music & videos
since 1997
IN THE YEAR OF TWENTY-ONE
After more than thirty years in Berlin, Eriksson returned to Stockholm. The two artists continued their long-standing collaboration, now working at a distance. During the pandemic in 2021, Killisch sent sound pieces from Berlin to Stockholm. Eriksson responded with short video sequences filmed in and around the city, combining sound and moving image into eight audiovisual works.
PAINTIN´& PLAYIN´#2
is a 25-minute sound and video installation for three screens, conceived by Mikael Eriksson and first presented at Weltecho, Chemnitz, in 2019.
THE CHAIR
is based on Mikael Eriksson’s play of the same title. Set in a U.S. state prison in 1972, it follows Bill and Peggy-Sue as they wait for their drummer in a prison storage room. Bill plays bass and works as a prison guard; Peggy-Sue, his girlfriend, plays guitar.
Matthias Elsmann
At the centre of the film is Matthias Elsmann. What began as a search for a supposed origin in East Berlin developed into a multilayered short film about memory, identity and the period of upheaval in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
ring of fire
live session @ studio MG, 18 Aug 2013 / Mikael Eriksson: revox a 77 / Marc Gröszer: circuit bending / Kristian Lövgren: bass / Klaus Killisch: voc, git / Claudia Kühn: voc
DIY Radiation Protection Hat
Nastasja Keller, Mikael Eriksson, Klaus Killisch
video projection @ Halleluhwah! Hommage a CAN, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin / Galerie Abtart, Stuttgart, 2011
Pandora Motel
Greta (Nastasja Keller) is invited by two artists, The Russian (Mikael Eriksson) and The Little One with the Cap (Klaus Killisch), to take part in a musical called Pandora Motel. She agrees, but as the project drifts along…
Sgt Pepper Lounge
recorded in Berlin,1999 October 10 / Mikael Eriksson: tapes, effects, roland space echo / Klaus Killisch: guitar / featuring Tania Segas: violin / Alexander Istschenko: mastering / cover: Eriksson / album design: Killisch/Eriksson
playin‘ ambient funk
Klaus Killisch: guitar, rebirth, computer / Mikael Eriksson: harmonium, casio / Didier Leboz, Alexander Istschenko: mix / Rob Fitterman: vocals, poetry / Nna Regreblrac: vocals / artwork & album design: Klaus Killisch / recorded in Berlin, NY, Stockholm / 1997, 1998