January 25 1pm – 6pm BADABUM Atelier Zug,
(I will present some Japan Impressions)
26. January 2025 SIMONS DAY
LISTENING CAFE BADABUM Atelier Zug 2-6
I will play some music I love during my birthday and serve
some food and drinks for all my friends.
January 28 8pm THE INSTITUT Zürich Misterioso Jazz Club
its my birthday show… pleas celebrate with some extra sounds the new year.
Simon Berz TECTONIC (Stones D.I.Y., elec)
Picnic: Sean Noonan (dr, voc), Norbert Bürger (g) & Lino Blöchlinger (as, bs, fl)
Simon Berz improvised with found slate stones during morning rituals in the Swiss Alps during the pandemic. The recording NATURE documents the search for the infinite variety of sounds of these million-year-old stones.
The Sound of the Stones
In 2009, I found thin, ringing slate slabs in Haute-Provence in the south of France. This discovery led me to a new path in my work with found objects. The raw sound of the stones, combined with water droplets or electronics, has accompanied me ever since. The sound installation TROPF was awarded the 2011 work year of the Canton of Zug. Last year, I was able to present the new variant of the installation at Kunstraum Aarau 2023. The collected recording TROPF was released by DUMPF Edition Zurich. With the instrument TECTONIC (basalt stones from Iceland and electronics, 2015), I toured and performed concerts between Cuba and Japan.
Other new releases:
Our music is driven by the ongoing global disaster, expressing the last moments of human failure – a call to action for solidarity, for social and ecological responsibility
