`Broken Chord`, a new collaborative work created with the wonderful Finnish artist @hans.rosenstrom is now on show at @helsinkicontemporary. The show is 7-channel installation of plexiglass panels broadcasting voices through transducers. Last year, Hans asked me if I would like to collaborate on a new piece exploring language, the body and the voice in-dislocation, and in December we went to the excellent @brewerystudios Berlin to record with @eugene_blove @allesheyward @6regor @holden.mad & @bodytopography. I created a series of scores made up of breaths, grunts, paralingual coos, word fragments and murmerations, and together we wove a world. Broken Chord is now on view until June 29 @helsinkicontemporary.
Broken Chord (2025) @hans.rosenstrom
7 x pyrolytic solar control glass, 7 x transducer speakers, motion detector
Duration 11`48`` (variable)
2025
Musical direction and co-composition of Broken Chord by Sophia Brous
Performed by Eugène Blove, Sophia Brous, Alice Heyward, Gregor Kompar, Gabriella Liandu, Holden Madagame and Holly Sass.
Recorded at Brewery Studios, Berlin
Post Production: EMS, Elektronmusikstudio, Stockholm
Sound mixing: Ville MJ Hyvönen, Helsinki
With thanks to the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and the Norwegian
Cultural Fund for supporting the artist’s work and production on Broken Chord.
Atelier Nord (Oslo), Ultima Festival (Oslo), The Finnish - Norwegian Cultural Institute (Oslo) for support. Goljat.fi (Helsinki) for installation and technical guidance.
`Broken Chord`, a new collaborative work created with the wonderful Finnish artist @hans.rosenstrom is now on show at @helsinkicontemporary. The show is 7-channel installation of plexiglass panels broadcasting voices through transducers. Last year, Hans asked me if I would like to collaborate on a new piece exploring language, the body and the voice in-dislocation, and in December we went to the excellent @brewerystudios Berlin to record with @eugene_blove @allesheyward @6regor @holden.mad & @bodytopography. I created a series of scores made up of breaths, grunts, paralingual coos, word fragments and murmerations, and together we wove a world. Broken Chord is now on view until June 29 @helsinkicontemporary.
Broken Chord (2025) @hans.rosenstrom
7 x pyrolytic solar control glass, 7 x transducer speakers, motion detector
Duration 11`48`` (variable)
2025
Musical direction and co-composition of Broken Chord by Sophia Brous
Performed by Eugène Blove, Sophia Brous, Alice Heyward, Gregor Kompar, Gabriella Liandu, Holden Madagame and Holly Sass.
Recorded at Brewery Studios, Berlin
Post Production: EMS, Elektronmusikstudio, Stockholm
Sound mixing: Ville MJ Hyvönen, Helsinki
With thanks to the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland and the Norwegian
Cultural Fund for supporting the artist’s work and production on Broken Chord.
Atelier Nord (Oslo), Ultima Festival (Oslo), The Finnish - Norwegian Cultural Institute (Oslo) for support. Goljat.fi (Helsinki) for installation and technical guidance.
Folks this weekend ExoTech returns to one of our favourite New York gathering points @lprnyc, for a never-repeated performance in-the-round. @kimbramusic and I are coming together with some of this city`s most gifted musical minds, to play, purge and commune with you. It`s our first ny show of 2025 so be there with us - with @zohamba #kennywolleson @haldeman @h1ggg1ns @henry__fraser @darian.donovan.thomas @jeremygustin @ckgckgckgckg @flymyspcshp @maurorefosco @mayleetodd @kaorufue @yoshidathis @exo__hq 💦 it`s going to be magic, TTTech. link in bio.
Folks this weekend ExoTech returns to one of our favourite New York gathering points @lprnyc, for a never-repeated performance in-the-round. @kimbramusic and I are coming together with some of this city`s most gifted musical minds, to play, purge and commune with you. It`s our first ny show of 2025 so be there with us - with @zohamba #kennywolleson @haldeman @h1ggg1ns @henry__fraser @darian.donovan.thomas @jeremygustin @ckgckgckgckg @flymyspcshp @maurorefosco @mayleetodd @kaorufue @yoshidathis @exo__hq 💦 it`s going to be magic, TTTech. link in bio.
