Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

Jlin

The first ePhil concert of the season brings a double feature: Carmen Villain opens the evening for Jlin.

Since her debut album »Dark Energy« (2015), US composer Jlin has attracted attention with every new release. In 2023, she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist with »Perspective«, an album she wrote for the ensemble Third Coast Percussion. For her latest album »Akoma«, she has collaborated with music legends including Björk and Philip Glass, once again proving why she is considered one of the most exciting and influential musicians in the USA. She skilfully combines classical and electronic influences to create her distinctive, driving music. Given the rhythmic, percussive nature of her sound, it comes as little surprise that Jlin worked in a steel mill before embarking on her career. Yet these hard-edged sounds also contain moments of elegance and beauty, woven in so convincingly that Jlin’s music has even provided the backdrop for models strutting down the runway at fashion shows.

Strobe lighting effects will be used during this concert.

Jlin has already reworked a track by Carmen Villain, »Blue« – making a shared bill for the two artists all the more fitting. Born to a Norwegian father and a Mexican mother, Carmen Villain is now based in London. She first made a name for herself there as a promising indie singer-songwriter with guitar before turning her focus entirely to electronic music. She has now left behind the ethereal, dreamlike worlds of her early albums once again: her new album »Memoria« delves into bass-heavy dub techno, with atmospheric soundscapes unfolding above its deep, propulsive rhythms.

PERFORMERS

CarmenVillain live electronics

Jlin live electronics

PROGRAM

Part One: Carmen Villain

Part Two: Jlin

Job-, Aus- und Weiterbildungsmesse

Besuchen Sie Ausbildungs- und Studienmesse im Oktober 2026 in der Barclays Arena Hamburg!

Am 14.10.2025 findet in der Barclays Arena von 09:00 bis 18:00 Uhr die Job- und Weiterbildungsmesse Ausbildungs- und Studienmesse statt. Mehr als 10.000 freie Stellen und Angebote zum Thema Weiterbildung und berufliche Weiterbildung warten auf die Besucher:innen. Ein kostenloser Bewerbungsmappen-Check sowie ein umfangreiches Rahmenprogramm mit Fachvorträgen und Firmenpräsentationen runden das Angebot ab.

Der Eintritt ist kostenlos.

Juli Zeh

Why is it that of all people, the renowned author and constitutional judge Juli Zeh has taken an interest in a tabloid-ready loverboy story? And what makes this case interesting far beyond its scandalous core? And why are we so interested in this book? Because the public—like the author Juli Zeh—is interested in the story behind the story, and in the question of whether court proceedings and/or their media coverage are capable of bringing one of the highest goods, the truth, to light. After all, we are all attached to the idea that there must be such a thing as truth to serve as a compass in life.

The event will be held in German.

The case constructed by Juli Zeh is as straightforward as it is simple: a married, successful businesswoman is apprehended with a pistol and suspected of having killed her employee—twenty-five years her junior—and alleged lover: suspected murder. The case ends up before the Hamburg Regional Court and develops into a media event that divides the public: Aha, once in positions of power, do women act just as toxically as men?

The legal proceedings and the accompanying media narrative, which are supposed to serve the search for truth, threaten to turn into their opposite—distorting and obscuring the truth.

But what happens to our ethical compass if the truth does not come to light? What happens when the media, as the fourth estate, undermine the judiciary, conduct their own search for truth, but in reality merely manipulate the very truth they hope to uncover? In this way, the courtroom drama becomes a mirror of a society that, in times of fake news, is struggling with its relationship to truth—with that non-negotiable core.

PERFORMERS

Juli Zeh reading

K3 MOVEMENT CLASS

The K3 Movement Class gives dance enthusiasts of all ages an insight into different movement and dance methods. Twice a month, K3 Movement Class offers the opportunity to dance under the guidance of experienced choreographers and dance facilitators. The focus is on the joy of movement and exploring one's own body. Above all, there is dancing, dancing, dancing!

no previous experience required

14.10.26 | Miller de Nobili |Choreographic Tools
19.10.26 | Jule Fuchs | Bounce. Groove. Swing. 
20.10.26 | Vanessa Konzok | Ballet inspired movement
20.10.26 | Larissa Potapov | Dynamic Balance
21.10.26 | Patricia Carolin Mai | Mai:Company
21.10.26 | Patricia Carolin Mai | Mai:Company
22.10.26 | Foxy | Like water
22.10.26 | Vic | Breaking
26.10.26 | Fanni Schack | Physical Dance Journey
27.10.26 | Kirill Berezovski | Grooves & Flow
29.10.26 | Marino Ariza | This is not a Salsa Class
30.10.26 | Maria Mercedes Flores Mujica | Somatic Booty Shaking *
11.11.26 | Chanel | Hip-Hop Choreographie
20.11.26 | Mona Farivar | Storytelling in Movement
25.11.26 | Luciano Baptiste | How to find your entry point?
09.12.26 | Mark Christoph Klee | Crescendo

*After the Movement Class on October 30, Maria Mercedes Flores Mujica and DJ Feminasty invite everyone to come dance. Come on by.

Khan (AU), Skin Thief (AU)

The Australian progressive heavy psych band **KHAN** is delighted to bring its “That Fair and Warlike Form” tour to Europe. A total of 20 shows are scheduled for September and October. The Melbourne-based trio blends hazy psychedelic soundscapes with heavy stoner riffs, progressive rhythms and almost sluggish, massive crescendos. Their songs create an intense, profound atmosphere and evoke powerful emotional responses – ranging from eerie melancholy to overwhelming, almost otherworldly awe. Vocally, they range from ethereal falsetto to hypnotic crooning, passionate screaming and occasional guttural growls.
In October 2025, KHAN released their critically acclaimed fourth studio album, ‘That Fair and Warlike Form // Return to Dust’, via Full Contact Safari Records. The concept album consists of two 23-minute tracks and tells the story of the sufferings of a man possessed by the spirit of Erlik, the god of death from Turkic-Mongolian mythology. On their upcoming European tour, the band now aims to present the album live to European audiences for the first time since its release. At their gig at Bambi galore in Hamburg, they will be joined by the progressive post-metal trio Skin Thief, who are also from Australia.

**SKIN THIEF** are an instrumental trio playing a progressive style of post-metal. Heavy, bass-driven riffs meet angular rhythms that repeatedly give way to dark, hypnotic atmospheres. The songs meander through introspective soundscapes and often build up to explosive crescendos. Their latest album, “Frozen in the Act of Breaking”, was released in 2025, also via Full Contact Safari Records; the band subsequently toured Australia, supporting KHAN on their tour. The upcoming tour will be Skin Thief’s first ever European tour.

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**Concession Ticket**

For school pupils, students, apprentices and people on low incomes. Places are limited. Please have appropriate proof of eligibility ready at the door. Without valid proof, you will be required to pay the difference to the standard ticket price.

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We reserve the right to make changes to the line-up and programme.