A Body Thing

&quot;A Body Thing&quot; is deeply rooted in the origins of deep house, soulful house and underground disco from the 1970s to the present day. The brothers and DJs A Thin Man and David Léon have been dedicated to this musical style, tradition and spirit since 1988. A party for fans, friends, family and all generations. The party starts at 21:00.

Disk Jockey

Degs (Hospital Records) / QZB (Critical Records)

V.I.P. Session by JUR Records

JUR Records invites you to the V.I.P. Session: Get ready for a wild night of dancing with well-known DJs and a good dose of drum&#x27;n&#x27;bass! Introduced to soul, R&amp;B, hip-hop, and rock by his English and Kenyan parents, Andrew Davies, better known as Degs, discovered drum &amp; bass as a teenager and instantly fell in love with its beats, basslines, and futuristic soundscapes. Having learned to play a variety of instruments as a child, Degs later turned to singing and experimented with rapping over the drum &amp; bass tracks of the time. These experiments quickly garnered attention, and in 2011, Degs was appointed Resident MC at the Frequency Drum &amp; Bass Sessions (Volks, Brighton). In addition to his vocal talent, Degs has made a name for himself as a DJ – his Hospital Podcasts are a true delight. We’re thrilled to welcome Degs to our decks for the very first time to share his unique tunes. For those seeking conventional sounds, this isn’t the place: QZB are reshaping drum &amp; bass – precise, focused, and with an infectious dynamism. Since joining forces in 2012, the duo has been relentlessly perfecting their craft. The impressive results so far include sold-out club nights, festival performances across Europe, and releases on the cutting-edge label for future sounds, Critical Music. That the hottest name in the scene would someday emerge from Basel was hardly expected. For that very reason, you should keep an eye on this duo&#x27;s meteoric rise – there are no limits in sight. In 2023, QZB released their long-awaited debut album, Future Forever. Our stellar lineup is rounded out by brilliant locals Drred b2b Luke Castle (Sector B) and the JUR team members Hellchild and Frog U.

Silvester Bashment

Afrobeats Explosion & Dancehall Mood present

Afrobeats Explosion and Dancehall Mood are teaming up for this New Year&#x27;s Eve and presenting you with the best that the current Afrobeats, dancehall and reggae scene in Zurich has to offer. The entire spectrum of the local DJ scene and sound systems will come together at Moods to close out 2024. This promises an evening full of Afrobeats and dancehall hits as well as reggae rarities. Get ready for a dance explosion of a special kind!

JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

SPECIAL: The President’s New Year’s Groove Jam 

The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam provides an important platform for the Swiss jazz jam scene. As a musical prelude to the start of the year, the audience can expect hot grooves, rousing solos, catchy shout parts paired with a powerful, expressive voice. The raw playfulness with pulsating energy should inspire jam musicians on the first day of 2025 in a passionate, hypnotic and ecstatic manner. The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam is supported by the non-profit organization JazzBaragge. There is no advance booking for JazzBaragge, only box office.

Vocals

Saxophon

Guitar

Keyboards

Bass

Drum Kit

Los Dos Engros

Los Dos En Gros, Tischhauser&#x27;s extended exhibition, drums into the mangrove forest - the rhythms disappear, vanish and never emerge from the quicksand holes. Unstoppable drums are aimed at the dancing legs. The piranhas hide trembling in the mud, the tapir family gallops into the undergrowth in search of shelter, the alligators lurk but don&#x27;t move when the swamp blues roller rattles along. Only high up in the treetops do the tamarin monkeys dance and scream wildly to the octet&#x27;s driving beat. The hummingbird hums softly, the jaguar hunts deadly, the mamba sways to the mambo, the orang-utan has a hat on. The assembled silverbacks are back, cooking in old pots. It smells of gumbo, jambalaya, beans and rice. Los Dos Engros is the melting pot of all kinds of formations around Zurich shouter, howler and guitar crooner Han Sue Lee Tischhauser. Swamp blues, zydecco twist, Hawaiian garage, waltz punk are just a few style drawers that serve as humus to reinvent their own music again and again. On the road since 1986, danceability of a special kind. Happy new year!

Herr Kurt

Afterparty

Following the Los Dos Engros concert, Mr. Kurt will be playing fresh tunes for the New Year. The audience can look forward to an intelligent dance experience between deep house and funky jazz.

Accordion

Cello

Percussion

James Brown Tribute Show

The same procedure as every year: the SoulVision Allstars are back with their James Brown Tribute Show! Since 2007 - shortly after James Brown left us for the big stage - this top-notch band of Swiss musicians has ensured that the works of the «Godfather of Soul» are not forgotten. Building on the hits and lesser-known pearls, and with boundless energy on stage, the band delivers a powerful mix of Funk, Soul, and Hip Hop. An evening not only for nostalgics and dyed-in-the-wool Funksters, but also generally for all of those who want to get those hips a-shaking to swing in the New Year.

Spruzzi (Monorecords)

Warm up & Afterparty

The man for funk in Zurich since four decades. Real funk for real people! Spruzzi is back at Moods! It&#x27;s gonna be funky!

