Signal to Noise

Signal to Noise is an event series at Arkaoda that showcases the sounds emanating from the Sound Studies and Sonic Arts master’s program at UdK, as well as occasional guest performers from the wider experimental music and sound art community of Berlin.

For this special edition within the festival week “Bridging Realities – 35 Years of Movement,” the evening emphasizes the connections between emerging generations of sound artists in academia and the established experimental scene across the city.

The event structure moves from workshop to concert to club night, allowing the audience to witness and take part in the processes of sound art. Arkaoda, with its history of connecting experimental and club communities, provides the ideal setting for this intergenerational and intercultural exchange and creates bridges between established artists and the next generation of creative mind.

The evening begins with a workshop on creating DIY locked grooves and performing with loops lead by sound artist Thomas Lea Clarke, which will introduce
participants to ways of connecting analog media with digital processing techniques.

Live performances by Marifa, Mariana Carvalho, Cavid Dhen, and Thomas Lea Clarke then present a range of experimental practices from electro-acoustic performance, expanded instrumental techniques, noise processing and club-oriented experimentation.

Finally, DJ Azeriff and Club Amnesia will carry the event into the night with their DJ sets.


Set times: 

8pm-8.30pm - workshop 



8.30pm-9pm - Thomas 

9pm-9.30pm - Mariana 

9.30pm-10.15pm - Cavid

10.15pm-11pm - Marifa

11pm - 1am (2 if still busy) Azeriff b2b Club Amnesia 




Entry to the event is free if taking part in the workshop. Otherwise entrance fee will be €10

If you are interested in taking part in the workshop please send an email to thomasleaclarke@gmail.com and come prepared with a vinyl record that you don't mind destroying :)

(if you don't have any vinyls, there will be some available for you to use in the workshop but then you won't be able to keep your newly made locked grooves)