Kerima & normalmap., aka Jana Kerima Stolzer and Lex Rütten, are a DJ and live performance duo whose music defies genre classification. Their soundscapes emerge in the moment and from their surroundings: soundscapes that shift between organic textures and floating pads, crackling field recordings and synthesizers—at times calm, at others percussive, always in flux.
As a media artist duo, they are particularly interested in their immediate environment and its global interconnections. The Ruhr region often plays a central role—a region shaped by industry and technology and still undergoing transformation today. There, they explore the relationships between nature, people, and technology, and search for the sounds that emerge in between.