LUKAS KOENIG & CHRISTIAN REINER (A)
Christian Reiner ist Sprecher von Gedichten und Stimme in Musik-, Theater- und Medienproduktionen. Das Spektrum seiner Arbeit reicht von Aufführungen zeitgenössischer Kompositionen bis hin zu Konzerten improvisierter Musik und interdisziplinären Projekten. Er arbeitet mit improvisierenden Musikerinnen und Tänzerinnen zusammen und entwickelte seine ihm eigene Art und Weise, mit gesprochenem Wort und den Möglichkeiten der menschlichen Stimme im musikalischen Kontext zu agieren. Improvisation mit gesprochenem Wort, in der auch die Texte improvisiert sind und im Kontext der Musik entstehen, zeigt Reiner bei Konzerten mit Ensembles wie Fünf oder Luft und auf Tonträgern mit der Band Weisse Waende, oder im Duo mit dem Gitarristen Martin Siewert auf der 2023 erschienenen CD „erstens“. Zudem ist er immer wieder als Gast zu verschieden Bands und Projekten eingeladen.
Austrian musician Lukas Koening is primarily a drummer. But there’s a lot more than percussion happening on his latest solo album, Buffering Synapsis (opal tapes), from sputtering noise to fractured circuit breaking to creepy horror-soundtrack ambience. Using electronics and pedals along with his cymbal, Koening lets his imagination fly, leading to fascinating juxtapositions between tracks and sometimes even inside them. Despite the stylistic whiplash, Koening manages to instill his music with a sense of purpose, never blasting forward blindingly or tripping over himself to find a new sound. As a result, static churn, whirring spasms and terrifying echoes are like branches of the same highly-engaging musical tree.In recent years Koenig’s solo work has repositioned itself toward a stuttering, data moshed version of the solo drummer.
MOZO MOZO (A)
Mozo Mozo was founded in 2018. Moritz Haberkorn (guitar, FX), Michael Masen (sax), Christoph Kirmaier (bass, FX) and Lukas Wöber (drums) played many intense session before forming the group. Their aim was to bring original free jazz to a young audience. Their live shows are legendary - their gigs are complex, performative and combine elements of jazz and rock. In 2021 Felix Linhart took Moritz Haberkorn's place with the former concentrating more on his solo projects like Morast. The name Mozo Mozo is open to many interpretations. In Japanese, mozo means cozy or cuddly, in Spanish it means waiter or young man. The group was and is inspired by artists like Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Zu, John Zorn, Balázs Pándi or Flying Luttenbachers but aims to create their unique interpretation of highly energetic virtuoso live music. The band use their own tool, the Mozo Machine, to direct them through both their gigs and the recording of this album. Mozo Mozo are playing many live shows and have supported groups like Old Time Relijun or Blurt. If you are a fan wild free jazz, this is a must have. Think Blurt, John Zorn or Flying Luttenbachers and you know what we are talking about.