Trombone

Orgel

Erb/Mayas/Hemingway Trio

Originally a live performance at Neubad Luzern, Erb, Mayas &amp; Hemingway&#x27;s long improvisation resulted in their latest record, Hour Music. This type of improvisation is of a sometimes ritualistic nature, mostly evolving across the twilight of rationality. The manifestation of this spiritual bond enhances the initiatives of pure creation that animate, even individually, the three traveling companions. Clearly, there is no necessity to raise one’s voice in order to be understood by equal interlocutors; the reciprocal consideration with which Erb, Mayas and Hemingway articulate the conversation substantiates this argument. Ultimately, they can be compared to a responsive stringed instrument played by the bow of intersubjective sympathy. It may require some patience, even dedication to let one&#x27;s ears grasp and invite the music to be enjoyed. Yet once that happens, we enter the trio&#x27;s universe.

Piano

Schrödingers Katze

Album Release «Unscharf»

Galactic Rhodes sounds and booming Moog basses, driving drum beats, and it doesn&#x27;t really matter whether it&#x27;s jazz, rock or electronic music. Under the name Schrödingers Katze, Simon Althaus and Manuel Pasquinelli - two musical border crossers without stylistic blinkers - play science fiction pop for a lost but somehow still beautiful world. And so the band will take us on a playful, atmospheric and above all groovy musical journey from which there is no escape.

Electronics

Fender-Rhodes E-Piano

Stucky – Doran – Tacuma: Spacecake

Erika Stucky sees clear parallels between a live concert and a bank robbery! Really? Yes! It&#x27;s about a coup. Every time it has to be prepared precisely, the right accomplices have to be found so that the element of surprise succeeds. Into the concert hall - a performance at full throttle and with the power of persuasion - off on the bus - back to home base. She needs specialists for such a musical adventure: A pyrotechnician, a code breaker, a driver, a ticket reader. In other words, a team that understands each other perfectly every second and harmonizes precisely with each other. With “Spacecake”, Stucky has gathered two of her oldest accomplices around her again. For a good two decades, she has repeatedly relied on the outstanding qualities of Christy Doran and Jamaaladeen Tacuma, internationally recognized masters of their craft. Christy is known as a guitarist who completely absorbed the Jimi Hendrix magic at a very young age without losing his own musical personality and style. Few can do that. And Jamaaladeen received his accolades in the band of the legendary Ornette Coleman. A giant on the bass. What new ideas, tricks and feats this familiar trio will come up with this time, of course, remains a mystery for the time being. Likewise, which musical favorites from recent years will be revived. One thing is certain: Erika tells of dragonflies, hippie poetry, Big Sur and Marfa. This coup will undoubtedly succeed. And instead of gold bars, hearts will be stolen. Peacefully and purely acoustically, of course. Come unarmed.

E-Gitarre

The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam offers an important platform for the Swiss jazz jam scene. After the musical opening of the jam band, lively and exciting sound conversations begin between musicians who spontaneously meet on stage, reflecting the diversity of jazz in all its facets. The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam is supported by the non-profit association JazzBaragge. There is no presale for JazzBaragge, only box office.

Violin

Zimmermann x Troller

Tizia Zimmermann

Zurich accordionist Tizia Zimmermann and Lucerne guitarist Manuel Troller have worked together in a variety of contexts and constellations, and as part of Zimmermann&#x27;s Carte Blanche series this will the first time they perform as a duo. Both are interested in the perception and understanding of time, in slowly developing musical material, in long-form improvisation that attempts to suspend time and can patiently expand in all possible directions and depths. Accordion and electric guitar - a combination with which Troller and Zimmermann search for new sonic worlds with their shared fascination for ambiguity, for harmonic fields that generate warmth and are at the same time subtly broken again and again, for fragility as well as power.

Neon Dilemma (Landfermann, Stemeseder, Berger)

Using acoustic and electronic instruments, the three protagonists of jazz-based improvised music develop a discourse on the possibilities of contemporary interplay in historical instrumentation. Concepts and ideas from different geographical and temporal origins are transformed into new organising principles that enable the ensemble to harmonise seemingly disparate musical elements. Delicate counterpoint and prancing polyrhythms sound effortlessly alongside raw towers of sound, vehement chord clusters and simple vocalism.

Božo Vrećo

Kultur Shock & Moods present

Božo Vrećo is an artist who breathes Sevdah, experiences it in a lively way, reinterprets it and embodies it. With the unmistakable voice of a lyrical tenor, he presents an impressive melange of duality, freedom, courage and love. International media such as El Periódico and the New York Times praise him as an avant-garde artist with a global voice who has become a symbol of freedom in the Balkans. They describe his voice as a voice that touches souls and opens wounded hearts. His concerts are an emotional catharsis and the embodiment of love, where he enchants his listeners with the song of an angel. This year sees the release of his seventh studio album Sevdahology. His first documentary film Maldita, produced in Spain and directed by Kanaki Film, won the prestigious Goya Award for best documentary film at the festival. Božo Vrećo is currently working on a book and touring festivals in the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe and the Balkan region.

Mario Peric

Warm Up & Afterparti

The BalkanEkstra Parti doesn&#x27;t stop at oriental sounds or Arabic rhythms - the main thing is to dance! rrWith the legendary concert and party series Kultur Shock, Mario Peric is one of the pioneers of the Balkan scene as an organizer, DJ and producer. He has been thrilling audiences for many years with his varied, explosive and crazy sounds. His musical spectrum cannot be pinned down to one direction. The main thing is that it rocks!

