Sound in the Garden 2026, Day 4 (Michael Rother plays NEU!, Harmonia & Solo Works)

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12 – 16 August 2026

Saturday, 15. August 2026
Michael Rother plays NEU!, Harmonia & Solo Works (LIVE)
Doors: 6.30 pm

In August 2026, Berlins Neue Nationalgalerie once again presents the open-air concert series Soundscapes in the Garden, featuring ambi-tious live concerts specially customised to this venue, featuring a highly diverse line-up of renowned musicians from various genres. After five nights of live concerts, Sunday will be dedicated to special sound installations created in honour of the Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya, who is presenting a site-specific fog sculpture in the sculp-ture garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie.

On the last night of the series, we spotlight legendary krautrock and Kosmische Musik architect Michael Rother. Celebrating over fifty years of musical innovation, he’ll be performing tracks from his seminal work with NEU! and Harmonia alongside his highly influential solo catalog.
Rother’s performance centers on the motorik beat, a relentless and forward-surging pulse mimicking the sensation of tearing down an empty highway at midnight. Looped shimmering guitar melodies and warm analog synthesizer notes layer over this steady foundation, building into a wave of euphoria. By replacing standard verses and choruses with infinite, hypnotic repetition, Rother laid down the structural foundation for everything from the post-punk of Joy Division to the soaring arrangements of Radiohead. Hearing these tracks is a direct encounter with the source material that forever redefined how musicians use rhythm and space.

Line-up: Michael Rother

Arrangör: CTM Festival, FREUNDE der Nationalgalerie e.V.