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Event · Confronting Noises #6 · Album premiere

Confronting Noises #6: Burnt Sand Learning to Sing

Date
Mon 8 Dec 2025
Doors
19:00 · Music starts a little later
Venue
PAS Berlin, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 101, 10553 Berlin (First floor, entrance in the courtyard, Aufgang II)
Entry
Donation-based, €8–15 suggested

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The sixth edition of our performance series at PAS Berlin is dedicated to the premiere performance of Burnt Sand Learning to Sing by Chi Him Chik, Aquiles Hadjis and Aiii.

The album arises from an open, responsive exchange of sound and instinct between Venezuelan-born artist Aquiles Hadjis and Hong Kong media artist Chi Him Chik. Hadjis, known for sculptural approaches to improvisation and cross-media dialogue, meets Chik's performances shaped by chaos, reflection and emotion; their conversation expands through Aiii, a digital improvisation system developed by Chik that listens, responds and learns as a third voice.

The evening opens with a multimedia performance by Naomi Xila-Xulis and sets by Sophie-T and Pelk Ensemble before the main act, where Chi Him Chik performs Burnt Sand Learning to Sing using hardware by Aquiles Hadjis and the Aiii system.

Line-up

  1. 19:15–19:45 Naomi Xila-Xulis: RADAR -+ DIY electronics, 24 GHz radar, Pure Data, hydrophone instagram.com/kosmxnaomisoundcloud.com/naomi-all-enquiries
  2. 20:00–20:30 Sophie-T Live A/V, spoken word, poetry sophie-t.bandcamp.cominstagram.com/sophie_t_poetry
  3. 20:45–21:15 Pelk Ensemble (Mahan Tabrizinia and Julia Herzog) Electroacoustic, ambient, drone, industrial instagram.com/pelk.ensemble
  4. 21:20–22:00 Chi Him Chik Main act: saxophone, hichiriki, electronics by Aquiles Hadjis, Aiii chihimchik.com

Releases presented

Burnt Sand Learning to SingChi Him Chik and Aquiles Hadjis

Credits

Organised by
Soheil Soheili / aNoise
Cover art
Salar