Trumpet

Ganesh Geymeier Solo

Jonas Ruther – «deep dive» im Kunstraum Walcheturm

On his second Carte Blanche-evening, Jonas Ruther invites you to an interdisciplinary ‘deep dive’ in the Walcheturm with like-minded artists, in which music, text, acting and spatial design will transform time and space. A strong hui-gan is guaranteed. To operate in a continuous breath. The conversational and frictional breath of the collective. The more introspective one of individual and inner breathing. In all cases, to be one with the original drone of a world that we continue to survey, even when our cosmopolitan peregrinations are thwarted. The first lightning rod of the Lake Geneva collective L&#x27;Orage, Ganesh is also know for his thrillling solo performances with his albums ‘Wuji’ (Vinayaka, 2022) and ‘1:15:40’ (Vinayaka, 2022). Saxophone strapped to his backpack or to the memories archived on his Laptop, Ganesh Geymeier is sometimes Coltrane (Alice and John), sometimes Lomax (Alan) and Bowles (Paul), sometimes Parker (Charlie or Evan). Composer, improviser, documentary force: it is from this refusal to compartmentalise features that Ganesh Geymeier draws his power. Concert location: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich

«Boah, das Meer»

Anna Papst has been working as an author of documentary theatre plays for around ten years. Since she invented the ‘reportage’ format for theatre in 2015, well over a hundred people have told her their stories. With her recording device, Anna Papst has sat opposite surrogate mothers, criminals, cyborgs and victims of violence, among others. Anna Papst condenses the recorded conversations into new texts, which she brings to the stage with actors as ‘enacted oral history’. In other words, a performance of various eyewitness accounts in which the eyewitnesses not only talk about the past, but also about the here and now. Anna Papst has already worked with the actress Chantal LeMoign on two projects. For this evening, she will restage a text from the documentary theatre piece ‘Da Da Da’, which deals with the connection between memory and music, for the Walcheturm. Concert location: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich

divr

In Jonas Ruther&#x27;s world, music is a form of communication based on the concept of deep listening. His playing follows less formatted rhythms or predetermined dramaturgy; he is much more concerned with flow, the direct transfer of energy - both kinetic and subtle - and the creation of synergetic connections with the other players and the audience. The separation between the musicians and the audience can and will dissolve. Synergy. Flow. Ruther describes the effect of his music as the experience of a deep Pu&#x27;er tea, in which the essence does not cling to the sensory perception. In Chinese, it is called hui-gan or ‘returning sweetness’: the subtle, persistent feeling that lingers and reverberates in the body. divr, a trio consisting of Philipp Eden, Raphael Walser and Jonas Ruther, is a post-jazz piano trio with a pop sensibility. Their sampling-inspired improvisations and electro-acoustic soundscapes unfold a magical pull - composed in real time and allowing the strengths and idiosyncrasies of each individual player to shine through. Concert location: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich

MADAM

Jonas Ruther invited the collective MADAM, consisting of Marco Mercuzio Peron and Mara Miccichè, to design the space and the stages. MADAM is a collaborative platform for site-specific happenings and productions, curating interdisciplinary formats such as &#x27;Il Circolo del Frattempo&#x27;, as well as soundtracks and sound design for film and installations. In 2024 they curated the world premiere of &#x27;CASCADE&#x27;, a new composition by Terry Riley and Gyan Riley, as part of the curatorship for the &#x27;Bäderkultur&#x27; project in Baden. Concert location: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich

The Zawose Queens

Flowing polyrhythms and the rapturous polyphonic singing of the Gogo people (also known as Wagogo) from central Tanzania: this is the music of Pendo and Leah Zawose, better known as The Zawose Queens. The most famous representative of this musical tradition is Hukwe Zawose (Pendo&#x27;s father and Leah&#x27;s grandfather), who died in 2004. With Maisha, their highly acclaimed debut album, women from this famous musical family take their place as lead singers and interpreters for the first time. There is spirit and fire in their music. There are the vibrations of the ancestors that can be heard on traditional instruments - the soaring chizeze fiddle, the humming thumb piano, the clattering ngoma drums - and the voices. There is a connection to nature and rituals; a mixture of the organic, the harmonic and modern electronics. The lyrics, in their mother tongue Kigogo, tell of their passion for music, of the wonders of life, of pride in the environment, in tradition and their East African roots.

Ilimba

Afrobeats Explosion

The Afrobeats scene has virtually exploded in recent years, which is also reflected in the lively party scene that has developed around this genre. At the forefront from the beginning: &quot;Afrobeats Explosion&quot; at Moods. From its origins with Fela Kuti in the 70s to Wizkid – get ready for a special kind of dance explosion!

Together in Sound – Guest: Mandy Abou Shoak

Brandy Butler – Listening Session

Together in Sound is a new event in collaboration with Brandy Butler that invites music enthusiasts to explore and appreciate the artistry of albums in a communal setting, offering a rare opportunity for focused, intentional listening. Each session a featured guest will present their favorite album, offering a personal introduction that delves into the significance of their selection. Following the introduction, attendees will listen to the full album recording together, uninterrupted, in an atmosphere that encourages deep engagement with the art of listening. Together in Sound offers a thoughtful and reflective way to start a Sunday morning, blending music appreciation with community interaction. The guest of this edition will be Mandy Abou Shoak, member of the Cantonal Council of Zurich.

