Soundwalk Collective

INVISIBLE LANDSCAPE, 2025

with Jim Jarmusch, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoeet Anika, Evan Hughes, Natalia Lafourcade

Directed and Conceived by: Stephan Crasneanscki
Production: Simone Merli
Field recording: Stephan Crasneanscki, Carlota Marques
Electronic sound: Simone Merli, Benjamin Flesser
Modular electronics and operatic voice processing: Radu Cilinca
Additional production: Sofia Sanseverino
Studio recording: Erik Breuer at Analogue Foundation Berlin, Thibaut Javoy at Red Bull Music Studios Paris, and Carlota Marques
Mix: Francesco Donadello, Lorenzo Setti

Special thanks: Jean-Paul Felley, Chloé Siganos, Arielle de Saint Phalle, Juan Pablo López-Fonseca, Aleph Molinari, Björk, Marcus Gammel, Robert Henriques, Deutschlandfunk Kultur

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SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE, 2025

Original Score for Jean-Luc Godard's OPÉRATION BÉTON

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Soundwalk Collective

Soundwalk Collective is an artistic collective founded in New York by Stephan Crasneanscki in 2000, joined by Simone Merli in 2008 and Kamran Sadeghi. Soundwalk is a nomad of sound, tirelessly undertaking improbable journeys from the wastelands of Bessarabia to the desert of Rub al-Khali. By exploring and sampling the sounds of the world around us, Soundwalk captures fragments of a shifting reality to form singular sound compositions. Soundwalk received the Audie Award for its collaboration with Afrika Bambaataa in the Bronx, and the Dalton Pen Award for the Sonic Memorial Soundwalk with Paul Auster at Ground Zero, New York. Soundwalk has multiplied its interdisciplinary collaborations with Patti Smith, Mulatu Astatke, Nan Goldin, Jean-Luc Godard and Sasha Waltz.

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Stephan Crasneanscki

Born in 1966
Based in Berlin

Stephan Crasneanscki, a multidisciplinary artist and creator, is the founder, along with producer Simone Merli, of the Soundwalk Collective , a sound art collective whose works take us on auditory journeys through diverse landscapes and cultural narratives. His approach often blends field recordings with music, lyrics, and other artistic elements. The Soundwalk Collective explores themes such as memory, geography, and the intersection of sound and the environment. His projects have included artists such as Patti Smith, Philip Glass, and Nan Goldin.

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Simone Merli

Born in 1978
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A member of the experimental group Soundwalk Collective, he is also co-founder of the independent label Concentric Records, dedicated to ambient music and genre crossovers.

His work spans sound installations, conceptual albums and selected live performances. With Soundwalk Collective, he has released music on several international labels, including Bella Union, Sacred Bones Records, The Vinyl Factory and Apollo.