Simon Goff

Simon Goff presents Interior Realms—Vol. I

There is a reservoir under Prenzlauer Berg that stopped holding water in 1914. It has stood empty ever since, serving as a venue for exhibitions and performances since the 1990s. Simon Goff went inside with a viola, modular synthesizers, and a binaural microphone, and recorded the room’s acoustic response.

Interior Realms – Vol. I (Music for Listening Alone, Together), released on Sonic Pieces, is composed of sessions like that one—the Großer Wasserspeicher, Grunewald Church, and a World War I-era concrete listening mirror on the English coast. Each location is treated as an instrument in its own right, with its reverb recorded and preserved. No digital delay, no presets, no post-recording modifications.

"It’s about using these techniques as ways to invite people to embark on their own journey, to explore both the spaces I recorded in and the spaces the music takes them to within themselves." — Simon Goff

Live, the album is reconstructed in real time. Goff is joined on stage by cellist Anne Müller (who played inside the Wasserspeicher while he moved the microphone around the room) and violinist Bryan Senti, with the three of them reconstructing the music in real time. Jemma Woolmore’s visuals are created specifically for this performance, responding to the music live rather than running on a preset loop—bringing the album’s own concept into the room itself: the space isn’t a backdrop; it’s part of the instrument.

Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Support – Anne Müller: 7:30 p.m.
Simon Goff: 8:30 p.m.