Witch 'n' Monk

Tomorrow in Munich we are doing a special performance of our show 'Unravelling the Mind'. This is an audiovisual experience where we pose the question: what is intelligence? The show introduces the audience to the problem solving abilities of slime mould, as well as the insight held by indigenous Amazonian plant experts into microbiology and ecology, provoking both wonderment and respect for nature. With live music by us and video art by @florianjapp ‘Unravelling the Mind’ is an artistic response to the climate crisis, that provides a connection between science and the senses, leaving the audience with a new perspective on intelligent life, that places nature and the environment in the centre of our value system. Jan 18th at @importexportmuc TICKET LINK IN BIO Music, concept and script by: Witch 'n' Monk Voice actor: Carsten Dane Video art: @florianjapp Promo video shot & edited by: @robirishmedia ----- This work was supported through the Cheltenham Jazz Festival Jerwood Jazz Encounters programme co-commissioned by Sage Gateshead and supported by Jerwood Arts @jerwoodarts @cheltfestivals @sage_gateshead #contemporarymusic #zeitgenössischemusik #contemporaryart #multidisciplinary #ecology #mycellia #entangledlife #artandscience #avantgarde #experimentalmusic #rhizome #freieszene #munichblogger #munichevents

Doing our usual madness with electrified hybrid flutes, anarchic soprano vocals and shapeshifting guitar, at @fluidformclub back in April... Filmed by Beat Halberschmidt (Berta Berlin)

Quite a while before AI was rammed down all our throats, we met @avbadham and @ultimo_gomito for a coffee in Kreuzberg. We played them OUTFOX and asked "how would you depict this music in a video?". Gomito raised his iconic eyebrows and muttered a lot of things about chasing rabbits and scenes changing at lightspeed while Alex remained quiet with a gentle smirk and said: "what if some CGI android versions of you hijacked your music, stuck you in some sort of tank and then masqueraded as you, playing a gig at the Uber Eats arena while you were still trapped in the vortex?" This was not intended to be a prophecy but we did think it sounded appropriate. You can now watch what we made over on youtube. LINK IN BIO Directed and filmed by Alex Badham Assistant camerawork by Yaël Elbee Also assisted by Ana Luiza Anjos Animation by Gomito Music by Witch 'n' Monk

If you're swimming, please do not read this message! The first outside Big Mac of the year is coming soon at Panke, BERLIN, on June 4th, 18:30. Expect a fascinating night of professional nutter / gender blender artists, delivering intense live performances, a DJ set & tea performance, and a talk about non-Western experimental music. 𝐌𝐈TS𝐔𝐍𝐄 (𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐/𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑘) https://youtu.be/_Mik8XJgpTU 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇 '𝐧' 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐊 (𝑗𝑎𝑧𝑧-𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑘 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟/𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 & 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒) https://youtu.be/cfUD1ypN_lk 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐍 (𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒) /watch?v=y--6aQjRx2M&t=112s 𝐂𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐊 𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓 (𝐿𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 : 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 : 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 !) / 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 (𝐷𝐽 𝑆𝑒𝑡 & 𝑇𝑒𝑎) /lucypark420 Get your tickets for 10-20€ in the Outside the BigMac Bio Funded by @musicboardberlin Artwork by Escif #berlin @witchnmonk @audrey.isabel.chen @mitsunemusic @cedriksyrphe @lucypark420 @pankeculture #outsidethebigmac

Witch 'n' Monk x moers festival 2026 🔮 Witch 'n' Monk sind der kolumbianische Flötist Mauricio Velasierra und die anarchische Sopranistin und Gitarristin Heidi Heidelberg. Ihr einzigartiger Sound basiert auf einer Sammlung hybrider lateinamerikanischer Flöten, die durch Effekte und erweiterte Spieltechniken radikal manipuliert werden, sowie auf anarchischem Soprangesang, der nahtlos und unvermittelt zwischen verschiedenen Charakteren und Klangfarben wechselt. Hinzu kommen analoge Elektronik und ein Jazz-Punk-Gitarre/Bass-Hybrid. Jede Gliedmaße wird beansprucht, um den Klang mehrerer gleichzeitig bewohnter Dimensionen zu erschaffen, wobei unzählige Kontrollpedale und labyrinthartige Signalwege für die Live-Orchestrierung genutzt werden. Die Essenz ihrer Zusammenarbeit ist bereits im Namen verankert: Dunkelheit und Licht, feminin und maskulin, Punk und Romantik, freie Form und komplexe Komposition. Das Erforschen von Extremen und das Schaffen von Kontrasten sind fundamentale Bestandteile ihres Werks, weshalb sie sich stets an den Grenzen der Genres bewegen. Moers, Pfingsten, Witch 'n' Monk - seid ihr dabei? 🤩 --- 55. moers Festival 21. bis 25. Mai 2026 🎫 tickets.moers-festival.de Foto: Annemarie Sterian