Moes Anthill

Album Release «Easy Win»

Moes Anthill has arrived at the source of her inspiration and creates wonderfully harmonious American folk songs that could not be more timeless and unique. Her delight serves both self-searching and contrast, freezing and warming the audience at the same time. Like a mountainous panorama of soft, rhythmic silhouettes, images unfold around Mario Moe Schelbert&#x27;s voice and guitar weaves, rising into the air like cacti, only to remain embedded deep underground and take root. Moes Anthill celebrates lightness and reveals her most honest, intimate skin as well as an insight into her latest alternative folk album Easy Win. An evening for fans of Wilco, Eels, Big Thief, Bright Eyes, Andrew Bird, Andy Shauf or Elliott Smith.

Luce (Duo)

Support Act

Luce was originally a solo project by Lucerne singer Tiziana Greco, which has since developed into a four-piece band. Acoustic simplicity paired with whimsical curiosity now characterize the new formation. Together, the four musicians expand and deepen the playful poetry of Luce with nimble melodies, surprising song structures and polyphonic vocals. Luce has just released its second album «Blue Star Soft Eyes», which features echoes of folk and Americana, refined by synthesizer sounds.

Fish'n'Ships

Fish&#x27;n&#x27;Ships – Michael Cina, Cyrill Ferrari and Alvin Schwaar – describe a world full of contrasts. Their music is about extinct fish species, sunken cargo ships and oil tankers, but also about the faint hope that we can still change the world for the better. With a wide range of sounds and different compositional approaches, the result is a listening experience that ranges from intimate to explosive, from chaos to clear groove, from man to nature and back again.

Synthesizer

«Ester Poly – Sin via en Tunesia»

Filmpremiere 

The feminist band Ester Poly is loud, provocative and socially critical. Rumantsch bassist Martina Berther from Graubünden and Geneva-based drummer Béatrice Graf have been inspiring an international audience with their punk energy for ten years. But on Tour in Tunisia, Martina Berther questions the militant drive of her music. Is it possible to make a feminist statement with quieter sounds? The film accompanies Ester Poly into the alternative cultural scene in Tunis, which is committed to women&#x27;s rights and queer diversity despite political repression. Film premiere „Ester Poly - Sin via en Tunesia“ Rhaeto-Romanic, French, German (with German subtitles). Documentary film, 25 min., 2024

Ester Poly

Sometimes straight-line punky, sometimes sensuous, sometimes trashy, always undecorated: With the duo Ester Poly different generations and various musical styles crash against one another. Psychedelic Rock, Punk and New Wave blend with Free Jazz. With drums, electric bass and singing, Béatrice Graf and Martina Berther create a multi-facetted sound with immense explosive force. Powerful and gripping music with a socio-critical content.

Regie

LINA_

An unmistakable, expressive voice and expansive music based on fado: this is &#x27;Fado Camões&#x27;, the album by Portuguese singer and composer LINA_. Fado Camões&#x27; is a unique composition based on the classic poetry of Portugal&#x27;s most famous historical poet, Luís Vaz de Camões. &quot;I became curious, I wanted to know more, beyond the &#x27;Lusíadas&#x27; or &#x27;Sonetos&#x27;&quot;, explains LINA_, &quot;and I discovered that his themes - change, childhood, love, heartbreak or the description of nature - fit into the context of fado and its metrics.&quot; The simple elegance of the recent past is still there, but now there is a new spaciality in which the voice stands out amidst the silence of guitar and violin. It&#x27;s about language, writing, poetry and the structure of Camões&#x27; poems, combined with the expression and &#x27;saudade&#x27; of fado.

EMEL

jazzhane & Moods present

EMEL became known as the figurehead of the Jasmine Revolution and the revolutionary voice of young Tunisia; and her song &#x27;Kelmti Hourra&#x27; (&#x27;My word is free&#x27;) became an anthem of the movement. Now the singer is coming back with a new album, with the same evocative power and rallying lyrics, but in a new musical guise. Inspired by musicians such as Rosalía, Aya Nakamura and Charlie XCX, the result is a powerful and feminist album with influences from hyper-pop, hip-hop, electronica and reggaeton: &#x27;MRA&#x27; is a danceable, hard-hitting rebirth.

Afterparty mit DJ Flavah Nice

Multitalented Flavia Schweizer is a Swiss-Persian choreographer, dancer, and DJ, currently living in Zurich, Switzerland. Usually found on the dance floor performing with Pharell Williams, One Direction, and Talib Kweli or directing choreographies for world-renowned TV-Shows, dance theater productions, or commercials, Flavia found her way into DJing in 2018. As Flavah Nice, she plays eclectic sets that feature tunes from all over the world. Paired with her outstanding history in dancing, the sets are a powerful representation of her very own biography. Music from the silk road, irregular rhythms, and melodramatic tunes are blended with Hip Hop, Reggaeton, Soul, Funk, and Afrobeats, transforming an explosive energy to the dancefloor. Flavia is a resident DJ in Zurich at the Open Mic Show at Plaza Klub, the Kinderdisco at Tanzhaus Zurich, Anundpfirsich Impro Theater at Zollhaus, and Barfussbar at Frauenbadi. She is no stranger to Switzerland&#x27;s nightlife scene, performing at Kasheme, Variété, Longstreet Bar, St. Gallen Openair, Heitere Openair Zofingen and Kunsthaus Zurich.

