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AMELIE DUCHOW : LOGOS MATER
LOGOS MATER is the new album by Amelie Duchow, a sonic research inspired by the phonetic diversity of languages and by the distinctive rhythmic, timbral and acoustic
structures that define their sonic identities.
Combining experimental electronics, rhythmic structures, ambient textures and transformed vocal fragments, LOGOS MATER investigates the sonic dimension of language
beyond the meaning of words. Accents, intonations, speech rhythms and phonetic nuances become compositional material, revealing the unique musicality embedded within
linguistic diversity.
Developed from voice contributions by participants from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, the album transforms spoken language into multilayered sonic
landscapes. Individual voices are fragmented, processed and recomposed, creating a listening experience in which language returns to its elemental qualities: breath, rhythm,
resonance and vibration.
Every language carries its own music. LOGOS MATER is an invitation to listen to these differences not as boundaries, but as shared resonances.
All contributors whose voices became part of the project until February 2026 are acknowledged in the album credits
SCHNITT + GIANLUCA SIBALDI : SCANAUDIENCE
SCANAUDIENCE brings together seven unedited live recordings captured during performances in different countries. Developed by Gianluca Sibaldi and SCHNITT (Marco
Monfardini and Amelie Duchow), the project uses a custom-built electronic scanner to translate the physical characteristics of the audience into sound and moving images
through computer vision and neural-network processing.In each performance, the audience becomes the source of the audiovisual composition. Bodies, clothing, materials
and movements are scanned in real time, generating sound structures shaped by the people present and the specific architectural and acoustic conditions of each space.
Recorded at international events including LEV Festival in Gijón, Biennale Némo at the Philharmonie de Paris, ACT Festival at the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, MUTEK
Montréal, Sonica Glagow UK, Fonomo Festival in Poland and Kontejner at Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, the tracks document distinct encounters between collective
presence, architecture and technology. From expansive sonic layers to dense, pulse-driven textures, each recording captures a unique configuration of bodies, light and data.
Together, the seven tracks form a sonic archive of collective presence across borders, revealing how real-time scanning and computational processes transform the physical
environment into constantly evolving soundscapes.
SCHNITT : ANFANG | 2006-2010
Anfang is a collection of tracks by SCHNITT, recorded in the first years of their collaboration in the years 2006 - 2010
title : LOGOS MATER
artist : AMELIE DUCHOW
music : AMELIE DUCHOW
n° catalogue : sync / sc-014
format : LP 12 vinyl / digital
production : sync
title : SCANAUDIENCE
artist : SCHNITT + G. SIBALDI
music : SCHNITT + G. SIBALDI
n° catalogue : sync / sc-013
format : digital
production : sync
title : ANFANG | 2006-2010
artist : SCHNITT
music : SCHNITT
n° catalogue : sync / sc-012
format : digital
production : sync
AMELIE DUCHOW : GIMP
Etymologically the expression gimp is attested since 1660 from Dutch gimp or french guimpe, a kind of trimming. A gimp suit is a garment designed to cover the body completly
used in BDSM to objectify the wearer.
The audio composition “Gimp” by Amelie Duchow is inspired by the text “Bringing out the gimp”, Fashion Theory 18:2 by Gary Needham released in collaboration with Yvonne
Trew and Gary Needham for the Fashion Continuum event in Nottingham on 22/04/2016 , UK .
Gimp is released in a 100 copies special limited edition CD format, cover in 4 mm black rubber hold with 2 black elastics. Gimp CD contains a 12 minutes single track with the
voice of Gary Needham.
title : GIMP
artist : AMELIE DUCHOW
music : AMELIE DUCHOW
n° catalogue : sync / sc-007
format : CD / digital
production : MARCO MONFARDINI / sync
AMELIE DUCHOW : TONSTICH
TONSTICH is a project based on the creation of a sonorous dress; an audio/video project which explores through sound an images the creative/industrial process of an
imaginary dress. In TONSTICH basic sound parameters -
Attack Decay Sustain Release - are directly related to the dress construction parameters X and Y (length | width).