This is a special one - in what feels like a lifetime ago (or yesterday), I was part of a very precious, ambitious show created by @davidcoulter @barbicancentre @raindogprod @brynormrod @philharmoniedeparis exploring the visionary musical worlds of David Lynch. To mark his passing and celebrate David Lynch`s genius, the show is returning. 19 Sept at @festival_musica_strasbourg, Opéra national du Rhin, 20 Sept at @philharmonie_lux Luxembourg Philharmonie, 21 Sept Royal Festival Hall @southbankcentre 💗💗 stepping back in as Lynchian chanteuse, with the incredible @annacalvi @jehnnybeth @conor__obrien @wearevillagers @kirinjcallinan @mick_harvey9 @dave_okumu_ @electrobeard @sebrochford @terry_edwards_esq @thomasblochmusic. Link in bio. More dates coming soon 💔
This is a special one - in what feels like a lifetime ago (or yesterday), I was part of a very precious, ambitious show created by @davidcoulter @barbicancentre @raindogprod @brynormrod @philharmoniedeparis exploring the visionary musical worlds of David Lynch. To mark his passing and celebrate David Lynch`s genius, the show is returning. 19 Sept at @festival_musica_strasbourg, Opéra national du Rhin, 20 Sept at @philharmonie_lux Luxembourg Philharmonie, 21 Sept Royal Festival Hall @southbankcentre 💗💗 stepping back in as Lynchian chanteuse, with the incredible @annacalvi @jehnnybeth @conor__obrien @wearevillagers @kirinjcallinan @mick_harvey9 @dave_okumu_ @electrobeard @sebrochford @terry_edwards_esq @thomasblochmusic. Link in bio. More dates coming soon 💔
Happy to have contributed voice, arrangements and paralingual coos to @francoistetaz`s mighty soundtrack for #thesurfer, starring Nicolas Cage and directed by @lorcanfinnegan. Full soundtrack just released, available now @impressedrecordings
Happy to have contributed voice, arrangements and paralingual coos to @francoistetaz`s mighty soundtrack for #thesurfer, starring Nicolas Cage and directed by @lorcanfinnegan. Full soundtrack just released, available now @impressedrecordings
New York, it`s time for a hometown show 💗💗 ExoTech returns to nyc Saturday June 7 in majestic in-the-round at @lprnyc. We`re assembling a huge lineup of precious musical minds to join us. Come spend a balmy summer night with your old friends @kimbramusic and I, oki? Link in bio. T-T-Tech.
New York, it`s time for a hometown show 💗💗 ExoTech returns to nyc Saturday June 7 in majestic in-the-round at @lprnyc. We`re assembling a huge lineup of precious musical minds to join us. Come spend a balmy summer night with your old friends @kimbramusic and I, oki? Link in bio. T-T-Tech.
