Music Performance
The Third Room
Mariam Rezaei
May 21, 22, 23, 2026 8PM
Mariam Rezaei is a multi-award-winning composer, turntablist, and performer working across experimental new music, free improvisation, mutant club music, and hip-hop. Described by The Wire as “one of the most technically adept and creatively daring artists to use the turntable as a musical instrument,” Rezaei uses a digital vinyl system, allowing her to manipulate an expansive range of samples in real time using classic turntablist skills and her own innovative techniques.
The Anglo-Iranian virtuoso’s latest solo release, FRACTURED (Heat Crimes), has been praised by The Wire, Uncut, and Bandcamp Daily, and was one of The Quietus’ cassette releases of 2024. Rezaei is a member of the international free music supergroup The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters and the pioneering Turntable Trio with Evicshen and Maria Chávez. Her co-composition with Matthew Shlomowitz, 6 Scenes for Turntable and Orchestra, was premiered at IMD Darmstadt 2023. Other collaborators include Jennifer Walshe, Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, Edward George, Pat Thomas, Farida Amadou, Valentina Magaletti, Lasse Marhaug, and Okkyung Lee.
Location: Callie’s Sound Studio, Lindower Str. 20, 13347 Berlin
Dates: May 21, 22, 23, 2026 8PM
Entry: 15€
Other Events in this Series
January 29, 30, 31: Agnese Menguzzato
February 26, 27, 28: Hyunhye Angela Seo
March 19, 20, 21: Aida Shirazi
Funded by Musikfonds e.V. by means of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media (BKM)
The project is also generously supported by initiative neue musik Berlin e.V, the Karin & Uwe Hollweg Stiftung, and the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation.