Between current and signal – sounds in transition

The concert evening at Szene 10 in Essen opens the festival with three acts that explore the exciting relationship between analogue and digital sound generation. Their interplay resembles an echo of machines, in which archaic media, electronic hardware and experimental soundscapes collide – a field of tension that has characterized electronic music since its beginnings.

The Viennese Duo Wechselstrom is dedicated to media archaeology and translates information from antiquated media such as magnetic tape or floppy discs into experimental compositions. Pamela Z weaves a dense web of sound from her own and sampled voices, which she constantly unravels and reconnects with her gestures.  In Birds of Paradise Nadia Struiwigh creates soundscapes that pick up on the influences of 90s jungle, electro and techno through hardware-driven electronic dance and ambient music. Hüma Utku unfolds a narrative dimension in Dracones in which a sonic narrative about motherhood through Buchla modular synthesis and field recordings fills the stage with intense, atmospheric sounds.