Soundwalk Collective

{{Short description|Musical art collective}}

Soundwalk Collective is an international experimental sound art collective founded in 2001 by Stephan Crasneanscki, who was joined by Simone Merli in 2008. The group is based in Berlin and New York.{{Cite web |last=Mutter |first=Zoe |title=Audio-Technica brings the jungle to Times Square |url=https://www.avinteractive.com/news/audio/audio-technica-brings-the-jungle-to-times-square-30-03-2016/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=AV Magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Palais the Tokyo – CD|url=https://palaisdetokyo.com/en/personne/soundwalk-collective-2/|access-date=2022-09-11|website=Palais De Tokyo}} They have engaged in collaborations with other musicians such as the American singer Patti Smith on the Perfect Vision Trilogy.{{cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2019-09-04 |title=Soundwalk Collective Re-Unite With Patti Smith For New Album 'Mummer Love' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/soundwalk-collective-re-unite-with-patti-smith-for-new-album-mummer-love/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews }}{{Cite web |last=Lavin |first=Will |date=2020-07-13 |title=Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective announce final album in 'Perfect Vision' trilogy |url=https://www.nme.com/news/patti-smith-and-soundwalk-collective-announce-final-album-in-perfect-vision-trilogy-2707025 |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/patti-smith-soundwalk-collective-evidence |title=Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective Invoke Icons of French Poetry |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Frieze}}

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Work

= Composition =

Soundwalk Collective’s musical work emerges from a multidisciplinary approach rooted primarily in psychogeography and in the exploration of recording and synthesis. Elements of observation of nature, non-linear narrative, ethnography, and anthropology are intertwined in their work.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

In order to create following this approach they have travelled across the world from cities to remote locations for long periods of investigation and fieldwork to source the unique materials that form the core of their work.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=XLR8R |date=2018-10-17 |title=Soundwalk Collective Returns with 'Death Must Die' LP |url=https://xlr8r.com/news/soundwalk-collective-return-with-death-must-die-ep/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=XLR8R |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Transmissions |url=http://www.documenta14.de/en/public-radio/14743/transmissions |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=www.documenta14.de |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cummings |first=Damien |date=2021-09-06 |title=Soundwalk Collective on the "the silence of the underground" |url=https://www.exberliner.com/music-clubs/soundwalk-collective-ctm-interview/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Exberliner |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE – Palais de Tokyo |url=https://palaisdetokyo.com/en/personne/soundwalk-collective-2/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=palaisdetokyo.com |language=en-US}}

Notable Collaborations

Since their foundation, Soundwalk Collective have collaborated with numerous musicians including American singer, songwriter and poet Patti Smith, Ethiopian Jazz musician Mulatu Astatke, American photographer Nan Goldin, French-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard, minimalist composer, Philip Glass, film director, Abel Ferrera, and French pop singer and actor, Charlotte Gainsbourg.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-11 |title=Willem Dafoe And Charlotte Gainsbourg Reunite On New Album About The Future Of Robot Sex |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2175950/willem-dafoe-charlotte-gainsbourg-soundwalk-collective-lovotic/music/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Jean-Luc Godard: Mixed by Soundwalk Collective |url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/mixprofile/jean-luc-godard-mixed-by-soundwalk-collective/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Crack Magazine}}{{Cite web |last=Rugoff |first=Lazlo |date=2022-02-11 |title=Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lyra Pramuk feature on new LP |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/willem-dafoe-charlotte-gainsbourg-lyra-pramuk-new-soundwalk-collective-album/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=The Vinyl Factory |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Soundwalk Collective become the machine on "LOVOTIC" |url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/02/11/soundwalk-collective-lovotic |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=The FADER |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Akingbehin |first=Richard |title=Soundwalk Collective and Charlotte Gainsbourg work with Atom™, Lyra Pramuk, Willem Dafoe on new album, LOVOTIC |url=https://ra.co/news/76817 |website=Resident Advisor}}

They have also written original scores for contemporary dance choreographer Sasha Waltz.{{Cite web |title=Sasha Waltz & Guests brings »Kreatur« to Sibiu {{!}} Sasha Waltz & Guests |url=https://www.sashawaltz.de/en/sasha-waltz-guests-brings-kreatur-to-sibiu/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=www.sashawaltz.de}}{{Cite web |title=Soundwalk Collective/Sasha Waltz |url=http://www.wearekabinett.com/p/thomas/OTgwODMzNTA=_MTE5MTY0Mjk3NQ== |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=www.wearekabinett.com}}

= Exhibitions and installations =

Soundwalk Collective have performed at Opéra de Lyon, CTM Festival, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Barbican Centre, Berghain, Centre Georges Pompidou, Florence Gould Hall, Mobile Art by Zaha Hadid in Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York; MUDAM, MuCEM, Museo Madre, New Museum, The Foundation Carmingac, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Palazzo Reale in Milan, La Triennale, Radialsystem V, documenta14 in Athens and Kassel, Funkhaus in Berlin, Manifesta12 in Palermo.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2021-08-19 |title=Berlin's Ctm Festival Of Music And Arts Reveals First Line Up |url=https://www.theransomnote.com/art-culture/events/berlins-ctm-festival-of-music-and-arts-reveals-first-line-up/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Ransom Note |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Soundwalk Collective: Resonance |url=https://www.alcantara.com/artists/soundwalk-collective/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Alcantara}}{{Cite web |title=Soundwalk Collective share single feat. Charlotte and Lyra Pramuk • WithGuitars |url=https://www.withguitars.com/303796-2/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |language=en-GB}}

Selection of solo exhibitions:

  • Rubin Museum of Art in New York
  • The Bardo National Museum in Tunis
  • The Beit Museum in Beirut
  • The New York’s Times Square, who hosted the midnight moment Jungle-ized piece, a large participative audio-visual installation in 2016.

Discography

Albums{{Cite web|title=Discography – CD|url=http://soundwalkcollective.com/discography/|access-date=2022-09-11|website=SoundwalkCollective}}

  • Kill The Ego (2008)
  • La Brulure (2009)
  • Medea (2011)
  • Last Beat (2014)
  • Sons of the Wind (2014)
  • Killer Road (2016
  • Khandroma (2016)
  • Before Music There Is Blood (2017)
  • Transmissions (2017)
  • Kreatur (2018)
  • Death Must Die (2018)
  • What We Leave Behind – Jean-Luc Godard Archives (2018)
  • What We Leave Behind – The Remixes (2018)
  • What We Leave Behind – Jean-Luc Godard Archives – Artist Edition (2019)
  • The Peyote Dance (2019)
  • Mummer Love (2019)
  • Oscillations (2019)
  • The Time of the Night – Fondation Carmignac (2020)
  • Peradam (2020)

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