14:00• 14:00 • Female* Pioneer Timetravel Parcours ▶
STATION 1 of our time travel parcours through electronic music: Here is an overview of great women* who were amongst the first to work with technologies and electronic music. After some of them we named stations of our parcours. But there are many more! On this timeline you will get a first overview of the chronological order in which electronic music and computer technologies emerged and how they are connected. At each festival station, you’ll learn more about the topics on this timeline! Have fun discovering!
All day, no registration necessary.
In the passage to the courtyard
14:00• 14:00 • In the beginning was the Theremin Parcours ▶
STATION 2 of our time travel tour through electronic music: Play a few sounds on the first ever invented electronic musical instrument: the theremin. You play it with your hands in the air! Learn about the basic functions of this magical instrument and start your time travel into electronic music here. Clara Rockmore developed this instrument together with Lev Theremin and was able to play it admirably.
With Athina (Tüftlerin).
All day, no registration necessary.
At the entrance
14:00• 14:00 • Human Computer Parcours ▶
STATION 3 of our time travel parcours through the computer world: You want to know how a computer works by only using your body and your senses? We explain to you through analog programming games what computer commands are and what an algorithm is. Do you know how long computers have been around? And who invented that computers understand us?
All day, no registration necessary.
Place tbd
14:00• 14:00 • Synthesizer Carousel Parcours ▶
STATION 4 of our time travel tour through electronic music: Designed as a collaborative musical instrument, you can explore and play 6 modular synthesizers on this synth carousel. You connect the individual circuits by plugging in cables and immediately hear the sound, without there being a clear right or wrong. A synthesizer is one of the main instruments of electronic music. Melodies and rhythms are created from electrical voltages. Trans pioneer Wendy Carlos developed the first synthesizer with keys: the Moog.
With SchneidersLaden (Synth Legend).
All day, no registration necessary.
Courtyard
14:00• 14:00 • Music Producer*in Parcours ▶
STATION 5 of our time travel tour through electronic music: What is a beat? How does hip-hop legend Missy Elliott produce a track? How are the tracks you hear on TikTok made? When did sounds start being created digitally? Explore the basics of electronically generated music with Ableton’s interactive website. Experiment with beats, melodies, basslines, harmonies, and song structures. You can get started with no prior experience. Ableton Live is software that lets you develop musical ideas, turn them into finished songs, and bring them to the stage: a complete recording studio in your computer!
With Angelica Tavella (producer / hardware designer) and Bakläxa (Dj / producer).
All day, no registration necessary.
In the studio
14:00• 14:00 • Error Music Listening Vol. I Parcours ▶
STATION 6 What does Error Music sound like? Error Music is a sound x tech format where girls*, trans*, inter* and non-binary youth from many Berlin districts have worked with great technological and musical inventions since 2020. The groups performed with their own Error Music Show at the club. In discarded car seats on the balcony you can listen to the shows we recorded during our project time at ACUD. You will hear performances by crews from the Schule an der Jungfernheide Spandau, the Interkulturellen Mädchentreff August Reinickendorf, the Schottenburg Steglitz, the Barnim Gymnasium Falkenberg, the Klinke Marzahn, the Nelson Mandela Schule Schöneberg and the Alte Feuerwache Kreuzberg. Thus the participants have become pioneers* of electronic music themselves! Open your ears.
With Error Music Crews.
All day, no registration necessary.
On the balcony
14:00• 14:00 • You on the Club Stage Parcours ▶
STATION 7 of our time travel tour through electronic music: You always wanted to perform in a real Berlin club and hear your sounds on a really thick sound system? On our rehearsal stage you can start right away and try everything out! Beginners welcome 🙂
With Angelica Tavella (Producer/Hardware Designer) and Bakläxa (Dj/Producer).
All day, no registration necessary
In the club
14:00• 14:00 • Build a theremin Workshop ▶
With Athina Zachariadou .Design and program the sound of a theremin with a microcontroller: The theremin is the world’s first electronic musical instrument and the only instrument you can play in the air with your hands. Clara Rockmore played her first solo concert on it nearly 100 years ago. She worked closely with its inventor, Lev Theremin, to develop this magical instrument. The theremin is used in many famous sci-fi movies and experimental pop music. Duration: 30 min. Registration onsite.
Duration: 30 min.
Registration on site.
In the courtyard
14:00• 14:00 • Produce your own beats Workshop ▶
With Tash Todd/Bakläxa (producer/DJ). You want to know how to make beats without expensive equipment, just understand and try out what music producers do? Learn how to make sounds with the computer? Then join this workshop.
Duration: 30 minutes.
Registration on site.
In the studio
14:00• 14:00 • Sound Installation Installation ▶
With Adrienn Veres (programmer/tinkerer). Take a look behind the scenes of a sound installation: how do you program sounds easily with the computer and turn them into an art installation? Find out here!
All day, no registration necessary.
In the stairwell
14:00• 14:00 • Error Music Slideshow Installation ▶
With Error Crews. This is Error Music: check out photos of the Error Music project and the many great Error Crews. Photographs by Camille Blake, Monika Karczmarczyk, Andi Weiland and Antje Materna.
