Blaues Rauschen

RECAP DOMICIL – DORTMUND

The 2026 festival drew to a close with a packed house and a great atmosphere at Dortmund’s domicil.

We kicked off the evening with Merche Blasco’s “FAUNA”: household gadgets and homemade instruments expanded our understanding of sound amidst strobe lights and earth-shaking bass. Playful scratchy sounds, snippets of vocals and magical little light bulbs made the performance visually and aurally engaging. Fun fact: Merche gives all her homemade instruments cute little names.

After 30 years of friendship, Georg Gräwe and Thomas Lehn celebrated their duet debut at BLAUES RAUSCHEN. Structured and improvised, active impulses triggered automatic responses: in “Key Commands”, a live grand piano and synthesiser merged into a transcendent exchange. This created a chaotic interplay of impulses that formed into new motifs. Amidst the noise, chaos and silence, the bond between the two was particularly evident.

Robert Lippok brought the festival to a close with “Material”. Starting with cymbals, rods and the crackling of an amplifier, a tense, rustling atmosphere emerged that made the room crackle with energy. Enter electronic sounds! Layer upon layer, the sound built ever higher, only to ground itself in the end with a return to the raw material.

What´s next? On June 21 at 8 p.m., a first selection of concerts of BLAUES RAUSCHEN 2026 will be broadcast on WDR 3 radio. You can expect a three-hour program with performances and interviews, presented by Ilka Geyer.

BLAUES RAUSCHEN 2026
📅 MAY 29 - JUNE 12
🎟️ Tickets on our homepage (link in bio)

Music Intro: Compulsive Plucking © Karl-Heinz Blomann

Photos © Etta Gerdes
Video Footage © Birte Mundhenk, Nick Müller, Eckart Waage

RECAP MAKROSCOPE - MÜLHEIM AN DER RUHR

A new day, a new evening of sound and vision. Regardless of the weather, the Makroscope was packed to the brim.

Steffi Weissmann kicked off the exciting evening with “Generation S”. In the microcosm she created, she explored a child’s perspective on life’s big questions through a blend of microsounds, balloons and live microscopy.

Voice x Violin: In “Introducing Pony~”, Lisa Zwinzscher (aka Pony Pracht) and Neasa Ní Bhriain challenged the ownership of their own voices. Chasing and imitating one another amidst playful and heavenly soft sounds creating an intimate atmosphere.

Towards the end of the Night, Dana Schechter x Monocube premiered “Blue Ocean/Black Sea” and explored the beauty of nature, regardless of home. With videography of the ocean and a haunting, rumbling depth, we were left with a sense of longing for connection.

An evening marked by sweat, collaboration and empathy.

Don’t want to miss BLAUES RAUSCHEN? Get your tickets at blaues-rauschen.ticket.io.

BLAUES RAUSCHEN 2026
📅 MAY 29 - JUNE 12
🎟️ Tickets on our homepage (link in bio)

Music Intro: Compulsive Plucking © Karl-Heinz Blomann

Photos © Etta Gerdes
Video Footage © Birte Mundhenk, Eckart Waage