsseldorf

Robert Lax - Living in the Present / TAL39

Album listening session at Yoda with Miki Yui and Stefan Schneider.

Words and music by Robert Lax, Nicolas Humbert, Carina Khorkhordina and Miki Yui.

Saturday, March 21st 2026
Open 19:30
Start 20:00
Yoda
Stresemannstraße 28, 40210 Düsseldorf

Recording session

New reeds for the bass clarinet. Recordings with Susanna Gartmayer for her forthcoming solo album on TAL at the wonderful Stammhaus Church in the very north of Düsseldorf. Many thanks to the helpful staff at the church.

@susannagartmayer

Recording session

New reeds for the bass clarinet. Recordings with Susanna Gartmayer for her forthcoming solo album on TAL at the wonderful Stammhaus Church in the very north of Düsseldorf. Many thanks to the helpful staff at the church.

@susannagartmayer

Recording session

New reeds for the bass clarinet. Recordings with Susanna Gartmayer for her forthcoming solo album on TAL at the wonderful Stammhaus Church in the very north of Düsseldorf. Many thanks to the helpful staff at the church.

@susannagartmayer

Recording session

New reeds for the bass clarinet. Recordings with Susanna Gartmayer for her forthcoming solo album on TAL at the wonderful Stammhaus Church in the very north of Düsseldorf. Many thanks to the helpful staff at the church.

@susannagartmayer

Recording session

New reeds for the bass clarinet. Recordings with Susanna Gartmayer for her forthcoming solo album on TAL at the wonderful Stammhaus Church in the very north of Düsseldorf. Many thanks to the helpful staff at the church.

@susannagartmayer

tonight

Rosi (KOIR) and i are playing some records tonight at the exceptionally great Raum Für Musik at Velvet. On from 8pm. See you later on at Velvet, Stresemannstrasse 8.

Flyer by Florentin Ewest. Thanks !!!

@rosi96.de @velvet__collective @k.o.i.r

new reviews

TAL39
MUSIC FROM THE CAUCASUS - The Archive of Ored Recordings 2013-23
Compilation - LP/CD/Digital - out since January, 30th

Thoroughly comprehensive and insightful article on the work of caucasian label ORED Recordings written by Jakub Knera for The Guardian and also for the current edition of Der Freitag, German weekly newspaper. Thanks a lot.
Jakub Knera is a freelance writer for The Guardian.

@oredrecordings

new reviews

TAL39
MUSIC FROM THE CAUCASUS - The Archive of Ored Recordings 2013-23
Compilation - LP/CD/Digital - out since January, 30th

Thoroughly comprehensive and insightful article on the work of caucasian label ORED Recordings written by Jakub Knera for The Guardian and also for the current edition of Der Freitag, German weekly newspaper. Thanks a lot.
Jakub Knera is a freelance writer for The Guardian.

@oredrecordings

new reviews

TAL39
MUSIC FROM THE CAUCASUS - The Archive of Ored Recordings 2013-23
Compilation - LP/CD/Digital - out since January, 30th

Thoroughly comprehensive and insightful article on the work of caucasian label ORED Recordings written by Jakub Knera for The Guardian and also for the current edition of Der Freitag, German weekly newspaper. Thanks a lot.
Jakub Knera is a freelance writer for The Guardian.

@oredrecordings

live concert

SO SNER
Susanna Gartmayer - bass clarinet
Stefan Schneider - analogue frequencies

Wed. 4.2.2026 MÜNCHEN Favoritbar
Doors: 20h / Concert: 20.30 h

See you later on tonight at this great venue in Munich.
Many thanks to all the people who came to see us
last night in Nürnberg.

Photo: Liane at Soft Spot Nürnberg

concerts

SO SNER
Susanna Gartmayer - bass clarinet
Stefan Schneider - hardware synthesizer

Tue. 3.2.2026 NÜRNBERG, Soft Spot (plus Red On)
Wed.4.2.2026 MÜNCHEN, Favorit Bar

Very much looking forward to seeing you at these two superb venues.

Excerpt from a review of our album The Well by Xenia Benivolski for The Wire mag.
„Each track on The Well develops its own sonic lexicon - whether it’s the subtle shifts in „Meteor“ where near-vocal tones brush against the clarinet, or the interplay of small percussive gestures that punctuate the album. This meticulous layering fosters a sense of immersion, as if navigating through a dense, intricately mapped sonic landscape.
The album’s ability to remain both complex and accessible speaks to Gartmayer and Schneider’s shared commitment to exploring the boundaries of their instruments without losing sight of the listener’s experience.“

Photos: Markus Luigs

@xeniab.vlsk @markusluigs
.

concerts

SO SNER
Susanna Gartmayer - bass clarinet
Stefan Schneider - hardware synthesizer

Tue. 3.2.2026 NÜRNBERG, Soft Spot (plus Red On)
Wed.4.2.2026 MÜNCHEN, Favorit Bar

Very much looking forward to seeing you at these two superb venues.

Excerpt from a review of our album The Well by Xenia Benivolski for The Wire mag.
„Each track on The Well develops its own sonic lexicon - whether it’s the subtle shifts in „Meteor“ where near-vocal tones brush against the clarinet, or the interplay of small percussive gestures that punctuate the album. This meticulous layering fosters a sense of immersion, as if navigating through a dense, intricately mapped sonic landscape.
The album’s ability to remain both complex and accessible speaks to Gartmayer and Schneider’s shared commitment to exploring the boundaries of their instruments without losing sight of the listener’s experience.“

Photos: Markus Luigs

@xeniab.vlsk @markusluigs
.