Icons and iconoclasts, conjurers and free spirits, space travelers and rockstars – these are the artists who will participate in MaschinenHausMusik 2022. Thanks to the avantgarde rock band black midi a wild, cliché free wind is hitting us from across the British Isles. Young female electric guitarist Ava Mendoza seals the transition between two worlds with the statements of a sorcerer, while Swiss violist, painter, composer and vocal performer Charlotte Hug makes voices from the afterlife come alive in various ways.  Electronic duo Mouse on Mars embarks on a journey to planet Artificial Intelligence, while electric guitar legend Caspar Brötzmann introduces his brand new band Broken Spirit xx for the first time – but now from the long scale electric guitar!