Gläuffig

Virtuoso playing in the border area of folk music tradition and innovative ideas is the trademark of the formation Gläuffig. After 15 years of band history, they now present their personal masterpiece: the album Momentum combines sixteen original compositions on the borderline between folk music tradition and various expansions in terms of sound, harmony, melody and rhythm.

Clarinet

«Häxan» live vertont von NYX

IOIC, Filmpodium & Moods present

Häxan is a hybrid creature. With both documentary and dramatic scenes, Benjamin Christensen&#x27;s film tells the story of witchcraft from the Middle Ages to modern times and is also a study of how superstition and the misunderstanding of illnesses could lead to the hysteria of witch hunts. Due to the pictorial depiction of torture, nudity and perversion, the film was shortened, censored or even banned altogether in many countries. Today, it is captivating primarily because of its expressionist staging and dark, burlesque visions of horror. Since the 1960s, Häxan has been repeatedly set to new music, especially by male musicians from the fields of jazz and experimental music. As part of the silent film festival, we will be showing the original version from 1922 with a new live setting by the international female trio NYX with vocal artist and clarinettist Isabelle Duthoit, sub bass flutist and live electronic musician Angélica Castelló and pianist Sophie Agnel. Whether their music comes from heaven or hell is unclear. There is no question that witchcraft is involved in this masterful ménage à trois. The event takes place in collaboration with the Zurich Silent Film Festival, which is organised by the Filmpodium and the IOIC.

Flute

Jazz Trombone Festival @ JazzBaragge

The winning band from the competition for student bands from Swiss jazz universities will open the weekly jam session at Moods on January 22th. With freshness and energy, the musicians of Mundus play with the codes of the traditional organ trio, borrowing a powerful sonic aesthetic and an electrifying groove from soul and hip-hop. Created by trombonist Victor Decamp, this warm sounding group reveals a wonderful interplay between the musicians. The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam offers an important platform for the Swiss jazz jam scene. After the musical opening of the jam band, lively and exciting sound conversations begin between musicians who spontaneously meet on stage, reflecting the diversity of jazz in all its facets. The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam is supported by the non-profit association JazzBaragge. There is no presale for JazzBaragge, only box office.

Harmonium

SHOLTO

Oscar &#x27;SHOLTO&#x27; Robertson is a London-based drummer, producer and composer. Having grown up with a fondness for jazz, soul, krautrock and the soundtracks of the 60s and 70s, SHOLTO lets these influences shine through in his debut EP «The Changing Tides Of Dream». With a warm sound palette, analog instrumental grooves and euphoric sentimentality, he conjures up pieces full of nostalgia and longing; music that is about how our lives and our selves, never fully formed and satisfied, are constantly changing, learning and growing.

Keller/Flury + Häni

Lieder ohne Worte neu in 3D

The classically trained pianist Simone Keller (*1980) moves between different styles and genres, seeks out the experimental and cultivates tradition. As a bridge-builder, she is particularly committed to broad social access to music. Her intensive concert activities take place at renowned international institutions as well as on the fringes and in niches, where she constantly engages with the new and unusual. Michael Flury, born in Solothurn in February 1983, is a slide trombonist, music archaeologist and sound artist. He composes, arranges and produces his own music and offers it for direct sale via his platform MUK. In the past, he has worked with greats from pop and rock culture, can be heard on many recordings, has collaborated with film and theater and has researched the intersection of art and science. Together, the Keller/Flury duo will open the Jazz Trombone Festival 2025, with reinforcement by sound designer, Jonas Häni.

Shannon Barnett Quartet

Australian trombonist Shannon Barnett is characterised by her expressive and varied playing. She moved to Cologne in 2014 to play in the WDR Big Band and began pursuing her own projects shortly afterwards: Among them the Shannon Barnett Quartet, with whom she has already released several albums, most recently«Alive at Loft» (2023). On stage, the improvisational quartet travels through Barnett&#x27;s compositions in an intense dialogue, combining influences from different corners of jazz, especially modern jazz.

Sounddesign

Samuel Blaser Trio

«The History of the Jazz Trombone» mit Luca Koch

Vortrag / Listening Session 

The trombone in jazz - a sonorous journey through history As part of the Trombone Festival, cultural journalist Luca Koch invites you to a lecture on the eventful history of the trombone in jazz. From its beginnings in the New Orleans bands through the swing era to the innovative sounds of bebop and the avant-garde - the lecture will shed light on the role of the trombone as an accompanist, soloist and creative source of inspiration in jazz. Who were the most influential musicians who shaped the sound and function of the trombone? What innovations did artists such as J.J. Johnson, Curtis Fuller and Trombone Shorty bring to the table? In addition to well-founded classification and exciting anecdotes, the focus is on one thing above all: the music itself.

Rocky, distorted electric guitar, round trombone interjections and just the right inputs from the drums: Samuel Blaser, Marc Ducret and Peter Bruun have been playing extensively together over the past few years, developing a dynamic language and a rather reserved interplay. Tumbling, grooving, simmering, the musicians take the musical ideas of their bandmates and put them into practice. The result is a freshly pressed EP: &#x27;Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground&#x27; was released on 24 October 2024 on Samuel Blaser&#x27;s own label.

