DRUMS, COMP. Tilo Weber SAXOPHONE Otis Sandsjö GUITAR … · DRUMS, COMP. Tilo Weber SAXOPHONE Otis Sandsjö GUITAR Beat Keller PIANO Lucas Leidinger ... 1. Animate Repose 2. Electric

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Tilo Weber Animate Repose

© Oliver Potratz

DRUMS, COMP. Tilo Weber SAXOPHONE Otis Sandsjö

GUITAR Beat Keller PIANO Lucas Leidinger

SYNTHESIZER Liz Kosack BASS Oliver Potratz

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hUKGJ162-M Teaser: https://soundcloud.com/tiloweber/animate-repose-album-teaser

LIVE Video - Release Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EwxPjo1R3k Album Single - Silent Maiden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LDpyh7dvwc

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New Release: 8th April 2016 on © shoebill music Limited Edition 12“ LP, Available on Shoebill-‐Music.com

DRUMS, COMP. Tilo Weber ALL COMPOSITIONS BY TILO WEBER SAXOPHONE Otis Sandsjö PRODUCED BY TILO WEBER GUITAR Beat Keller RECORDED BY FALKO DUCZMAL PIANO Lucas Leidinger MIXED BY MARCK FUCK SYNTHESIZER Liz Kosack MASTERED BY KLAUS SCHEUERMANN BASS Oliver Potratz COVERPHOTO BY OLIVER POTRATZ

ARTWORK BY LIZ KOSACK Guests: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: JOHANNES HAAGE BASS Andreas Lang PIANO Clara Haberkamp

1. Animate Repose 2. Electric Jelinek

3. Calmoving 4. Double Piano (download only)

5. Hapi or Schick Times (download only) 6. Quebehsenuef

7. Tarnam 8. Silent Maiden


Press: Wolf Kampmann

Tilo Weber is a drummer, but that statement might be misleading because he’s also much more than that! While other drummers manifest themselves through their own physicality, Weber constantly seeks to explore the space in between: the untold that reveals itself between two sounds or beats. Amongst drummers, this is a rare gift, which makes Tilo Weber a much sought-after accompanist for young rising stars such as pianist Clara Haberkamp or vibraphonist Simon Kanzler. However short a time he might have spent as an active musician on the European jazz scene, he has already shown great confidence and ability in choosing his preferred methods of self-expression.

Weber can also be perceived – and this, to a striking degree – when he’s silent, a feat which, in that intensity, has only previously been accomplished by Paul Motian. In his performance, Weber insists on engaging with his band members rather than being preoccupied with himself. That’s why his presence is gargantuan, his individual energy potential making him the gravitational centre of every band he plays in.

Of course, this ability also predestines him to be a band leader himself. Weber is inherently calm: making rash decisions is not in the nature of this young stoic. That’s why he also didn’t rush the release of his project “Animate Repose” until each and every element was in the right place. In saxophonist Otis Sandsjö, pianist Lucas Leidinger, keyboardist Liz Kosack, guitarist Beat Keller and bassist Oliver Potratz as well as guest players Clara Haberkamp (piano) and Andreas Lang (bass) he has found a squad of like- minded musicians to surround himself with.

These musicians, just like him, are solidly grounded in the youngest branch of the Berlin jazz scene, which is partly described by the KIM Collective. Even though “Animate Repose” unmistakably carries Weber’s signature, it also bears testimony to the “State of the Union” heading a future music scene where a new generation of musicians defiantly stand up to the established jazz routine, with Tilo Weber as their epicentre.

“Animate Repose” represents the drive to explore new horizons at the same time as the desire to persist in the present moment. It declares inaction as a counterpoint to acceleration, but also movement as a contrast to mental rigidity. Weber and his peers are constantly at two places at once. Their music covers a wide spectrum of jazz and improvisation styles, but also extends to the borders of rock, pop, ambient and new music. All of this is joined together by a hint of romantic extremism – not in the fashion of a melancholic transfiguration of reality, but rather in the sense of a defiant mystification of everyday life. Apart from that, the compositions are connected by the underlying principle that energy manifests itself through consolidation.

