Live at Silent Green (excerpt)
Industrial, Rhytmic Noise
New Set (excerpt)
IDM/Industrial
Live in Venice
Dark Spectral Ambient
Live Reel
Sylvia Hinz is an internationally acclaimed recorder player, conductor, media artist, and educator based in Berlin. She studied recorder at the Berlin University of the Arts with Gerd Lünenbürger, experimental music with Dieter Schnebel, chamber music with Nigel North, and ensemble conducting with Wolfgang Rüdiger and René Schuh at BAK Trossingen.
Specializing in contemporary music and improvisation, Hinz performs worldwide as a soloist and with ensembles such as XelmYa and Umbratono, both of which she founded. She collaborates closely with composers, premiering numerous new works.
As a media artist, she creates interdisciplinary projects that combine sound, electronics, video, and visual art. Her award-winning work in dialogue with Francesca Woodman – gegenüber 1 / flüstern earned her the 2024 JukeBoxx NewMusic Award, her work "Where the Roots Touch Air and the Soil Remembers Breath" earned the Audience Choice Award Soundcinema Düsseldorf 2025. She has created works inspired by Francesca Woodman, Ana Mendieta, Hildegard von Bingen, Akka Mahadevi, Karoline von Günderrode, and Francesca Caccini.
Catenation weave intricate sonic textures with raw, electric-electrifying energy, delivering an intensely physical encounter with sound and have performed at e.g. Krema Festival CH, Elektron Super Sekvens, Truth To Justice / Vitsche Berlin / Silent Green, Unerhörte Musik DE, CTM Festival DE, Rock Sound EG, Goethe Institute Cairo and Alexandria EG, SoundsLikeTHIS UK, Dampfzentrale Bern CH, Interfilm Festival Berlin DE, IntegratedConf BE, Marry Klein Kulturdonnerstag DE, Setfest IR and Klangwerkstatt, played as support for Plaid, appeared on compilations such as Listen To Berlin and received scholarships from the Musikfonds, Neustart Kultur and the Goethe Institute.
Jeanne Artemis stands out as a rare, multifaceted artist whose work bridges an extraordinary range of musical and creative disciplines. As Catenation, Jeanne is an accomplished live performer using hardware synthesizers to create physical, immersive sound experiences. Her performances reflect a mastery of real-time interaction with machines, blending industrial, techno, and experimental sound worlds — sometimes also nostalgic ones — with a visceral energy. Alongside her presence in electronic music, Jeanne has built a strong voice in modern art music. With a deep foundation in contemporary classical composition, her works are performed internationally and celebrated for their structural sophistication, emotional intensity, and finely tuned sensitivity to dissonance and microtonality. She explores complex forms and forges sonic spaces that connect with profound human experiences. Jeanne’s artistic scope also encompasses extreme metal. She has received scholarships from the Goethe Institute, the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Musikfonds e.V., Neustart Kultur and Deutscher Musikrat among others.
"marvelous sounds on your latest gig videos wow" (Shane Embury, Napalm Death)
"Hammer Track!" (Electric Indigo)
"Hammer Track!" (Electric Indigo)
"Omgggg you are inspiring me so much right now" (Baseck)
"It was amazing how you felt the vibrations of the room and played with it" (Plaid)
"What a night, what a crowd and what stunning music!" (Dr. Paul Abbott, SoundsLikeTHIS)