OLAN!, Arthur Hnatek SW:MS & PHSE SHFT
OLAN!
DJ SET!
Olivier Zurkirchen (*1987) grew up in a town near the Swiss capital of Berne. From a young age they were surrounded by electronic music thanks to their elder brother who had just turned 20 when the first wave of techno music swept over Europe. Olivier would experiment for hours with their brothers synth collection and even witness some techno parties at the age of 10.
Fast forward: After earning a masters degree in jazz piano and composition at Berne University of the Arts and after touring around Europe as a keyboard player with jazz and psychedelic rock bands, they grew tired of playing music in concert settings. They moved from Bern to Zurich. The idea of playing Techno livesets with their modular system grew stronger. They wanted to make people dance.
Olan! was born.
Since 2013 they’re playing techno livesets all around Switzerland and occasionally in Germany or France. Mixmag described one of their Youtube videos as one of “10 of the best live modular sets you can watch online” * next to Surgeon, Karenn, Ansome and other big names. Their energetic livesets are always improvised on the spot, ranging from Electro to big room Techno.
Since that time in their brother’s basement studio they always recorded and produced electronic music ranging from sound experiments to Techno. But they were struggling to find the right release channel for their music. So after sporadic releases on small labels under various pseudonyms they decided to release their debut EP themselves, taking back full control of their artistic vision from artwork to mastering.
0x01 records was born.
ARTHUR HNATEK SW:MS
DRUMMING ELECTRONIC MUSIC
SWIMS is the exploration between acoustic improvisation and functional dance music
Arthur Hnatek, virtuoso drummer, is a contemporary Swiss musician who constantly reinvents himself. Active as a producer and electronic musician, his solo project explores the boundaries between improvisation and functional club music with drums and modular synths.
Recently, he released two EPs (SWIMS – 2020, Why So Much Hope – 2022) and a collaboration with Taut (Jojo Mayer) with whom he released Ritual and then Polychroma. His music is supported by BBC Radio 6 and was named “Best Swiss Electronic Track” by SRF3.
The musician known for having travelled the world alongside many prestigious acts delivers his first solo project navigating between electronica beats and complex textures evocative of the Warp records legacy.
Mit diesem Konzert heissen wir Arthur Hnatek offiziell im Mehrspur und als neuer Dozierender für Jazz-Drums an der ZHdK willkommen.
PHSE SHFT
CORRELATION
PHSE SHFT is an innovative, risk-taker and genre bending artist creating an interesting melting pot from pop music, experimental noise, IDM and folkloric music from his native country Venezuela, while augmenting from music to encompass performance, visual art and technology.
Musician, engineer and independent artist Daniel Somaroo knownn as PHSE SHFT based in Basel, Switzerland grew up as a classical and folkloric musician which led him to travel the world to study Jazz where he gathered all the tools he needed in his main instrument (Double Bass and Electric Bass) while deepening his understanding of the recording and production arts. Given the many diverse stages of his life and the incredible amount of influences and experiences lived, it was hard to imagine that Daniel would end up finding a home in experimental electronic music where he would feel safe to express his thoughts and visions. With his debut single ‘’Destino Sin Sed’’ he jump started his journey, marking a beginning of a different kind of scene where the lines of genre and styles becomes blurrier, giving birth to a new community and a stage of high quality experimental electronic performances that are not represented in the current Swiss music scene.
Daniel Somaroo (voc, synths, electronics)
Elektronische Musik kann improvisiert, minimalistisch oder experimentell sein, manchmal sogar alles gleichzeitig! Und manchmal – wie an diesem Festival – kann man alles geballt im Mehrspur erleben! Getreu unserem Motto zeigen wir Acts, die elektronische Musik live präsentieren. Electronics jeweils mit unterschiedlichen Einflüssen von Indie, Rave über Pop zu Jazz. Es erwartet Euch ein buntes Spektakel!
Olan! gastiert gleich dreimal am “Electric Eccentric” und bildet die rote Linie des Festivals!
Der Musiker (Master in Jazz Piano und Composition) und DJ ist auf europäischen Bühnen und in den Clubs bekannt und zeigt im Mehrspur direkt mehrere Facetten seines Tuns:
Am Mittwoch steht Jazzimprovisation im Trio mit Matthias Kohler und Grebor Hilbe auf dem Programm. Am Donnerstag spielt “Der White Rauschen” psychedelischen Techno mit Domi Chansorn. Am Samstag dann – als krönender Abschluss – das Olan! DJ-Set. Welcher Abend am Besten ist? Findet es raus und kommt vorbei!
Weitere Infos über Olan! hier.
Ausserdem heissen wir Arthur Hnatek im Mehrspur Willkommen. Der neue Dozent für Jazz-Drum ZHdK spielt am Samstag ein Solo Konzert. Wir freuen uns drauf!