Tomorrow at 22:00 - Carl Gari & Lynne Azzam, premiere live show at Blitz Munich. I’ll close the night with a dj set after Blawan. It means everything that all of this is happening in my second home. Thank you @das_gott , @la_staab , love you @blitz_music_club ♥ photo: @foserord

Ever wondered what our visual mind, @tobiasraschbacher , is up to besides sculpting our A8 identity? Well, yesterday he took over the TUNE x @ritournelle_festival event at @haus_der_kunst in Munich together with the talented @authenticallyplastic and their Polycollision AV live show. What it was about: high-velocity, radical soundscapes fusing industrial club energy, experimental noise, and East African rhythmic structures with Bidi’s visual world. We are so proud of you, Bidi — you keep pushing the boundaries of the worlds we know, leaving us in awe whenever we get a glimpse into your realities. Much love, your team ❤️

Our music series TUNE is joining forces with the RITOURNELLE-festival during Various Others this week. Yesterday Heith and Authentically Plastic gave two amazing audiovisual concerts at Haus der Kunst. Tonight and tomorrow we will continue our programme highlights, including an Artist talk and listening session at Blitz Club with Tobias Staab and Authentically Plastic and the Various Others-Closing Party at Blitz Club. — Unsere Musikreihe TUNE schließt sich während Various Others mit dem RITOURNELLE-Festival zusammen. Gestern haben Heith und Authentically Plastic zwei beeindruckende audiovisuelle Konzerte im Haus der Kunst gespielt. Heute Abend und morgen setzen wir unser Programm fort, darunter ein Artist Talk und eine Listening Session im Blitz Club mit Tobias Staab und Authentically Plastic sowie die Various Others Closing Party im Blitz Club. 15.5.26 8 pm | Artist talk and listening session at Blitz Club with Tobias Staab and Authentically Plastic 16.5.26 10 pm | Various Others-Closing Party at Blitz Club Tickets via hausderkunst.de and Blitz Club Credits: Tanja Kernweiss @sarahmilesoo @marlenemtzel @andrea.lissoni @sarahmilesoo @marlenemtzel @authenticallyplastic @heith___ @la_staab @ritournelle_festival @variousothersmunich @blawan @carl_gari @jonasyamer @funketill @lynneazzam @mjkset @pariah_uk @nkisiii @richardakingbehin @leonardorubboli @tobiasraschbacher

Thursday 14/05
RITOURNELLE X TUNE
Haus der Kunst & Blitz Club, Munich
In collaboration with Various Others

In May 2026, the music series TUNE (Haus der Kunst) and the festival Ritournelle (Blitz Club, Münchner Kammerspiele, among others) join forces for the first time. Presented within the framework of the contemporary art festival Various Others, RITOURNELLE X TUNE unfolds across three consecutive evenings, establishing a multifaceted musical program at the intersection of art and club culture.

The opening of Various Others on Thursday, May 14, 2026, features two A/V concerts at Haus der Kunst by Authentically Plastic and Heith. Originally from Kampala, Uganda, Authentically Plastic creates high-velocity, radical soundscapes that fuse industrial club energy, experimental noise, and East African rhythmic structures. For this occasion, they will further develop an audio-visual performance especially for Haus der Kunst: Authentically Plastic presents Polycollision AV, feat. Tobias Raschbacher. The Italian project Heith by Milan-based artist Daniele Guerrini moves through spiritual electronics, deconstructed pop terrains, and ritualistic atmospheres. Across two remarkable albums released on PAN, Heith has defined the sound of a post-digital, neo-psychedelic avant-garde. He presents ESCAPE LOUNGE and will be joined by by multi-instrumentalist Leo Rubboli and lighting designer Bianca Peruzzi.

FRI 15/05 [20:00 - 23:00] > Room For Music < BLITZ Ritournelle x Tune w/ Authentically Plastic Tobias Staab Donation based entry. On FRI, May 15, Blitz Club hosts a special edition of ROOM FOR MUSIC: an intimate conversation between Ritournelle curator Tobias Staab and Authentically Plastic. In dialogue, they reflect on their artistic and curatorial practices while sharing formative records on the Blitz sound system, music that has shaped their trajectories. Tobias Staab on the evening: „I’m looking forward to revisiting a part of the history of RITOURNELLE during the listening session. I’ve been digging deep into my music archives and rediscovered many pieces from the last fourteen years. There are so many wonderful artists with vastly different musical approaches - and almost every one of these artists and tracks carries a story worth telling. I’m especially excited about Authentically Plastic from Kampala, Uganda, who will be bringing along the pieces that have influenced and inspired them. I’m very curious to hear what they have to tell.“

