17.11 Sunday
Sinema Transtopia | 20:00 CET
DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE
Ritmo y Memoria
Miguel Buenrostro in conversation with Edna Martínez
Our 6th edition opens presenting a documentary showcase, directed by Mexican visual artist and filmmaker Miguel Buenrostro in conversation with Edna Martínez, artist, DJ, and music curator at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, known for her work bridging Africa, her natal Caribbean, and the Arabic world. The showcase features four short films on the diasporic horizon of sound and musical traditions. In these films Buenrostro collaborates with migrant musicians, revealing a global dimension to instrument-making and offering a counter-narrative to the colonial histories that shaped the evolution of musical instruments in Latin America.
The short films that will be screened are the following, in the subsequent order: Acústica en Ayuujk (Mexico, 2024), Kanga Munoko Yoga (Democratic Republic of Congo, 2022) Por Soleá, (Spain, 2024), and the film premiere of Strings (Democratic Republic of Congo, 2023).
*English subtitles*
FREE ENTRY WITH PRIOR REGISTRATION
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Sinema Transtopia
Lindower Str. 20/22/Haus C, 13347 Berlin
18.11 monday
Online | 17:00 CET / 12:00 São Paulo / 10:00 Lima / 09:00 Mexico City Time
ONLINE DISCOURSE PROGRAM
Sound Systems Architectures: Assemblages, Environments, and Happenings
Aleyda Rocha in conversation with Felipe Maia, GG Albuquerque, María Huerta, Ollin Miranda (Dub Jam High) and Irazema H. Vera
Our program investigates the role of the maker(s) in evolving sound system culture, emphasizing the practical and critical application of technology and the creative use of open source, local, and non-mass-produced resources independent of the traditional market.
The theme Assemblages, Environments, and Happenings, takes on a new context beyond its western connotations when reflecting on the assertion of life found in -the process- of sonic street technologies and their diverse scenes in Latin America and its diaspora.
Curated by artist and researcher Aleyda Rocha
FREE STREAMING
19.11 tuesday
Morphine Raum | 19:30 CET
CONCERT
merma suelo (20:00) / Jaar (21:00)
Through a work in progress and retrospective, “Heridasmadre”, transversal poet from Mexico merma suelo travels between dimensions and romance to listen to the living wounds in and with her. The evening will follow with Chilean musician Nicolás Jaar, who will share a set combining spoken text (in Spanish) and sound.
TICKETS AT THE DOOR, 15 €
Morphine Raum
Köpenicker Straße 147 Hinterhof, 1. Etage, 10997 Berlin
20.11 wednesday
Online | 16:00 CET / 10:00 Caracas, Venezuela
MINITECAS: Breve Historia de los Sound Systems Venezolanos
Phran & David Puente
Minitecas are the Venezuelan equivalent of the mobile sound systems found throughout the Caribbean. Journalist David Puente and Fran Mejía (DJ Phran), both based in Barcelona, present a talk that weaves together years of research and interviews with the key figures behind these mobile discotheques in their homeland. After many hours of video calls and transcriptions, their work has culminated in this piece for Radical Sounds.
*English subtitles*
LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION HERE.
Refuge Worldwide | 19:00 – 20:00 CET
IN CONVERSATION
Extreme Sounds of Latin America
Test & Iggor Cavalera moderated by Pedro Oliveira
Pedro Oliveira, Brazilian sound artist and researcher, co-curator of the music series Soy & Synth in Berlin, in conversation with Iggor Cavalera – former drummer for Brazilian iconic heavy metal band Sepultura, renowned for his radical drumming style – and TEST – grindcore band from São Paulo conformed by João Kombi and Thiago Barata.
The event will be broadcast live on Refuge Worldwide
21.11 thursday
90mil | 19:00 – 02:00 CET
CONCERT & SCREENING
Film Screening: Test: Um Disco Normal (18:30)/ Marina Cyrino (20:00)/ LAMB K305 (21:00) / Test & Iggor Cavalera (22:00) / Delírio Takeover with Kali and sin serif (all evening)
Our third event begins with the screening of a documentary on the non-conventional recording process of the Brazilian grindcore band TEST’s album Disco Normal (73 min). Afterwards, the concert series kicks off with Brazilian sound artist and experimental flutist Marina Cyrino, who shapes sound using techniques developed through internal amplification. She will be followed by LAMB K305, who redefines body horror into a live sonic experience and collective ecstatic exorcism. Next, renowned metal drummer Iggor Cavalera, of the legendary band Sepultura, joins grindcore band TEST. This world premiere collaboration will take the audience on an intense journey, blending noise, voice, drumming, guitar, and electronics. Throughout the night, we will be nurtured by various rhythms of LATAM thanks to DJs sin serif and Kali, who will each guide us through their Delirios, reconnecting with roots through futuristic sounds.
22.11 friday
Refuge Worldwide | 14:00 – 18:00 CET
RSLA Takeover
RSLA (14:00-16:00) / Bclip (16:00-18:00)
For RSLA’s radio takeover, our team will have a talk about the processes behind the festival and the topics that seem important to them in relation to its present context in Berlin. The session will also feature a b2b2b2b2, composed of themes from artists who inspire us and are part of our ecosystem. They will be followed by Bclip(Paria Records). Influenced by the picotera scene and raised in the ghettos of Soledad Atlántico, Colombia, Bclip will take us across a broad spectrum of sounds under what he calls “LA GRA$A,” challenging the conventional boundaries of electronic music
FREE TO ATTEND
The event will be broadcast live on Refuge Worldwide.
