Simon Goff presents his new album Interior Realms – Vol. I on Sonic Pieces at Ölbergkirche in Kreuzberg this October. With Support from cellist Anne Müller.
There is a reservoir under Prenzlauer Berg that stopped holding water in 1914. It has stood empty ever since, serving as a venue for exhibitions and performances since the 1990s. Simon Goff went inside with a viola, modular synthesizers, and a binaural microphone, and recorded the room’s acoustic response.
*Interior Realms – Vol. I* (Music for Listening Alone, Together), released on Sonic Pieces, is built from sessions like that one—the Großer Wasserspeicher, Grunewald Church, and a World War I-era concrete listening mirror on the English coast. Each location is treated as an instrument in its own right, with its reverb recorded and preserved. No digital delay, no presets, no post-recording modifications. “It’s about using these techniques as ways to invite people to embark on their own journey, to explore both the spaces I recorded in and the spaces the music takes them to within themselves.” — Simon Goff
Live, the album is reconstructed in real time. Goff is joined on stage by two other string players, including cellist Anne Müller (who played inside the Wasserspeicher while he moved the microphone around the room), with the three of them reconstructing the music in real time. Jemma Woolmore’s visuals are designed specifically for this performance, responding to the music live rather than playing on a preset loop—bringing the album’s own concept into the room itself: the space isn’t just a backdrop; it’s part of the instrument.
Born and raised in Berlin, Anne Müller is an acclaimed composer-cellist focussed on novel approaches to classical instrumentation. A profound believer in the power of artistic collaboration, Anne has worked with a wide variety of artists, including Nils Frahm (7fingers, Music for the Motion Picture Victoria), Ben Lukas Boysen (Spells) and Markus Sieber on Branches of Sun, Aukai and Reminiscence.
