Live
Feb
Mar

Strotter Inst. – #259 "Kistnerer"
The finissage of the extended 41st Cantonal Annual Exhibition of Solothurn Artists will be celebrated with a concert by Strotter Inst.
Apr
Beyond 1932 Residency – Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler
Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler create a richly textured musical dialogue where timbres, cultures, languages, and modes converge. Moving between lyricism, contrast, and ornamentation, the duo explores improvisation as a means of expanding their shared sonic vocabulary and articulating both their roots and their present.
As part of Kamilya Jubran’s Beyond 1932 Residency at King’s College London, they perform و WA (Arabic for “and”), their third album (Everest Records, 2019). The performance will be followed by a short Q&A with the artists.
Werner Hasler w/ Stefan Schultze
Stefan Schultze performs on a prepared grand piano extended with suspended objects and a data driven automated piano system, while Werner Hasler shapes the sound through live sampling and spatialization. Like a kinetic mobile, the music surrounds the audience. Triggered by a piano prepared in real time and set into motion by manipulated patterns striking strings and objects, sounds emerge and continuously transform. Through live sampling and spatial diffusion, these sounds unfold into an evolving improvised soundscape, reflecting both the small resonant objects and the wider interplay of space, time, matter, and energy.
May

Strotter + Rotzler – Double Bass vs. Turntables
Strotter Inst. – Prepared Turntables
Sebastian Rotzler – Double Bass
Strotter and Rotzler also play their instruments as bodies and objects, generating a continuous stream of sound that carries musicians and listeners alike. Neither the double bass nor the turntables are used primarily according to their conventional sound-production techniques. Drawing on many years of sound research, both musicians create a multilayered sonic landscape that meanders through textures over extended passages.
UMIAK (Eva-Maria Karbacher – saxophone, Christian Moser – oud, Alfred Zimmerlin – violoncello)
UMIAK performs as a separate act, presenting its own distinctive sonic language through the interplay of saxophone, oud, and violoncello.
Past

Alphatronic
- by Alphatronic
25 Years Everest Records – Expeditions in Music since 1999
Anniversary Concert Series (Jul 19–Sep 14): shows in Bern & Schüpfen with Alphatronic, OUT Session, Simon Berz, Schrödingers Katze, PLESS, Annie Aries, VMO & Strotter Inst.
Annie Aries – Dronenight WIM & Flux Fusion
- by Annie Aries
Drone Night with Annie Aries, Lise Barkas, Luz González & Marta Zapparoli
Within Immersive Murmurs brings together WIM Bern and Flux Fusion for a drone night exploring contemporary experimental sound. Moving between composition, sound research, performance, and technological experimentation, the event creates immersive listening spaces shaped by slowly evolving textures and continuous vibration.
Julius Amber – Julian Sartorius w/ Eio Amberg
Bern-based drummer Julian Sartorius and Lucerne tenor saxophonist Elio Amberg form the duo Julius Amber. Their debut album Close Up moves between noise and reduced sound material, combining electronic sequencing with flexible, responsive timing. Closely miked and recorded on an analog four-track cassette recorder, the music fuses breath, rhythm, and texture into a single, intimate instrument.

Annie Aries w/ Tamara Janes (visuals)
- by Annie Aries
In an open space, electronic sound, contemporary sound art, visual experimentation, and performative practices come together. The TONTON series creates a setting for exchange, curiosity, and artistic dialogue, offering room for musical experimentation, creative processes, and the exploration of new forms of expression. Performances emerge live and spontaneously — each presentation is unique.
On January 23, 2026, the evening brings together two duos and an open field of improvisation. Annie Aries, a Swiss-Philippine composer and sound artist and a featured artist on our label roster, presents her modular synthesizer practice in dialogue with Tamara Janes, who creates live visuals drawn from her work with digital image archives and visual systems. A second duo pairs Déandrah with Julia Toggenburger, and the program is complemented by Simon Lanz, presenting his self-built organ.
Julian Sartorius w/ Ernestyna Orlowska
In Crack the Rack, constructed fragility meets musical precision. Artist Ernestyna Orlowska designs a sculptural percussion structure, an instrument that can only sound through its own decay. It is built to break.
Drummer Julian Sartorius performs on this fragile construction. Each strike is not only sound, but intervention and erosion. The performance unfolds as a process of gradual disintegration: the instrument reveals its voice only through its own destruction.
Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler
Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler create a richly textured musical dialogue where timbres, cultures, languages, and modes converge. Moving between lyricism, contrast, and ornamentation, the duo explores improvisation as a means of expanding their shared sonic vocabulary and articulating both their roots and their present.
Julian Sartorius w/ Vincent von Schlippenbach
In January 2026, DJ Illvibe (Vincent von Schlippenbach) and Julian Sartorius embark on a unique tour, presenting situational live concerts. Bringing together turntables, vinyl, drums, and found-sound instruments, the Berlin-based producer and the Bernese percussionist create immersive soundscapes where organic rhythms meet electronic textures — each performance shaped by spontaneity and experimentation.
Julian Sartorius w/ Vincent von Schlippenbach
In January 2026, DJ Illvibe (Vincent von Schlippenbach) and Julian Sartorius embark on a unique tour, presenting situational live concerts. Bringing together turntables, vinyl, drums, and found-sound instruments, the Berlin-based producer and the Bernese percussionist create immersive soundscapes where organic rhythms meet electronic textures — each performance shaped by spontaneity and experimentation.
Julian Sartorius w/ Vincent von Schlippenbach
In January 2026, DJ Illvibe (Vincent von Schlippenbach) and Julian Sartorius embark on a unique tour, presenting situational live concerts. Bringing together turntables, vinyl, drums, and found-sound instruments, the Berlin-based producer and the Bernese percussionist create immersive soundscapes where organic rhythms meet electronic textures — each performance shaped by spontaneity and experimentation.
Julian Sartorius w/ Vincent von Schlippenbach
In January 2026, DJ Illvibe (Vincent von Schlippenbach) and Julian Sartorius embark on a unique tour, presenting situational live concerts. Bringing together turntables, vinyl, drums, and found-sound instruments, the Berlin-based producer and the Bernese percussionist create immersive soundscapes where organic rhythms meet electronic textures — each performance shaped by spontaneity and experimentation.