When composing music, Weber quite often works at the piano, although he holds a stronger preference for the bass, an instrument which he feels more comfortable with and which probably better suits his sense of tempo.


However, even as a drummer, he puts a strong emphasis on melody: he went to the studio with compositions that were completely finished, except for the drum parts, which he hadn’t yet started to write, simply because he wanted to mellow out with his friends. This absolute liberty to be spontaneous within a precisely predetermined context leads to a level of structured recklessness which is rarely found with such displays of consistency. Hard to believe that this musical world changer is still at the beginning of his career, because in his creative moment, centuries seem to be culminating.

Tilo Weber

Tilo Weber (*1990 Aachen, Germany) is a drummer and composer one of the most sought-after players in Berlin. He writes music for his own band animate repose and takes the drumchair in promising and upcoming bands such as The David Friedman Trio, The Clara Haberkamp Trio (Jazzbaltica Award 2011), Simon Kanzler’s Talking Hands (featuring Geoffrey de Masure) and Laura Winkler’s Wabisabi Orchestra and Ostis Sandsjö Orkestre.

He studied drums and composition at the Jazz Institut Berlin from 2009 to 2014 with Prof. John Hollenbeck. Collaborations with Greg Cohen, Peter Brötzmann, David Friedman, Rudi Mahall, Chris Dahlgren and Tobias Siebert bring him to the national stage (JazzBaltica Festival) and international festivals of various genres.

Debut Release of Tilo Weber & animate repose on 8th April 2016 on shoebill music.

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Oliver Potratz Oliver Potratz was born in 1973 in Hamburg/Germany. He began his career as a violinist and electric bass player. At the age of 20 he started playing double bass, and just one year after he was succesful at the audition for the famous Berlin Conservatory. There he studied classical double bass playing with Michael Barry Wolf and graduated with the highest grade. During his classical studies he also started studying Jazz at the

Berlin conservatory with Dave Friedman, Jerry Granelli and Siggi Busch. He


completed his formation with a summa cum laude masters degree in composition with John Hollenbeck and bass with Greg Cohen. Since then he played as a sideman and bandleader in over 50 countries on various international jazzfestivals all over the globe, had classical soloconcerts with rennomated german orchestras, is playing contemporary classical music, composed works for central asien orchestras in Usbekistan and Afghanistan and was recently invited to the Buenos Aires tango festival. So far, he made over 40 records and was working with Rolando Villazon, Thomas Stanko, Kudsi Erguner, Gitte Haenning, Wencke Myhre, Rolf Kühn, David Friedman, Kalle Kalima, Frank Gratkowski, John Schröder, Jiggs Wigham and other great musicians of the german jazzscene. In 2008 he won the german jazz award with the band „Klima Kalima“ in 2009 he won the second prize there with the Carsten Daerr Trio. In 2015 he won a personal artistic scolarship from the city of Berlin. Since the beginning of 2016 he is directing the german-afghan Safar-Project from the University of music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. Beat Keller Beat Keller Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader based in Winterthur, Switzerland. After graduating as a jazz guitarist from the Zurich School of Music and Drama (Hochschule für Musik und Theater Zürich), Beat Keller obtained a Master of Arts in composition from the Lucerne School of Music (Musikhochschule Luzern). Among his current projects are Keller's 10, Beat Keller & Reza Khota (CH/SA, guitar duo), Gunfire Orchestra (CH/NO/SA), Bowee/Keller, Peckinpah Trio (CH/USA) and Animate Repose (DE). His compositions have been played and recorded by NDR Bigband, Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, Ballbreaker Ensemble, Composer's Group Ensemble, Keller's 10 and the Haiku String Trio. Beat Keller has given concerts all over Switzerland, in neighbouring Europe, the United States and South Africa. Record releases on: Unit Records, Alpinechic (both CH), Edition Wandelweiser Records (DE) and Silken Tofu (BE). He has won the following grants and awards:

