Kosmotronix / Amira Tara Production

Experience the KosMoTronix Ensemble captivating multidimensional journey, seamlessly blending the rich musical traditions and instruments of Persia and the Levant region with live electronic sounds, alongside mesmerizing video projections, seamlessly bridging the heritage of the Middle East with modern industrial vibes and impressions.
What is the fastest way to get from the Ruhr area to Baghdad or Tehran? From the pulsating territory to the traditional realms of ancient cultures? The artist collective KosMoTronix invites you to a multidimensional journey that builds bridges in a fascinating way between the musical wealth of the Middle East and the contemporary electro and beat sounds of the industrial region. At the same time, impressions from Mediterranean history overlap with formative images of the Ruhr area in an impressive video projection and interweave culture, art and the stories of migration into kaleidoscope-like narratives. Thus, the pulsating compositions of the multi-ethnic ensemble - Bassem Hawar (Iraq/Djoze), Maren Lueg (Germany/Nay & Saxophones), Kioomars Musayyebi (Iran/Santur), Bernard O'Neill (Ireland/Contrabass), Alireza Ostovar (Iran/Sound Design, Live Electronic Performance), Reza Samani (Iran/ Percussion) - merge with the projections of Tom Groll and Kuno Seltmann (Germany) into a fascinating fusion of past and present.
An invitation to an emotional journey with excellent musicians and beguiling pictures!
The imaginary world of traditions and traces of homeland provide the basis, the fusion towards a transcultural musical culture of the industrial new world, which becomes the new homeland.

The KosMoTronix Ensemble presents original compositions from the region's music scene for a wide audience that transcends borders; they bring musical traditions into dialogue between Orient and Occident, antiquity and contemporary musical cultures.
Electronic music has been deeply rooted in German musical culture for decades through techno and reflects the sound world of the Ruhr region like hardly any other musical style. The connection between traditional and electronic music elements is at the forefront of this work; with openness and creativity, the ensemble manifests new original contemporary music that crosses transformative cultural boundaries.

“KosMoTronix impressed and moved me in several ways: Maren Lueg and the virtuoso musicians inspired me to listen and feel in an unusual combination of diverse instruments, sounds and projections and triggered a variety of emotions and thoughts. Especially in these times, we need free spaces of unconditional understanding, resonance and attunement, because we are painfully experiencing how cultural stubbornness and religious ideologies in our society and around the world are increasingly turning diversity into hostile distance. KosMoTronix sends out a clear signal and allows the audience to experience in a unique way how spaces of possibility for understanding and communication can be opened up.”
Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheytt
Professor für Kulturpolitik an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
Präsidiumsmitglied des Goethe-Institutes

This ground-breaking project was initiated through the generous support by the ministry of culture and science of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Regional arts council in NRW, the NRW KULTURsekretariat, and the Regionalverband Ruhr in NRW, Germany.
Further sponsors: Kulturbüro Stadt Bochum, Kulturbüro Stadt Hagen, Kulturamt Stadt Essen, Kulturzentrum Pelmke Hagen, Katakomben Theater Essen, Musikschule Bochum and Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der Musikschule Bochum.

The KosMoTronix World Premier tour took place in the Ruhrvalley in Germnay in October 2023, Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr in Bochum, Kulturzentrum Pelmke in Hagen, Katakomben-Theater, in Essen.

The KosMoTronix Ensemble:

Maren Lueg. Musician, composer and teacher. She plays various saxophones, flutes and the ney. She has immersed herself in Middle Eastern music and creates contemporary fusions of Eastern and Western music. www.marenlueg.com

Tom Groll. Visual artist, curator and initiator of numerous art projection projects. Much of his work addresses the transition of seemingly real worlds into imagined spaces of experience. www.tomgroll.de

Bassem Hawar. Djoze virtuoso and violinist. He has developed the djoze to play all forms of Arabic and European music. Djoze are built today according to his design. www.bassemhawar.com

Kioomars Musayyebi. Santur player, composer, teacher, sound engineer and film producer. A virtuoso musician, he seeks to combine Persian and European sounds and plays in several multi-ethnic ensembles. www.kioomars-musayyebi.com

Bernard O`Neill. This multi-instrumentalist plays double bass, cello, bass guitar, piano and keyboards with bravura. His musical roots are in contemporary avant-garde, while his love is for Eastern musical traditions. https://Bozas.com/composers/bernard-oneill/

Alireza Ostovar. Sound designer, music teacher, live electronic performer and performance artist. His keen interest in performing arts, dance, and media arts has brought many collaborations with a wide variety of artists. www.aliostovar.com

Reza Samani. A versatile percussionist for the traditional drums Tombak and Daf. He is also proficient in the Eastern wind instruments Sorna, Karna, and Neyanban. www.rezasamani.com

Kuno Seltmann. Media artist and co-initiator of installations and projections with film, sound and light design. He likes to question perceptual phenomena and uses them to alienate, irritate and make visible. www.kuno.ist


More information at www.KosMoTronix.com