EX AEQUA

This month, Ex Aequa is in residence at 90mil, exploring the community hub’s femme-lead, DIY approach to experimental arts. The showcase opens Wednesday, October 21, featuring performances and works from residents, mentors, and members of the 90mil community contributing to the initiative, including:

Ziúr (Live)
Yede Zweifel + abstraqt (Live)
Eva van Dijk (DJ)
Miri Malek (DJ)
Aleksandra Mitrović (Installation)

Returning to Berlin for the second edition of a free training and professional development initiative aimed at artists under 35, focused on women, FLINTA and underrepresented gender minorities in the music industry, Ex Aequa aims to foster gender equality and diversity within electronic music. Produced in collaboration between Arty Farty, Spring Attitude Festival, 90mil and Institut Français.

This event is taking place at 90mil, a non-profit, DIY space near Jannowitzbrücke, Berlin. Entrance is via suggested donation at the door only. You must be a member to enter. You can become a guest member at the door for a fee of €5. Your membership is valid for a year.

20:00 - 02:00

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Ziúr

Driven by a relentless appetite for boundless experimentation, Ziúr has been subverting expectations since she was a teenager, corkscrewing through hardcore, metal and punk before veering towards electronic music's turbulent fringes. She produces just like she DJs, gathering a wide variety of ingredients and figuring out the most intriguing, unexpected ways to simmer them into a coherent narrative that helps listeners synchronize the conflicting messages that surround them. Genre isn't a fixed point for Ziúr, but a color in a vast palette that stretches across history and borders, helping illustrate music that's powerfully subversive - a vivid crack of light in a dim, lifeless cultural landscape.

It's easy to see why Pitchfork labelled her "a master storyteller" in 2019.

Ziúr's musical epiphany came in 2015 when she was teaching at a girls rock camp and crossed paths with Peaches. The Canadian icon invited Ziúr to tour alongside her, tapping her for a remix of 'How You Like My Cut' shortly afterwards. An early addition to the Discwoman roster, she followed the Peaches mix with two EPs before sharpening her vision into a full-length statement on 2017's acclaimed 'U Feel Anything?', released on the UK's iconic Planet Mu label. The album established Ziúr's expressive sonic signature as she balanced gritty percussion with soft, pillowy pads and vocals.


Eva van Dijk

Eva van Dijk is a Berlin-based producer and artist from Melbourne, moving between experimental pop, sound design and heavier club sounds.She is signed to Bassism records under her alias Schnitt and plays darker selection of drum & bass, halftime and 140 with heavy low end, broken rhythms and weird textures somewhere between the dancefloor and the left field.


Miri Malek

Miri Malek is a DJ, producer & curator based in Berlin. Behind the decks Miri is a sharp and playful selector, serving up a powerful blend of cold instrumentals, wonked-out oddities and heavy deepcuts with an experimental edge.
They are founder of the interdisciplinary arts platform Dwam, an event series and label that brings together experimental live performance with bass-forwards club music. They are also part of 90mil, the DIY venue and community arts space. Miri started producing music in 2023, drawing from a range of musical influences, from noise, to experimental rap and music concrète.


Yeda Zweifel + abstract

Yeda Zweifel and abstraqt have been whistling, laughing, drawing, playing music and walking dogs together for two years. As a duo, softly dive into spacious melancholy with the sounds of cello, piano, voices and creepy electronics.