Matthias Mueller, *1971, trombone, moved from Essen, where he had lived for ten years, to Berlin in 2004. He played together with many outstanding international improvisers and was a member of the “Deutsch-französisches Jazzensemble”, conducted by Albert Mangelsdorff, for many years. His CD “Bhavan”, released on “Jazzhausmusik” in 2004, was produced by musician and journalist John Corbett from Chicago. He played concerts in India, Russia, USA and many European countries.
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Christian Marien, *1975, drums, lives in Berlin since 2000, studied drums in Amsterdam and Berlin. As a member of numerous ensembles such as The Astronomical Unit, Stereolisa, Computerband he is playing concerts in Europe and America and releasing CDs on labels like “Leo-records” or “Jazzwerkstatt”. Recently he concentrates on developing his soloplaying ("sieben mal solo" released on Schraum, 2007) and an intense collaboration with the perfoming artists “Ritsche&Zast”, exploring the intersection of music and urban calligraphy. Considering his drumming as an (inter)artistic language, he is not only collaborating with many improvising musicians but also with artists such as Thomas Bratzke or dancers such as Hans-Werner Klohe or Kadir “Amigo” Memis.
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“Witty acoustic improv from this duo on trombone and percussion. Müller is a suprisingly sly player with an extensive vocabulary, from weird breathy jumbling to long twisting and joyous runs. Marien plays in, around, under and on the drums, generally preferring the sound of toms, and deftly underplaying the moment while keeping the music active and unexpected.“ (phil zampino in “the squids ear”, june 2007)
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The collaboration of Matthias Mueller and Christian Marien started, when Matthias joined the band “Olaf Ton” in 2003. Playing together in various projects in the following period, they worked on a common musical language, which resulted in their duoplaying in 2006. Not only due to the unusual combination of trombone and drums, they are very consciously trying to overcome conventions and to avoid obvious musical solutions. Free improvised music, which uses and at the same time questions the full range of musical parameters such as dynamics, density, rhythm, sound, form and tonality, requires extreme alertness and concentration on the musical process of both musicians. The outcome is a raw music, at the same time brutal and peaceful, ugly and nice. Its aim to achieve the “highest form of beauty” at any time is overriding all musical decisions. One major goal of their work as a duo is meeting and exchanging with other artists. Among others they collaborated with drummer Michael Zerang, trombonist Johannes Bauer, saxophonists Tobias Delius, Matthias Schubert, Frank Gratkowski and Jack Wright, guitarist Olaf Rupp, bassists Wilbert de Joode, Christian Weber and Clayton Thomas (with whom they have the trio “The Astronomical Unit”).
So Jungs! Morgen isses soweit! Ich spiel mit Paul Lovens, Johannes Bauer und DJ Illvibe im B-Flat und würd mich sehr freun Euch dort zu sehn...... Liebe Grüße, Louis
Toute la musique que j'aime,elle vient de là,elle vient ...mais d'ou vient-elle?Du regard de l'homme sur le son au travers d'un champs poétique?De l'homme utilisant le son en un chant poétique?Si dieu n'avait créé l'homme dans l'unique but de créer de la musique,avant de prendre sa retraite,sur la côte d'azur? En tout cas j'espère que vous ne comprenez pas le français! Vous faîtes une sacré bonne musique!You make great job!Thanks for friendship!
