Photo: Glass instrument at Robert Schumann Saal, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf © Alexander Borowski, 2020. 

Elisa Metz – Glass Wands

In December 2022 her album Glass Wands has been released on all plattforms (bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) via Berlin-based label *akʷā.

For the album, fragile glass sounds were processed by analogue synthesizers and combined with bass, accordion, timpani and vocals, resulting in delicate drone layers. The tracks are named after each wands’ colour, while their individual pitch forms the starting point for catchy pop melodies.

For the tracks ‘Red’, ‘Green’ and ‘Blue’ on the record’s B-side, the glass sounds were sculptured by organismic synthesizer SOMA Lyra-8. For the A-Side, Elisa Metz discovered further possibilities of playing the glass instrument together with Cologne-based producer Julian Stetter, letting the glass sounds run through a modular synthesizer.

Photos: Elisa Metz at her uncle’s glazier’s workshop © Frederike Wetzels, 2022. 
The project ‘Glass Wands’ was supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.

Henry Lee – TV in the Corner

With her project Henry Lee, the artist has been on tour with a band as well as solo, playing songs from her debut album TV in the Corner (produced together with Jakob Lebsanft), which came out in October 2022 via their label tétégé records.

For the single ‘Caramel Mind’ Frederike Wetzels and Janosch Pugnaghi created a music video on the last day of autumn.

Henry Lee has been nominated as one of the best newcomer acts 2023 by popNRW.

The second album will be out in winter 2023/24. 


Photos: Henry Lee – TV in the Corner © Frederike Wetzels, 2022.
The project 'Henry Lee' was supported by Kulturamt, Stadt Köln.

grapefruits Fanzine

In collaboration with a team of authors Elisa Metz publishes grapefruits, a fanzine about female* composers and sound artists.

The team consists of Antonia Beeskow, Anna Schütten, Aura Danielle Muñoz Barragán, Dora Schilling, Elisa Kühnl, Helene Heuser, Jasmina Al-Qaisi, Joreng Jung, Jakob Lebsanft, Julian Cornelissen, Karl Ludwig, Laila Grümpel, Lennart Melzer, Mirjam Berg, Nathalie Brum, Risto Lenz, Tim Danaher, Theresa Nink, and Elisa Metz.

minneola Podcast

In 2020, Carolin Weber and Elisa Metz started the project minneola – a podcast made by and for female* musicians based in NRW.

Meanwhile the team consists of Tanja Godlewsky, Antonia Beeskow, Annie Bloch, Julian Stetter, and Elisa Metz.

The project 'minneola' has been supported by Landesmusikrat NRW, 2020–2023.

Elisa Metz is a Cologne-based artist, art director and musician focusing on transmedia composition, performances and installations, such as her self-built glass instrument ‘Glass Wands’.

The first performance took place in May 2020 via live-stream at Robert Schumann Saal at Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf during Sparda’s Palastrauschen.

In 2023, Elisa Metz presented the glass instrument during a performance at sauna studio concerts in Berlin and reihe-m in Cologne. The next performance will take place on October 24th, 2023, at Cologne's Eigelsteintorburg presented by actby.

Further performances and installations are planned for 2024.

Photo: Glass instrument at Robert Schumann Saal, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf © Alexander Borowski, 2020. 

Elisa Metz – Glass Wands

In December 2022 her album Glass Wands has been released on all plattforms (bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) via Berlin-based label *akʷā.

For the album, fragile glass sounds were processed by analogue synthesizers and combined with bass, accordion, timpani and vocals, resulting in delicate drone layers. The tracks are named after each wands’ colour, while their individual pitch forms the starting point for catchy pop melodies.

For the tracks ‘Red’, ‘Green’ and ‘Blue’ on the record’s B-side, the glass sounds were sculptured by organismic synthesizer SOMA Lyra-8. For the A-Side, Elisa Metz discovered further possibilities of playing the glass instrument together with Cologne-based producer Julian Stetter, letting the glass sounds run through a modular synthesizer.

Henry Lee – TV in the Corner


With her project Henry Lee, the artist has been on tour with a band as well as solo, playing songs from her debut album TV in the Corner (produced together with Jakob Lebsanft), which came out in October 2022 via their label tétégé records.

For the single ‘Caramel Mind’ Frederike Wetzels and Janosch Pugnaghi created a music video on the last day of autumn.

Henry Lee has been nominated as one of the best newcomer acts 2023 by popNRW.

The second album will be out in winter 2023/24.

Photos: Henry Lee – TV in the Corner © Frederike Wetzels, 2022.
The project 'Henry Lee' was supported by Kulturamt, Stadt Köln.

In 2020, Carolin Weber and Elisa Metz started the project minneola, a podcast made by and for female* musicians based in NRW.

Meanwhile, the team consists of Tanja Godlewsky, Antonia Beeskow, Annie Bloch, Julian Stetter, and Elisa Metz.