KeineMusik Defines Dedication and Hard Work in Audemars Piguet Film

Luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet has partnered with Berlin-based music collective KeineMusik for a new film, directed by Paul Hermann and produced by Hillton. The film offers a behind-the-scenes look at the global party circuit while intimately documenting the lives of KeineMusik’s key figures: Rampa, &ME, and Adam Port.

While the film captures the collective’s energetic presence at parties worldwide, it also dives deeper, exploring the dedication and hard work that have earned KeineMusik a place among Berlin's top music collectives. Alongside scenes from their performances, the film also highlights Rampa’s work in his studio, shedding light on 'Teile,' the hardware company he founded to explore his engineering and technology interests.

The film’s musical backbone is a mixture of KeineMusik Tracks and tailor made compositions from IXYXI, who also handled both sound design and mixing for the project. Their work involved crafting 10 distinct compositions, carefully interwoven with KeineMusik's Songs to create a seamless, cohesive sound throughout the film.

“When we began composing the music, we quickly realised that the film would require multiple themes. Speaking with Paul Hermann, we both wanted the soundtrack to be as dynamic as the scenes it accompanies, but it also needed to maintain a sense of cohesion throughout. Our approach was to envision the music as an album or playlist that could have been played during Paul’s journey, each piece designed not just as a brief snippet but as a full track that harmonises with the others, much like when an artist crafts an album or a DJ curates a set. During the process we would constantly ask ourselves things like “this sounds cool, but would it be on the album?” 

The sound design took a similarly immersive approach, combining intricate, sensory-rich audio with raw, lo-fi elements recorded on Paul’s handycam. IXYXI integrated live recordings from the artists’ performances with candid moments from their tour life, offering a vivid contrast between the pristine quality of studio recordings and the rough, spontaneous feel of the handheld camcorder audio.