ANCXSTRAL FREQUENCIES - sonic rituals
20nine30, Berlin
This night happened — Sat 17 Oct · 7:30pm → 10:30pm
free ·
Press play
Who was billed3 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
2 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- RUSNAM and Anguezomo Nzé Mba Bikoro — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 17 Oct 2026.
Good to know
- “Free entry - registration required, tickets on eventbrite”
ANCXSTRAL FREQUENCIES:Re-Rootings - Weaving Sonic Histories of the Global South
ANCXSTRAL FREQUENCIES is an experimental live sound ritual driven by heavy, pulsating bass and layered polyrhythms.
Drawing on Gnawa percussion, Nigerian talking drums, Bwiti ritual sounds, Afro-Caribbean samples and Arabic rhythmic cycles, the performance brings diverse sonic lineages into dialogue with experimental electronics.
Through vinyl, samples, plant sounds, women’s voices, singing, spoken word and improvisation, RUSNAM, Anguezomo Nzé Mba Bikoro and Luana Madikera create a shifting soundscape in which ancestral resonances meet contemporary sonic experimentation.
The performance moves between deep bass frequencies, rhythmic complexity, vocal invocation and embodied expression.
Part live performance, part collective ritual, ANCXSTRAL FREQUENCIES approaches sound as a carrier of memory, resistance and intergenerational knowledge - opening a space for listening, movement and reconnection across histories, geographies and diasporas.
Step-free access and accessible restrooms
the rest of the promoter’s listing — 1 more paragraph
Free entry - registration required, tickets on eventbrite
from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor
Who they are
“RUSNAM centers pop-cultural memory through the lens of her Turkish-Syrian heritage by deconstruction and recomposition of 90s/2000s Hip-Hop and R&B, an archive built heavily on the uncredited extraction of SWANA musical lineages.”
their own biography
the whole biography
RUSNAM centers pop-cultural memory through the lens of her Turkish-Syrian heritage by deconstruction and recomposition of 90s/2000s Hip-Hop and R&B, an archive built heavily on the uncredited extraction of SWANA musical lineages. Her music fuses recorded and sampled sounds from West Asia and North Africa, layered vocals with experimental, bass-driven structures and post-industrial elements rooted in feminist and decolonial practices. Through past boundary-pushing projects like her immersive audiovisual performance #ctrl.xx.tension' and interactive music exhibition #de:code, she has consistently moved technical studio controls into the hands of BIPoC, womxn creators. With Decolonoize, RUSNAM organizes interdisciplinary events and educational workshops that amplify marginalized voices. They have been awarded the Tag der Clubkultur Prize (2024) and the APPLAUS Award (2025) for outstanding concert programming and cultural work. As an artistic director of her current project #ANCXSTRAL FREQUENCIES - a research and experimental ritual performance exploring sonic histories of the Global South - her custom sonic engineering converts invisible legal loopholes and structural asymmetries into a visceral, glitch-driven live performance engine. RUSNAM also runs #deep dive Studios Berlin, her recording and production space dedicated to collective creation.Their RA profile lists SPRINGSTOFF and Shouka.often with Nane Kahle, none of them here that night
often with Nane Kahle, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Nane Kahle1 with Anguezomo Nzé Mba Bikoro and 1 with RUSNAM
The room
20nine30 — 15 events and 130 distinct artists since Sep 2025.
Also that night
- CC COLLECTIVE PRESENTS CVNTY.VOL1Crack Bellmer — also tagged experimental, with club too.
- You Know Where You Are // Cursed invites WobblaAlso tagged experimental, with dubstep too.
- Andriy K. & Tharim Cornelisse + mu tate pres. life of muSilent Green — also tagged experimental, with ambient too.
how these 3 are connected
- CC COLLECTIVE PRESENTS CVNTY.VOL1 — RA tags both listings experimental — and that one also club.
- You Know Where You Are // Cursed invites Wobbla — RA tags both listings experimental — and that one also dubstep.
- Andriy K. & Tharim Cornelisse + mu tate pres. life of mu — RA tags both listings experimental — and that one also ambient.