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21/05/2024

This time next week, we will have a talk to immerse you into spatial audio at Forum Factory in Berlin.

Our talk will introduce you to some of our immersive work, where we combine the worlds of music and technology to enrich lives and showcase how the future of audio can develop in future.

We are eagerly anticipating the opportunity to connect with a diverse range of individuals, from artists and producers to music business professionals. RSVP to join in the comments section below.

Thanks to Music Tech Germany for putting this together!

The first gathering of the Berlin Music Tech Community in 2024 on May 28 at Forum Factory will be about spatial audio and immersive sound/music.

03/05/2024

Do you remember the audiovisual installation MEANDERING RIVER (2018)? It was our one of our first AI experimentations. Looking back at the AI models available then, it’s remarkable to see what they become today.

We were invited by onformative to contribute the sound to their beautiful generative visuals. Their work visualises the shifting currents of rivers, in order to conceptualise a new human perspective on space and time. Our aim was to give the different visual sceneries not only a corresponding musical aesthetic, but express the aimless behavior (meandering) of the river musically.�
The compositional process started by using the different visual sceneries as graphic scores, which guided several pianists in their improvisations. By that we gained hours of training material for the AI, which resulted in more then 300 compositions. Without touching any note, we curated the best outputs for each visual scene, and were left at the end with one composition.

26/04/2024

From Saturday on THE DARK ROOMS exhibition commences with installations of Boris Acket. For his piece HYDROSFEER we created the sound engine generating a 3D weather soundscape. Immerse yourself into nature through the HYDROSFEER.

Dates: 26.04.24 – 10.05.24

Credits:
THE DARK ROOMS
Boris Acket

Sound:
kling klang klong

26/04/2024

BERLIN DESIGN WEEK starts this weekend...

Our installation for MYRIAD. Where we connect. will be featured as part of an extensive multimedia installation, with an award-winning virtual reality experience and a 360˚ 3D documentary.

You'll be able to experience the migrations of different animals around the globe, represented through behavioural biology, climate research and infrastructure developments. The interaction will give insight into our ecosystem, the changing environments and the consequences of their migrations.

The interdependence of all living beings and the spaces the live together will come to life. Let us know how you experienced it...

This project was done in collaboration with Interactive Media Foundation. The exhibition will be available from Mon - Fri., 14:00 – 20:00, and on weekends and 1 May from 11:00 – 20:00 in the Peter Behrens-Bau on Ostendstraße 1-4, 12459 Berlin.

23/04/2024

Catch us at BERLIN DESIGN WEEK! Come to see our work for MYRIAD. Where We Connect. A poetic narration about the impressive species of our planet…

08/04/2024

What you are about to hear is completely generated… No recordings were used to showcase this natural phenomenon!

We partnered with Boris Acket for his work HYDROSFEER to develop an immersive sound and light installation, creating unique weather systems for the exhibition of the upcoming THE DARK ROOMS Exhibition.

For this piece specifically, we built a sound engine that generates 3D weather soundscapes of thunderstorm formations. Come and experience huge storms and raging seas brought to life in this unique edition of the Dark Rooms Exhibition.

HYDROSFEER will be presented, along with other works by Boris, in partnership with 12 international artists, in a 120-year-old tower. The location will be announced soon!

Tickets are available in the link in the comments section.

07/03/2024

There is no denying that new media and technology impact our leading cultural institutions. This came to the foreground through inspiring discussions about bringing the prototyping age into the concert hall. Should we even do it?

We were thrilled to participate in the discussion at TAOME 2024 with Christoph Lieben-Seutter, Ashley Fell, and Prof Dr Ayad Al-Alani, moderated by Andrea Thilo. In addition to the panel discussions, there were numerous other amazing talks with Prof Sandra Wachter, Stefan Göllner, Portrait XO, Rebecca Leger, and many more on how we are "creating mindsets for concert halls."

Thank you for having us 2024!



Photos courtesy of © Claudia Höhne

23/02/2024

At the studio we are embellishing our skills for a new creative sound design – a sound that immerses your senses and create a new world.

What do you think it could be?

20/01/2024

Are you on LinkedIn? If you're not on there what are you doing? We're just kidding. But if you are, we have a monthly newsletter and have just released an exclusive interview we did with Clara Sauer about the exhibition.

