MORITZ VON OSWALD PRESENTS: SILENCIO

Moritz von Oswald is a German multi-instrumentalist who went on to become one of the most influential record producers of dub techno in the 1990s.
On Silencio, his latest album for Tresor Records, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice choir to explore this concept.
Drawing from the ensemble works of long-standing inspirations Edgard Varèse, György Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured collection that shifts between light & ethereal and dark & dissonant.

RROSE plays JAMES TENNEY’S ‘NEVER WRITTEN A NOTE FOR PERCUSSION’

A singular moment of sonic meditation unfolds as Rrose performs James Tenney’s iconic minimalist work, Having Never Written A Note For Percussion— a piece as monumental in its simplicity as it is profound in its emotional resonance. Originally composed in 1971, Tenney’s score consists of a single, sustained crescendo and decrescendo on a solo gong, extending over an indeterminate duration. It is a meditation on tone, time, and the physical presence of sound — an experience that invites listeners to surrender to vibration and resonance. Rrose, known for their boundary-defying approach to techno and experimental music, has brought this work to new audiences with an intensity and sensitivity that bridges the gap between the avant-garde and the visceral. In their hands, Tenney’s score becomes a ritual of attention and transformation — the slow swell of sound revealing the microcosmic shifts within a single tone. This performance is not just a concert, but an invitation: to listen differently, to enter into stillness, to encounter sound as a living, breathing force.

JOSEY REBELLE (DJSET)

Josey Rebelle is a London-born DJ known for her fearless, genre-spanning sets that capture the raw energy of her hometown. Hailed by Mixmag as “the genre-bending DJ dominating top-tier dancefloors worldwide” and described by The Face as “a hero of the UK music scene,” she has earned acclaim for her electrifying mixes and boundary-pushing radio shows.

SHAPEDNOISE DJSET

Shapednoise, stage name of Nino Pedone, is a producer, sound designer and DJ born in Sicily and based in Berlin. As Shapednoise, Pedone produces deconstructed and distorted techno with an abrasive and transcendent sound design. His experimental and unconventional production practices are collected in three cerebral albums: his 2013 debut “The Day of Revenge” on Hospital Productions, 2015’s “Different Selves” on Type, and most recently, ‘Aesthesis’ on Numbers, which debuted live in the main hall of Kraftwerk at Berlin Atonal 2019, where Shapednoise was joined by director Pedro Maia, transforming the sounds into an all-encompassing audiovisual spectacle.

IGNAZIO MORTELLARO ‘CORPO FRAGILE’

The work ‘Corpo fragile’ consists of a large steel surface divided into 12 quadrants filled with quartz sand and separated by brass bars. Each of the quadrants is studded with small brass castings of fox bones. The quadrants represent the 12 months of 2024, and on their desert-like surface, like an archaeological site, are deposited small bones that, from a distance, resemble constellations. In reality, the installation represents the millimetres of rainwater that fell per square metre in Palermo in the 12 months of 2024, according to the Sicily Region’s Drought Report, converted into the equivalent weight of bones. Artist Ignazio Mortellaro thus draws attention to the serious problem of desertification, a phenomenon that has recently made international headlines, with images of dried-up lakes and rivers in Sicily.