We are thrilled to announce Tonhain Kollektiv’s Season 1: Machine Counterpoint, our first full season of nine concerts that will take place at Tonhain between September 2024 and June 2025. In these concerts we will explore the impact that machines and technology have had on music over the course of the past several centuries. Our story begins with the influence of mechanical clocks and metronomes on music during the 18th century, continues through the reaction against strict musical time-keeping during the Romantic era, and explores the development of more complex polyrhythms and mechanical sounds in music after the industrial revolution. We then explore the radical transformation that occurred in composition and performance through the development of recorded sound, tape music, and electronic music. Our April concert will be a fascinating detour into aleatoric music, investigating the many ways music can break free of time-sensitive notation, while in May we will feature composers who have encoded their music with symbols and messages. Our season finale is a culmination of this journey from the past to present day, as we will focus on AI and the central question of whether it represents an existential threat to creativity or a useful tool for composers and performers alike.
All concerts take place at Tonhain. Click below or scroll down for more details and to book tickets!
- › Concert I: Tick Tock · 20.09.2024 · 7:00 PM
- › Concert II: Playing with Time · 03.11.2024 · 5:00 PM
- › Concert III: Rhythmicon · 30.11.2024 · 7:00 PM
- › Concert IV: Gizmos & Gadgets · 20.12.2024 · 7:00 PM
- › Concert V: Tape Counterpoint · 07.02.2025 · 7:00 PM
- › Concert VI: Electronic Counterpoint · 28.03.2025 · 7:00 PM
- › Concert VII: Break Away · 25.04.2025 · 7:00 PM
- › Concert VIII: Coding & Decoding · 10.05.2025 · 7:00 PM
- › Concert IX: I, AI · 13.06.2025 · 7:00 PM
With the kind support of the Aventis Foundation
Supported by funds from the decentralized work of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district office of Berlin, Department of Culture
Concert I
Tick Tock
Prompt: "A mountain full of abandoned broken mechanical metronomes"
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Concert II
Playing with Time
Prompt: "A clock melting away on a violin, in the style of Dali"
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Concert III
Rhythmicon
Prompt: "A machine with 7 hands and 7 heads playing the piano"
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Concert IV
Gizmos & Gadgets
Prompt: "Beethoven working in a robot factory, Cyberpunk"
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Concert V
Tape Counterpoint
Prompt: "A cross section of a cello revealing a tape recorder, technical drawing"
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Concert VI
Electronic Counterpoint
Prompt: "A Renaissance painting, but everyone is on their phone"
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Concert VII
Break Away
Prompt: "A composer drowning in sea of dice, anime style"
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Concert VIII
Coding & Decoding
Prompt: "A string quartet playing on telegraph machines, surrealism"
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Concert IX
I, AI
Prompt: "HAL 9000, cinematic lighting, detailed, close-up, facing camera"