Out now: Julian Sartorius - Hidden Tracks: Basel – Genève

Thursday 01. June 2017 | Permalink

Coming soon: Releasetour Hidden Tracks by Julian Sartorius

Wednesday 26. April 2017 | Permalink

For his latest project, drummer Julian Sartorius hiked for ten days through Switzerland. In his luggage: two drumsticks and a curiosity about the sounds they might produce along the way. Out of the collected beats he made the album «Hidden Tracks: Basel – Genève», an experimental sound collage that maps Switzerland far from the usual stereotypes.
The album release tour will see Sartorius guide an audience along a short hike circuit during which Sartorius will improvise with objects he finds along the way. More infos here.

The album «Hidden Tracks: Basel – Genève» will be released in June 2017.

Welcome Fredy Studer

Saturday 22. October 2016 | Permalink

With Maniac Press we are working on a coproduction for Fredy Studer’s new solo project. Out 2018.

Out now: Rotterdam - Gizicki

Saturday 22. October 2016 | Permalink

With their new release »Gizicki« Rotterdam continues their sonic explorations of the magic formula of difference and repetition. The Viennese duo (Susanne Amann – cello & electronics; Michael Klauser – guitar, tuba & electronics) masterfully balances mathematical precision and dynamic instrumental play. More…

Out now: OKRA - OKRA

Friday 23. September 2016 | Permalink

Pianist Oli Kuster and musician and sound artist Robert Aeberhard met for a special kind of cooperation: «OKRA» is a duo for piano and sounds. The grand piano as a sophisticated and well-established instrument meets raw soundscapes, made of field-recordings collected from all kinds of places in the world. More…

Completed now: Le Pot - She-Hera-Zade

Wednesday 07. September 2016 | Permalink

On the trilogy She, Hera, Zade of the Jazz Quartet Le Pot

The band Le Pot – comprised of Manuel Mengis on the trumpet, Hans-Peter Pfammatter on piano, synths and Moog, Manuel Troller on the guitar, and Lionel Friedli on percussion – has produced a listening experience of extraordinary caliber with its series She-Hera-Zade, produced by the Swiss label Everest Records.

This trilogy narrates no convoluted story drawn from the Arabian Nights and ending happily ever after. It is a journey into the future. That is, into a time that lies in darkness, a time that we can glimpse only in fragmentary moments of clairvoyance. The band becomes an instrument for divining the fifth dimension. This music, whether referred to as instant composing, avant-improvisation, or simply composition in time, often recalls industrial or dark industrial soundscapes, a network of ambient elements that suggest danger looming. A sonic image gradually takes shape in the form of a triptych, circling around a bright clearing though cloaked in darkness.

Read the whole fairy tale about She-Hera-Zade

«Marcher sur la tête» available on CD now

Saturday 03. September 2016 | Permalink

Available now on CD: «Marcher sur la tête» by KiKu feat. Blixa Bargeld & Black Cracker with bonus track «Nuages» remixed by Franco Mento