MONOM

MONOM
Berlin’s Center for Spatial Sound. Home to the 4DSOUND system.

With the opening of Monom Studios at the historic Funkhaus Berlin, Berlin gains an experimental performance venue and state of the art spatial sound studio. At the heart of Monom Studios is the 4DSOUND system, brought to life by a collective of engineers and over 100 artists during a decade-long period of research, experimentation and public performances. This one-of-a-kind instrument immerses up

to 400 people inside 48 omnidirectional speakers suspended throughout the venue, extending to 9 powerful subs submerged beneath an acoustically transparent floor. Monom Studios commissions artist residencies and public performances that will explore the possibilities of spatial sound as an expressive medium. Beyond unprecedented real-time control over sounds parameters, 4DSOUND pioneers the harmonious integration with any and all interfaces – movement, light, virtual augmented reality, bio-feedback, metric or brainwave - providing an opportunity for artists to collaborate and combine sensory dimensions - in effect to compose, and perform a live ecosystem. Monom Studios will use this powerful integration as a summons to bring together not only sonic artists and musicians across genres and styles but also artists and technologists across disciplines

23/04/2026

For individuals or groups looking to organize a private listening session and experience works created by MONOM Studio.

A selection of 4DSOUND works developed since the studio’s inception in 2017 to the present.

Sessions can be complemented with a deep dive into the 4DSOUND system, including an introduction to the software and its capabilities. There is also the option to incorporate a demonstration of how live instruments may be integrated within our spatial audio environment.

To explore the full range of available experiences, visit our website or check out our linktree.

— Session formats include:
• Curated playback from MONOM’s catalogue
• Introduction to spatial sound and system principles
• Live demonstrations of 4DSOUND capabilities

20/04/2026

This is a one-time introductory experience—available to first-time applicants only—designed as an entry point for artists, musicians, and creatives interested in working with spatial sound. It offers a guided introduction to 4DSOUND.

* No prior experience with spatial audio required
* One-time access to the system
* 4h / 8h sessions

Working alongside a certified 4DSOUND engineer, participants are introduced to the fundamentals of the system—learning how sound can be positioned, moved, and shaped within space. The session combines technical orientation with direct experimentation, allowing ideas to be tested in real time.

More information via link in bio.

02/04/2026

Studio Offerings 2026

Discover introduces spatial sound through guided, hands-on sessions.

Create supports the development and production of new work within the system.

Experience opens the studio through curated listening sessions.

Spatialised by MONOM focuses on translating existing works into spatial formats.

Each program offers a different entry point into 4DSOUND, forming a structure that connects experimentation, production, and presentation.

More information via link in bio.

24/03/2026

For our upcoming event on April 11 — TransCULT, we welcome Circadian, a Berlin-based tea atelier devoted to Gyokuro, Japan’s most prestigious shade-grown green tea.

Founded in Berlin and produced in Funkhaus, Circadian translates centuries of Japanese cultivation into a contemporary beverage ritual. Gyokuro is grown on only 0.01% of Japan’s landmass and was historically reserved for the imperial court, prized for its deep umami and layered complexity.

Working directly with multigenerational farmers in Japan, Circadian transforms these leaves through an 18-hour cold extraction process, creating pure, unsweetened, non-carbonated teas that reveal the full spectrum of the plant without added flavour or preservatives.

During TransCULT, Circadian will serve three signature cold brew expressions:

Ocean Umami — full leaf
Ironwood Inlet — roasted stem
Cocoa Finish — steamed stem

Three interpretations of the same rare plant.
An invitation to slow down and reset the senses.

Tickets available in our linktree

03/03/2026

Introducing the artists of the April 11th’s TransCULT event featuring Babylon ORCHESTRA:

Nesrine () is a Franco-Algerian cellist, singer, and songwriter blending classical training with Arabic, North African, and jazz traditions. Performing in French, English, and Arabic, her work reflects a deeply personal and multicultural musical language.

Momo Djender () is an Algerian-Berber singer and a key figure in modern Chaabi music. Based in Berlin since the 1990s, his work bridges traditional Algerian sounds with jazz and contemporary influences.

RUSNAM (.music) is a Berlin-based electronic artist and music producer signed to Shouka (Paris/Tunis). Her practice combines electronic music, voice, and performance, informed by feminist and decolonial perspectives and shaped through international collaborations.

Mischa Tangian () is an award-winning composer and violinist working between classical composition, transcultural sound languages, opera, and contemporary dance. As founder and artistic director of the Babylon Orchestra (), he collaborates internationally with orchestras, opera houses, and ensembles.

Babylon ORCHESTRA () was founded in Berlin in 2016 and it is a transcultural ensemble blending European and Middle Eastern music with the energy of a big band and contemporary orchestra. Known for large-scale interdisciplinary productions, the ensemble collaborates with artists across musical and cultural traditions and was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik for its debut album.

Tickets in our linktree

18/02/2026

On April 11th, 2026, don’t miss TransCULT — an immersive sound experience inspired by The Sacred Night by Tahar Ben Jelloun.

Sound, voice, and memory move freely through space. What unfolds is neither concert nor theatre, but a walk-in world of listening: a bodiless performance where narration, music, and noise drift around the audience, shaping perception from all directions.