The characteristics of the shape, fit and look of this imaginary dress are determined by the audio composition, following the strict manufacturing schedule of each production
unit, the dress is initially modelled by the industrial production process yet continuously modified by the listener’s individual sonorous experience.
title : TONSTICH
artist : AMELIE DUCHOW
music : AMELIE DUCHOW
n° catalogue : sync / sc-005
format : LP 12 inch vinyl / digital
production : MARCO MONFARDINI / sync
schnitt
SCHNITT : MEMORY CODE
MEMORY CODE is a project with the central focus on the human memory. Originally developed as an audio/video live performance the duo SCHNITT based their research for
this work on the decoding of their personal memory.
During the composition of the album, Schnitt undergoes an inspection and analysis of their own conserved informations, automatisms and intense emotional states connecting
them with their current state of mind.
The album Memory Code is developed in nine tracks, each one dedicated to a certain type of memory in which successions of layers gradually become visible and emerge in
the soundstructure generating a balance between subtle personal sensations and vibrations. Crumbled fragments of memory - undefined and blurred combine and overlap, a
disorderly flow of events subordinated to rigid mathematical structures are finding a location in the sound space interposed between past echoes and future moments.
For the realization of the album MEMORY CODE, SCHNITT extends their work inviting several international artists to participate with their personal sound memory to the
project, asking them to send one or more “ memory sound files” in order to integrate and open the project to other artistic influences, different cultural backgrounds, national
origins and generations.
The "memory file" contributions received by the eleven guest artists Caterina Barbieri, Ignacio Aguilera Bericochea, Tilman Ehrhorn, Anders Ilar, Incite/, Vitor Joaquim, Herman
Kolgen, Ran Slavin, Tacit Group, Frans de Waard and Pavel Zhagun are integrated as a micro ignition of memory into the sound structures previously developed by SCHNITT, as
well as being an initial input for new compositions in behalf of the Memory Code album.
title : MEMORY CODE
artist : SCHNITT
music : SCHNITT
n° catalogue : sync / sc-009
format : 12 inch vinyl / digital
production : sync
SCHNITT : SYNCHROPATH
SYNCHROPATH develops a method of composing based on the synchronism of video and audio files.The generated files come from several different sound and video sources.
SCHNITT selects 42 audio sources and 28 video sources from which they extract 678 audio files and 234 video files. The single files will be processed, assembled and
synchronized between themselves and build up the basic structure of this work. The initial inspiration for the realization of the project Synchropath can be found in the impact
of the disorder and chaos generated by the invasive and oppressive presence of sound and visual sources which surround our everyday lives. SCHNITT questions the status of
the image, an exploration between communication systems post - television, public screens, websites, home movie’s, surveillance cameras, service monitors etc. SCHNITT
activates a process of addition/subtraction which is taking position beyond from the image itself .During the interaction between sound and light the captured images reveal
only insome parts their own figurative origin, the 8 tracks continue along between balance and abstraction, harmony and obsession. Each part refers to a certain type of
synchronization using its single basic colour for the chromatic development of the video part. The audio part is composed simultaneously to the visual part and is developed by
a selection of more than 600 sound fragments which have been extracted especially for this project from the examined 42 sound sources. The sound of SYNCHROPATH is the
result of assembling and overlapping sound work , a sort of utopian harmonic organization between communication systems. The sound of electronic origin builds up on
rhythmic structures which SCHNITT defines in accordance with the external inputs.
SCHNITT : SYNCHROPATH
SYNCHROPATH develops a method of composing based on the synchronism of video and audio files.The generated files come from several different sound and video sources.
SCHNITT selects 42 audio sources and 28 video sources from which they extract 678 audio files and 234 video files. The single files will be processed, assembled and
synchronized between themselves and build up the basic structure of this work. The initial inspiration for the realization of the project Synchropath can be found in the impact
of the disorder and chaos generated by the invasive and oppressive presence of sound and visual sources which surround our everyday lives.
