Produced and exhibited as part of the 6th edition of Reverse Engineering at 90mil, Berlin 01/12/2023, Music For Estranged Speakers is a sound compilation that decouples the stereo field. The artists worked with the constraint that the speakers must be treated as separate entities and that the sounds must be hard-panned (i.e. located on either the L or R speakers). Listening through speakers is recommended.

All profits go to Klik, a charity that helps people with housing and social problems in Berlin.

Music for Estranged Speakers

@agilitaet

"✲ vitality ✲ balance ✲ determination ✲ accuracy ✲ mind ✲ coordination ✲ dexterity ✲ intelligence ✲ reflex ✲ control ✲ strength ✲ resistance ✲ endurance ✲ piety ✲ morale ✲ - hard panned percussive hits alternating on both stereo channels with a simple melodic sequence on a 7/4 measure."

AGILITÄT - P-Space

@feverfeww

"The first intense sunlight of the year broke through the shrouds of winter and lit up the faces of friends, who soaked it up as much as they could. Birds sung, the first glimpses of nature were emerging. Glossy crocuses had already pushed through the grass near gravestones, moss glistened next to still cold silver lakes and I wanted to touch it all and whisper a mantra to new life. This track explores this feeling of cosmic spring. A lot of space is left open in the track as if waiting to be filled out, you being there amongst the sounds is enough to do that."

Feverfew - Cosmic Spring

@altoaria

"Alto Aria is the name of Aria Leth Schütze’s solo project. With the project, they investigate relations between acoustic and electronic sounds and focus on transformation and transition as a starting point in their music. The piece Do You See Me? has come to deal with being seen in the way you want to be seen, not having full control over this. This metaphorically is also, what is going on in the music - depending on where you stand, you’ll have different experiences of the piece."

Alto Aria - Do You See Me?

@robbie-mona

"I am an artist working through the mediums of sound, writing, and imagery - singing and writing in Robbie & Mona - excited by the stories that emerge in the 'instant-now' and from 'feeling-thoughts,' guided by sensation more than comprehension."

Mona Ellie - Fragmentations Of My Weather

@safejas

"Common Ground started with the idea that the two speakers are characters getting to know each other.  I thought a lot about who they were, what they wanted from each other, and what influence they had on each other. It’s a piece about exploring difference, about how friendships and relationships can sometimes reinforce our existing traits, but often require us to change.  In my experience, the latter is true of more meaningful connections.  I think my characters are curious about each other.  They interact with each other playfully, furtively at first before finding their way to common ground and celebrating it."