Developed by composer Mischa Tangian and producer RUSNAM, performed by the transcultural Babylon ORCHESTRA and spataliazed live with MONOM, the work reimagines the story of Zahra — born a woman, raised as a son — whose life shifts at the moment of her father’s death. A story of liberation and loss emerges without actors on stage, carried instead by instruments, voices, and spatial movement.

Traditional North African sound languages meet elegiac melodies, electronic textures, and ritual-like repetitions. Performers Nesrine (voice / cello) and Momo Djender (voice) guide the audience into the space, alongside an embedded narration by Rim Mekkaoui in German, French, and Arabic. Fragmented scenes, associative dreams, and sonic encounters evoke Marrakesh’s markets, memories of the Maghreb, and a shifting terrain where myth and reality blur — tracing questions of female identity within modern Islam and European society.

An invitation to listen differently and to step into a story that unfolds through sound, space, and memory.

Program
Show 1
17:15 PM — Doors open
Show 2
19:00 PM — Doors open
Show 3
21:45 PM — Doors open

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08/12/2025

No confíes en mis fotos. Son y no son yo. -A.P

Berlin x

30/10/2025

Step into The Breath Between — November 8th at MONOM.

In this new work, Philip & Daphne blur the lines between sound, light, and form: piano becomes illumination, sculpture turns into resonance, and emotion unfolds as space itself.

Created in collaboration with and MONOM Studios, the piece invites you to experience transformation through vibration and stillness.

Duration: 15 minutes
Reserve a slot between 18:00–20:00 or 20:00–22:00.
Tickets via our LinkTree.

22/10/2025

Experience The Breath Between — November 8th at MONOM.

Together, Philip & Daphne create immersive experiences where piano becomes light, sculpture becomes resonance, and emotion becomes space. Their collaboration with and MONOM Studios continues their exploration of perception and transformation through sound, light, and form.

The work lasts around 15 minutes. Visitors can reserve a slot between 18:00–20:00 or 20:00–22:00, and arrive anytime within that window.

Tickets are available in our LinkTree.

Philip & Daphne is an immersive art collective formed by pianist and sound artist Philip-Jongdo An and media artist Daphne-Jiyeon Jang. Together, they merge sound, light, and form into time-spatial installations that evoke a sense of existence beyond sensory perception. Their works unfold as living environments, where resonance and image converse as one breath.

‘s practice extends the tradition of the piano beyond its physical form. Through spatial sound and media technologies, he transforms the embodied act of performance into architectures of collective emotion. His background as an acclaimed classical pianist informs a sensitivity to gesture and silence — elements that become sculptural within space.

’s work emerges from a sculptural foundation, dissolving the line between the tangible and the immaterial. Through her concepts of Moving Sculpture and Digital Re-Unification, she transforms light into structure, crafting installations that hover between presence and disappearance. Her visual language draws from myth, memory, and technology to explore the fragility of existence.

08/10/2025

On November 8th we invite you to enter The Breath Between, a new audiovisual installation by Philip&Daphne, in collaboration with MONOM Studios and .

At its core, the work unfolds through spatial sound, projection mapping, and Hypervision holograms.
The Breath Between is an immersive audiovisual installation where sound and light share one breath. The work begins with live piano recordings of Schumann’s Kreisleriana, performed by Philip-Jongdo An and expanded through the 4DSOUND system into a multidimensional sphere of resonance — where the intimate touch of the piano transforms into architectures of collective emotion that surround the audience.

Daphne-Jiyeon Jang’s visual language extends sculptural thought into immaterial form — projection mapping and Hypervision holograms drift through space like emotional traces, weaving fragility and myth into light.

At its heart, The Breath Between reflects on the layered and paradoxical nature of love — as hope, longing, wound, and silence — unfolding as a living structure between presence and absence, the individual and the collective.

Program:

The work lasts around 15 minutes.
Visitors can reserve a slot between 18:00–20:00 or 20:00–22:00, and arrive anytime within that window.

Artists:

Tickets are now available in our LinkTree.

26/09/2025

For all those who couldn’t make it to SPATIAL, we’re opening the doors once more
On Sunday, October 5th starting at 13:00, two of the festival’s largest installations return for your listening pleasure.
MONOM transforms Funkhaus’ iconic halls — Saal 1 and Saal 2, the world’s largest recording studios — into vast listening rooms, where holographic works in 4DSOUND unfold and listening becomes an embodied encounter with sound and space.
Experience the works of Paulin Paulin Paulin MONOM Studio, and 4DSOUND Studio
Come explore, recline, and dissolve into sound and space with us once again.

Program

Listening Sessions 13:00 – 19:00

Saal 1
Paulin Paulin Paulin — “Video Barnum”
Melancholia — composed and spatialized in 4DSOUND by 4DSOUND Studio, Poul Hollemann (15 Min)
Spirals — composed and spatialized in 4DSOUND by MONOM Studio, William Russell (15 Min)
Saal 2
Spatially Reimagined Classics (30 Min)
Beethoven — Moonlight Sonata
Vivaldi — Four Seasons: Spring I Allegro
Delibes — Flower Duet from Lakmé
Debussy — Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Recomposed by Louis McGuire Paul Behnam & William Russell

Live Concerts 20:30 – 21:30

‘Hexen’ a MONOM LIMINAL experience (30 min)
‘Weather Improvisations’ — William Russell (30 min)

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Adresse

Nalepastrasse 18
Berlin
12459

Webseite

http://www.monomsound.com/

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