BERLIN 2024

The Transcriptions Project forms the second night of Berlin Atonal’s performance series OPENLESS. On August 24th, the concert night focuses on the rhythmic tradition of the sabar drumming culture and in particular the immaterial musical legacy of the recently deceased Doudou N’diaye Rose.

Unfolding operatically according to the logic of the Senegalese traditional Tannebier (the street-based celebration which has the sabar at its center), the concert involves family members of N’diaye Rose as well as luminaries of the electronic music world who take the percussive grammar of this tradition as a meaningful starting point for their own experimentations in sound.

Participating artists in the project are Birame Ndiaye Rose, Molamine Ndiaye Rose, Wadane Ndiaye Rose, Buoyo Ndiaye, Yoro Mbaye, Lamine Fofana, Holy Tongue & Shackleton, Nkisi, Hiroo Tanaka and LABOUR. Ticketing and more information available at www.berlin-atonal.com.

Following the large scale performance at Kraftwerk, will be some days of sabar workshops and a special intimate drum performance at Callie’s on August 26th with Birame Ndiaye Rose, Molamine Ndiaye Rose, Wadane Ndiaye Rose, Buoyo Ndiaye, Yoro Mbaye and LABOUR.
Information on registration for the sabar drum workshops to follow.

Transcriptions was initiated by studio LABOUR, Berlin Atonal, Moe Sow and the family Doudou N'diaye Rose. The initiation of the project was funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, and these events at Kraftwerk Berlin and Callie’s are funded by Musikfonds e.V. by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM).