What we talk about when we talk about love? Maybe about the smells that linger on the ceiling and those that fly out if you open the window properly just for once. Does it still smell like chocolate in the Blenio Valley? Like many a jittery Zurich resident whose mood has been damped by the affairs in the city, Simon has taken to hiding in Ticino. Pandemic times and opportunity to collect stones, drum, breathe. But Simon, electrified, let the piezo effect play around his wooden sticks and obsessively turned the knobs of his sound synthesis machines, and all that beautiful calmness evaporated again. The seeker back in Berlin, then in a dank Zurich basement, in search of a sound - artist remains artist, an obsessive obsessed. Thank goodness.
THANKS: ALFONS, DAVE, REA, YANNIK, BLAUBLAU RECORDS, TIMO ULLMANN, BEA, BERNHARD, ALDO, REGA, CARO, UELI, SANDRA, OIO, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DOCTOR FROM REGA, DR. NEFF, MORPHIN, MAURICE, MICHELLE, NEW ORLEANS, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, CRESCENT PARK, KLAAS
SUPPORTED BY KANTON ZUG, POPKREDIT ZÜRICH, LILY, ANDREAS, DANIEL, STEFAN, SIBYLLE, PETER
FOR KONDO AND JEAN BAPTISTE
Simon Berz, drummer and distorter, widely travelled between the raw and the transcendent, between the heartbeats of unbiased punk and the meditations of avantgarde jazz, between New Orleans and the Far East.
This double tape from Violent Squid showcases a dizzying array of sounds, including sci-fi analog synths & dazzling guitar instrumentals. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 24, 2021