Music on Music is excited to present a premiere screening of the brand-new concert film from one of the most essential acts in experimental rock: “SWANS LIVE BERLIN”. The event will take place at RCA/Espaço Agra on November 25th, 2026, at 8:00pm, with admission set at 4€. Tickets are available on RCA’s BOL page.
Recorded on November 28th, 2025 in Berlin and co-directed by filmmaker Marco Porsia and Danish director Peter Harton, “SWANS LIVE BERLIN” fully documents the farewell concert from the “Big Sound” era, spread across four songs and two and a half hours of music. This is the culmination of 15 years of cosmic sonic expressionism, featuring moments that are both celestial and decaying, visceral and transcendental. The performance – also documented on the newly released live album, “NEWLY SENTIENT BEING”, from Young God Records and Mute – includes a wealth of previously unreleased material and stands on par with the best legendary live albums by the band founded and led by Michael Gira, who closes this chapter with love and unbridled passion, combining raw intensity with meditative passages that shape the work just as much as the dense, almost orchestral instrumentation. The film is produced by Klub Moderne and EyeLight, in co-production with Zauberberg Productions.
“SWANS LIVE BERLIN” features Gira and the musicians who were part of Swans’ lineup between 2010 and 2025 – Kristof Hahn, Dana Schechter, Larry Mullins, Phil Puleo, Christopher Pravdica, and Norman Westberg – as they remain true to the group’s signature elements: monumental soundscapes, thunderous rhythms, and an almost ritualistic sense of dynamics that erupts in long, ever-shifting compositions.