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Aromantic Hobby
Aromantic Hobby is a series of strap-on MIDI controllers. After a few prototypes, the current controller features a bunny-shaped appearance and wirelessly transmits kinetic data from the wearer to control a chaotic synthesizer. Read more
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Open Call for Visual Works for Two Congee Rats Tracks
Format Deadline 31 January 2026 (CET) to submit the idea 28 February 2026 to finish the work, if selected Requirements What You Will Receive The audio track is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution–style license (CC BY-SA 4.0). You are free to use, share, adapt, remix, and present the music in any context (including exhibitions,… Read more
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9 Fun Facts about “GEMA Reform”
What is happening?GEMA Reform info (Top22a is the most relevant one):https://www.gema.de/de/musikurheber/mitgliederversammlung/infomaterial Who can vote at GEMA?https://www.gema.de/de/w/hilfe/musikurheber/mitgliedschaft/bereits-mitglied/formen-der-mitgliedschaft You can’t vote but still want to do something? Here is an email address to write to: reformvorhaben2025@gema.de You can also protest at the meeting for “außerordendliche Mitgelieder” on the 13th if showing up there is not too humiliating… Read more
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I Had a Song Played 32,314,172 Times — and It Changed Nothing
In the summer of 2024, my father invited me to play “Er Quan Ying Yue” (The Moon Reflecting in Erquan Pool) with him. He recorded our performance and uploaded the video to Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok. Two weeks later, he was thrilled to share some surprising news with me: the video had garnered… Read more
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Thee Don’t Know
Thee Don’t Know is the duo of Lukas Kannemann (drums, synthesizer, field recording, khaen) and Dong Zhou (violin, objects, electronics). They perform and produce noise and electroacoustic music since 2025. Currently they are experimenting with audio-visuals focussing on documentary materials of daily labor. Release in 2025 “shì de, qù ba” Read more
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Big Nipples are Watching You
This is a performative installation with live video, light, and sound. The installation consists of two LED lights with a camera on each and can turn with a motor. It simulates the shape of a pair of huge nipples and turns nipples from an object being gazed at to a subject that can observe people.… Read more
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Longest Concert (2022)
Longest Concert – The Life Of A Playback Device Longest Concert was premiered in May 2022 in LICHTHOF Theater (Hamburg). With support by Stimme X e.V. Zeitgenössisches Musiktheater Norddeutschland. Concept The Role of the Machine We listen to the concert. We care so much about what to listen to. But how do we listen? Where do… Read more
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Tryptophylia
The original soundtrack is available on Bandcamp. The performance is based on marginalized people’s remembrance of strings: knitting, weaving, tying, and binding. The performers use these actions against their stereotypical functions: instead of manual labor conventionally for women, we are exploring space, seeking connections, and sharing pleasure. It premiered on December 12th, 2023, in Wharf,… Read more
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Congee Rats
News: Congee Rats’ Clinic is nominated for the German Record Critics’ Awards, Longlist 2/2026, Jury Electronic and Experimental! Congee Rats is Dong Zhou’s solo project, which uses electronic music as a starting point for radical boundary-crossing. Between dark wave, alternative rock, hyperpop, experimental, and cinematic soundscapes, songs emerge that absorb punk energy as well as… Read more
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