DeutschIncense of Music 63
CÀLÓR
A multisensory concert – Friday, 9 May 2025, 8 pm
Camilla Battaglia: voice, electronics
Julius Windisch: piano, keys
Lisa Hoppe: double bass
Lukas Akintaya: drums
Incense: Breuzinho, Maritime Pine Resin
PANDA Platforma in der Kulturbrauerei, Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berlin
Experience CÀLÓR: a multisensory concert like no other. Step into a world where sound, scent, texture, and emotion merge into one another. CÀLÓR, an ensemble of visionary musicians, invites you to a unique multisensory concert — a fusion of jazz, electronics, and immersive storytelling designed to awaken your senses. Through a dynamic interplay of acoustic and electronic soundscapes, CÀLÓR creates an immersive journey in which music becomes something to feel, see, and experience intensely, not merely hear.
Artists
Camilla Battaglia — voice, electronics
Camilla Battaglia – singer and composer, born 1990, has her musical roots in jazz, which she grew up with and has since expanded through many other influences. In 2010 she released her first album as a singer. In 2012 she completed her philosophy studies at the Università Statale di Milano and immediately enrolled at Siena Jazz University, graduating with top honors in jazz voice in 2016. That same year she began the EUJam European Master Program, studying at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory Copenhagen, the JIB in Berlin, and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, completing it in 2018 with a master's in contemporary composition. She has released two albums as a composer ("Tomorrow" 2016 and "EMIT" 2018) and collaborated with international artists including David Binney, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Gianluca Petrella. In 2019 she presented her project for voice and live electronics, Perpetual Possibility, first in Florence, later developing it further in Berlin and Modena with light artist Martin Mayer.
Julius Windisch — piano, keys
Julius Windisch is a German jazz and improvisation musician (piano, synthesizer, composition), raised in Offenburg. He studied from 2014 to 2017 at the Bern University of the Arts under Django Bates and Colin Vallon, followed by a master's program at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory Copenhagen, the Jazz Institute Berlin, and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. With his quartet he released the album "Chaos" on Hout Records in 2020. "Pros and Cons" followed on Double Moon Records in 2021. He also formed a trio with Leif Berger and Simon Jermyn, expanded with cellist Elisabeth Coudoux, recording the album "Live at Loft" (2022). With his band Immerweiter he released "In Its Own Pace" on Boomslang Records in 2023.
Lisa Hoppe — double bass
Lisa Hoppe (b. 1988 in Rotenburg/Wümme) is a German jazz musician (double bass, also electric bass, composition). She began studying jazz double bass at the Bremen University of the Arts before completing her bachelor's (2013) and master's (2015) in Bern from 2012 onward. From 2017 she explored the New York City scene, and now lives in Berlin. Since 2014 she has been part of the chamber trio Esche, with whom she released three records. In 2018 she founded her own band Third Reality, whose debut album "The Mighty Unlikely" received positive reviews. With the trio Me&Mobi she was a 2015 finalist for the ZKB Jazzpreis, and her quintet Ysop was awarded the BeJazz TransNational grant in 2022.
Lukas Akintaya — drums
Lukas Akintaya (b. 1991 in Lüneburg, Germany) is a German jazz musician, composer, creative producer, and educator, known for his dynamic presence in the European-American improvised music scene. He studied at the University of the Arts Bremen and, from 2013, at the Jazz Institute Berlin under Prof. John Hollenbeck, Jim Black, and Greg Cohen, earning his bachelor's degree in 2017. Supported by a DAAD scholarship, he completed his Master of Music at New York University from 2018 to 2020. In 2013 he co-founded the Holon Trio with Povel Widestrand and Mathias Højgaard Jensen, which received the European Burghauser Young Jazz Prize in 2015. In 2019 he launched his project HUES, whose debut album was released on Skirl Records in 2021.
Incense
Breuzinho, also known as breu branco, is a natural resin from the tree Protium heptaphyllum, native to the Amazon rainforest. When the bark is wounded, a sticky, pale resin seeps out and hardens in the air into firm, aromatic lumps.
Indigenous peoples and traditional healers across Amazonia have used breuzinho for centuries in cleansing rituals, believed to clear negative energy and deepen meditation. It was traditionally also valued for its expectorant properties, easing breathing and soothing the respiratory system — a use it shares with other Amazonian resins like copal.
Burned, breuzinho releases a rich, earthy, faintly citrusy fragrance with balsamic and woody undertones — some describe it as a blend of pine, frankincense, and vanilla. Its calming scent is said to reduce stress, sharpen concentration, and lift the mood, which is why it is often compared to frankincense and copal.
The maritime pine, also called cluster pine, is native to the Mediterranean region, particularly Southern Europe, Western Asia, and parts of North Africa. It is a tall, evergreen tree with long, paired needles and thick, reddish-brown bark, thriving in sandy, dry coastal soils and remarkably resistant to drought.
For centuries, maritime pine resin was tapped along Mediterranean coastlines and processed into turpentine and pitch — essential materials for shipbuilding, waterproofing, and traditional craft. In Mediterranean folk medicine, the essential oils drawn from its needles and resin have long been used to support respiratory health.
As incense, pine resin releases a warm, clear, resinous-woody scent that immediately recalls sun-drenched pine forests. Its smoke is traditionally associated with cleansing and grounding, considered invigorating for both mind and breath — a simple, uncomplicated fragrance that carries the Mediterranean pine forest into the room.