AVR + IN ARMOR

AVR is a polymath exploring on the intersection of art and music, innovation and tradition, shrugging off the cliches of her industry. Her work operates in a landscape of references where Philip Glass, Grimes, Stevie Wonder and Bernini sculptures can freely collide. Tired of the repetitive practice routine during her academic jazz piano studies in Amsterdam and New York, AVR started to produce anthems for the new feeling-everything-all-the-time internet era on her laptop.

The multi-genre producer has since scored films for brands like Louis Vuitton and Dior, worked as a studio pianist and producer for artists like Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tusks, Soundwalk Collective and Franny London. She consults and performs in fine arts context, e.g. at Gropius Bau Berlin and works as music curator, recently for Berlin’s ‘Long Night of Museums’ and performed at the National Gallery. Her song ‘Under The Sand’ is on the official soundtrack of the US movie ‘After Everything’.

Her latest release, a rework of Philip Glass’ 'Etude No.2' got released on Glass' label alongside an immersive video in wardrobe collab. with french fashion house MUGLER. Supported by BBC stations and publications like CLASH Mag., Rolling Stone, The Fader and i-D, her music got international attention right from EP1.

AVR is a solo act in the truest sense: she writes, produces, records and publishes her music herself and not only wants to maintain her independence, but also actively works to create a new and feminist-influenced status quo in the music world and has mentored for programs like ‘Girls Who Listen’ and ‘Keychange’.

IN ARMOR:
Lara Hertweck (alias LORELEI) and Ben Meerwein’s cooperation began in the summer of 2023 as part of the Phonon Collective’s ambisonics residency in the Czech Republic. 

Out of this emerged the multichannel composition Madrigals, which has since then gained recognition by winning the audience prize at Soundcinema Festival Düsseldorf and receiving a funding by the Goethe Institut London. It has been showcased at Punctum Prague, ZiMMT Leipzig, Fey Arts Festival near Paris and IKLECTIK, London.

Since then, the duo has continued working together under the moniker IN ARMOR, merging ideas around sonic “worldbuilding” with a genre fluid language that shifts between classical music, dark jazz, experimental club music, folklore, and synth-pop.