Soundwalk Collective is an international experimental sound art collective founded in 2001 by Stephan Crasneanscki, who was joined by Simone Merli in 2008. The group is based in Berlin and New York. They have engaged in collaborations with other musicians such as the American singer

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on the ''Perfect Vision'' Trilogy.

Work

Composition

Soundwalk Collective’s musical work emerges from a multidisciplinary approach rooted primarily in psycho- geography and in the exploration of recording and synthesis. Elements of observation of nature, non-linear narrative, ethnography, and anthropology are intertwined in their work. In order to create following this approach they have travelled across the world from cities to remote locations for long periods of investigation and fieldwork to source the unique materials that form the core of their work. Notable Collaborations Since their foundation, Soundwalk Collective have collaborated with numerous musicians including American singer, songwriter and poet Patti Smith, Ethiopian Jazz musician Mulatu Astatke, American photographer

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, French-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard, minimalist composer, Philip Glass, film director, Abel Ferrera, and French pop singer and actor,

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. They have also written original scores for contemporary dance choreographer

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Exhibitions and installations

Soundwalk Collective have performed at

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, CTM Festival, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Barbican Centre,

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, Centre Georges Pompidou, Florence Gould Hall, Mobile Art by

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in Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York;

MUDAM The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (french: Musée d'art moderne Grand-Duc Jean), abbreviated to Mudam, is a museum of modern art in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The museum stands on the site of the old Fort Thüngen, on the so ...

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, Museo Madre, New Museum, The Foundation Carmingac, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Palazzo Reale in Milan, La Triennale, Radialsystem V, documenta14 in Athens and Kassel, Funkhaus in Berlin, Manifesta12 in Palermo. Selection of solo exhibitions: *

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of Art in New York * The Bardo National Museum in Tunis * The Beit Museum in Beirut * The New York’s Times Square, who hosted the midnight moment Jungle-ized piece, a large participative audio-visual installation in 2016.

Discography

Albums * Kill The Ego (2008) * La Brulure (2009) * Medea (2011) * Last Beat (2014) * Sons of the Wind (2014) * Killer Road (2016 * Khandroma (2016) * Before Music There Is Blood (2017) * Transmissions (2017) * Kreatur (2018) * Death Must Die (2018) * What We Leave Behind – Jean-Luc Godard Archives (2018) * What We Leave Behind – The Remixes (2018) * What We Leave Behind – Jean-Luc Godard Archives – Artist Edition (2019) * The Peyote Dance (2019) * Mummer Love (2019) * Oscillations (2019) * The Time of the Night – Fondation Carmignac (2020) * Peradam (2020)

References

{{reflist European artist groups and collectives Arts in Berlin Experimental musical groups 2001 establishments in Germany