Koch-Schuetz-StuderKoch-Schuetz-Studer

LIVE : Koch-Schuetz-Studer
Hans Koch (saxophone, electronics)
Martin Schuetz (electric 5string cello, electronics)
Fredy Studer (drums)
Opening Act : sunao inami (computer, electronics), keiko higuchi (voice), morishigeyasumune (cello)

Oct.5th (Wed.)
Koch-Schuetz-Studer
@SuperDeluxe www.super-deluxe.com/
open 19:30 | start 20:00
admission 3000 yen(1 drink in)
Koch-Schuetz-Studer
Hans Koch (saxophone, electronics)
Martin Schuetz (electric 5string cello, electronics)
Fredy Studer (drums)
The Swiss trio "KOCH-SCHÜTZ-STUDER" has a name on the international scene for it's radical and uncompromising "Hardcore Chambermusic". The three musicians are working together since 1990.Characteristics of their music are hard contrasts, even contradictions. Sequenced sounds from various unrecognisable sources and the use of live-electronics create dense walls of sound which are contrasted with completely acoustic, minimalistic-ambient improvisations. Analogue ("played") and digital ("programmed") beats are juxtaposed against free "outer-limits"- improvisations. It is a music free of stylistic restrictions.The three accomplished musicians have been working in a "style-free" musical zone for quite some time now and with their live performances at jazz-festivals, in underground rock-and electronic-music-clubs as well as in the context of contemporary "classical" music they are showing that to them an open as well as radical artistic attitude is more important than style-categories or musical genres.Besides their work as a trio, "Koch-Schütz-Studer" have always initiated various projects and worked with musicians from different cultural and artistic backgrounds. This summer they started a new group called "Roots&Wires" with New-York-DJs I-Sound and M.Singe. Last year their CD "Heavy Cairo Traffic" which they recorded in Cairo with the renowned "El Nil Troop" found enthusiastic response from critics and public alike.Beginning of 1999 "intakt-records" will release their long awaited recordings with traditional and improvising Cuban musicians (Koch-Schütz-Studer & Musicos Cubanos: "Fidel" )Hans Koch has quit his carreer as a recognised classical clarinetist to become one of the most innovative improvising reed-players in Europe. He has been working with everyone from Cecil Taylor to Fred Frith since the eighties. As a composer he has shaped the sound of Koch-Schütz-Studer since the beginning as well as working for radio-plays and film. Since the nineties he has been working with electronics as an extension of the saxes/clarinets as well as with sampling/sequencing. As a reed-player he is always working on his very own vocabulary and sound, which makes him a very unique voice on the actual scene. Martin Schütz is a cellist and electronic musician, improvisor and composer. He has been a figure on the european scene of improvised music since the eighties and has played with innumerable musicians from Europe, USA and elsewhere. His approach to the electric and acoustic cello as a rhythm&sound-machine is very unique. He is an acknowledged composer/performer for theaters like the Volksbühne in Berlin, the Schauspielhaus Hamburg, the Neumarktheater Zurich or the Residenztheater in Munich. He has been awarded for his filmmusic-scores several times. Fredy Studer is a drummer/percussionist who's experiences as an active musician since the seventies are as various as being a sideman for from 'A' like Abercrombie to 'Z' like Zorn as well as being involved with groups like "OM", "Red Twist and Tuned Arrow","Brüninghaus/Stockhausen/Studer", "Doran,Studer,Minton,Bates&Ali Play The Music Of Jimi Hendrix". He is one of the few drummers who incorporate open improvisation as well as straight beats into his style and was named "one of the most innovative drummers in Europe" by Drums&Percussion Magazine.
sunao inami (computer, electronics)
keiko higuchi (voice)
morishigeyasumune (cello)
For reservations, mail to info@super-deluxe.com.
Please include title and date of a show, your name, phone number, and the number of revervations you would like. You can also reserve via FAX at 03-5412-0516.
Deadline for a reservation is Oct.4th.