A beautiful review of 50 Minutes in today`s Times @the.tls 🤍🐰 We open tonight, sold out but a few tickets left this week. @theaterneumarkt #50Minutes #deborahlevy @tinemilz
A beautiful review of 50 Minutes in today`s Times @the.tls 🤍🐰 We open tonight, sold out but a few tickets left this week. @theaterneumarkt #50Minutes #deborahlevy @tinemilz
Our hit play in today`s @guardian 🤍🐰Deborah Levy`s hugely insightful play `50 Minutes` returns to @theaterneumarkt Zurich this weekend for a second run after our first sold out season. Working with @tinemilz, Deborah, @susannasachsse @haukeheumann @hanneshetta #guillaumesoula and @theaterneumarkt on this show as dramaturg and composer was a divine joy, cannot wait to be back in the room together this weekend. See you soon Zurich 🐰
Our hit play in today`s @guardian 🤍🐰Deborah Levy`s hugely insightful play `50 Minutes` returns to @theaterneumarkt Zurich this weekend for a second run after our first sold out season. Working with @tinemilz, Deborah, @susannasachsse @haukeheumann @hanneshetta #guillaumesoula and @theaterneumarkt on this show as dramaturg and composer was a divine joy, cannot wait to be back in the room together this weekend. See you soon Zurich 🐰
Beautiful to do a deep dive with @dubfrosty on Celsius Drop, @dublab. Exotech play @2220arts in Los Angeles tomorrow evening at 9PM. Show is sold out. T-T-Tech
Beautiful to do a deep dive with @dubfrosty on Celsius Drop, @dublab. Exotech play @2220arts in Los Angeles tomorrow evening at 9PM. Show is sold out. T-T-Tech
SHOW ANNOUNCE - ExoTech returns to beautiful Los Angeles at @2220arts on March 14 to commune with the city and create an evening of music together. Full lineup announced shortly, but put it in your diaries and get your tickets, as this one is coming up fast. Exo wife @kimbramusic and I are thrilled to be back in LA, joining with many new and old friends xx link in bio. T-T-TTECH
SHOW ANNOUNCE - ExoTech returns to beautiful Los Angeles at @2220arts on March 14 to commune with the city and create an evening of music together. Full lineup announced shortly, but put it in your diaries and get your tickets, as this one is coming up fast. Exo wife @kimbramusic and I are thrilled to be back in LA, joining with many new and old friends xx link in bio. T-T-TTECH
Weathering gets Critics Pick in the @latimes🤍✨West Cost friends, if you have it in you please go see this beautiful show. I`ve never seen a piece do quite what this does - it a collective release, a space for catharsis, grief and exhalation...it gets into your body and under your skin - heaven knows LA needs it. `Weathering` comes to @calartsredcat this Feb 6-8, created by @faye_driscoll, featuring 10 extraordinary dancer-performers. Music and sound direction by me, original sound and composition by myself and Guillaume Soula. Go see it friends, link in bio
Weathering gets Critics Pick in the @latimes🤍✨West Cost friends, if you have it in you please go see this beautiful show. I`ve never seen a piece do quite what this does - it a collective release, a space for catharsis, grief and exhalation...it gets into your body and under your skin - heaven knows LA needs it. `Weathering` comes to @calartsredcat this Feb 6-8, created by @faye_driscoll, featuring 10 extraordinary dancer-performers. Music and sound direction by me, original sound and composition by myself and Guillaume Soula. Go see it friends, link in bio
Lovely to talk with Swiss National Radio RTS @neo.gabrielleweber @rtsinfo about my work, the role of sound and music in the dramaturgy of theatre, and the vision and pauses of the great #deborahlevy. We premiered our new jewel, the play `50 Minutes` by Deborah Levy almost a week ago in Zurich at @theaterneumarkt. It was a true joy to create this world with @tinemilz, @hanneshetta, actors @susannesachsse & @haukeheumann and my dear collaborator and partner in sound design, original music and multi-channel composition, Guillaume Soula. Guillaume and I created ghostly pianos heard through walls, industrial love songs, psychoacoustic murmerations and techno bangers sung by children. It was an oceanic expanse of precious collaboration - thank you Guillaume, heart, soul & skill in equal measure. The show continues to February 4, all the nights are selling out so get in soon if you`re going to be in Zurich. Link in bio 🐰