Thursday 14/05 - Saturday 16/05 RITOURNELLE X TUNE
Haus der Kunst & Blitz Club, Munich
In collaboration with Various Others In May 2026, the music series TUNE (Haus der Kunst) and the festival Ritournelle (Blitz Club, Münchner Kammerspiele, among others) join forces for the first time. Presented within the framework of the contemporary art festival Various Others, RITOURNELLE X TUNE unfolds across three consecutive evenings, establishing a multifaceted musical program at the intersection of art and club culture. The opening of Various Others on Thursday, May 14, features two A/V concerts at Haus der Kunst by Authentically Plastic and Heith. Originally from Kampala, Uganda, Authentically Plastic creates high-velocity, radical soundscapes that fuse industrial club energy, experimental noise, and East African rhythmic structures. The Italian project Heith by Milan-based artist Daniele Guerrini moves through spiritual electronics, deconstructed pop terrains, and ritualistic atmospheres. On FRI, May 15, Blitz Club hosts a special edition of ROOM FOR MUSIC: an intimate conversation between Ritournelle curator Tobias Staab and Authentically Plastic. In dialogue, they reflect on their artistic and curatorial practices while sharing formative records on the Blitz sound system, music that has shaped their trajectories. The official closing party of Various Others takes place on Saturday, May 16 at Blitz Club. The lineup brings together defining voices in contemporary electronic music. From Nkisi to the dub poet Tikiman (aka Paul St. Hilaire) & Richard Akingbehin, to the genre-defying forms of Blawan and a back to back from MJK & Pariah. Opening the evening are Carl Cari & Lynne Azzam, while Jonas Yamer from Carl Gari will close the night with a DJ Set. Rounding out the programme are Anja Lekavski aka Sarmabot and Authentically Plastic on the PLUS floor. THU 14/05 20:00 at Haus der Kunst w/ Authentically Plastic, Heith. FRI, 15/05 20:00 - 23:00 Room For Music at Blitz Club w/ Authentically Plastic, Tobias Staab SAT 16/05 at Blitz Club w/ Authentically Plastic, Blawan, Carl Gari & Lynne Azza

I’ll be moving between a few different projects over the next weeks, all connected to gigs I’m genuinely excited about. Among them: the premiere live show with Till Funke and Lynne Azzam, a closing DJ set after Blawan at Blitz Club, and a live performance with Carl Gari at the legendary Fusion Festival around my birthday. Hope to see some of you somewhere along the way. 16.5. @blitz_music_club - Carl Gari & Lynne Azzam live 16.5. @blitz_music_club - Jonas Yamer DJ closing 5.6. @niansa___ Festival - Carl Gari live 25.6. Fusion Festival - Carl Gari live Photocredits: 1st and 8th slide: @bassam_allam 3rd slide: @zhongzixia.yao 6th slide: @shotbymees

Hello from Šnipsi and me. Next Saturday I am playing at @blitz_music_club — @ritournelle_festival ⚡️ @haus_der_kunst ⚡️Various Others — … alongside @authenticallyplastic @blawan @carl_gari @lynneazzam @mjkset @pariah_uk @nkisiii Tikiman & @richardakingbehin 🫠🫠🫠 Poster by @mirkoborsche Tomorrow I will be playing some music after a live AV set by @simone.bosco.smz at @muffatwerk – free entry! ( Münchener Biennale – Festival für neues Musiktheater @muenchenerbiennale )

Room For Music : Blitz Listening Sessions in May

Start 20:00 (till END). (Nearly) every Thursday.
No presale. Donation based entry!

*** May Programme Announced *** artwork @anja.lekavski The closing evenings of our Room for Music series invite another eclectic cast. „Munich bass“ duo and soundsystem aficionados Schlachthofbronx bring their wide-ranging influences to the listening room; Authentically Plastic and Tobias Staab join as part of the shared Ritournelle & Tune weekend celebrations. and tue evening with Trikont, the world’s oldest independent label, Munich-based and now in its 59th year, takes the form of sounds, talks and conversations between past and present and cross music history, politics & a lot more, with labelhead Eva Mair-Holmes & Franz Dobler, who wrote the imprints biography in 2017. Their catalogue is famously hard to pin down, and that, of course, is precisely the point. ********** With Rooms For Music: Blitz Listening Sessions, we lean into something quieter and perhaps more radical. Across twelve Thursday evenings, we refurnish the floor at Blitz Club into a casual bar and hangout space, complete with special drinks, as local collectives, labels and community-driven initiatives take over to curate nights devoted not to dancing, but to listening.
Inspired by classic listening sessions yet firmly rooted in Munich’s present, Rooms For Music shifts attention to the B-sides and the details between the beats, reconnecting with our former format Before The Party Starts. 
 Each invited group shapes its own dramaturgy: from ambient excursions, artist talks and deep techno meditations to jazz-informed dialogues, post-punk reflections and beyond. We’re excited to see these ideas unfold and where the series will go!

