For the second year in a row, CTM joins forces with Red Bull Music Academy for the presentation of the festival’s grand finale.

London’s Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points appears together with a live band for a rendition of his new kaleidoscopic debut LP Elaenia. Constructed mainly with analogue synths, Fender Rhodes, and live instruments, the album, whose title was inspired by a dream about a lone migratory bird disappearing into a wild forest, is less electronic than its widely-lauded predecessor EPs. The scientist-turned-producer is inspired by a range of musical styles from classical and jazz to electronic, soul, and Brazillian pop, and is a long-time friend of the Red Bull Music Academy programme. Over the years he has established himself as one of the most beloved and versatile figures in electronic music, and as a mindful and curious explorer of new territories.

Floating Points shares the bill with Berlin experimental dub veteran Stefan Betke aka Pole and MFO. This is the first Berlin performance of material from Betke’s recent album and first release in eight years, titled Wald. The record was inspired by long walks through Germany’s forests, and intricately portrays the spatial complexity, distinctive sonic signatures, and psychedelic patterning of the woods, resulting in a sound that’s as rugged and knotty as it is detail-oriented. For the performance, MFO, a prolific audiovisual-, installation-, and video artist, uses images of nature as his primary visual material. As he manipulates the sequences of stills, they slowly morph into animations.

Rising Istanbul scene presence and Red Bull Music Academy alumna Başak Günak aka Ah! Kosmos will also take the stage with a two-piece band in tow. Her debut LP, Bastards, was released by Denovali Records in April 2015 and combines buoyant, crunchy percussion with minor-key, determined melodic soundscapes. Günak splits her time between producing for live performance and composing for dance, theater, film, and visual art.