DEGEM News – BERLIN – Summer Kiezsalon w/ L.A. Salami, Carolina Eyck, Clara Hill and Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek at Kunsthaus Dahlem | Saturday, 29th August 2020

London’s L.A. Salami is a rare breed of musician, the type that the world has been craving since the height of storytelling legends like Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and Neil Young. Not quite folk, not quite indie, not quite common and certainly not boring, L.A. Salami’s lyricism and voice are hypnotic. He is presenting his new album The Cause of Doubt & a Reason to Have Faith. Listen to Things Ain’t Changed and The Cage.

Viktor Marek’s elusive “Sufistep“ meets Ashraf Sharif Khan’s masterful sitar performance. Pakistani Music Hall Of Fame inductee, Khan, like his father and grandfather, belongs to the Poonch Gharana Sitar tradition. Viktor Marek is an artist renowned for the rhythmic finesse and ability in his real-time collaborations. Marek is co-operator of the Golden Pudel Club Hamburg. Listen to Drive me to the floor from their debut album Sufi Dub Brothers which will be released on the day before their performance.

Berlin-based singer, songwriter and producer Clara Hill returns with her sixth album, showcasing once again her ceaseless urge for reinvention. Clara has shifted styles fluidly throughout her life. She writes, produces and performs with a varied array of artists. Hill will be performing from her upcoming album Shine, the first that she has written, composed and produced entirely herself, inspired by the 60s and 70s psychedelic folk movement and Brazilian ‚tristeza‘.

German-Sorbian musician and composer Carolina Eyck was introduced to the theremin by her parents at the age of 7. It was not long before she was known as one of the best theremin soloists worldwide. Her solo show ‚Theremin & Voice‘ breaks new ground using a surround sound system, allowing her theremin to break free and fill the space. Listen to her songs Ocean and Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus by Oliver Messiaen.

On August 29th the Kiezsalon music program runs alongside the retrospective of important German sculptor, artist & writer Wieland Förster. With sculptures from five decades it will provide an account of Förster’s formal and stylistic developments and also refer to his engagement with German history and with his own biography.