Simon Berz - TECTONIC RIFT

During the recording sessions for the LP TECTONIC, filmmaker Andi Hofmann visited Simon Berz in Mývatn, located in the northeast of Iceland – a landscape shaped by volcanic activity, tectonic tension, and the eruptive forces of the earth. In this environment, the video TECTONIC RIFT was created.
The video presents the geysers and geothermal landscapes around Mývatn – natural phenomena that also form the visual center of the Tectoniccover art. Steam fields, bubbling mud, and erupting water fountains mirror the elemental energies that run through the music of the album.
At Berlin’s T10 Studio in 2025, Simon Berz developed the composition TECTONIC RIFT, a sonic reflection on tectonic shifts, geological time scales, and the unimaginable forces of plate tectonics. Icelandic basalt stones, drums, electronics, and field recordings merge into a pulsating stream of sound, oscillating between ritual, drone, and rhythmic eruption.
The video by Andi Hofmann interweaves this music with the archaic imagery of Iceland, creating an audiovisual journey into the inner life of a living planet.