Sonae is an electronic music artist based in cologne, and part of label collective monika werkstatt. her debut album was released 2015 with monika enterprise /berlin. afterwards artist in residence at klingklang studio /düsseldorf, women in computer music scholarship at CCRMA of stanford university /usa, master degree in popular music at folkwang university of arts /essen. 2018 release of her second album ‘I Started Wearing Black’ “a striking album” Fluid Radio UK followed by her remix-album ‘Music For People Who Shave Their Heads’ 2019 with bit-phalanx /london. resident artist of NICA artist development program since autumn 2020. 2021 premiere of multi-media installation ‘Summer’ with video artist jennifer trees and release of same titled album with l a a p s music. DJ mixes for the wire, self-titled, vice, dublab.
“All the more reason to admire an already righteous artist.” The Wire
Sonae plays live solo and with monika werkstatt at places like institut für zukunft /leipzig, meakusma festival /belgium, ausland /berlin, pop kultur festival /berlin, fusion festival /lärz, uh-fest /budapest, cafe oto /london, 23rpm festival /london, the cube /bristol and more on the same bill with squarepusher, plaid, darkstar, kyoka, frank bretschneider, tim exile. Sonae lives and works in cologne.
2023/2024 ‘light_sound_poesis’ for mischa kuball and tony cragg foundation at skulpturenpark waldfrieden /wuppertal. clubland editor of stadtrevue – das kölnmagazin. kurzfilmfestspiele oberhausen with acid maria. theater score ‘phaidras liebe’ for laura n. junghanns and volkstheater wien. call to jury, summer workshop, and mentoring for new talents ruhr
2022 collaboration with mischa kuball in ‘future_grid’ for futur 21 medienkunstfestival. remixes.
2021 goethe institute virtual residency with katsunori sawa /japan. multi-media installation ‘Summer’ with jennifer trees and album release. remixes. monika werkstatt album release ‘M_Sessions’ a contemporary version of mania d., malaria! and matador’s music
2020 resident NICA artist of european center for jazz and contemporary music /cologne. more remixes. editorial and sound art contributions for institut für betrachtung, dublab radio, ON neue musik /cologne
2019 remix album ‘Music For People Who Shave Their Heads’ with bit-phalanx /london
2018 highly acclaimed album ‘I Started Wearing Black’ with monika enterprise, follow-up ‘Wearing Black Remixes’, ‘I Started Wearing Black’ tour through germany and europe. DJ mixes for the wire, self-titled magazine, thump /noisey and more
2017 ma popular music of folkwang university of arts / essen. ‘women in computer music scholarship’ ccrma of stanford university /usa. monika werkstatt album release and eu tour. ‘Leise Fäden’ album collaboration with danielle de picciotto
2016 artist residency at klingklang studio /düsseldorf, call to monika werkstatt curated by gudrun gut
2015 acclaimed debut album ‘Far away is right around the Corner’ on monika enterprise
2014 curator and mind behind ‘female:pressure electronic concerts’ and ‘electronic:music:home’ /cologne
2012 debut ep ‘cologne’ on ambient label a strangely isolated place. remixes for ambient artist 36 /uk, markus guentner, cio d’or. further ep releases and compilation contributions
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