How does a language sound beyond the meaning of its words ?How much does the sound of a language influence us?How does the sound of a language resonate with us?The project LOGOS MATER by Amelie Duchow stems from a deep reflection on these questions. The audio composition of LOGOS MATER draws inspiration from diverse phonetic and acoustic elements linked to the intrinsic nature of the world's languages. Amelie Duchow invites people from all over the world to participate in this project by providing a webpage where anyone is able to capture their own voice, leaving it to the artist's sound analysis and the resulting creative process of manipulation and alteration. https://www.extrasync.net/logosmater/index.htmlEvery sound used in the audio composition derives from the vocal contributions which will confer identity and uniqueness to the development of the live performance. The composition of LOGOS MATER emerges in a global language that does not express itself with words, but with sound, seeking to “speak” and connect us, at least for a moment, by transcending cultural and geographical boundaries.The webpage remains active throughout the projects presentations and every live performance of LOGOS MATER will incorporate the latest voice contributions. The composition of LOGOS MATER is among the winners of the open call initiated by raster - media for soundtrack Europe 2025. https://europe2025.raster-media.net/inthefield/The performance invites the audience to reflect on the significance of languages in shaping our individual and collective identities and on the fact that humanity today is facing a massive extinction: languages are disappearing at an unprecedented pace as over 40% of the world’sapproximate 7,000 languages are at risk of disappearing.The webpage remains active throughout the projects presentations and every live of LOGOS MATER will incorporate the latest voice contributions.
For the live performance a specially developed device in form of an language trigger-world globe permits the artist to control and manipulate the world languages in real time.The voice contributions from all over the world and the ones left a few days before the performance get assigned on this special globe to their respective countries, allowing to create live a deep and eclectic layering of voices that bridges cultures and geography through sound.
LOGOSMATERisthenewalbumbyAmelieDuchow,asonicresearch inspiredbythephoneticdiversityoflanguagesandbythedistinctive rhythmic,timbralandacousticstructuresthatdefinetheirsonic identities.Combiningexperimentalelectronics,rhythmicstructures,ambient texturesandtransformedvocalfragments,LOGOSMATERinvestigates thesonicdimensionoflanguagebeyondthemeaningofwords.Accents, intonations,speechrhythmsandphoneticnuancesbecome compositionalmaterial,revealingtheuniquemusicalityembedded within linguistic diversity.Developedfromvoicecontributionsbyparticipantsfromdifferent linguisticandculturalbackgrounds,thealbumtransformsspoken languageintomultilayeredsoniclandscapes.Individualvoicesare fragmented,processedandrecomposed,creatingalisteningexperience inwhichlanguagereturnstoitselementalqualities:breath,rhythm, resonance and vibration.Everylanguagecarriesitsownmusic.LOGOSMATERisaninvitationto listen to these differences not as boundaries, but as shared resonances.AllcontributorswhosevoicesbecamepartoftheprojectuntilFebruary 2026 are acknowledged in the album credits.all tracks written by Amelie Duchow | released on Sync | 26.06.2026
Produced by Marco MonfardiniLanguagecontributors:Amanda,ArielvanSpronsen,AristideBonanno, AuroMurciano,AugusteKnust,BarbaraDuchow,BBDBBBUTME,Beatriz Scotti,ClaudiaKlasen,Clyde,ColinUsher,CosminHaraga,Elif,Ernesto, FrancescaSpinicchi,FotiniZacharioudakiApelidou,Gartxito,Gesa Georgius,GiovanniAlibrandi,GuillaumeSylvain,InaciuGalán,Isabel Hofmeister,Jasmina,JavierExpósitoFernández,JulietMendoza,Julia Scotti,JulianeHaidinger,KatrinDuchow,Kontrastplatform,Lisa Romanowska,LuisaNavarro,MalgorzataSzczesniak,MarcoMonfardini, MarenSasse,MarinellaBuraioli,MartaOliveri,MartinaDetjen,MarySoly JoseCotarelo,Naquash,Nohita,OmegaDabale,PeladeAlamo,Peter Churchyard,SusanneKirchmayr,StefanDaltrop,SylwesterGaluschka, Trivimax,Ursula,VictoriaBuznego,WernerDuchow,XabelLeBoucher, Yeoneui Katie Kim, Yves Conrardy
AMELIE bio AmelieDuchowisaGermanaudiovisualartistwhosepracticeexplores therelationshipbetweensound,space,andvisualperception.Workingat theintersectionofelectronicmusicandmovingimage,shedevelops audiovisualcompositionsinwhichsubtle,multilayeredmicrosoundsand intensive electronic structures are translated into dynamic visual forms. HerdebutalbumTONSTICHwasreleasedonSync,theaudiovisual platformandlabelsheco-foundedwithItalianmediaartistMarco Monfardini.InJuly2026,shereleasedhersecondLP,LOGOSMATER,an audiovisualprojectthatexploresthesoundoflanguagesasauniversal connector.Invitingpeoplefromaroundtheworldtocontribute recordingsoftheirvoices,Duchowtransformsthesevocalmaterials throughsoundanalysisandelectronicmanipulationintoaudiovisual compositions. Everysoundintheworkoriginatesfromhumanvoices,shiftingthefocus fromthemeaningofwordstothesonicqualitiesoflanguageitselfto createasharedspaceofresonancethattranscendsculturaland geographicalboundaries.ShehaspresentedLOGOSMATERatfestivals and venues throughout Europe, Japan, and South Korea.In2018,ResidentAdvisorfeaturedherinLucyWerrett'sdocumentary SeeWhatIHear.HeraudiovisualworkTONSTICHwasincludedinthe exhibitionElectronic:FromKraftwerktoTheChemicalBrothersatthe Design Museum London (2020–2021).AmelieDuchowisamemberofFemalePressure,theinternational network of women working in electronic music and digital arts.Since2007,shehascollaboratedwithItalianmediaartistMarco MonfardiniunderthenameSCHNITT.Workingacrossdigitalart, electronicmusicandtechnology,theduocreatesaudiovisual performances,installations,andsite-specificprojectsthatinvestigate the relationship between sound and image.Togethertheyco-foundedSyncin2010,anaudiovisualplatformand labeldedicatedtoexperimentalsoundandmovingimage.Theirworks havebeenpresentedinternationallyatmuseumsandfestivalsincluding ElektraFestival(Canada),MUTEKMontréal(Canada),LEVFestival (Spain),SonicaFestival(UK),ACTFestival(SouthKorea),andE-Phil (Germany).In2018,SCHNITTandcreativecoderGianlucaSibaldico-founded EXTRAsync,aninterdisciplinaryplatformforthedevelopmentof multimediaprojectsandelectronicdevices.Theircollaborationsinclude SCANAUDIENCE,premieredatLEVFestivalin2019,asite-specific audiovisualperformancebasedonthereal-timescanningofthe audience,andSCANSCAPE,alarge-scaleaudiovisualinstallation commissionedbytheAsiaCultureCenter(ACC),Gwangju,SouthKorea, in2023.Theircurrentperformance,WHITEBALANCE,exploresthe relationshipbetweenimage,light,space,andsoundbyreversingthe conventional roles of audio and video.
L O G O S M A T E R audio/video performanceartist : Amelie Duchowconcept and music : Amelie Duchow and Marco Monfardinicomputer system and programming : Gianluca Sibaldiproduction : sync | EXTRAsync