CHINZILLA vs. EmC Splinter

CHINZILLA lives in a cave in a hill surrounded by buttons, knobs and faders. That’s where she creates the surreal, half electronic, half acoustic sound cosmos she navigates. She shouts, sings, squeeks and operates signal flows through pedals and in form of zeroes and ones. EmC Splinter (aka Jim Black) joins CHINZILLA  and adds speed and pressure to Josephine Nagorsnik`s multidimensional compositions.  Electronic Punk Poetry!

Vertigo Trombone Quartet

Jazzposaunenchor mit Lai*innen

Dirigiert von Bernhard Bamert

Jazz Trombone Choir: A large group of trombonists—this is something we usually know from church trombone choirs or classical trombone ensembles. The Jazz Trombone Festival has set itself the goal of launching such a trombone ensemble with jazz influences and has commissioned a roughly 20-minute program from jazz trombonist Bernhard Bamert (ZHDK, Tré, Vertigo Trombone Quartet). Under his direction, the music will be premiered by a group of amateur jazz trombonists on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 4:30 PM at the Jazz Trombone Festival at GZ Riesbach. Tickets can be purchased at the evening box office. GZ Riesbach, Seefeldstrasse 93, 8008 Zurich Concert location: Gemeinschaftszentrum Riesbach, Seefeldstrasse 93, 8008 Zürich

im GZ Riesbach

With their third album Openness, the Vertigo Trombone Quartet—comprising Nils Wogram, Jan Schreiner, Andreas Tschopp, and Bernhard Bamert—demonstrates that the trombone can be a lot of fun, and that four trombones mean fun to the power of four. The album title says it all: the sound of Openness is characterized by an incredible lightness, refined cheerfulness, and unconditional openness in all directions. Wayne Shorter once said, according to Tschopp, that the opposite of fear is not fearlessness, but openness. This openness has not only been deeply integrated into the Vertigo Trombone Quartet&#x27;s artistic process but is also reflected in their sonic aesthetic. Tickets can be purchased at the evening box office. GZ Riesbach, Seefeldstrasse 93, 8008 Zurich Concert location: Gemeinschaftszentrum Riesbach, Seefeldstrasse 93, 8008 Zürich

Florian Weiss' Woodism

Even without a harmony instrument, the four musicians of Woodism engage in an extremely harmonious dialogue: The Bernese quartet led by trombonist Florian Weiss makes full use of the free space created by the absence of filling chords and challenges listeners with sophisticated compositions between cool and free jazz, only to pick them up again with catchy passages. The new album «Inner Garden» (2024) also brings the whole palette with it: From beautiful melodies and light grooves to exciting improvisations and unexpected rhythm changes, everything is there. Tickets can be purchased at the evening box office. GZ Riesbach, Seefeldstrasse 93, 8008 Zurich Concert location: Gemeinschaftszentrum Riesbach, Seefeldstrasse 93, 8008 Zürich

Bassposaune

Bernadette Köbele: I like patriarchy and patriarchy likes me *stage

Franziska Bruecker – SALON OUTSIGHT

I hope you have your pass, we are entering patriarchal territory, or have you been kindly invited by someone? You&#x27;re going to have to grit your teeth a bit at rehearsal, then it&#x27;ll all be fine, you should just do a female solo – here&#x27;s a little masterclass with Beuys (perfect master) and Ariadne auf Naxos (perfect victim) and everything will be sensational! Participants: Concept, composition and performance: Bernadette Köbele Dramaturgy: Michael Kleine Costume: Chiara Alissa Estivariz Lopez Thanks to Husky Toby &amp; Claudia Blum, Philipp Köbele Many thanks to the kind support of Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich

Margaux Huber: Le Gay Printemps, short cut geraniums stage version

&quot;Le Gay Printemps, short cut geraniums stage version&quot;, is a garden, is a sound piece collage proposed as a temporal breach out of oppressions and imposed norms. Here poetry, in its experimental dimension, is a form of resistance a place to take shelter that belong to new spaces and other possibilities of being.

Franziska Bruecker: Essay On Distance

In her audio performance &quot;Essay On Distance&quot;, Franziska Bruecker explores distance as a protective mechanism and as a way of thinking about the female body as it is read on the music stage. Every body on stage is exposed to gazes, but not everyone deals with this experience in the same way, and not every body is exposed to the same gazes. &quot;Essay On Distance&quot; plays with the gaze and its power, using its ambivalence as a driving force.

Naira Ramos: Bitch Pose

The performance &quot;Bitch Pose&quot; examines the influence of the male gaze on the female body. With &quot;Bitch Pose&quot;, Naira Ramos aims to challenge the western ideal of beauty and regain control over one&#x27;s own body. Her performance is a radical response to the social pressures placed on the female body and calls for a redefinition of traditional notions of femininity and beauty.

Sonia Loenne: Moving In

Singing is ugly. Singing is exhausting. Singing is close. Singing is physical. I disperse from my head into my body. I become many. All my friends. All the variations of myself. My chorus pedal. My overdrive. The printer. The office carpet. Sonia Solo and the Sexist Shit Medley are back! This time as part of Salon Outsight and &quot;Women on stage - looks and views&quot;.