OHM | 23:00 CET till late
CLOSING CLUB NIGHT
Edna Martínez (23:00) / Parzubanil (00:30) / Bclip (Paria Records) (02:00) / TOCCORORO (03:30) / AMANTRA (05:00)
For our closing event, Colombian DJ and queen Edna Martínez will warm up the dance floor with her heart-pounding, percussive music selection, followed by the EU debut of Peruvian DJ and producer Parzubanil (Sacrilejio), whose punchy, dancefloor-focused tracks offer the perfect dembow-driven rhythmic intensity. The night will continue to escalate with the unmistakable sounds of “LA GRA$A” from Bclip, followed by TOCCORORO, who will deliver an energetic set embracing the darkest side of Latin electronic music, traversing through Ballroom, Jersey Club, and Hard Style. To close, AMANTRA, will blend eclectic, polyrhythmic tracks across genres and a wide range of BPMs.
TICKETS AT THE DOOR, 15 €
OHM
Köpenicker Str. 70, 10179 Berlin
For physical events that require the purchase of tickets, please note that venues are of limited capacity. We suggest you arrive early to avoid disappointment.
COMMUNITY NOTES
Below you will find information about entrance and accessibility to our venues, as well as our zero-tolerance policy regarding any form of discrimination.
With a focus on providing opportunities for Latin American and diaspora groups to share their artistic positions and practices, Radical Sounds Latin America is a community platform that works to engage our festival series every year with both physical and digital access. We do this by working with various Berlin venues and the larger music community.
The festival seeks to radically welcome everyone we work with and has zero tolerance for any kind of discrimination, harmful behaviors, or harassment. With the willingness to listen, learn, and nurture care and resilience amidst uncertainty, the festival consciously unsettles our notions of borders and seeks to strengthen transnational communities through kinship, friendship, accessibility, and movements of transformative justice and collective imagination.
The 2024 festival series offers a variety of events. All of our online and streaming events are free of cost. Our physical events – screenings and concerts – require a purchase of tickets. Tickets are sold only at the door.
Anyone with inquiries regarding attending the festival as a person with special needs can speak to us. Due to working with independent venues, access varies from venue to venue, although we will try our best to provide as much detail on accessibility information as possible.
Festival and venue staff can be asked for help concerning entrance access, mobility, elevator use, and toilet facilities. Please contact us directly or the venue in advance to allow aid for the event for example if you are a wheelchair user, we can arrange that there is enough room for you.
Please send an email to talia@radicalsoundslatinamerica.com for further details.
Addresses and accessibility:
Sinema Transtopia
Lindower Str. 20/22/Haus C, 13347 Berlin
Public transport options:
S Wedding
U6 Wedding
Busstop S+U Wedding 120,147,N6,N20
The Sinema Transtopia is barrier-free accessible for people with hearing disabilities or motor impairment. For wheelchair users, access is possible at ground level or via ramp, the cinema has disabled toilets.
Morphine Raum
Köpenicker Straße 147 Hinterhof, 1. Etage
10997 BERLIN
Public transport options:
S Berlin Ostbahnhof
U8 Heinrich-Heine-Straße
Busstop Bethaniendamm 140,147, 165, 265, N60, N65
Morphine Raum is at a first-floor level. It has an elevator so it is wheelchair accessible. Please contact us or the venue beforehand if you need assistance.
Refuge Worldwide
Weserstr. 166
12045 Berlin
Public transport options:
U7 Rathaus Neukölln
Busstop Erkstrasse 166, M41, M43
Refuge Worldwide is a ground-floor, partially wheelchair-accessible venue. Please contact us or the venue beforehand if you need assistance.
In winter: Enter from Gerichtstr 23, and pass the first two courtyards until you reach a bigger open space along the train tracks. There you take the first passage right towards court IV and further to court V at your left. You should then see the entrance of PANKE in the far right corner.
90mil
Join Telegram group for address
10179 Berlin
Public transport options:
S Jannowitzbrücke
U8 Jannowitzbrücke
90mil is located on the ground floor and is wheelchair accessible, including all rooms apart from our basement. There is also a wheelchair accessible toilet.
OHM
Köpenicker Str. 70
10179 Berlin
Public transport options:
U8 Heinrich-Heine-Straße
Busstop Michaelkirchstr. 165, 265, N60, N65
OHM is on the ground floor, so it is wheelchair accessible. Please contact us or the venue beforehand if you need assistance.
We are strongly committed to a strict zero-tolerance policy on any discrimination. Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism, harassment, bullying, discriminatory behavior, and acts of hate in any form have no place in our festival. Also please, don’t suppose, ask, and respect each other’s boundaries. We’ll be working with each of our venues to ensure the safety of our attendees, artists, and staff members. If you find yourself in a difficult situation or experience any unpleasant circumstances during a festival event, please contact our staff for support. If you’d like to report an incident or provide feedback, please email us at talia@radicalsoundslatinamerica.com
