Q&A by Artists

Laura Cannell: 
What is your favourite space that you have ever performed/ made sound in?

Over the years we’ve played countless fascinating venues – from cosy clubs to churches with reverb that lasted seven seconds, from labyrinthine vaulted cellars to immense festival stages. Though we don’t have a “favourite”, we are always searching for that open, sincere atmosphere between musician and audience. You know we’re working on two albums where exactly this concert atmosphere could be captured, even though the two spaces could not have been more different.

What is your dream venue to programme?
This year we will be in the Kesselhaus vom Waschhaus in Potsdam for the first time, and therefore in a real concert venue – with the most professional audio equipment and, above all, a team with a high level of expertise and technical knowledge. That was almost unthinkable in 2020. We’re starting afresh here and focussing our energy and inspiration on this space.


Where would you like to perform in the future, real or imagined?
On the one hand, we try to bring the world to Potsdam and to create suitable and welcoming spaces for music-based projects. On the other hand, we love receiving invitations from colleagues who have played with us, inviting us into their world. In 2019 we were able to get to know our first venues in the UK and the USA. We hope soon to be able to pick up where we left off, and look forward to receiving requests for 2024/2025.


Do you have secret side projects?

Well, it’s not really a secret, not any more anyway: We’re working on a collaboration with one of our favourite artists, Midori Hirano. With her we’re also playing one of the evenings curated by us in Leuven as part of “Piano Day”. Aside from that, there’s also an exciting, expansive studio album planned on Aimée Portioli’s label “One Instrument” on which our restored GDR synthesisers, string machines, and organ will finally be heard.