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Cleaning Women

Cleaning Women is an experimental group consisting of the three Finnish cleaning robots CW03, CW01 and CW04. Besides their unique music, Cleaning Women are also known for their alternative choice of instruments. The origin of their acoustic sound lies in self-built and self-customized instruments made from dismantled household items or material salvaged from various garbage cans. But what makes them really special is the way they sound. Although the starting point is avant-garde and experimental, the end result is a stunning combination of skillful musicianship, original soundscapes and accessible, even danceable music - a combination of cinematic sci-fi western and sparkling trash can disco. The Wire writes enthusiastically: Cleaning Women have made avant-garde into something to dance to. From the capital of performance electronica, Helsinki, Cleaning Women are the most visionary and dynamic live act to emerge in some time. Or quite simply in the words of Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo: They sound real good!

DIY Instruments

Stefan Aeby Trio

Enchanting melodies, enchanting timbres, urban-contemporary grooves and a very conscious and reduced use of preparations and techniques offer the trio, which has been active since 2007, a large playground for their musical journeys. With Stefan Aeby on piano, André Pousaz on bass and Michael Stulz on drums, the Stefan Aeby Trio achieves a new sonic dimension with a very unique, strong sound. ‘Fairy Circus’ is the trios fifth album. The trio reinterprets its music again and again, dynamically and full of lively energy, coming together to form a strong unit in both free and harmonically more complex parts. The trio&#x27;s music is very personal, allows a lot of freedom and leaves plenty of room for improvisation. The central concern is always the dialogue, the interplay. A trio that bravely and independently stands up to the flood of common genres and holds its own. And this independence is impressively demonstrated in the new compositions... The compositions are musical journeys, personal and intimate pieces that capture and touch the listener without emphasising technical and virtuoso aspects. This gives the music a gripping urgency!

MKZ @ JazzBaragge

Tenorsaxophon

Baschnagel Group

10 Year Anniversary & Album Release «Luna Submarina»

Pius Baschnagel is known in the Swiss jazz scene as a drummer of the first hour and has an impressive list of performances to his name over the course of his career. As one of the few Swiss drummers, Baschnagel has played successfully as a popular sideman with international stars such as: Till Brönner, Barbara Dennerlein, George Gruntz, Dave Liebmann, Joshua Redman, the legendary Benny Golson and the renowned NDR Big Band. He was also the drummer of the Zurich Jazz Orchestra for many years and teaches at the ZHdK. For ten years, the band led by Swiss drummer has been creating their own music with their unmistakable sound. This has resulted in two albums: ‘Hello Dear Zyklop’ and ‘Timeline Promenade’. Now the Baschnagel Group is back with a new album ‘Luna Submarina’ (Unit). New music that is committed to the great arc, the deep emotions and the search for the magical moment. 10 years Baschnagel Group and album release! Let&#x27;s celebrate!

Bass Saxophon

Bass Trompete

Mercadonegro

Album Release «Se Acabó El Cuento» 

MERCADONEGRO - They are probably the best salsa band in Europe and are going on tour in Switzerland with their new album SE ACABÓ EL CUENTO. Mercadonegro has become one of the most sought-after groups for Latin American music over the years. Founded by José Armando Miranda, Cesar Correa and Rodrigo Rodriguez, the trio has grown over the years into a twelve-piece band with roots in Latin America and an adopted home in Europe. They are passionate about taking salsa out into the world and infect every audience with their enthusiasm. No leg will stay still and no shirt will stay dry!

Timbales

Congas

Bongos

K.O.S Crew Dancehall Mood

Party

Dancehall Mood is the monthly reggae and dancehall party at Moods. Like on every first Saturday of the month, the K.O.S crew will make the Moods club cooking with hot riddims. This promises an evening full of dancehall hits and reggae rarities, perfectly tuned to the respective audience and immaculately presented by the K.O.S crew and their guest.

Together in Sound – Guest: Corinne Mauch

Together in Sound is a new event in collaboration with Brandy Butler that invites music enthusiasts to explore and appreciate the artistry of albums in a communal setting, offering a rare opportunity for focused, intentional listening. Each session a featured guest will present their favorite album, offering a personal introduction that delves into the significance of their selection. Following the introduction, attendees will listen to the full album recording together, uninterrupted, in an atmosphere that encourages deep engagement with the art of listening. Together in Sound offers a thoughtful and reflective way to start a Sunday morning, blending music appreciation with community interaction. The guest of this edition will be Corinne Mauch, Mayor of Zurich.

Bassekou Kouyaté & Amy Sacko

He is “a genius and living proof that the blues comes from Mali,” says Taj Mahal about hiscolleague Bassekou Kouyaté. He is the undisputed master of the ngoni (traditional WestAfrican long necked spit lute), which he has made internationally known by add ing additionalstrings and using effects devices. With his extraordinary dexterity, he creates soundscapesthat lie somewhere between blues, jazz and traditional Malian music. In his traditional Griotprogram “Folo Djelia” he reinterprets his parents&#x27; musi c and is accompanied by his wife, thefantastic singer Amy Sacko. A concert with a chamber music character that gets under yourskin.

Ngoni

SOYUZ (СОЮЗ)

SOYUZ is a creative collective from Minsk, Belarus, that combines the rich sounds of classical Brazilian music with a modern, global perspective. ‘Force of the Wind’, the third album of the trio consisting of Alex Chumak, Mikita Arlou and Anton Nemahai, builds unexpected bridges between the Música Popular Brasileira of the 70s and today&#x27;s Belarus. With a mixture of Russian and Portuguese lyrics, cosy-warm sounds and jazzy-groovy beats, SOYUZ create emotional compositions and wonderful, nostalgic moments that transcend language.

