While this first experience was concentrated on a local dimension with a focus on the physicality of sound, in “That Damn Borderline” (2018) Hertzbreakerz invited international artists to collectively research on the threshold which defines the identity of sound art and music.

Hertzbreakerz is delighted to collaborate with the Zöllner/Roche duo on a project which will bring together composers from Sweden and abroad working on new music for accordion and clarinet.

The involved composers are stylistically diverse, considering their different backgrounds (sound art, electronic music as well as acoustic repertoire); two of them were selected from a worldwide open call for proposals. The jury, consisting of Hertzbreakerz (Alessandro Perini, Francesco Del Nero and Jonatan Sersam) and the involved performers (Eva Zöllner, Heather Roche) decided to choose Miki Manabe, Japanese composer living in Frankfurt, and Rachel Beja, from Israel and currently based in Italy.