Lovely to talk with Swiss National Radio RTS @neo.gabrielleweber @rtsinfo about my work, the role of sound and music in the dramaturgy of theatre, and the vision and pauses of the great #deborahlevy. We premiered our new jewel, the play `50 Minutes` by Deborah Levy almost a week ago in Zurich at @theaterneumarkt. It was a true joy to create this world with @tinemilz, @hanneshetta, actors @susannesachsse & @haukeheumann and my dear collaborator and partner in sound design, original music and multi-channel composition, Guillaume Soula. Guillaume and I created ghostly pianos heard through walls, industrial love songs, psychoacoustic murmerations and techno bangers sung by children. It was an oceanic expanse of precious collaboration - thank you Guillaume, heart, soul & skill in equal measure. The show continues to February 4, all the nights are selling out so get in soon if you`re going to be in Zurich. Link in bio 🐰
50 Minutes, a new play by Deborah Levy, is out in the world. A chamber play about collective panic and the freedom to question. It has been a career joy and honour to co-create this precious piece with beloved @tinemilz, #DeborahLevy, @hanneshetta, Guillaume Soula and a team of exceptional collaborators
50 Minutes - starring @susannesachsse & @haukeheumann 🐰🐰
Directed by @tinemilz
Dramaturgy and Music by me
Stage, Costume and Lighting Design by @hanneshetta
Sound Design by Guillaume Soula
Movement by @melanie.jame.wolf
Production and Stage @extranais & Eulalie Deguenon
Furniture Design @lukasgschwandtner
Presented and commissioned by @theaterneumarkt Photos by @willwaterworth
50 Minutes, a new play by Deborah Levy, is out in the world. A chamber play about collective panic and the freedom to question. It has been a career joy and honour to co-create this precious piece with beloved @tinemilz, #DeborahLevy, @hanneshetta, Guillaume Soula and a team of exceptional collaborators
50 Minutes - starring @susannesachsse & @haukeheumann 🐰🐰
Directed by @tinemilz
Dramaturgy and Music by me
Stage, Costume and Lighting Design by @hanneshetta
Sound Design by Guillaume Soula
Movement by @melanie.jame.wolf
Production and Stage @extranais & Eulalie Deguenon
Furniture Design @lukasgschwandtner
Presented and commissioned by @theaterneumarkt Photos by @willwaterworth
New show, new headshot. 🐰 50 Minutes, a new play by visionary British author Deborah Levy, opens this Friday at @theaterneumarkt Zurich. Music and Dramaturgy by me. Opening weekend is sold out, the rest not far behind 🐰 link in bio. Photo by @flaviokarrer 🐰
New show, new headshot. 🐰 50 Minutes, a new play by visionary British author Deborah Levy, opens this Friday at @theaterneumarkt Zurich. Music and Dramaturgy by me. Opening weekend is sold out, the rest not far behind 🐰 link in bio. Photo by @flaviokarrer 🐰
A big fish has passed. One of the greatest in our lifetime. RIP David Lynch, grateful to have floated in your sound world for a moment. Swim on.. XO
A big fish has passed. One of the greatest in our lifetime. RIP David Lynch, grateful to have floated in your sound world for a moment. Swim on.. XO
Opening night beckons 🐰 `50 Minutes`, a new play by visionary British writer Deborah Levy, premieres this January in Zürich at @theaterneumarkt. A chamber play about collective panic, a neurotic bunny rabbit and Sigmund Freud - so happy to be dramaturg, composer and co-creator of this precious show, working with director @tinemilz, stage designer @hanneshetta, powerhouse actors @susannesachsse & @haukeheumann, and @s___a_g_______e in sound design and co-composition. Deborah`s play is a profound reflection on the times we are living in, come see it 🐰 link in bio. Original music by Guillaume Soula and Sophia Brous.
Opening night beckons 🐰 `50 Minutes`, a new play by visionary British writer Deborah Levy, premieres this January in Zürich at @theaterneumarkt. A chamber play about collective panic, a neurotic bunny rabbit and Sigmund Freud - so happy to be dramaturg, composer and co-creator of this precious show, working with director @tinemilz, stage designer @hanneshetta, powerhouse actors @susannesachsse & @haukeheumann, and @s___a_g_______e in sound design and co-composition. Deborah`s play is a profound reflection on the times we are living in, come see it 🐰 link in bio. Original music by Guillaume Soula and Sophia Brous.
