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PRESS RELEASE 27. NOVEMBER 2018 A division of DISK – Initiative Bild & Ton e.V. | 1 | Veteranenstraße 21 | D-10119 Berlin Tel.: 0049 (0)30 44 04 18 52 | Fax.: 0049 (0)30 44 04 58 27 | [email protected] | www.diskberlin.de Reg.-Nr. VR 26091 B – Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg | Steuernummer 27/658/51610 | International VAT-ID DE 264335181 CTM FESTIVAL 2019 – PERSISTENCE SECOND WAVE OF ARTISTS & PROJECTS ANNOUNCED FESTIVAL FOR ADVENTUROUS MUSIC & ART, BERLIN 20th Anniversary Edition, 25 January – 3 February 2019 With Linn da Quebrada’s 10-person live performance pushing firmly against political violences; headlining shows by breakcore pioneer Venetian Snares and ferocious noise rock duo Lightning Bolt; a night in collaboration with Tbilisi’s famed Bassiani featuring residents HVL, Zitto, NDRX, and Kancheli plus guests Anastasia Kristensen, Temp-Illusion, and Machine Woman; and a survey of some of Africa’s latest rap and club sounds from the likes of Slikback, Sho Madjozi, Gafacci, Phatstoki, and MCZO & Duke together with Sarah Farina’s Through My Speakers collective; CTM 2019’s music programme swells to enviable proportions. What’s more, Raster-Media will present a collaborative installation at nGbK; and Nik Nowak’s massive new “The Mantis” loudspeaker sculpture will rumble through the gargantuan Halle am Berghain, replete with several live performances by Nowak with Hyperdub boss Kode9. These latest confirmations provide ever more ways of engaging with the 20th edition’s Persistence theme, which is not only a fitting allegory for the festival’s 20th birthday, but also attempts to consider what is worth being persistent about, and how. CTM 2019 will again play out across some of Berlin’s most standout cultural and nightlife venues, including regular partners such as HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berghain, KunstQuartier Bethanien, Festsaal Kreuzberg, Heimathafen, and SchwuZ; and new partners DAAD, nGbK, and Grießmühle. A limited number of Festival Passes remain on sale, and tickets to certain individual events are now available. A reminder that two open calls with deadlines of 2 December are still out: the CTM 2019 MusicMakers Hacklab Open Call hosted by Peter Kirn of CDM, and the Research Networking Day 2019 Open Call that seeks innovative and critical submissions from students and researchers from different European graduate and postgraduate programmes traversing the fields of audio, arts, media, design, and related theoretical disciplines, which address the scope of CTM 2019’s Persistence theme. As always, CTM takes place parallel to and in collaboration with transmediale/festival. The jointly organised Vorspiel 2019 programme will again bring together a wide range of Berlin-based artists, initiatives, and venues, hosting a city-wide programme of cultural events. The next CTM 2019 announcement is coming up mid December – stay tuned! › www.ctm-festival.de | 2 | SECOND WAVE OF CTM 2019 ARTISTS & PROJECTS Badsista [BR] / CTM x Bassiani with Anastasia Kristensen [DK], HVL [GE], Kancheli [GE], Machine Woman [RU], NDRX [GE], Zitto [GE] / Bendik Giske [DE/NO] / Dasha Rush, Valentin Tszin & Stanislav Glazov [RU/DE] / DJ AZF [FR] / dj. flugvél og geimskip [IS] / DJ Marcelle [NL] / DJ Svani [NO] / Gafacci [GH] / Jerusalem In My Heart [CA] / Juba [UK/DE] / Kikelomo [UK/DE] / Kristiina Männikkö [FI] / LeFeu [FR/DE] / Linn da Quebrada [BR] / Lightning Bolt [US] / Phatstoki [ZA] / Ratkje & Barruk [NO/SE] / Reka [SE/DE] / Maria W Horn [SE] / MCZO & Duke [TZ] / Miss Djax [NL] / Pedro Oliveira [BR] / Perera Elsewhere [DE] / Pininga [BR] / Putas Vampiras [BR] / Qumasiquamé [INT] / Reka [ES/DE] / Sara Fumaça b2b Foresta [INT] / Sarah Farina [DE] / Sentimental Rave [FR] / Sho Madjozi [ZA] / Slikback [KE] / Sote [IR] / Tim Tetzner [DE] / quest?onmarc [US] / Vanligt Folk [SE] / Venetian Snares [CA] / Walter Vinyl [DE] The “Raster. Labor” installation at nGbK gallery with: Byetone + Mieko Suzuki [DE/JP] / Dasha Rush [RU/DE] / Frank Bretschneider [DE] / Grischa Lichtenberger [DE] / Robert Lippok [DE] And an installation that faces-off two massive loudspeaker sculptures at Halle am Berghain: Nik Nowak [DE] – “The Mantis” feat. performances by Nowak with Kode9 & Infinite Livez [UK/DE] & video projections by Moritz Stumm [DE] Opening CTM 2019 with a live rendition of her audiovisual album Pajubá is Linn da Quebrada. Considered to be Brazil’s answer to Lemonade, Pajubá takes its name from a cant language often used by the Brazilian Queer community. Quebrada is known for making music that appropriates the often violent funk carioca genre to passionately rebut transphobia and other political violences, delivering “paeans to her country’s femmes and Queers.” (Remezcla) She vociferously and unapologetically fights for space for those not often granted it, and was described by Mykki Blanco as an artist who “flaunt[s] her intellect as much as her Queerness.” Over two nights, she will appear alongside dancers, percussionists, and DJs Pininga and Badsista. Badsista, who also MCs alongside Quebrada, will spin an energetic blend of rave cuts, funk carioca, and bass tunes at Panorama