Marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall of Sound is an acoustic reconstruction of the Berlin Wall. Its duration of 7:32 minutes reflects the time sound needs to travel the 155 kilometres length of the Berlin Wall. Its sound wave’s shape mirrors the wall of concrete and its watchtowers. There are no comments – the tags depict the victims and mark where they were killed.
 
The Wall of Sound is not easy to bear. But 27 years locked behind the concrete Berlin Wall were unbearable.
 
Back in 1989, SoundCloud’s headquarters would have been part of the Death Zone next to the Berlin Wall. We dedicate the Wall of Sound to the 120 women, men and children, who lost their lives in their attempt to live in freedom. We will not forget.

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‘Everything Ascending’ sees Snow Palms mainstay David Sheppard’s signature glinting electronics and crystalline glockenspiels augmented by the modular synths, tapes, piano and production skills of Matt Gooderson (Infadels), the vigorous, rhythmic clarinets of Christian Forshaw (Michael Nyman Band, Icebreaker) and the soaring vocal flights of Megan Gooderson (London Philharmonic Choir).

Composer / Producer / Thinker One half of minimalist duo Snow Palms on Village Green Records.

Formed by vocalist/band leader Wally van Middendorp in 1978, Dutch electro pioneers Minny Pops borrowed their name from a primitive Korg drum machine and their approach from conceptual art at its most mischievously off-kilter. Their association with the legendary Manchester label Factory Records, which began in 1980, would see them produced by Martin Hannett, tour with Joy Division and then New Order, and become the first Dutch group to record a Peel session. 

In 2012, van Middendorp and colleagues regrouped for Minny Pops’ first live performances since 1981, touring the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium, and recording their 7” single ‘Waiting for this to Happen’ at the behest of Tim Burgess for his label O-Genesis. 

Based in the UK since 2014, Minny Pops are now operating as a collective with a cast of global collaborators hailing from London, Austin, Helsinki, Rotterdam, and Los Angeles. 

Recordings and releases in recent years have been sporadic, the ‘Waiting For This To Happen’ remix EP and the ‘Slow Car Fast Car’ single were released in Autumn 2019 by Blowpipe Records. The ‘Dat Dead Dad Dog’ singles recorded in Austin, were released in May and June 2020. In November 2023 Minny Pops went into the studio to record six new songs which are currently being mixed and new music will be released this year.

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