silent green Open Lab #3: megouem + Dara Shikoh + Kkoki
We are delighted to be able to establish silent green Open Lab, a new format for young Berlin musicians taking their first steps on stage – beyond the pressure of expectations or market-oriented presentation.
Supporting young talent and revealing artistic processes is a major concern for us at silent green – and this is precisely what Open Lab is all about. It is deliberately conceived not as a mere showcase, but as a space of opportunity: for entering the public sphere, for encounters, for resonance, and for further development.
Both solo acts and ensembles/bands from Berlin were eligible to apply. Their approaches demonstrate not only individual artistic expression but also a desire to explore and transcend genre boundaries – between electronic music, improvisational practice, pop, spoken word, or performance.
megouem
megouem sings, reads, writes, and performs. The poems, pieces, and songs, set to music in melodies and chants, are impulses, observations, and reflections given form. Occasionally, illuminating insights also flow into the musical representations. Inspired by her grandmother’s spiritual legacy, the preservation, transmission, and communication of knowledge are the focus of megouem’s artistic practice. At the silent green Open Lab, megouem presents various fragments that lie somewhere between vocal performance and musical theater, merging them into a harmonious concert piece.
Dara Shikoh
Dara Shikoh is a Berlin-based Sindhi interdisciplinary artist whose music exists on the threshold between language and emotion. For him, sound is a vessel for feelings that have not yet been put into words—raw, intuitive, and sacred. His creative journey is an attempt to dwell in this very space and make it audible.
By fusing field recordings from places he calls home with electroacoustic sound textures and intimate vocal passages, Dara Shikoh creates immersive sound worlds that reflect memory, migration, and inner states.
Kkoki
Kkoki is a Korean musician currently active in Berlin. Her songs are influenced by her long-standing engagement with pop and pop culture, particularly through influences from films and television shows.
She spends most of her time writing and recording songs, collaborating with artists such as Emil Gabriel, COBEE, Kev Koko, Mathis Ruffing, Valentin Hansen, and others. Her debut single was released in August 2025, and further releases are planned.