The dancefloor becomes a seated space for concentrated listening on Blitz’s finely tuned sound system. Donation-based entry keeps it accessible.
Rooms For Music is dedicated to sounds and sonic expressions rarely heard within the club’s walls before we close our first chapter on the Museumsinsel.

VO PARTICIPANTS 2026 @haus_der_kunst 14.05 + 15.05 + 16.05 During VO’26 curator Sarah Miles (TUNE - Haus der Kunst) and Tobias Staab (RITOURNELLE) are joining forces for the first time. Here is something they shared with us: “We’re really excited for this programme of events and what will be a unique gathering of friends, celebrating different forms of cooperations in Munich. The TUNE series at Haus der Kunst began in 2021, with the aim of presenting music and sound in resonance with the wider programming at Haus der Kunst, and to offer a deeper dive into the work of musicians. With a similar spirit, Ritournelle festival, over the years has taken a special interest in artists that bridge creative fields and the precious place of connection between art and club spaces. Such artists include Authentically Plastic, who will present both an A/V performance at Haus der Kunst and a club DJ set at Blitz, and Nkisi, who opened the Tune series in 2021, and will now play a live show for Ritournelle, as part of Blitz’ glorious final journey.” Special Session: Authentically Plastic & Tobias Staab | Blitz Listening Sessions | FRI 15.05, 8—11pm ❣️Tickets via hausderkunst.de Curators: Sarah Miles - TUNE @sarahmilesoo Tobias Staab - RITOURNELLE @la_staab Deutsche Übersetzung in den Kommentaren — Credits: (1) Authentically Plastic, Photo by Ryan Molnar (2) & (3) Nkisi, Photo by Helena Majewska

unwarranted wandering conflations that are not opinions (on disguising the down beat) Tracks mentioned: Angine de Poitrine - Fabienk (Live on KEXP) Kelman Duran - CULO, DEMBOW, SUENA Radiohead - Videotape Graham Central Station - Hair Jesse James Solomon - Goat Talk Salami Rose Joe Louis - Crow, friendship Authentically Plastic - Shivers Sideshow - MARTYR MOST HIGH Abere Bereket - Lalo Slala Teklit Kidane - Gual Habesha Nahom Yohannes - Selam Kunuley #musicstories #musicreels #rhythm #anginedepoitrine #eritrea

SAT 16/05 [Doors 21:00 / Start 22:00] RITOURNELLE x TUNE (Various Others Closing Party) BLITZ Authentically Plastic Blawan Carl Gari (Jonas Yamer, Till Funke) & Lynne Azzam LIVE MJK b2b Pariah Nkisi LIVE Sarmabot Tikiman & Richard Akingbehin Ticketlink in bio. artwork : @mirkoborsche . limited early bird tickets on sale! In May 2026, the music series TUNE (Haus der Kunst) and the festival RITOURNELLE join forces for the first time. Presented within the framework of the contemporary art festival Various Others, TUNE X RITOURNELLE unfolds across three consecutive evenings, establishing a multifaceted musical program at the intersection of art and club culture. The lineup brings together defining voices in contemporary electronic music: Nkisi, co-founder of NON Worldwide, interweaves polyrhythmic structures, kraut-inflected spiritual synth textures, and radical techno approaches into a singular, multifaceted sound. The voice of dub poet Tikiman (aka Paul St. Hilaire) — which enveloped seminal Basic Channel releases of the 1990s in a haze of depth and resonance — meets Richard Akingbehin to create a low-frequency echo chamber between reggae, dub, and techno, suspended between futurism and memory. Blawan has spent over a decade shaping a universe entirely his own. Since debuting on XL Recordings in 2021 with Woke Up Right Handed, he has continued to push his sound into ever more daring territory, blending distorted drum architectures, piercing synth work, and his own unmistakable vocal into disorienting, genre-defying forms. MJK returns to Munich following his memorable Plus-Floor Set at the 2023 edition of Ritournelle, and he now makes his BLITZ Floor debut alongside Pariah for a b2b DJ set traversing dubstep, grime, and breakbeat-inflected techno. Opening the night with their brooding and menacing sound are Ritournelle veterans Carl Gari with Jonas Yamer & Till Funke: this time accompanied by the voice of Lynne Azzam. On the Secret Floor, Anja Lekavski, known as Sarmabot, cultivates her distinct strand of the city’s underground scene, while Authentically Plastic presents yet another facet of their expansive artistic practice within a club context.