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 at times completely acoustic, at other times electro-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/artists from different cultural and artistic backgrounds.
The Washington Post, DC Saturday, April 24, 2004; Page C04
Koch-Schütz-Studer's Extreme Improvisation
The Swiss trio Koch-Schütz-Studer uses the enigmatic label "hardcore chambermusic" to describe its genre. Certainly the term chamber music applies in the strictest sense, referring to a small group of instruments played in an intimate setting, as was the case Thursday night at Twins Jazz.
But hard-core is where the stretch of imagination begins.
Like a Jackson Pollock painting, bass clarinetist/saxophonist Hans Koch,
cellist Martin Schütz and percussionist Fredy Studer create seemingly random
splatters of sound. But the sounds come together in definable sections --
here jazz, there a rock riff, here something à la Jimi Hendrix, there
something akin to Karlheinz Stockhausen. The evening's entertainment was
entirely improvised, the members of the trio playing off each other and
responding to their environment, coming together to create a
through-composed suite. One might ask: Is it music? And the answer
unquestionably is yes.
Integral to this avant-garde experience are the computer-generated noises that each member controls with an electronic signal processor, manipulating acoustic events that have just happened. Each instrument is pushed to the limit with extended technique: multi-phonics and tongue-clicks on bass clarinet, brass bowls perched atop the snare drum hit with a mallet, electric cello strings struck with the edge of a guitar pick. Dynamic contrast also plays a big role, ranging from straining-to-hear to fingers-in-your-ears.
This is not music for the faint of heart or the traditionalist. But for the brave and open-minded, it is an astonishingly creative and compelling art form created by three masters of their craft.
DVD HARDCORE CHAMBERMUSIC
(A Club for 30 Days)
„Koch-Schütz-Studer“
Directorder: www.intaktrec.ch A movie by filmdirector Peter Liechti
with Koch-Schütz-Studer
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TALES FROM 30 UNINTENTIONAL NIGHTS
LIFE TIED
MYSTERIENSPIEL LIVE IN DER JESUITENKIRCHE
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Koch-Schütz-Studer
Koch-Schütz-Studer
Koch-Schütz-Studer & Uetz & von Moos
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Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer
Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer
Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer, Christian Uetz, Beny von Moos
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LIVE IM SCHIFFBAU
ROOTS AND WIRES
fIDEL
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Koch-Schütz-Studer & Christian Uetz
Koch-Schütz-Studer plus DJ M. Singe & DJ I-Sound
Koch-Schütz-Studer & Músicos Cubanos
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Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer, Christian Uetz
Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer, DJ M. Singe, DJ I-Sound
Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer, Juan "Cotó" Antomarchi, Pedro F. Almeida Berriel, Christobal Larrinaga Cabrera, Bobby Carcassés, Silvia Amaro Garcia, Yudit Martinez Hechavarria, Amado de J. Dedéu Hernández, Roberto Hernández, Leonardo Planches Lara, José Pérez Manreza, Arturo Cabrera Martinez, Blasegües Martinez, Emilio del Monte Jr, Dolores Banguela Navarrete, Mario F. Rodriguez Pedroso, Santiago Garzón Rill, Damarys Driggs Rodriguez, Mario Orlando Ortega
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HEAVY CAIRO TRAFFIC
HARDCORE CHAMBERMUSIC
CHOCKSHUT
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Koch-Schütz-Studer & El Nil Troop
Koch-Schütz-Studer
Chockshut
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Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer, Reda Schiha, Shaker Ismail, Ragab Sadek, Moustapha Abdel Aziz, Ibrahim Shaheen, Mohamed Kholossy, Ismail Haggag, Ihab Abbas, Sayeda Ibrahim
Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer
Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer, Jacques Demierre, Andreas Marti, Stephan Wittwer
MATERIAL SCHLACHTEN kulinarische Klanginstallation trifft auf groteske Transformation aus dem Müll geretteter Worte, Gesten und Alltagsgegenständen. Performance von S.Böttcher und A.Zettelmann.
EMBRYO 4 Jahrzehnte psychedelische Weltmusik - die Reise geht weiter.
CARANGI einzigartige Postfolk-Avandgarde aus Slowenien.
Video documentation of a performance piece by my friend Nate Kassel who rode around on his bike slapping high-fives to people who were trying to hail taxi cabs in NYC. Enjoy!
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