Program

Jetzmann (H. Petersen) wurde musikalisch durch Bands wie Die Erde, Mastino u.a. sozialisiert (s. Filmdokumentation „Die Liebe frisst das Leben“ von Oliver Schwabe). Er konzentrierte sich nach der Jahrtausendwende auf die Produktion von Bühnenmusik und Radioarbeit. Er produziert zwei regelmäßige Sendungen beim Hamburger FSK: „Radio Gagarin“ mit Asmus Tietchens und den wöchentlichen „AUSFLUG“. Zusammen mit Emol (Plastiq, Twisk) betreibt er das Poetry-Projekt VERTONT https://vertont.bandcamp.com/

Im Konzert bindet er Elemente von Improvisation und Geräusch ein in Loops und Kippfiguren aus Rhythmus und metabolistischem Arhythmus, benutzt Sampler, Synthesizer, Stompboxen und liest kurze Texte. Letzte Vinyl-Veröffentlichungen: Die Single „Bullenwagen klaun und die Innenstadt demolieren“ zusammen mit Ale Dumbsky als Jetsky (riotbikerecords, vergriffen). Auf der LP „Use the Air“ sind Titel aus seinen Bühnenproduktionen zu finden.

https://aufabwegen.bandcamp.com/album/use-the-air
https://www.instagram.com/jetzmann
https://www.facebook.com/jetzmann
http://jetzmann.radylon.com
Videos etlicher Tanzproduktionen hier: https://jennybeyer.de/videothek/

Norwegian noise-drone duo Chattermark consists of John Lilja – electric bass and effects, and Gunhild Seim – trumpet and effects. After having worked together in other bands for many years, Lilja and Seim formed Chattermark out of a desire to extend and transform their sound with the use of effects and extended techniques. Inspirations for the music come from such diverse sources as Sunn 0))), Anthony Pateras and Franz Hautzinger. Chattermark released their debut album in the fall of 2022, and on tour they also bring with them the audiovisual work «Mycelium» which is a collaboration with visual artist Christine Urdal.

After having worked together in other bands for many years, Lilja and Seim formed Chattermark out of a desire to extend and transform their sound with the use of effects and extended techniques, and create something both massive and minimalistic.

Chattermark's next performances are in Switzerland and Germany in April 2023.

Their performance includes videos by visual artists Signe Christine Urdal and Jon Garcia DePresno, for instance the a.v. piece 'Mycelium', a meditation on the forest, a collaboration with Urdal, commissioned by Dave Douglas's Festival of New Trumpet Music in New York 2021. 'Mycelium' had its Norwegian premiere in 2022 at Orgelnatt in Stavanger Concert House with live music by Chattermark + guest Nils Henrik Asheim on organ. It was also Official Selection by Nature Without Borders International Film Festival (US) 2022 “I was catapulted back to what I might call, a primeval imagination” Erol Tamerman (Festival of New Trumpet Music) 'In this piece, Urdal and Seim investigate the relationship between nature and humans' Arvid Skancke-Knutsen (Ballade magazine)

https://chattermark.bandcamp.com/album/chattermark
Mycelium film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33_mww9i5ck
https://www.gunhildseim.com/project/chattermark
https://www.instagram.com/chattermarkband
https://www.facebook.com/chattermarkband

Press:
“Chattermark’s music is liberated and courageous. It has twists and turns inspired by the duo’s sense of savagely beautiful ugliness and slow-moving power”
Arild R. Andersen, Jazz i Norge

“Lilja and Seim structured seven distinct pieces that move between minimalist to massive and intense soundscapes, using drones, distortion, repetitive structures and slow burning noise. Their dense sonic compounds make it almost impossible to know which sound – acoustic, electronic, mutated, or processed, is coming from which instrument. All the pieces have a strong cinematic quality, and often evoke an unsettling sensibility, as if imagining and anticipating a coming apocalypse.”
Eyal Hareuveni, Salt Peanuts.

“…a very daring, courageous and shocking piece of new music, visionary and coherent, and an incredible listening experience”

Stef Gijssels, Free Jazz Collective

“In the piece, visual artist Signe Christine Urdal and composer and musician Gunhild Seim investigates the relationship between nature and humans”
Arvid Skancke-Knutsen, Ballade

“I was catapulted back to what I might call, a primeval imagination”
Erol Tamerman, Festival of New Trumpet Music

About the duo:
Gunhild Seim is a Norwegian composer and trumpet player. Through an interest in slow and gradual transformations she is aiming to create music that holds the listener’s attention. She seeks both gravity and playfullness in her work and has a fondness for the slightly disrupted. She has worked with artists such as Marilyn Crispell and Kitchen Orchestra. Her music has been performed at Ultima, Nordic Music Days, Festival of New Trumpet Music, Borealis Festival, as well as in jazz- and improv clubs and festivals internationally. Her output involves chamber music and electroacoustic music as well as several releases with improvisation groups such as Gunhild Seim and Time Jungle. “An uncanningly expressive player” (Jazztimes Magazine)

John Lilja is a Norwegian-American bassist and composer/arranger. He is a versatile performer who has appeared on over 30 releases, from free jazz with Frode Gjerstad to «Outlaw Country» with Deathbarrel. He has released two albums as a leader, Robblerobble1 og Robblerobble2, with music that combines contemporary improvised music, stoner rock and chamber jazz. After graduating with a degree in jazz composition from Berklee College of Music, his focus turned towards freer forms of improvisation and exploring the bass’s sonic possibilities.
«Lilja was especially noteworthy – as lithe and flexible as the music demanded; at times he was a firm anchor, but elsewhere a contrapuntal arco partner…» (allaboutjazz.com)