Steve is interested in the repetitive acoustic territories of every day life informing his and others sonic agency. His
research revolves around the physicality of sonic boundaries and how it informs compositional methodologies, materials and structures along with the listeners corporal reading there of. His music is a collision of captivating simplicity and fleeting subtle complexity. Hypnotic and compelling.

drums / percussion / electronics / composition / improvisation / installation / production / fitness / meditation / gardening / woodwork / film

James Anderson (b. 1989) is a drummer/composer from Northern Ireland.

With two voices, an electric guitar as well as electronic and percussive sound elements, the three musicians create a mood that draws the listener in. COUCOU have been constantly evolving their sound over the last ten years. The result is wonderfully melancholic, unobtrusive pop music that allows for rough edges and likes to move off the beaten path. The sound is unagitated and makes the music relatable: celebrated slowness, a little journey into the inner self. 
COUCOU is slow-motion cinema in the midst of restless modernity.
In 2012, they published a small edition of a record that they produced themselves and in 2016 their debut album "Paperskin" was finally released on "Kick the Flame". Since then, numerous concerts and performances have taken them throughout Germany, Italy and Switzerland. In the fall of 2019 they retired to the studio again and recorded a new EP, which will be released still in 2020. Producer legend Olaf Opal captured the special sound of the three women from Leipzig and Berlin surprisingly unfiltered: COUCOU sound independent and uncompromising, full of powerful-voiced, tender melancholy.

Janda (voc)
Meryem Kilic (voc)
Steffi Narr (electr.guit.)

Mark Pringle is a British pianist and composer based in Berlin, working at the intersection of various forms of composed and improvised music.

"Mark Pringle is an exceptionally gifted pianist and composer, and a remarkable improviser" - John Taylor

Berlin’s CTM Festival supports an open, networked, mutually-collaborative, global music culture through its yearly 10-day festival as well as countless collaborative and research initiatives, co-commissions, concerts, and other constantly-evolving formats. The 2 decades old festival stands out for its conscious pairing of daring artistic content and adventurous club experiences with an in-depth discourse programme, framing today’s sounds and music cultures within a shifting, hybrid global society.

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