• "Best Debut Release 2008" (worldwide) awarded by AllAboutJazz, New York, for "Keller's <10>";

• "Förderpreis 2010" from the City of Winterthur; • "Artist Residency" in Cape Town, South Africa, 2012, awarded by

the Pro Helvetia Foundation; • "Moods Jazz & Blues Award 2013", 2nd prize for "Keller's 10"; • "Artist in Residence" in Berlin, Germany, 2014/2015, awarded by

the Canton of Zurich. • selected discography: - Keller's <10> (2008), CD, Unit Records"Best Debut Release 2008"(worldwide) atAllAboutJazz, New York - Keller's 10: TWO (2013), CD, Unit Records"...nothing less


than a modern-day update of big band jazz. In conclusion, this is contemporary jazz at the highest level of excellence and with the highest fun factor." Stephan Freissmann, Südkurier, Germany - Beat Keller & Reza Khota play 11 Microexercises by Christian

Lucas Leidinger German pianist und composer Lucas Leidinger (*1988 in Aachen) studied jazz-piano and composition at „Musikhochschule Köln“ and the „ Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium“ in Copenhagen. His musical work in the field of jazz and improvised music is documented on more than 10 albums. It includes numerous compositions for small and large Jazz ensembles as well as solo piano pieces, string quartets and theatre music. He is a prize winner of different national and international band - and composition awards and toured all around europe and asia. He also collaborated with different band projects with radio broadcasting and television productions of all over the world. Over the last years he has worked with artists such as Sidsel Endresen, Frank Gratkowski, Kresten Osgood, Bill Ellgart, Florian Ross, Jonas Burgwinkel, Sebastian Gille, Andrea Parkins, Frederik Köster and many more... Currently he lives as a freelance musician in Cologne and is an active part of the creative music scene in Germany.

Liz Kosack Liz Kosack is a musician and designer working in Berlin and New York. Her work is cross-platform, but focuses around synthesizer playing and masks. She completed a Masters in music at Jazz Institut Berlin, where she studied composition with John Hollenbeck and Greg Cohen. She holds a BA in jazz piano from William

Paterson University, USA. She was a finalist in music and sound for the New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in 2013. She currently co-leads and is involved in multiple active projects in both Germany and the USA, released two LPs with "VAX" (The Sooner we Jump the Better, and Count to VAX) Is on RJ Miller's "Ronalds Rhythm," and expects to


release albums this year with Sunrise Over a Dystopic Future City (DVD collaboration with NYC filmaker Zach Caldwell,) and the resultant album of her masters project which features text-encoded melodic compositions and the talent of Frank Gratkowski, Tilo Weber, Dan Peter Sundland, Christian Tschuggnall, and Otis Sandsjö (selections of which were exhibited in fall 2014 at NYFA's "Estuary" exhibit in DUMBO, brooklyn.) The debut tape cassette of Brooklyn trio The Hero of Warchester was released on Prom Night records in Oct. She leads mask-making workshops, has been commisioned for mask works by various groups, and is accepting new requests. Otis Sandsjö Otis Sandsjö is a Berlin based swedish saxophonist, improviser, composer, exploring the vacuum between contemporary improv, roman folk music techniques and wordless pop.

He ́s a leading member of the bands LUCIA CADOTSCH SPEAK LOW (SE/CH), Farvel (previously Isabel Sörling Farvel) (SE/NO), GOTHENBURG GADJOS (SE/DK), otis sun (SE/LUX) and is currently working on the debut album with his own project OTIS+WEDDING (SE/DE/AU).

AwardsNominated to “Newcomer of the Year 2013” the Swedish Folk and World Music Award

The Swedish National Radio award Jazzkatten - Newcomer of the Year 2012 ” Winner of “Young Nordic Jazz Comets 2010”.

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DRUMS, COMP. Tilo Weber SAXOPHONE Otis Sandsjö GUITAR … · DRUMS, COMP. Tilo Weber SAXOPHONE Otis Sandsjö GUITAR Beat Keller PIANO Lucas Leidinger ... 1. Animate Repose 2. Electric