artist and composer rob missouri can create soundscapes and take a listeners to the brazilian rain forest in texas desert or even some mars. robs my guest on this very musical edition of arts and culture we'll be chatting about his work in just a moment and also on the show. a sneak preview of the w.'s new night groups series hosts international stars grooving and jamming including the 1st southerner. and lithuanian punk rocker samas tells us how the fall of the berlin wall changed his life. but 1st my guest is composer rob missouri he was getting ready to perform at the jazz fest here in berlin he's got 3 new albums out that he released just an

artist's welcome darcey culture for sure to be here in a moment i want to look at a clip of some of your visual arts because you're also a visual artist and before we do i'm curious to know if you have the same goals in both of these practice is the visual art i mean music absolutely i mean i make make our music the music stuff is all about resonance the visual work is also about resonance creating a life force the spirituality that. has the possible of the billy to get somebody else energy as well as well as myself so it's all about energy ok let's take a look this is from an exhibition you did in france is called constellation scores .

ok so that was a 3 d. lithograph collage obviously look different with the glasses that you had on and it would take you were reading it like a music score very much into the graphic score in a graphic score tradition so it's something i enjoy to do and for this particular set of works the 3 d. there's been so much done with print work and lithography and these things i was trying to figure out a way to pull pull the stuff off the wall without doing the actually pulling it off the wall with theme in your one theme in your work is this idea of synesthesia the right senses bleeding into each other can you hear your pictures i mean the usually i don't have i don't have seizures but i've been working for years through the mel that you've lived in brazil for 7 years while you were there you added some rain

forest sounds in general is that you also add in a lot of computer sounds to the dimensions let's have another stuart was in syria are you playing with a group called the south paolo underground. so you lived in sao paolo you've lived in chicago for the last years there you've been living and a small isolated town and the texas desert is called marfa and this is not your average texas town is it now i mean is the town basically you know that was the military for a while when that when the war was over. it behave in disrepair and one of my

favorite artists of all time donald judd a writer falls into the minimalist category of artists i guess for some people he had a vision of having permanent installation of his works like a. minded works so his art and the are from the really pulled me into the small town and i played chicago underground do a show there 10 years ago and just fell over the place now you new albums are just brought out a trilogy of new albums called the marfa trilogy how does living in a place like marfa texas in the middle of nowhere i think the nearest airport is 3 hours away how does that influence your work in these albums but what's so dynamic about the area not only is it in the middle of the desert close to the mexican border. it's the dynamic of the of the town itself with with the artists. visually literature poetry books. of film it's a very dynamic community this way and it's always somebody for me it's. a residency

form out or something else and we're showing something that's just fascinating and very briefly i believe you're starting you're trying to start up more of a music scene there since there's such a big visual arts you know we're going to few things that we sort of thing called the desert and crips which we did last year and that's one of the one of the new releases for this year this year we did desert encrypts 2 which included a chad teller on drums that has a drummer from the chicago underground and yonsei warner from here in berlin and rosa barbara also visual artists from here in berlin thanks so much for coming on the show rob nazareth here marfa trilogy just out fantastic. and going to concerts can be electrifying but sometimes you just want to stay in the comfort of your own home wouldn't it be nice if you just curl up on your couch and have the concert come to you well that is what d.-w. night curves is all about musicians chant chatting and jamming in

a setting so intimate you might think they're in your own living room it's going into season 3 this weekend and here's a little preview. hello halflings this is speaking when i come to the show with. my. face back for a 3rd series night truce from the spink a house brings together german and international stars for a one off musical encounters in the season coming at us violinist lindsey stirling makes east german legends city for a mess moralizing version i don't. know the highlights british pop stars right said fred meets german songstress nicole for an unusual rendition of eurovision song contest.

some guests are not famous as singers who do that best selling off the swarm frank saying had a voice like this. are sacred. to most. hollywood actor kiefer sutherland is also brought singing outs of on night's groups . a.

sack you. know there are new editions of the show we leave you with the towel and his free electric back and. get up. and. now freedom of expression is something that not all artists can take for granted especially those who've lived under oppressive regimes in the days leading up to the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we're hearing stories from artists who were there today we're going to hear from the lithuanian punk rocker some of us who happened to be visiting east berlin on that night november the 9th 1989 we are all right. and we fall just

around the big men so many people this guy who. was shouting something. to the from the bus and asking people what's happened what's what's this is mr her and they told us they did the burnin this is broken the wall is broken they will play you free. for 41 years germany it was a divided country from 961 until 989 a war even split into the western part was part of democratic west germany the east the poppy dong to communist east germany. other eastern bloc countries weren't free either the soviet union had the baltic states. by the late 1980 s. opposition to the soviet occupation was growing. better known as sam and his band. lithuanian independence and they were in verlyn when the war.

is was a symbol. is was a symbol for the us. to. the us was founded in 1987 the lyrics of the songs often criticized the soviet occupation taking artistic liberties they didn't actually have. made illegal. you need. to. say ok. you know. you. hired me. to interrupt getting his degree and served for 2 years in the soviet army by the time he returned to lithuania the restructuring.

people enjoyed more freedom in 1808 the music festival was held in the palace of concerts and. performed here. the fall of the berlin wall strengthened the fight for independence in the baltic states of estonia latvia and lithuania this struggle came to be known as the singing revolution at the lithuanian parliament barricade and the museum. reminders of that critical era. in 1990. the following january the soviets sent in troops they seized this press house for instance 14 civilians were killed. when russian troops is coming here i remember the tanks. and the soldiers and people standing and we play here and there who brought you seeing. and

tried to keep this from this building free. in the end the people prevailed and lithuania got its independence. my life i want to be our artist and when the the walls broken the berlin wall is broken singing the revolution comes on well we becomes the we're free now i feel. exactly 11 to you i can speak what i want i can see what i want. i was just part of our series about the fall of the berlin wall and for more stories about how different artists experience that historic event check out do you double your own max on you tube now from me and all the crew here in berlin thank you so much for watching take care of yourself have a great weekend. fake

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