I'm sure you're familiar with this name... If an array of artistic accolades and experience, she told us about the concept of THE DARK ROOMS exhibition. We don't want give too much away but you can read the article in the comments section. Or, better yet, go visit the exhibition if you are in Berlin.

19/01/2024

KLING KLANG KLONG at the 40th in Vancouver!

This April, we will share the stage with a few of the most brilliant minds speaking about the dazzling cutting-edge technology to boundless creativity: We pinch ourselves. Is this real?

It makes us feel like a kid sitting at an adult’s table, wearing a fake moustache.

We believe in what we do, and we are going to share it on this beautiful and powerful stage.

Follow us if you don't want to miss out on what we will present.

See you soon at TED Conferences 2024!

15/01/2024

opening is this week. The dark towers in Berlin will welcome you to a secret location, which we call the "vertical."

Felipe Sánchez Luna spoke with HimmelunterBerlin's, Clara Sauer, about this mysterious location. The interview is in German and available on radioeins on rbb.media.gmbh – you can listen to it in the comments section below.

See you on 18 January!

"The Dark Rooms Vertical" in den dunklen Türmen Berlins – eine Ausstellung an einem geheimen Ort . Zu Gast sind Clara Sauer und Felipe Sachez Luna Felipe Sachez Luna, Künstler, Gründer und Creative Director von kling klang klong (18.1. bis 4.2.).

12/01/2024

2023 was quite a year for us!

One of our highlights and top inspirational moments was when our Managing & Creative Director, Felipe Sanchez Luna, spoke at KIKK Festival in Belgium.

If you missed it, don't worry. You can watch Felipe share the story of KLING KLANG KLONG in the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca8jRVHEq6Y

Let us know if you were there, or if you have seen any of these artists before.

Felipe Sánchez Luna is an artist with focus on music, interactive experiences, and digital arts. From Bogotá, Colombia, he moved to Berlin, Germany, and co-f...

08/01/2024

We enter the new year as you did in our interactive dance floor.

With sound and lights, we created a silent event project. Visitors created a music track with their movements in a space, but the rules change over time. For anyone interacting with the sounds and lights to elevate to the next level, they need to work together and intuitively discover new ways to keep the musical performance playing.

We did this by installing works with an optical tracking system and headphones – the disco was completely silent from the outside. Visitors can only hear their own performance and, sometimes, the performance of other group members in the room.

We did the concept for the sound scenography, composition, sound design, interaction design, production, audio and light programming. This piece was commissioned by DREINULL Agentur für Mediatainment.

Have you attended a silent disco before?

27/12/2023

Don't forget to get your tickets for the Dark Rooms Exhibition in January: https://loveyourartist.com/de/profiles/the-dark-rooms-vertical-LGNNZE/events

Where do you think the location might be? 😏

07/12/2023

This project is brought to you by the Interactive Media Foundation and , co-created with Miiqo Studios, CONTEXT FILM and Artificial Rome.

Have you visited the MYRIAD. Where we connect. installation at Frankfurter Kunstverein?

This exhibition allows you to immerse yourself in the sounds of animal life and learn about their migration. It tells the stories of 20,000 migrating animals ranging across our vast ecosystems. MYRIAD is expansive and immersive. Hosted at Frankfurter Kunstverein and had opened in October 2023. The concept came from a given narrative and the interdependence of all beings – and how these actions may influence animal migration.

It's an acoustic spatial experience that follows a Soundscape Ecology concept. To create this soundscape, we used the convolution reverb too, which allowed us to use different materials and their sonic quality with a vocalist's voice. We shot some behind-the-scenes footage to showcase the creative process.

If you haven't seen the installation yet, we recommend you do. Internationally renowned artists, scientists, media professionals and leading scientists from various institutions have come together to conduct cutting edge research for MYRIAD. Where we connect., under the roof of the non-profit Interactive Media Foundation.

06/11/2023

A glimpse at Sense Scapes, another one of the sound stenographies that we did for an interactive 360-room installation. We collaborated with schnellebuntebilder and intolight at the GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst Leipzig.