Bar. Pininga is a NAAFI and Staycore affiliate, and global bass explorer, who will also play a solo DJ set at SchwuZ on the same night that Quebrada herself will present her special “Trava Linguas” DJ set. An eQually inspiring kick-off occurs at CTM 2019’s opening club night at Berghain, launched together with Bassiani. Persisting amidst a tumultuous political climate, the Tbilisi-based venue and crew have earned a formidable reputation in the worldwide club scene for their excellent music programming, for uniting a passionate community that strives to counter injust politics, and for creating one of the rare spaces for the LGBTQ community in Georgia. After being shut down by local authorities for politically motivated reasons, the club became the catalyst and center of widespread protests that brought tens of thousands of young people to the streets, and garnered an international solidarity campaign and extensive press coverage that went so far as to positively affect the country’s restrictive politics. In a celebration of the power of dance to unite, residents HVL, Zitto, NDRX, and Kancheli will be joined by previously announced Iranian duo Temp-Illusion; Anastasia Kristensen, a resident of Copenhagen’s Culture Box and Queer party Mainstream, who will premiere her first ever live set; fervent yet playful techno producer Machine Woman; and a very special guest TBA. US noise rock band Lightning Bolt have churned out roaring recordings and delivered maniacal performances for two decades now. Known for confrontational performances, Lightning Bolt revolutionized underground rock in immeasurable ways. Throughout their rising fame, they’ve consistently maintained their own indie and unpretentious path, focusing on concerts that bring together artist and audience through sonic pandemonium. | 3 | From pioneers to new adventurers, a range of hard-hitting artists will appear across a night that echoes last year’s gabber infused Berghain Friday. Breakcore pioneer Venetian Snares will return to the festival in an appearance that harkens back to CTM’s famed Wasted nights. Nyege Nyege Tapes affiliates MCZO & Duke will be repping the vibrant singeli music scene of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, with an energetic blend of rap and rapidfire beats. Putas Vampiras is part of Brazil’s celebrated Vampire Haus crew, who are known for spirited, inclusive, and accessible parties that feature hard, unyielding sounds. Sote, a driving force behind Tehran’s experimental music scene, will deliver a brand new decimating hardcore set. SHAPE platform supported artists will also appear: DJ AZF is on the rise as one of the most exciting names in French industrial techno, and Sentimental Rave who conjures the untamed spirit of the golden age of raves. Returning to CTM is Through My Speakers, a Berlin-based family united through their shared love of bass music. TMS founder Sarah Farina and members LeFeu, Qumasiquamé, and Walter Vinyl have invited special guests Slikback, Gafacci, Phatstoki, and Sho Madjozi to join them at CTM. Kenyan producer Slikback made a name for himself with 2018’s gnarly, bassy Lasakaneku, which came out on Nyege Nyege’s new label, Hakuna Kulala. One of Ghana’s most sought-after producers, Gafacci has created hits for some of the biggest names in Ghanaian music will appear in support of his first solo EP, AHUNDA. Phatstoki is part of the Pussy Party team, a night that provides a regular platform for Queer, femme, and women DJs/ artists to “practice, incubate, exchange, and expose.” Sho Madjozi is the South African rap Queen known for gqom-rooted tracks such as “Huku” and “Dumi Hi Phone.” Versatile producer Dasha Rush, actor and dancer Valentin Tszin, and visual artist Stanislav Glazov will present Les Territoires Éphémères, an audiovisual piece that explores inconsistencies in memory and perception across generative imagery, movement, and abstract poetry. Jerusalem In My Heart is a live A/V project featuring musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and filmmaker Charles-André Coderre. Their influences are diverse, stretching across post-punk, psychedelia, and folk recordings from Beirut and Syria. Sonically, JIMH fold acoustic buzuk and zurna instrumentation into layers of distortion, reverb, and saturated synth work, creating gorgeous atmospheres and poignant melodies. With their third full-length, Daqa'iq Tudaiq, released earlier this year, JIMH continues to expand the horizons of its profound conceptual and aesthetic engagement with Arabic/Middle-Eastern traditions. A highlight from last year’s CTM edition, Perera Elsewhere returns to give an adventurous live band performance of eerie ambient textures, psychedelic pop, avant-R&B, and experimental folk at Festsaal Kreuzberg, alongside the previously-announced appearance of A Tribe Called Red. Through A Series of Gaps Rather than a Presence, artist and sound researcher Pedro Oliveira will offer an artistic, decolonising framework for investigating what he calls the “colonial politics of sonic biometrics.” Oliveira examines acts of collecting, ranking, taxonomizing, and normalizing vocal traits and their subseQuent weaponization in the border-industrial complex.