SCHNITT questions the status of the image, an exploration between communication systems post - television, public screens, websites, home movie’s, surveillance cameras,
service monitors etc. SCHNITT activates a process of addition/subtraction which is taking position beyond from the image itself .During the interaction between sound and light
the captured images reveal only insome parts their own figurative origin, the 8 tracks continue along between balance and abstraction, harmony and obsession.
Each part refers to a certain type of synchronization using its single basic colour for the chromatic development of the video part. The audio part is composed simultaneously to
the visual part and is developed by a selection of more than 600 sound fragments which have been extracted especially for this project from the examined 42 sound sources.
The sound of SYNCHROPATH is the result of assembling and overlapping sound work , a sort of utopian harmonic organization between communication systems. The sound of
electronic origin builds up on rhythmic structures which SCHNITT defines in accordance with the external inputs.
title : SYNCHROPATH
artist : SCHNITT
music : SCHNITT
n° catalogue : sync / sc-001
format : DVD
production : sync
releases
Amelie Duchow
title : SYNCHROPATH
artist : SCHNITT
music : SCHNITT
n° catalogue : sync / sc-004
format : 12 inch vinyl / digital
production : sync
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amelie duchow
A M E L I E D U C H O W
L O G O S M A T E R
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.html
Every 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’s
approximate 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.
photo: © 2026 BLOOM FIG Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved
LOGOS
MATER
is
the
new
album
by
Amelie
Duchow,
a
sonic
research
inspired
by
the
phonetic
diversity
of
languages
and
by
the
distinctive
rhythmic,
timbral
and
acoustic
structures
that
define
their
sonic
identities.
Combining
experimental
electronics,
rhythmic
structures,
ambient
textures
and
transformed
vocal
fragments,
LOGOS
MATER
investigates
the
sonic
dimension
of
language
beyond
the
meaning
of
words.
Accents,
intonations,
speech
rhythms
and
phonetic
nuances
become
compositional
material,
revealing
the
unique
musicality
embedded
within linguistic diversity.
Developed
from
voice
contributions
by
participants
from
different
linguistic
and
cultural
backgrounds,
the
album
transforms
spoken
language
into
multilayered
sonic
landscapes.
Individual
voices
are
fragmented,
processed
and
recomposed,
creating
a
listening
experience
in
which
language
returns
to
its
elemental
qualities:
breath,
rhythm,
resonance and vibration.
Every
language
carries
its
own
music.
LOGOS
MATER
is
an
invitation
to
listen to these differences not as boundaries, but as shared resonances.
All
contributors
whose
voices
became
part
of
the
project
until
February
2026 are acknowledged in the album credits.
all tracks written by Amelie Duchow | released on Sync | 26.06.2026
Produced by Marco Monfardini
Language
contributors
:
Amanda,
Ariel
van
Spronsen,
Aristide
Bonanno,
Auro
Murciano,
Auguste
Knust,
Barbara
Duchow,
BBDBBBUTME,
Beatriz
Scotti,
Claudia
Klasen,
Clyde,
Colin
Usher,
Cosmin
Haraga,
Elif,
Ernesto,
Francesca
Spinicchi,
Fotini
Zacharioudaki
Apelidou,
Gartxito,
Gesa
Georgius,
Giovanni
Alibrandi,
Guillaume
Sylvain,
Inaciu
Galán,
Isabel
Hofmeister,
Jasmina,
Javier
Expósito
Fernández,
Juliet
Mendoza,
Julia
Scotti,
Juliane
Haidinger,
Katrin
Duchow,
Kontrastplatform,Lisa
Romanowska,
Luisa
Navarro,
Malgorzata
Szczesniak,
Marco
Monfardini,
Maren
Sasse,
Marinella
Buraioli,
Marta
Oliveri,
Martina
Detjen,
Mary
Sol
y
Jose
Cotarelo,
Naquash,
Nohita,
Omega
Dabale,
Pela
de
Alamo,
Peter
Churchyard,
Susanne
Kirchmayr,
Stefan
Daltrop,
Sylwester
Galuschka,
Trivimax,
Ursula,
Victoria
Buznego,
Werner
Duchow,
Xabel
LeBoucher,
Yeoneui Katie Kim, Yves Conrardy
AMELIE bio
Amelie
Duchow
is
a
German
audiovisual
artist
whose
practice
explores
the
relationship
between
sound,
space,
and
visual
perception.
