Berlin-based musician Elliot Perkins has released a number of highly acclaimed albums under the name Phonem. While most known for his classic IDM beats and dense synthetic textures, in 2003 Perkins joined up with Bangladeshi video artist and migrant organizer Shahidul Alam of the Drik Project for the on-going sound and image collaboration "Eurodac Express." This project traces the experiences of immigrants as they make their way across Eastern Europe through the EU and into immigrant communities in Northern England, Germany and Italy. Working with Alam has dramatically transformed Perkins work both formally and in terms of its relationship to audiences. Combining field recordings, interviews and beats, Perkins weaves a sound field at once intense, unpredictable and deeply engaged in the soundscape of everyday struggle.