For CTM 2018, MONOM, Berlin's new Center for Spatial Sound, has commissioned several artists to use the 4DSOUND system to build intensely visceral experiences that will range from calming and hypnotizing to thought-provoking and radical. The 4DSOUND system is a habitable instrument that merges with and decentralizes the performance space, allowing for sound to come from all around us and move through us. The first programme, this Tuesday 30th, features new works by Gaika and TCF, as well as a performance of "Imagining the Hyperspace" by Ioann, which was developed at the Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest.

Follow the events of the festival day by day on our Flickr channel, which features indepth, up-to-date documentation by our 2018 photographers: Camille Blake, Stefanie Kulisch, Udo Siegfriedt, and Isla Kriss.

After a quiet Monday, the daytime programme at Kunstquartier Bethanien picks up again with talks supplementing the MusicMaker's Hacklab and a panel led by the Salt + Sass collective about female-identified organisers in the music industry. The talks, which will take place upstairs in Studio 1, will be given by Moritz Simon Geist, Gene Kogan, Estela Oliva, and Wesley Goatley. The panel, which will take place in the KQB Projektraum, features presentations and a "best practices" discussion by and with Kat Young, Christine Kakaire, Elissa Stolman, Aimee Cliff, Alexandra Bondi de Antoni, Coral Foxworth, Gilke Vanuytsel, Keira Sinclair, Johanna Grabsch, Lauren Goshinski, Pamela Schobess, Ruth Timmermans, Sarah Farina, and Zuri Maria Daiß.

Our programme at Berghain resumes tonight with five performances and an installation. Scottish musician Drew McDowall will give the European premiere of his solo, "revisited" version of the legendary Coil masterpiece Time Machines, which still packs a punch today as a classic of late-20th-century drone and ritual music. The programme also includes poetess and musical activist AGF, conceptual artist Olaf Nicolai, self-taught UK pop visionary Klein, and Berlin acoustician Jessica Ekomane. It is also the opening night of "Physical Rhythm Machine_Boem Boem", an immersive, playful installation by Dutch artist Philip Vermeulen in the cavernous Halle am Berghain.

In today's Radio Lab Talks, Marcus Gammel of Deutschlandfunk Kultur will speak with three festival artists, all of whom make work for radio: Zuli, Olaf Nicolai, and AGF. Upstairs in Studio 1, lectures by Lyndon CS Way, Pedro Oliveira, and Carla Schriever explore the interplay of music and resistance, and Lisa Blanning discusses best practices for those affected by misogyny in music culture. 

Tonight's evening programme will take place at HAU1 and at Berghain's new downstairs space Säule. In a concert focusing on resistance through sound, no-wave icon Lydia Lunch will play alongside violinist Mia Zalbeka and sound artist Zahra Mani in the project Medusa's Bed, and versatile, innovative Egyptian vocalist Nadah El Shazly will present her new debut album. At Säule, Berlin techno mainstay Recondite will play music from the upcoming album Daemmerlicht in a sold-out AV show.

A stacked lineup at Berghain tonight explores the immersive and cathartic potential of noise and sonic texture. The night will open with "H A C K" a fierce new piece by Berlin-based composer and sound artist Maximilian Marcoll featuring the electric guitar duo AAA—AAA. Celebrated artist and drummer Cevdet Erek will deliver one of his solo acoustic performances; avant-garde cellist Okkyung Lee will showcase the expressive force of extended technique; Hugo Esquinca will map Berghain's cavernous space using feedback and resonance; and Marcus Schmickler will interweave algorithms and sonification. Meanwhile, Philip Vermeulen's installation will continue at Halle am Berghain. 

Thank you to all of you – artists and participants, our 2018 partners, festivalgoers, our numerous volunteers, friends, and family – who joined us for 10 days of tumult, turbulence, excitement, elation, and shared experiences. From the thunderous opening concert performances through 200bpm anthems, cathartic drum swells, and lush, immersive drones, the festival has been an occasion for us to congregate and temporarily counter turmoil via empathy and an openness to listening and experiencing together. We'll be publishing numerous lectures from our Discourse series near the end of the month, and stay tuned for further broadcasts from Berlin Community Radio, featuring a selection of performances from this year's lineup. In the meantime, the spectacular SKALAR installation continues at Kraftwerk until 25 February, and the CTM 2018 Exhibition continues at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien until 2 April. And don't forget to scan through our Flickr page for a vast array of memories thanks to our team of photographers! Reviews and further documentation will also be shared in the coming weeks.