Today I am happy to have Jeannette Petrik on the show. Jeanette is an experimental noise maker performing as Chebedajha, writer, and cultural worker based in the Netherlands. I have been fascinated by Jeannette’s work ever since I saw their live performance in Enschede using heartbeats to clock a live modular synth show. We talk about live performance, working with environments, and building community and hear some of their incredible live sounds.

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Bio:

Drifting off while in the moment, a raw and unfinished collage of harsh and intense analogue and digital electronic sounds emerges from the delicate interaction between a human and a collection of sound devices—sensitively modulated noise with a slow, yet driving pace, embracing the unexpected with a situationist attitude. Chebedajha means “not from here” in an imaginary language. Chebedajha is the solo sound art project of cultural producer Jeannette Petrik, mental child of situationism, adhocism and punk. With a curiosity for sound design, experimental noise and meditation practices, they consider language, sound and design as an opportunity for public empowerment. Operating in the vicinity of intense states of anxiety and pleasure, discomfort and relief, the experimental sound of Chebedajha aims for increased levels of perception and sensitivity to become part of the collective everyday. Petrik is a cultural producer concerned with collective spaces and processes, who challenges hierarchies and structures of dominance. Their practice spans across disciplines which include text, sound, performance and the organising of collective events of doubt. Since 2013, they’re part of Dutch and German D.I.Y. scenes and are active in a loosely organised network of tekno soundsystems. Petrik was an organiser at the squatted D.I.Y. venue The Loch in Enschede. They’re part of the feminist network fem*noise and are active as an experimental sound artist under the pseudonym Chebedajha.

Photo credit: Paulus https://www.instagram.com/by_pauluz/ https://www.by-pauluz.nl/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeannettepetrik

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/chebedajha

Recordings

sw9mep: excerpt of a live recording that was produced as part of the podcast 'Conversing our Soundscapes of Fear' hosted by studio calh at Z33 in Hasselt, BE (2021): Invited as the show's accompanying musician, I was tasked to try and acoustically articulate their approach towards contemporary sounds of fear.

Quantum Inspired Sound: https://jeannettepetrik.com/quantum-inspired-sound

Recording of live performance at Schwankhalle Bremen as part of the series Anachronism: using a modular synth and other sound devices (2023

Recording of live performance from Voltage Control Amsterdam (January 2025): using the heartbeat together with a modular synth and a Lyra-8

Today I’m happy to welcome Hendrik Klatte to the show. Hendrik has science background and is also an artist, curator and also the founder of re:natura, a non-profit artist collective, music label and experimental laboratory. We get into the intersections between science and sound along with talking about the role of curators in building community and engaging audiences with sustainability through sound.

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After studies in biochemistry and pharmacy, Hendrik Klatte applies his scientific background to his sonic, installation, and curatorial work. He studied at the Institute for Music and Media (RSH Düsseldorf) with Heike Sperling, Phillip Schulze and Marcus Schmickler. Here, he deepened his understanding of the connection between science, art, and sound. He completed his studies with a multimedia installation inspired by the slime mold Physarum Polycephalum and a scientific thesis on the representation of biodiversity in experimental musics.

re:natura is a non-profit artist collective, music label and experimental laboratory with a clear, shared vision. With a focus on topics of biodiversity, we explore animals, plants, landscapes and natural phenomena. In the critical tradition of naturalists, we compose, publish, perform and convey experimental musics that are concerned with the specifics of life. https://www.instagram.com/label.re.natura/

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Crescere Release Event

Crescere Preorder / Listening Party (available fromm monday, 13th)

Featured artists: IDRA / Samaquias Lorta / Berenice Llorens

Experimontag

Release Lapis Elle – Hyphae

Release Deniz Dortok – Nocturna

Gregor Dys on Instagram

Music For Cinemas on Instagram

Listening Party

Music credits

from Gregor Dys – Anguilla Anguilla [re:natura]

Gregor Dys – stroemung

from Gregor Dys – mumstakes

Gregor Dys – tuer

Excerpt from Hendrik Klatte – Mucus [will be released on re:natura]

from re:natura #04 – Æther

Laure Boer – Connecting Winter and Spring

Music: Laure Boer

Mastering: Jannis Wolff

from re:natura #05 – Crescere

cosmic swarm, Walter Magi – coral nursery:

Music: Chiara Pitrola, Luca Ventrini

All field recordings are from coral reefs recorded by Dr. Aran Mooney / © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. To donate to their coral reef restoration projects, follow https://explore.whoi.edu/giving

Mastering: Jannis Wolff