Sunn O))) return to Berlin for the first time in years for two shows in their core, original raw form. Founders/guitarists Stephen O’Malley & Greg Anderson will perform as a duo immersed in profound valve amplification, spectral harmonics, distortion, and volume. Pure and primeval riffs of temporality, massively heavy structures of sound pressure. Witness a live experience of physical sound, fog and glacial maximalism like no other.

Taking the stage before Sunn O))) will be the Stockholm-based American composer and musician Kali Malone, who has been the source of some of the most quietly revelatory music of the past several years.

Lingua Ignota and Midwife both appear in support of their newest albums created during lockdown confinements, in this double-bill event, co-presented by CTM Festival and Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz.

Lingua Ignota 2021 album Sinner Get Ready  is an unsettling portrait of devotion and betrayal, judgement and consequence, set in the derelict landscape of rural Pennsylvania, a neglected region deeply embedded with a particularly god fearing brand of Christianity where Hayter was living during the album's inception. 

Supporting the event is the project, Midwife, the moniker of multi-instrumentalist Madeline Johnston. As a self taught guitarist and recording engineer, with her project she explores dark subject matter in her anthemic, soft-gaze style that is self-described as »Heaven Metal,« or emotive music about devastation - catharsis.

In partnership with CTM Festival, the first evening of Venice Biennale’s music programme, »Micro-Music,« will present works by two musicians that have pushed the boundaries of music creation, and how we listen: Morton Subotnick and Maryanne Amacher. The 67th »Micro-Music« International Festival of Contemporary Music will run from 16–29 October 2023, and is directed by Lucia Ronchetti. The programme will feature daily events focused on the new forms of computer and algorithmic composition, experimental performance, and generative music.