4DSOUND

Rent the 4DSOUND studio here in Amsterdam! The 4DSOUND studio is a creation space, a recording studio and a research lab. With the support of experienced engineers, residents can tailor their session to align with their artistic or research-based practices. The studio features a 16.2 OmniGrid system, fully integrated across both the ceiling and floor. You’re free to work from your own computer using Ableton Live or any custom setup that supports audio and OSC. Our team of sound engineers will make sure you are fully prepared before starting. The assistance varies depending on the project at hand. Level of support can vary between independent work and co-creation. If you'd like to book the studio or want to know more please check the link in our bio for our website, which includes a studio rental brochure and application form! For further questions, please email [email protected].

4DSOUND is featured in issue 106 of Electronic Sound magazine. Reflecting on our Stone Nest residency in London, Anton Spice interviews Kali Malone, NikNak, and Max Cooper about their experience creating new spatial sound works for the system. Co-founder and director Poul Holleman speaks about the technology and values underpinning the company. A great read that situates the 4DSOUND project amongst pioneering spatial sound experimentation in history. The issue is sold out online but you can still find it at your local magazine stands! @hotscorpions @maxcoopermax @niknakdjmusic @anton.spice @poulholleman @electronicsoundmag #electronicsound #4dsound #spatialsound #spatialaudio #immersivesound #immersiveart

Join us during the launch of Futures of Listening: a new Netherlands-based platform dedicated to emerging developments in spatial sound. On Thursday 28 May we invite all makers, researchers, students, developers, listeners, and enthusiasts of immersive sound experiences to the first public event of Futures of Listening at the 4DSOUND studio in Amsterdam. Founded by FIBER Festival, @4dsound , Robin Koek (@visionsofvisions ), and Art of Sound (Royal Conservatoire The Hague), Futures of Listening focuses on current and past immersive technologies and listening practices with a sound-centered mission. While thinking about immersion often begins in the realm of spatial imagery (XR, VR, AR), Futures of Listening is grounded in spatial sound and explores its immersive and narrative possibilities, particularly in relation to urgent ecological and social issues. During the project launch, there will be presentations and discussions with artists and industry professionals on new developments in spatial sound. The day is intended to forge new connections among various actors in the field and to provide an opportunity for knowledge exchange. In addition to various lectures and discussion sessions, the programme will also include opportunities for collective listening. Participating artists & speakers: Linnea Semmerling, Jordan Juras, Nele Möller, mesocosm (Joel Lavoie, Philippe Vandal & Emma Forgues), Roman Willems, Robin Koek, Pinar Temiz, Pía Baltazar, Julian Tjon Sack Kie, Federica Notari, Marieke van der Ven. Moderation by Manuela Zammit. Futures of Listening: Project Launch & Community Assembly | 28 May | @contactamsterdam ➤ Tickets via 🔗 in bio. Passepartout holders have free access to this event. @linneasemmerling , @nele____moeller , @joju_hd , @__mesocosm , @roman.willems , @visionsofvisions , @pia_baltazar_ , @juliantjonsackkie , @notajpeg , @marieke_vandeven , @mannyzammy - Futures of Listening is supported by the national CIIIC programme. Partners: @instrumentinventors , SSC and ACPA at Leiden University and University of the Arts The Hague @acpa_leiden International Partners: @monomstudios , PXL-Music Research @pxlresearch at @pxlmusicbe , @ctmfestival

🔉Organ Symposium: June 4-6 at Orgelpark in Amsterdam (a former church now run by a foundation dedicated to the organ). This summer it will host its 19th edition: a 3-day symposium for international organists, composers and programmers with concerts and talks open to the public. This year’s focus is the relationship between organ music and electronic spatial sound, centered on new work from a coherent group of composers from around the world. Attendance at the symposium is free, but please reserve a place for each day. The evening concerts are ticketed at €20 per day. Find the full program and tickets on the Orgelpark website (link in bio) Poster by @laurakampman

Step closer. What if the new space we're opening is defined by the audible rather than the visual? With other senses subdued, you slow down and listen. The sonic becomes the main narrative. It takes over you. 4DSOUND ( @4dsound ) is an internationally renowned spatial audio lab. For over 15 years, the Amsterdam-born studio has been developing advanced spatial audio software and omnidirectional sound systems, building a dynamic ecosystem that spans music, art, education, and research - with venues in Berlin, Copenhagen, New York, Veszprém, and now Amsterdam. At the core of their practice is the projection of sound holograms: a directed dispersal of sound fired from omnidirectional devices that places you inside a soundscape with no single sweet spot - because every spot is. You perceive sound not as something playing around you, but as an almost physical, all-encompassing presence. Their opening composition Origin, carefully crafted for this space, marks 4DSOUND's return to Amsterdam, the city where it all began. In essence, a gesamtkunstwerk, Origin reflects the studio's collaborative practice that extends beyond their custom-made technology: a collective work that moves between the minimal and the cinematic, the intimate and the overwhelming. The 4DSOUND space is now open at Nxt Museum, come and feel it for yourself. 🔗 Link in bio.