In the Club
14:00• 14:15 • Error Music Tour with Yosa ▶
With Yosa Peit (music producer). Error Music founder and music producer Yosa goes with you through the festival landscape. Together you will dive into the world of Error Music and get to know many insights about the project. Perfect for arriving!
Duration: 20 minutes.
Meeting point at the entrance
14:00• 14:30 • Code with Sonic Pi Workshop ▶
With Adrienn Veres (programmer/tinkerer). Sonic Pi is free music programming software. No problem if you’ve never programmed before! It’s really easy to instantly create experimental cool sounds and write your first code. In this workshop you will learn the basics. Then you can create electronic sounds at your own pace and continue working on them in your spare time. Whohoo!
Duration: 30 minutes.
Registration on site.
In the studio
14:00• 15:00 • Opening Ceremony ▶
Let’s go! In the heart of the Error Music project, the ACUD Club, we officially celebrate the first Error Festival with you, show you important supporters of the project and young performers*. The Error Music Team and the Senate for Culture and Social Cohesion of Berlin will be there!
In the club
14:00• 15:30 • Error Crew Lichtenberg Live Performance ▶
With Yuktha and Franka (performers). Supervising mentor Perera Elsewhere (music producer). Listen to an Error Music performance by the Error Crew from our Lichtenberg Edition. Attention fog machine in use 🙂
Duration: 10 minutes.
In the club
14:00• 15:45 • DIY Synthesizer Workshop ▶
• DIY Synthesizer
With Susanne Grunewald (Tinkerer).
A synthesizer (synth for short) is one of the main instruments of electronic music. Melodies and rhythms are created from electrical voltages. In this workshop you will learn the basic functions of the instrument and build your own synth.
Duration: 45 minutes.
Registration on site.
In the courtyard
14:00• 16:00 • Produce your own beats Workshop ▶
With Tash Todd / Bakläxa (producer / DJ). You want to know how to make beats without expensive equipment, just understand and try out what music producers do? Learn how to make sounds with the computer? Then join this workshop.
Duration: 30 minutes
Registration on site.
In the studio
14:00• 16:00 • You as the sound engineer Workshop ▶
Have you heard of the profession of sound engineering? How does the sound from big stages or at small club concerts reach our ears? What do we hear when we stand on a stage? We will introduce you to the job of a sound engineer in Berlin using the ACUD Club as an example.
Duration: 30 minutes.
Registration on site.
In the club
14:00• 16:30 • Error Crew Steglitz Live Performance ▶
With Lou and Julia (performers). Supervising mentor Perera Elsewehere (music producer). Listen to an Error Music performance by the Error Crew from our Steglitz Edition. Attention fog machine in use 🙂
Duration: 10 minutes.
In the club
14:00• 17:00 • Error Music Tour with Yosa ▶
With Yosa Peit (music producer). Error Music founder and music producer Yosa goes with you through the festival landscape. Together you will dive into the world of Error Music and get to know many insights about the project. Perfect for arriving!
Duration: 20 minutes.
Meeting point at the entrance
14:00• 17:00 • DIY Synthesizer Workshop ▶
With Susanne Grunewald (tinkerer). A synthesizer (synth for short) is one of the main instruments of electronic music. Melodies and rhythms are created from electrical voltages. In this workshop you will learn the basic functions of the instrument and build your own synth.
Registration on site.
In the courtyard
14:00• 17:30 • XOIR Singing Workshop ▶
With Colin Self (performer) and Yosa Peit (music producer). XOIR is a choral format by Error Music mentor Colin Self. Unlike memorizing sheet music, this vocal workshop focuses on your senses and the shared experience in a group. So explore your voice and your body. And be excited! Colin is in New York during the Error Music Festival, so Yosa Peit will conduct the workshop with Colin on a screen.
Duration: 20 minutes.
No registration necessary.
In the club
14:00• 17:30 • AI Travel into the future Workshop ▶
With Angelica Tavella (producer /hardware). In this workshop we’ll embark on a creative journey to envision the future of music creation. Through interactive discussions and hands-on experiments, we’ll collaborate with cutting-edge AI technology to explore groundbreaking possibilities for music-making in the years to come. Get ready to ignite your imagination and discover how humans and AI can collaborate to shape the future of the music industry. (Written with ChatGPT).
Duration: 30 minutes.
Registration on site.
In the studio.
14:00• 18:00 • Make a track with Perera Elsewhere Workshop ▶
With Perera Elsewhere (music producer).. Experimental pop composer Perera Elsewhere is a world-renowned producer, songwriter and DJ. She uses technology to experiment with her voice, lyrics, percussive beats, deep bass frequencies and sound design to explore the human experience. She’s been with Error Music since Day 1 and will show you how to produce a track in 10 minutes.
Duration: 20 minutes.
Registration on site.
In the club
14:00• 18:30 • Sisters with Transistors Film ▶
Film screening (original version with German subtitles). The documentary tells the amazing story of the pioneers* of electronic music. In a virtuoso blend of archival footage, interviews and visionary music, an entertaining picture of the times from the war years to today emerges, telling of the liberating power of new technologies. The narrator is music icon Laurie Anderson.
uration: 53 minutes.
No registration necessary.
In the studio
14:00• 19:30 • Error Festival Celebration ▶
At the ACUD Club we celebrate the end of the Error Music Festival – with cool drinks and music. And with you!
Open End.
In the club
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