"[the show] I couldn`t stop thinking about.." Invisible Opera gets Best Theatre of 2024 in the @guardian ♥️ @stepharmon @perthfest @iaingrandage. Coming to a public square near you in 2025/2026 👁️ more soon #invisibleopera @lmtvv @staramarah @faye_driscoll @tilmanr @casa_blanca1 @arktype @sam_squantch @richardgorr @sherrydobbin
"[the show] I couldn`t stop thinking about.." Invisible Opera gets Best Theatre of 2024 in the @guardian ♥️ @stepharmon @perthfest @iaingrandage. Coming to a public square near you in 2025/2026 👁️ more soon #invisibleopera @lmtvv @staramarah @faye_driscoll @tilmanr @casa_blanca1 @arktype @sam_squantch @richardgorr @sherrydobbin
Watching and hoping, USA.
(Update: they did) 👕 by @_timothymoore
truly excited to be working with visionary British author Deborah Levy to realise the world premiere of her new play `50 Minutes` - a chamber play exploring collective panic, Freud & bunny rabbits, premiering this January at @theaterneumarkt Zurich. I`ll be settling in for a Swiss winter to help bring Deborah`s uncanny, timely work to life, alongside a superlative team led by @tinemilz, with @hanneshetta, @s___a_g_______e, @theaterneumarkt and the great Germanic actors @susannesachsse & #andreasstorm. EU friends put it in your calendar, thump thump🐰
truly excited to be working with visionary British author Deborah Levy to realise the world premiere of her new play `50 Minutes` - a chamber play exploring collective panic, Freud & bunny rabbits, premiering this January at @theaterneumarkt Zurich. I`ll be settling in for a Swiss winter to help bring Deborah`s uncanny, timely work to life, alongside a superlative team led by @tinemilz, with @hanneshetta, @s___a_g_______e, @theaterneumarkt and the great Germanic actors @susannesachsse & #andreasstorm. EU friends put it in your calendar, thump thump🐰
Sunday night felt precious. Thank you to all the people who came and filled the space at @lincolncenter with so much focus, attention and generosity. It was a rare, intuitive joy working with the devastating poetry of #alejandrapizarnik, and rendering her words into a libretto with dear friend Jessie Kindig @voleprochaine, and finally joining with @kitdownesmusic to bring the music into being. Thank you @shantourage and @lincolncenter for having us and @marcurselli for the luminous sound. I feel deeply grateful to have arrived at a place as an artist and composer where I enable myself to create within these spaces of unknown voyaging - it`s a path that feels full of possibility. More to come soon 🤍
Sunday night felt precious. Thank you to all the people who came and filled the space at @lincolncenter with so much focus, attention and generosity. It was a rare, intuitive joy working with the devastating poetry of #alejandrapizarnik, and rendering her words into a libretto with dear friend Jessie Kindig @voleprochaine, and finally joining with @kitdownesmusic to bring the music into being. Thank you @shantourage and @lincolncenter for having us and @marcurselli for the luminous sound. I feel deeply grateful to have arrived at a place as an artist and composer where I enable myself to create within these spaces of unknown voyaging - it`s a path that feels full of possibility. More to come soon 🤍
TICKETS LIVE. One week countdown to SET PIECES 🤍 next Sunday October 6, I will be joining one of my all-time favourite musicians @kitdownesmusic at the David Rubenstein Auditorium at the @lincolncenter, to create a song cycle of new music set to the devastating poetry of Argentinian Russian-Jewish writer Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972). I am nervous and excited and would love as many of you as possible to be there with Kit and I, as it will never happen quite this way again. 7PM 10/6, thanks to @shantourage & @lincolncenter, the show is FREE so go to link in bio ASAP to register. See you there xo
TICKETS LIVE. One week countdown to SET PIECES 🤍 next Sunday October 6, I will be joining one of my all-time favourite musicians @kitdownesmusic at the David Rubenstein Auditorium at the @lincolncenter, to create a song cycle of new music set to the devastating poetry of Argentinian Russian-Jewish writer Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972). I am nervous and excited and would love as many of you as possible to be there with Kit and I, as it will never happen quite this way again. 7PM 10/6, thanks to @shantourage & @lincolncenter, the show is FREE so go to link in bio ASAP to register. See you there xo