CONTAGIOUS

Contagious is a solid blending of avant-garde experimentation and electronic music. Founded in Berlin in 2018, formed by two innovative voices from the Berlin Improvisation scene (Andrea Neumann and Sabine Ercklentz) and Mieko Suzuki, a well-crafted and creative DJ and musician who’s operating in Berlin venues and festivals since a long time. Contagious aren't just a trio. They are a whole organism. The guts from the inside of a piano, the tonearms of turntables, the puffing of a trumpet, the pulse of various effect processors and the interaction of Andrea Neumann, Sabine Ercklentz and Mieko Suzuki grow together, forming an entity, which is continuously developing. Their drive is improvisation. Their ideal state is the constant tension between action and reaction, between electronics, acoustics and experiment. Not coincidentally, the tracks on the first Contagious album were named after hermaphrodites in the animal world. Neumann, Ercklentz and Suzuki play together like a living creature, which overcomes binary opposites and is ambivalent in the best sense of the word: as enigmatic as it is alive. Selected Concerts A L’Arme Festival, Berlin (DE) | Angelica Festival, Bologna (IT) | Berghain, Berlin (DE) | City of Women Festival, Ljubljana (SI) | CTM Festival, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE) | Exploratorium, Berlin (DE), w/ Butoh dancer Yuko Kaseki | Femal to Empower Festival, Silent Green (DE) | Madeiradig Festival, Madeira (PT) | Méteó Festival, Mulhouse (FR) | Ruhr Triennale, Bochum (DE) | SeaNaps Festival, Leipzig (DE) | Taktlos Festival, Zurich (CH) | Tanzkongress Hellerau, Dresden (DE) | Teatro Bairro Alto, Lissabon (PT) | Xciting Festival, Stuttgart (DE) | Zodiak Festival, Berlin (DE)