Working
at
the
intersection
of
electronic
music
and
moving
image,
she
develops
audiovisual
compositions
in
which
subtle,
multilayered
microsounds
and
intensive electronic structures are translated into dynamic visual forms.
Her
debut
album
TONSTICH
was
released
on
Sync,
the
audiovisual
platform
and
label
she
co-founded
with
Italian
media
artist
Marco
Monfardini.
In
July
2026,
she
released
her
second
LP,
LOGOS
MATER,
an
audiovisual
project
that
explores
the
sound
of
languages
as
a
universal
connector.
Inviting
people
from
around
the
world
to
contribute
recordings
of
their
voices,
Duchow
transforms
these
vocal
materials
through
sound
analysis
and
electronic
manipulation
into
audiovisual
compositions.
Every
sound
in
the
work
originates
from
human
voices,
shifting
the
focus
from
the
meaning
of
words
to
the
sonic
qualities
of
language
itself
to
create
a
shared
space
of
resonance
that
transcends
cultural
and
geographical
boundaries.
She
has
presented
LOGOS
MATER
at
festivals
and venues throughout Europe, Japan, and South Korea.
In
2018,
Resident
Advisor
featured
her
in
Lucy
Werrett's
documentary
See
What
I
Hear.
Her
audiovisual
work
TONSTICH
was
included
in
the
exhibition
Electronic:
From
Kraftwerk
to
The
Chemical
Brothers
at
the
Design Museum London (2020–2021).
Amelie
Duchow
is
a
member
of
Female
Pressure,
the
international
network of women working in electronic music and digital arts.
Since
2007,
she
has
collaborated
with
Italian
media
artist
Marco
Monfardini
under
the
name
SCHNITT.
Working
across
digital
art
,
electronic
music
and
technology,
the
duo
creates
audiovisual
performances,
installations,
and
site-specific
projects
that
investigate
the relationship between sound and image.
Together
they
co-founded
Sync
in
2010,
an
audiovisual
platform
and
label
dedicated
to
experimental
sound
and
moving
image.
Their
works
have
been
presented
internationally
at
museums
and
festivals
including
Elektra
Festival
(Canada),
MUTEK
Montréal
(Canada),
LEV
Festival
(Spain),
Sonica
Festival
(UK),
ACT
Festival
(South
Korea),
and
E-Phil
(Germany).
In
2018,
SCHNITT
and
creative
coder
Gianluca
Sibaldi
co-founded
EXTRAsync,
an
interdisciplinary
platform
for
the
development
of
multimedia
projects
and
electronic
devices.
Their
collaborations
include
SCANAUDIENCE,
premiered
at
LEV
Festival
in
2019,
a
site-specific
audiovisual
performance
based
on
the
real-time
scanning
of
the
audience,
and
SCANSCAPE,
a
large-scale
audiovisual
installation
commissioned
by
the
Asia
Culture
Center
(ACC),
Gwangju,
South
Korea,
in
2023.
Their
current
performance,
WHITE
BALANCE,
explores
the
relationship
between
image,
light,
space,
and
sound
by
reversing
the
conventional roles of audio and video.
L O G O S M A T E R
audio/video performance
artist : Amelie Duchow
concept and music : Amelie Duchow and Marco Monfardini
computer system and programming : Gianluca Sibaldi
production : sync | EXTRAsync
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www.extrasync.net
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