Sanctum of Sound launches its first full-scale festival edition at MaHalla in Berlin, running continuously for 51 hours from July 3 to 5, 2026. Positioned at the intersection of ambient, experimental, electronic, exprimental, devotional and psychedelic music. The program unfolds across multiple environments, from large-scale halls to intimate listening spaces, where live performances, AV works and DJ sets move between concert, installation and durational formats.
Emerging from a Berlin-based series, Sanctum of Sound extends its focus on deep listening into a continuous format that blurs distinctions between day and night, rest and movement, audience and performer. Rather than a fixed schedule, the festival is structured as an open flow, allowing visitors to navigate the program at their own pace.
The lineup brings together pioneering figures, cross-disciplinary artists and a new generation of experimental musicians, spanning ambient, drone, minimalism and exploratory electronic practices. With its first edition, Sanctum of Sound proposes a different temporal logic for festivals, one that prioritises immersion, duration and attention over intensity and acceleration.
Lineup:
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Amy & her quiet experiments
Ayo Schønherr
Blu Aloé
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore
Brent Jacko & Okgwa
Carmen Rizzo
Cleymoore (Hybrid Live)
Cia Rebeck
current (hiss)
daisytwo
Daniel[i]
Deadbeat
Delta Rain (Hybrid Live)
Dragana
e/tape
Feedbackorchester
Ferdinand Försch
Fiber
First Body
Floramor
Freivogel / Sinclaire
Gin & Tonic (Gwenan & Eli Verveine)
Hannes Kretzer
Hems
Innersha
ISH
Ishq
Jeena
Jens Zygar
Jim C. Nedd
Justin Shaffer
Maarten Vos
Marco Freivogel
Marco Shuttle
Martin Gilleshøj
Max Frimout
Maya Wada
Mitotili
Moreskinsound
Music Ashram
MYS & Big Hands
Nathalia
Notte Infinita
pause.dxa
Pavel Milyakov aka Buttechno
Philipp Johann Thimm
Rika
Samuel Rohrer & Eivind Aarset
Sarah De Scisciolo
Sarah Wreath
Sina (AU)
Son Of Chi, Radboud Mens & Arthur Fink
Space Drum Meditation
Schroetyschroet / Schneider TM / Jochem Arbeit
Star Sounds Orchestra
Star Works vs Shai Lavi
Stephan Micus
Steph Teÿæ & Melanie Sichardt
Silvers
Synthtati
Tako / Music From Memory
The Silent Orb
Ujjaya & Digard
Unborn Mind
Vakula
Vera
Viktor Sloth
WLM & Bias
Woody92
Xenia Reaper
Zuzanna Calka
Cost: 40 – 128
Links:
MaHalla – Sanctum of Sound Festival: https://www.mahalla.berlin/sanctumofsound
