featuring Dr. Nojoke

September 17, 2024, 20:00 / 8:00pm
Café BAIZ
Schönhauser Allee 26A, 10435 Berlin

The Polyphonie series for exceptional music kicks off the new season following the summer hiatus. Wöstheinrich and Frey have invited Frank Bodanowitz, also known as Dr. Nojoke, to join them for an improvisational performance.
Dr. Nojoke, a producer and performer, is known for his live sets that generate fresh and unique sounds, blending field recordings with sounds produced by a collection of electronic gadgets.
This versatile artist is comfortable in the realms of techno, experimental, and ambient music. He runs his own well-known label: CLIKNO.

Free admission, donations welcome!

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featuring Hilà Lahav

May 21, 2024, 20:00 / 8:00pm
Café BAIZ
Schönhauser Allee 26A, 10435 Berlin

We welcome Hilà Lahav as our guest.
Hilà Lahav is a poet, musician and sound artist. She plays flutes, hollow bodies and electronics. She composed music and created soundscapes for cinema, theatre, dance and performance. Her most recent collaboration, A Song that Can’t Be Sung [Fonds Darstellende Künste/ Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen]- a piece for four voices and performers, to original text and score – in co-creation with Abigail Akavia, with Anna Clementi and Munsha (Daniella Lunelli) premiered last March at the Schaubühne Lindenfels in Leipzig. Since 2020, Lahav has been part of the collective of ausland Berlin, – territory for arts and collateral damage – a collectively operated event and production venue.

This is the last event of our polyphony series before the summer break. On September 17th we will start again!

Free admission, donations welcome!

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featuring Zam Johnson

April 16, 2024, 20:00 / 8:00pm
Café BAIZ
Schönhauser Allee 26A, 10435 Berlin

We welcome Zam Johnson as our guest. Zam has been in Berlin since 1987 and has played a decisive role in shaping Berlin’s musical landscape ever since. Prior to that in Los Angeles, he was involved in many sessions and recordings and was on tour with Iron Butterfly and Sweet Inspirations.
Here in Berlin, he has attracted attention as a jazz drummer in countless formations. But also as a multi-instrumentalist and composer of plays, compositions for Butoh dance (Yumiko Yoshioka and Minako Seki), experimental guitarist for Bob Ruthman, drummer for Lars Rudolph’s Stan Red Fox to name just a few.

Free admission, donations welcome!

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