20 Feb 2025 ・ 20:00 ・ ARTist's
Andrea Ermke and Anaïs Tuerlinckx
Anaïs Tuerlinckx (inside piano/string box) and Andrea Ermke (mini discs) have been playing as a duo since 2012.
They meet in their approach to the manipulation of varied sound objects and for their love of repurposing obsolete or invented musical instruments.
Their aesthetic reflects, for each, a love of material and texture, without artifice.
In 2013 they set up a residency and concert project @ Ausland, Berlin, around a bag filled with found objects accumulated over the years which they call “the composer has falled asleep“.
During the pandemic, they both separately worked on a piece for the project called “totes Holz“, commissioned and realised by Christina Christina Ertl-Shirley and Lena Mahler.
10 years after their first concert, Andrea and Anaïs release a digital album on the Glasgow label Scatter Archive. This is a live take of a one-hour radio work produced on the free FM radio in Ulm. (https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/stadthaus-ulm)
Anaïs and Andrea also collaborate regularly together, in diverse and variable projects, notably with musicians such as Burkhard Beins (and their trio called Toggle), Mazen Kerbaj, Bryan Eubanks, Andrew Lafkas, Ignaz Schick, Joe Foster, Jean-Paul Jenkins , Peter Cusack, Bertrand Denzler,…
Jena Jang
Jena Jang is a South Korean vocalist, experimental musician, and performance artist currently based in Prague, Czechia. Their work pushes the boundaries of power electronics, extended vocal improvisation, and high-pitched frequencies, employing hand-built modular synthesisers to create raw, visceral sonic landscapes. Rooted in traditions such as Buddhist chanting, yogic breath work, throat singing, and Korean music forms like Pansori, Samulnori, and Shamanic rituals, Jang’s performances blend ancient influences with contemporary experimentalism.
Physicality is central to their art, incorporating headbanging, crawling, and repetitive gestures to transform personal trauma and negative memories into cathartic, energising experiences. With a background in dance—including jazz, contemporary, Korean traditional, improvisational forms, and Japanese Butoh—paired with extensive yoga and breath practice, Jang brings a powerful somatic dimension to their work. Their interdisciplinary performances merge sound, movement, and audio-reactive live visuals to create immersive, emotionally charged environments.
Since their debut in 2020, Jang has performed internationally, collaborating with diverse artists and appearing at concerts and festivals worldwide. Highlights include their Shape+ residency at MeetFactory in Prague with bela (KR/DE) and mvd0ae (MX/CZ), as well as supporting Gabber Modus Operandi (ID) and Prison Religion (US) at an event curated by Shelter Tallinn in Estonia. Notable performances include appearances alongside Udasi (FI) and Mia Zabelka (AT) at Ars Electronica in Linz and sets at Druskomanija (LT), Biela Noc and Hradby Samoty (SK), ARé Performing Art (AM), and Saund Festival 2024 (EE). Jang’s compelling presence continues to resonate within the experimental music and performance art worlds, earning them growing recognition for their unique fusion of sound, movement, and emotion.