I don’t feel comfortable with the restrictions and rules of a tribe. Interview with Simon Balestrazzi

If you are a bit familiar with the music of Simon Balestrazzi and follow his activities, you can hardly imagine a single day, in which he is not busy searching for sounds, processing and combining them in studio, tinkering on his partly self-designed instruments or jamming with colleagues all night long. For several years, it is not unusual for three to five of his Longplayer to come out in one year, more rarely solo, but often from his numerous collaborations: Dream Weapon Ritual, DAIMON, A Sphere of Simple Green, Hidden Reverse and even some more. Weiterlesen

Occulto Fest 5: Z’ev, ?Alos, Everest Magma, Kasia Justka, Pure und Roman Catholics

Am 13. und 14. November findet zum fünften mal das Berliner Occulto Fest mit sechs Konzerten aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen experimenteller Musik statt. Neben Z’ev, Pure und Kasia Justka stehen drei relativ neue Projekte auf dem Programm, hinter denen sich allerdings bekanntere Namen verbergen: Rella The Woodcutter, Stefania Pedretti von OvO, Federica alias DuChamp und der Drummer und Improv-Musiker Andi Stecher.

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