Benjamin Weidekamp Quartett
Uli Kempendorff (U.K. Quartet), Ronny Graupe (Hyperactive Kid, U.K. Quartet) and Christian Marien (Olaf Ton, RitscheZast&Marien, Miss Platnum) make up the rest of the band.
The music is made up of groove, humor, unconditional joy of playing, fun in improvisation and a whole lot of written music!
The rhythm of the compositions is based on the names of the band members, respectively their translation into the morse alphabet. The harmonies are mostly derived from FFT analyses of drum preparations. Other microtonal approaches also play a role, such as the split-chord-technique in which 12-tone rows or intervals (which in turn are again are derived from the musicans´ names) are split in half with the help of quartertones.
In the end, this could result in a song where the drummer’s cracked thai-gong is subjected to spectral analysis which is then inverted and slowed down by a factor of thirty, allowing the musicians to send their name in morse code 16 times.
Hannes Zerbe Trio
Hannes Zerbe – Klavier, Keyboard
Jürgen Kupke – Klarinette
Christian Marien – Schlagzeug
Geezer: Top Kill
Martin Klingeberg – el. trumpet, voice
Andreas Willers – el. guitar
Thomy Jordi – el. bass
Christian Marien – drums
DRAS: Anton
Benjamin Weidekamp – as
Florian Bergmann- as
Frank Gratkowski- as
Christian Weidner – as
Danny Schröteler -dr
Christian Marien – dr
Miss Platnum
Klong
Computerband
Ein wagemutiger Gamepadespieler stellt sich live den Tücken und Gefahren eines Jump ´n run Spiels, setzt wieder und wieder sein virtuelles Leben aufs Spiel um seine Prinzessin aus den Klauen eines bööösen Tyrannen zu retten. Aber er ist nicht allein… Auf seinem Weg wird er von einer Band unterstützt und begleitet, die seine Abenteuer anhand der Original Musik, Soundkommentaren aus dem Spiel, und einer ganzen Menge Spass an Improvisation live vertont.
Friedel-Ludwig Wagner -gamepad
Benjamin Weidekamp -reeds
Michael Wilhelmi -piano
Christian Marien -dr