Deutschlandradio Kultur – Radio Drama / Klangkunst and CTM Festival, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, the SoCCoS – Sound of Culture, Culture of Sound network, Ö1 Kunstradio, and ORF musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst are pleased to release a third call for artistic projects seeking unusual ideas for coupling the medium radio with the potentials of live performance or installation, while also relating to the CTM 2016 Festival theme: New Geographies. The submission deadline is fast approaching: 15 September!

Over its first weekend, CTM Siberia hosts a special edition of Boiler Room in Krasnoyarsk, at the UIClub on Saturday 12 September. Running from 22:00– 2:00h local time (15:00–20:00 CEST), the event headlines Rabih Beaini, Love Cult, Novosibirsk's HMOT, and local acts Wheel and Appleyard. RSVP is now open. For those far away, the event will be livestreamed via Boiler Room’s website.

CTM Siberia went far beyond our expectations. A huge thank you to our partners, especially co-curators and production managers Stanislav Sharifullin (Hmot) and Evgeniy Gavrilov (Dyad), and the Goethe-Institut Novosibirsk who initiated the project and made everything possible. It was a pleasure to discover the wide range of talent in the Siberian and Russian artistic community, and to welcome international artists into the deep exchanges that took place over the festivals in Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk. We look forward to continuing to tighten the friendships and links forged!

Four other residencies, supported via the European Network for Contemporary Audiovisual Creation (ENCAC), will also take place at other ENCAC partners from January - April 2016 with winning artists Ganzfeld (US), Alan Warburton (UK), Myriam Bleau (CA), and Tokuyama Tomonaga and Wladimir Schall (JP/FR).

On the occasion of Loop – A Summit for Music Makers, which takes place 30 October – 1 November 2015 in Berlin, Ableton and CTM are teaming up for a concurrently running CTM x Ableton concert series at Kino Babylon, Prince Charles and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW). Featuring artists such as James Holden, Holly Herndon, Mykki Blanco, Aïsha Devi, and Lorenzo Sennim the events celebrate Ableton and CTM’s long-standing partnership, which among other will deepen via new initiatives that support young, emerging artists. The concerts also launch the HKW’s TECHNOSPHÄRENKLANGE series which will run with curatorial input from CTM until 2018.

The two winning projects will be premiered at CTM 2016 Festival in Berlin (29.01. – 07.02.2016), and broadcast via Deutschlandradio Kultur (March 2016).

We've compiled a selection of reviews, photo galleries and audio recordings from our Siberian excursion.