Kiezsalon with Andrea Belfi & Jules Reidy, Susannah Stark & Band and alice does computer music

We open our Kiezsalon season in Neukölln at Schloss Britz — an 18th-century neoclassical manor house. On Friday 22 May, in the castle’s farmyard we present Berlin-based duo Andrea Belfi & Jules Reidy, Glasgow’s folk ensemble Susannah Stark & Band and New York cellist and producer alice does computer music. We continue on Saturday with Maggie Nicols, Natasha Pirard, Heli Hartikainen and KOOB. Hailing from Italy and Australia respectively, Andrea Belfi and Jules Reidy are Berlin-based musicians and composers whose collaborative work investigates the edges of post-rock, minimalism and abstraction, blurring the lines between structure and improvisation. In 2024 they released their debut album as a duo, dessus oben alto up, about which HHV Mag said: “Reidy’s delicately plucked guitar and Belfi’s intuitive yet restrained drumming—neither strictly jazz nor rock—form a unique partnership that seems to reach for the heavens.” Susannah Stark & Band are an ensemble from Glasgow who write songs in both Scottish Gaelic and English. Formed out of sparse sonic gestures and vibrating intensities, their sound draws upon pop, jazz, experimental, folk and krautrock. Following Stark’s Covid pandemic-era solo debut Time Together (Hues and Intensities), she was joined by trumpeter Phil Cardwell, drummer Laurie Pitt and accordionist Caroline Hussey for the 2025 album Minor Gestures ~ mion-phuingean, described by Electronic Sound Magazine as “like something dug up from a peat bog after a thousand years.” alice does computer music is the project of New York cellist, songwriter and producer Alice Gerlach. Their 2025 album Bliss presented four 10-minute collages weaving together sound design, diaristic field recordings, classical orchestration and lyrical passages to evoke states of transcendence and disintegration. Hearing Things wrote: “It’s like each long track is a dream of a particular piece of music, and for a few minutes at a time, somewhere near the middle, you get to hear it in waking life.” Schloss Britz, a historic estate dating back to 1375, is a charming retreat in Berlin’s Neukölln district, where a beautifully restored manor house sits amidst open green spaces. With its blend of history, nature and culture, it’s an ideal setting to open our Kiezsalon season under the warm spring sun. The Kiezsalon is a project by Digital in Berlin. Curated by Michael Rosen and funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Presented by The Wire and taz, die tageszeitung and kindly supported by Schloss Britz.