The twenty-ninth edition of the creative development program with mentor Hainbach and mentees FridaΨ and Elsa M’Bala. The residency is still running despite the current lockdown. The showcase is postponed until further notice. Follow Amplify social channels to see what will come out of this new month of creative guidance.
ABOUT
Hainbach
Based out of Berlin, Germany, electro-acoustic composer and performer Hainbach creates shifting audio landscapes THE WIRE called “One hell of a trip”. Using esoteric synthesizers, test equipment and magnetic tape his music is both abstract yet very much a corporal experience. He has become known for his immersive live performances and recently through his YouTube channel, where he brings experimental music techniques to a wider audience.
www.youtube.com/user/hainbach101
www.instagram.com/hainbach101
FridaΨ (Zuzana Hamm)
... is a Berlin-based artist using synths, bass guitar, harp, vocals and field recordings for creating slow, sombre songs. Her musical influences range from darkwave and UK bass to post punk and experimental electronic music, but her main inspiration is both natural and urban environments as well as her own dark inner universe. In 2020, she released an EP ‘The Night’ where she captured moments of cold solitude and poetic observations through her melancholic viewfinder. Her latest release is ‘Dreamared’, an EP she recorded together with Bridget Feral as MOSST. FridaΨ has a monthly radio show called Forest District on the London-based @threadsradio and co-organizes Meetup Berlin, a monthly event for femme & LGBTQ* electronic music artists and DJs.
https://xyzproject.bandcamp.com/track/srotavele
https://mosst.bandcamp.com/album/dreamared
https://www.instagram.com/friday_musik/
Elsa M’Bala
Based between Berlin and Yaoundé, Elsa M’Bala aka A.M.E.T. is one of the rare female sound artists of African descent. By using technology as an empowering tool and through her own keen observations, she explores further the interconnections between race, gender, technology and spirituality. Her broad oeuvre varies from radio productions to live performances, as well as films and visual work. Elsa M’Bala performed and exhibited at IfA Galerie Berlin (DE); Casino Luxembourg-Forum d'art contemporain (LUX); Dak’Art Biennale (SEN); Les Brasseurs, Liège (BE), among others. Upcoming performances are at Gessnerallee, Zürich (CH), DEKOLONIALE Projektraum, Berlin (DE) and Halle Alte Feuerwache, Köln (DE). Since 2019 Elsa M’Bala also practices as a massage therapist.