This piece was part of the permanent exhibition “From Art Nouveau to the Present Day.” Museum visitors immerse themselves in their video interpretation with animated images on the wall. These elements interact with each visitor, and we’re influenced by style epochs of the Bauhaus era and Art Deco.

But we’d like to hear from you! What is the best part of the experience while you are in an interactive sound environment?

12/10/2023

Today is the official opening of Schemerlichtfestival. This festival presents an audiovisual art route at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Back in May, we were invited to have workshops with scientists and nature experts to study the topic of soil. It was an insightful and beautiful experience and we are so happy to have been invited to the Bodemzicht farm.

When we started the project, we studied the farm and recorded the sounds of the soil to develop an installation that showcases what we cannot see underground. The soundscape of this piece tells the story of recorded ecosystems under the soil – from ants to wet and dry soil, this soundscape brings the natural and abstract together. We wanted to make these sounds open for interpretation. Our aim is to try and shift perspectives and provoke questions of how we can sustain our ecosystems. We want to shift the focus towards the positive potential that humans can make to this earth.

This immersive installation consists of 14 sound and light sculptures that have been custom-made of singing bowls and electronics. We brought together these elements of sound and light with a multi-channel audio system to immerse people into the world of soil in an abstract and beautiful way.

is a leading demonstration farm that highlights the benefits of regenerative agriculture in the Netherlands and Europe. We were happy to collaborate with the teams to tell the story of biodiversity and nature-inclusivity in a way that is constructive and experimental for us.

Have you got your tickets yet?

09/10/2023

Let's take you back to a project we did back in the day with +COM - Berlin for in Denmark.

For this project, we decided to compose with data that we recorded for a full year. The structure of the composition was based on environmental data that was recorded close to the research lab.

For the piece, we translated different variables – like the moon phase or sea level pressure into musical structures and forms. The four-hour composition passes through all recorded data of 2016 and sonifies the entire year into an acoustic time-lapse, where a day lasts 40 seconds and a month 20 minutes.

Thoughts?

15/09/2023

We are really happy to announce that we are presenting a multi-channel sound installation at ! The installation is bringing the hidden world of soil to our level, as magnifing glass to life under our feet, and our role as humans to conserve it!

12/09/2023

This was such a fun project to work on with SCHNELLE BUNTE BILDER! 💛 You can still visit the fishes at the Humboldt Forum "After Nature" exhibition.

05/09/2023

We have even more thoughts about working with AI and music! Julien and Pascal shared why they don't think AI will take their jobs anytime soon:

“I don’t think that human creativity can be replaced. Instead, I think AI is going to extend the creative horizon of artists.”

01/09/2023

Last weekend we recorded Soil life at the beautiful in the Netherlands, equipped with an Allsounder piezzo microphone specifically developed for soil recordings! You wouldn't believe how many things are living in the soil beneath us and how enormous a chicken sounds when it walks over the mic! These recordings will be an elementary part of our new upcoming audio visual installation at festival in Nijmegen beginning of October, stay tuned!

29/08/2023

Wooho, dramatic title! Thank you B2B Magazin for the interview about music and AI. You can also find the issue online if you want to know what the quote in the title means in context. 😉

26/08/2023

Did you know that music and architecture go way back, and had a history long before Sound Scenography came along? From the Pyhtagorean theory of Harmony in Architecture and Music, through the romantic era's understanding of Architecture of "Frozen music" to modern acoustics, the connection between these two fields seemed to occupy many. Since we are one of these people, we like to share our inspirations and share some nerdy content.
If you are interested in the topic, the paper by Ulrich Winko titled "Architecture and Music" is a great place to start!

22/08/2023

What does the history of technical innovations in the art world implies about rejection of AI? Great Article by Anika Meier

The art world, too, is grappling with advancements in Artificial Intelligence, as evidenced by the numerous events during Berlin Art Week dedicated to the topic. Our writer, Anika Meier, takes a moment to look back at the history of technological innovations in the art world, which has consistently....

18/08/2023

We recorded some vocals for a soon to be interactive sound environment with our favourite in-house singer, Julia. Soon more about this project!

10/08/2023

The gloomy Berlin weather of the last few days was perfect for doing bits and bobs, cabling and testing! Pascal is making the first tests for a new, outdoor installation coming soon!

04/08/2023

It's a friday, shoes off in the studio!