Epic piano piece: check. Stunning light art: check. Immersive sound experience: check. @helenabasilova , @aartstrootman , @nickverstand & @4dsound transport you into a fever dream you’ll never want to wake up from. Last year at Amsterdam Dance Event, soon in Antwerp. fri 08 & sat 09 may 2026 - 20:00 Tickets via desingel.be

We are excited to welcome 4DSOUND (@4dsound ) to Nxt Museum. 4DSOUND creates advanced spatial audio software and omnidirectional sound systems, allowing sound to move in every direction simultaneously, creating sonic environments that are as much physical as they are auditory. The programme opens with a collective composition from 4DSOUND’s creative studio, marking both a return to Amsterdam, the city where it all began in 2007, and the start of a long-term collaboration with Nxt Museum. This is the first museum presentation of 4DSOUND in the Netherlands. Come and feel it for yourself from 24 April. Made possible by the kind support of Cultuurloket DigitALL. (@cultuurloket_digitall ) 🔗 Tickets and info via the link in bio

You're invited for a day of listening, conversation, and hands-on exploration of spatial sound. 🔊 With a select group of people, you get the chance to interact with and be inspired by the team of @4dsound , Belgian artist @adriaanderoover and @@gilles.helsen . Secure your spot before it's too late! Wed 06 May 2026 - 15:00 Tickets via desingel.be

Tijdens dit concert smelten muziek, licht en scenografie samen tot één gedeelde ervaring. Beleef Canto Ostinato in een nieuwe gedaante. vr 08 mei 2026 - 20:00 za 09 mei 2026 - 20:00 Tickets via desingel.be . During this concert, music, lighting and stage design merge into a single shared experience. Discover Canto Ostinato in a new guise. Fri 8 May 2026 - 20:00 Sat 9 May 2026 - 20:00 Tickets via desingel.be

@_stageix is hiring: Documentalist / Artist-Researcher for Documentation Freelance · Part-time (0.4 FTE) · 21 months · Netherlands-based Start: April 2026 Are you an artist who thinks through making—and believes that how we capture creative processes matters as much as what we capture? Do you move comfortably between a camera, an editing suite, and a critical conversation about knowledge and archives? Do you have your own practice, a nose for what’s worth recording, and the instinct to turn raw process into something others can learn from? Stage IX—a new residency programme for immersive arts backed by six Dutch institutions—is looking for a Documentalist: an artist-researcher who will embed with resident artists, capture the knowledge that emerges in the heat of making, and experiment with immersive tools to reinvent what documentation can be. Part knowledge curator, part creative accomplice, part archival innovator. Detailed Job Description: /s/QnLTfaTJsffEgYo Application Form: /documentalist

Stage IX x 4DSOUND 4DSOUND is an Amsterdam-based studio dedicated to spatial sound as a creative medium. For over a decade, the studio has been developing advanced spatial audio software and omnidirectional sound systems, building a dynamic ecosystem spanning music, art, education, and research. Within the Stage IX residency programme, 4DSOUND brings this infrastructure and expertise directly to resident artists, offering the tools, knowledge, and space to think with and through spatial sound. Whether as a compositional layer, a method of inquiry, or a way of reimagining immersive environments, the aim is to make advanced spatial audio an intuitive and generative part of each artist's practice. Credits: [1,4]: Sabine Vnistelrooij @sabine.vnistelrooij For more information visit: /

Sculpting the Senses, a traveling exhibition by @irisvanherpen . For one of the exhibition spaces called ‘Cosmic Bloom’ we created an immersive listening experience that deepens and expands the sensory impact of the work. Inside this room, a custom-made omnidirectional speaker setup envelops visitors in sound. For this immersive experience composer @sssalvadorrr teamed up with several artists, all of whom previously collaborated with Iris van Herpen; Machinedrum, Gwyneth Wentink, Thijs de Vlieger, Yarck, Maarten Vos, Casimir Geelhoed and Nick Verstand. Together, they created a holistic experience, ‘a grande finale’, where sounds unfold a colourful space, evoking the infinite, mysterious and elusive dimensions of the cosmos in dialoge with Iris van Herpen’s universe. Sculpting the Senses is on view until March 1 at @kunsthal in Rotterdam. After this, the exhibition will travel to @brooklynmuseum in New York, opening on May 16. Composition: Salvador Breed Spatialisation: Casimir Geelhoed & Salvador Breed The system features specially designed omnidirectional loudspeakers, created in collaboration with @philip.beesley . @sssalvadorrr @casimirgeelhoed @machinedrum @gwynethwentink @thysmusic @maartenvos_ @nickverstand