Martin Kohlstedt

Since my first concert I felt the need to somehow conserve the moments on tour together with the people that I`ve spend the evenings with. And so I started a tour diary, where you can share your impressions, memories and thoughts about my past concerts with me.

In 2019, I decided I had to follow through with a need that had been on my mind for a long time. I am the son of a forester, I grew up in the forest. And so I started to buy fallow land with the earnings from my music to plant trees on it.

In 2013, freelance photographer Peter Runkewitz began an extraordinary long-term behind-the-scenes documentary to which an end is not yet in sight.

I studied Media Art & Design at Bauhaus-University in Weimar. I actually spend most of my time programming with my fellow wingman Ives – with a heavy emphasis on making music with it: generative music, computer music, random music.

Driven by the infinite diversity of music, one of my main goals has always been to make it for moving pictures as well.

I love to develop my approaches in conversation, on podiums and podcasts, interviews and talks. The intended friction is a boost and inspiration for my creations.