GRAZ UND WIEN with special sets at Porgy with @rom.peter and @jan_samson________high_touring

Revolutions tend to be loud but historically haven't been played on hybrid kena flutes & mozeños, a guitar-drum and anarchic soprano vocals. Well, here is @witchnmonk performing 'Revolution 1' live at FLUID FORM CLUB Full video now on our youtube channel (link in bio)

More serene, meditative music by Witch 'n' Monk. Catch some of these soothing sounds in: Feb 12: Newcastle @cobaltstudios.ouseburn Feb 13: Birmingham @pan_pan_______ Feb 14: Brighton @komedia_brighton Feb 15: London @mo_notice Amp Studios Filmed by Beat Halberschmidt

WE MOVE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO. That's right, folks! You can stay right where you are in your cities as we will be bringing 40kg of gear to YOU* *If you live in: Newcastle, UK: 12 Feb @cobaltstudios.ouseburn Birmingham, UK: 13 Feb @pan_pan_______ Brighton, UK: 14 Feb @komedia_brighton London, UK: 15 Feb @ampstudiosoldkentroad Graz, AT: 4 Mar @cafewolfgraz Vienna, AT: 5 Mar @porgyandbessvienna (w special guest) Vienna, AT: 6 Mar @porgyandbessvienna (w special guest) Vienna, AT: 7 Mar @porgyandbessvienna More dates TBA... 📸 @camille_blake

That was a crazy gig...just remembering our collaboration with @ensembleluxnm and @alasnoaxis at the Berlin Jazzfest back in 2020. We arranged music from our eponymous album - that infamous album we wrote without thinking about time signatures or tuning systems because, as we thought at the time, "we'll never have to score it anyway..." Turns out we did have to transcribe grooves that deliberately switched between feels in something close to 13, with no fixed "1", and notes we had played sharp in the heat of the improvised moment, which we then harmonised into mega quarter tone chords...well somehow it worked out because these musicians are astonishing. Here's a section of some of the solos from 'Escarbando' (funnily enough a section which we added just for this performance). The whole performance is on YouTube.

A Handful of Fives returns on Sunday, February 15th. 🙂 For those who don't know, A Handful of Fives occurs once a year in between @mo_notice seasons. It riffs off the five-musician format of @mo_notice , only this time in established combos/solos and in any feasible configuration of five. For last year's debut Handful we had An Alien Called Harmony (trio) Kadialy (solo) Saied Silbak (solo). This next Five is duo, duo, solo and i think you'll be blown away by all three: DUO: Witch 'n' Monk: Heidi Heidelberg (Anarchic Soprano, Guitar) Mauricio Velasierra (Flute) @witchnmonk @heidiheidelberg @velasierra DUO: Miriam Solomon (Voice) Rosie Turton (Trombone) @miryamsolomon @rosie.turton SOLO: Simon Roth - One Thing/ at a time (Drums) @simonmroth Live at AMP Studios, Old Kent Road Sunday, 15/02/2026: 14:00-20:00 Tickets in bio including a limited time two for one deal. Poster design @paulpeartsmith

Another one of our easy-to-learn earworms to let you know we are playing in Austria this week 👇 After a night in Graz @cafewolfgraz we will travel to Vienna and a're thrilled to be joined by some special guests. We were invited by the good people at @porgyandbessvienna to do a 3 day residency and invite some Viennese musicians to collaborate, so we chose the great @rom.peter (Mar 5) and @jan_samson________high_touring (Mar 6) for a couple of special improvised sets, then on Saturday night (Mar 7) we play alone. Come and sing along! See you there!