Music Pool Listening Session x SLOMO Studio
Music Pool Listening Sessions
The Music Pool Listening Sessions are a professionally facilitated exchange format for musicians and producers.
At different Berlin studios, artists meet experienced producers to listen to their own songs in a professional studio environment, analyse them together and explore ways to develop them further.
The focus is on constructive feedback, practical input and exchanging ideas about production, arrangement, sound and artistic qualities. The sessions create space for reflection, networking and the further development of musical work in a professional and supportive atmosphere.
The musical focus of each session is shaped by the profile of the host studio and the participating producers.
Music Pool Listening Session x SLOMO Studio
With SPOKE
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Start: 6:00 pm
Moderation: Andrea Goetzke / Music Pool Berlin
For the second edition of the Listening Sessions, we are guests at SLOMO STUDIO, hosted by Berlin-based producer and sound engineer SPOKE. Together with SPOKE, participants will explore the art of critical listening and the ways thoughtful feedback can enrich creative processes. Rather than striving for perfection, the focus is on development.
Participants are invited to bring along their own tracks for a collaborative listening session, discussing everything from sound selection, composition, and arrangement to sound design, mixing, and production decisions.
Beyond developing technical skills, the workshop also highlights the often-overlooked ability to share unfinished work, embrace constructive criticism, and use the perspective of an »outside ear« as a creative tool. Where does a track already shine? Which ideas still have room to grow? And how can creative blocks be turned into productive breakthroughs?
SPOKE is a Berlin-based producer, beatmaker and sound engineer working across genres including hip-hop, grime, UK garage, drum & bass, Jersey club and experimental electronic music. Alongside solo work and collaborations, SPOKE has been creating safe and empowering spaces for queer, trans and women artists in the music scene at their own studio for many years. SLOMO STUDIO focuses on vocal recording, music production and skill development for artists and producers.
In 2020, SPOKE received a production grant from Musicboard Berlin and was nominated for the Preis für Popkultur in 2023.
A total of 6 participants can take part in this session.
Language: German / English
After registration (participation fee €15), all participants will submit one song they would like to discuss with SPOKE and the other participants during the session. Please submit the song as a WAV file whenever possible, or alternatively as an MP3 at a minimum of 320 kbps. After registration and before the session, a separate email will be sent with information on how to upload the song.
As the Listening Sessions are limited to a small group, please only register if you are able to attend. If you need to cancel, please let us know in good time so that someone else can take your place.