Julian Sartorius w/ Vincent von Schlippenbach
In January 2026, DJ Illvibe (Vincent von Schlippenbach) and Julian Sartorius embark on a unique tour, presenting situational live concerts. Bringing together turntables, vinyl, drums, and found-sound instruments, the Berlin-based producer and the Bernese percussionist create immersive soundscapes where organic rhythms meet electronic textures — each performance shaped by spontaneity and experimentation.

Mich Gerber All Stars Jam Band – Solidarity concert for KartellCulturel
- by Mich Gerber
Together they fuse Western sounds with Indian influences, grooves with improvisation, and spirituality with playful energy. The result is an immersive 80-minute sonic journey, shifting between trance-like raga flows and the raw drive of a jam band. Led by live-sampling pioneer Mich Gerber, the double bass expands into an orchestral sound world bridging East and West, tradition and electronics.
Mich Gerber (double bass), Mahadev Cometo aka Al Comet (sitar), Wolfgang Zwiauer (bass, mandocello), and Andi Pupato (percussion).
Mich Gerber - Drifting Clouds
- by Mich Gerber
Like clouds in the sky, Mich Gerber’s music is in constant motion: it emerges, transforms, dissolves—and yet remains deeply felt. With the release of Drifting Clouds, this ever-changing musical vision takes shape as a 60-minute stream of sound rich in nuance and subtle transitions. The work is an invitation to embrace impermanence, to give attention to what passes by, and to sink into a contemplative listening experience. Music that begins before the first note is heard—and resonates long after it fades.
Mich Gerber, a pioneer of contemporary double bass music, bridges classical roots with a broad, global musical sensibility. His unmistakable style, shaped by worldwide influences and a spirit of technical experimentation, transforms the double bass into a narrative solo instrument—powerful, poetic, and endlessly surprising.
Julian Sartorius w/ Vincent von Schlippenbach
In January 2026, DJ Illvibe (Vincent von Schlippenbach) and Julian Sartorius embark on a unique tour, presenting situational live concerts. Bringing together turntables, vinyl, drums, and found-sound instruments, the Berlin-based producer and the Bernese percussionist create immersive soundscapes where organic rhythms meet electronic textures — each performance shaped by spontaneity and experimentation.
Julian Sartorius w/ Vincent von Schlippenbach
In January 2026, DJ Illvibe (Vincent von Schlippenbach) and Julian Sartorius embark on a unique tour, presenting situational live concerts. Bringing together turntables, vinyl, drums, and found-sound instruments, the Berlin-based producer and the Bernese percussionist create immersive soundscapes where organic rhythms meet electronic textures — each performance shaped by spontaneity and experimentation.
Chuchchepati Orchestra – Juian Sartorius w/ Vincent von Schlippenbach & Patrick Kessler
The Chuchchepati Orchestra is an open, curated format for experimental music, bringing together outstanding musicians and artistic projects. For this edition, Patrick Kessler welcomes renowned percussion virtuoso Julian Sartorius and turntablist Vincent von Schlippenbach, whose work spans many years of production for German hip-hop and pop artists. Double bass, drums, and turntables — one of the rarest formations — come together amid towering loudspeakers.