Soundwalk Collective

A crew of sonic nomads helmed by Stephan Crasneanscki and Simone Merli, Soundwalk Collective creates immersive impressions of places and people -- and how places and people interact. Diligent research and fieldwork yield environmental recordings and found sounds that the collective transforms into varied sonic worlds, on their own and with collaborators including Patti Smith, Philip Glass, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Mulatu Astatke. Their first recorded piece, 2008's Kill the Ego, presented New York City's quintessential sounds in shifting, hypnotic layers. In the 2010s, Soundwalk Collective commemorated Nico with 2016's Killer Road and paid homage to the French poets Antonin Artaud, Arthur Rimbaud, and René Daumal with the Perfect Vision trilogy The infinite possibilities of Soundwalk Collective's work were reflected in projects such as 2022's Lovotic, an exploration of relationships and technology, and the layered celebration of Buddhism within 2025's Khandroma, one of the group's many collaborations with Smith.