KLANGHAUS Begins Tonight at Royal Festival Hall
Welcome to KlangHaus a maverick collision between noise, concealed sound and visual imagery. In the unsung roof space above the Royal Festival Hall, and, weather permitting, on the roof itself, experimental art-rock collective The Neutrinos and visual artist Sal Pittman assemble a site-specific montage of light, sound and space in which sky, river, wave and cloud collide.
KlangHaus originally crept out of nowhere to become a sensation at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and win a ThreeWeeks Editors Award. It is now created anew as KlangHaus: On Air to harvest unheard sounds from the walls of the Southbank Centre's unseen spaces and unravel a secret world of sound and vision.
Re-inventing the gig-going experience and taking a sledgehammer to the conventions of audience and musician separation, this 360-degree, immersive experience brings buildings to life through live performance, sound design, projected images and glimpsed vignettes - akin to a duet with the room. Taking deep breaths of life and love it's a sensory encounter of shifting sound, colour, electronica, improvisation and disorientation.
In Edinburgh KlangHaus was a true crossover experience, equally attractive to music and theatre critics, introducing theatre to rock n' roll audiences and vice-versa as the drama of the promenade performance erupts into the dynamics of a full on loud rock show.
Klanghaus originally grew out of the band's experiences recording their third album The Butcher of Common Sense, working alongside Pittman in Berlin's legendary FunkHaus, a vast former DDR radio studio. The sessions revolutionised their attitudes to making music. The result was a limited edition 340 page hand-finished art-book containing the album on CD and a 10 inch vinyl record.
The Neutrinos have spent the last 10 years in constant states of reinvention. They have released 3 albums, performed around the UK, northern Europe, Canada and the USA. Their music has been used for underground film soundtracks and throughout the feature length Channel 4 documentary The Trials of Amanda Knox.
Sal Pittman is an artist whose work lurks somewhere in The Shadows; rich with tactile, off-kilter, unapologetic personality - working with light, supergraphics, typography and montage in a seamless line between analogue and digital. Her art direction and design work can be seen on promos and short films for 4AD and mute, including Grinderman, Can, Scott Walker/Sunn O))) and Daughter.
Following the run at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall KlangHaus will be individually renewed for site-specific locations in Norwich, Colchester and Southend.
Videos
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Trainspotting the Musical Theatre Royal Nottingham (1/18-1/23) |
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DOWN BY THE SEA - Matinee Gig 4th July The Prince Albert (7/04-7/04) |
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Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family Connexin Live (4/24-4/24) |
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G4 Christmas 2026 - Bristol Cathedral Bristol Cathedral (11/12-11/12) |
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THE DEVIL INSIDE x TZKWYM at The Underworld - London The Underworld (5/19-5/19) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And it''s Goodnight from Me! Scarborough Spa Suncourt (4/18-4/18) |
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Two MR P''s In a Podcast Live - Let That Be a Lesson... Devonshire Park Theatre (10/28-10/28) |
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I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN at The Electric Ballroom - London Electric Ballroom (6/20-6/20) |
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The Little Mermaid Greenwich Theatre (8/07-8/23) |
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SMOKE Lighthouse (6/12-6/12) |
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