Genius

Franziska Bruecker & Dave Gisler

Dave Gisler

This duo combines tradition and innovation in a fascinating way. Gisler&#x27;s melodic and harmonic sophistication weaves a thread through jazz tradition, while Bruecker&#x27;s unconventional voice and lyrics catapult the whole thing to a new level of abstraction and experimentation. Together, they are a duo that knows its roots, yet continues to discover and redefine new creative forms of expression.

Christoph Irniger’s Pilgrim with Yumi Ito & Hannah Gottschalk

Over the years, the Pilgrim Quintet, led by Zurich tenor saxophonist Christoph Irniger, has developed into one of the most exciting ensembles in the young European jazz scene. On the occasion of Dave Gisler&#x27;s Carte Blanche at Moods, the well-rehearsed band will be joined by the unique singer Yumi Ito, who is regarded as one of the most outstanding representatives of vocal improvisation. Their connection is storytelling, creating an all-encompassing sound that defies categorisation. Some compositions are freely improvised, others are fully notated, but most are somewhere in between, with a flexibility that reflects a life of freedom where informed choices are made spontaneously. The sound is correspondingly varied: an amalgam of all kinds of styles, small or large, bright or dark. An experience of feelings and images that Hannah Gottschalk translates live into sound-reactive visual performances characterised by abstraction and an interplay of artistic intention and improvisation.

Šuma Čovjek

Kultur Shock & Moods present: Album Release Tournee «Ringišpil»

Šuma Čovjek is the result of a transcultural Swiss-Bosnian-Algerian collaboration. With heart-wrenching lyrics in varied arrangements and brass beats, they transform their live concerts into fantastic moments. On February 7th, the nine-piece band will present their new album “Ringišpil”, which means carousel in Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian, at Moods. The album feels like a constant rotation forward, everything is in motion, in constant transformation and thus transience and rebirth. Common ground only survives in interaction: on stage, between band and audience, and in our society. We look forward to an eccentric mixture of melancholy ballads, rhythmic Balkan pop-rock pieces, oriental beats and furious brass sounds. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

DJ Emina

With the BalkanEkstra Parti there are no stops for Oriental sounds or Arabian rhythms – what’s important is the motto: danceable! Where the journey will take us through the night is unclear, but one thing is certain: dancing until the hips hurt, the feet burn and the stars dissolve with the dawn.

Nicole Johänntgen

Album Release «Labyrinth II»

Nicole Johänntgen&#x27;s Labyrinth is groovy, experimental, sometimes melancholic and here and there you can hear the flair of the Motown era of the 70s. After the successful and energetic evening in spring 2024, Johänntgen, Hansen and Stauffacher return to Moods - this time with the sequel - Labyrinth II. When the saxophonist creates music, she likes to look deep, reflect and feel life. While the unconventional line-up of saxophone, tuba (Jon Hansen) and percussion (David Stauffacher) offers unexpected new possibilities, Nicole Johänntgen remains true to her soulful, expressive and virtuoso playing, in which saxophone and vocals alternate in unexpected, artistic ways.

Tuba

Simon Grab & David Meier

Simon Grab – Album Release «Porœs» (-OUS Records)

A new collaboration between Simon Grab and David Meier, between dense, bass-heavy electronics and earthy, vibrating drums. For once, the focus is not on Simon Grab&#x27;s idiosyncratic no-input mixer noises, but on pulsating, delicate beat electronics enriched with feedback, joined by David Meier&#x27;s sensitive, energetic drumming. After several studio sessions and their first live performances, their first album is now being released.

errad0

Simon Grab – New Project Premiere

errad0 is a celebration of sonic error, exploring the limits of electronic music and industrial hip hop, investigating the space in between what can exist on a dancefloor or at a punk show. Vocal dirt thrown into the mic by brazilian vocalist Antigo influenced by the anthems of facçao and proibidão carioca, singing violent chants about the becoming of a monster the state portrays, driven by the experience of being born as a black person in Brasil, paired with bass heavy beats by swiss noisemaker Simon Grab that assault your innards and tickle the ears. With this hyperreal mixture in mind errad0 evokes a rotten visual narrative about a hedonistic dystopia - errad0 grows into a deformed creature that incorporates sound and mass,blurring the lines between sonic matter and organic flesh.

Izquierdo x Tavil

How do you articulate a paradox, both sonically and visually? How do we experience space and time in new ways, give it new forms, reinterpret and expand it? Can we experience and overcome the boundaries between object, body, sound and their intervals? In this action the audience and the performer find themselves in an unusual relationship with sound and context, thus allowing an expanded perception of space and time to find new and stimulating places and ideas for the imagination. This is a piece of about 25 minutes approximately, made up of impromptu composition where previously the elements involved have been investigated both practically and conceptually: In the voice, Lorena Izquierdo, vocalist, performer and poet from Valencia, is interested in what is peculiar, what is original, what is created from intuition, from the search for limits, from the impossible. She also relates to objects in unusual ways, far from utility, because one can find new and unexpected values and amplify the way we perceive the world and help us to transform it. With the fragmentation, plastification, extension, subjectivisation and sonorisation of time and space, she breaks the traditional linear unity and creates more readings of the action, while looking for a kind of collage of strange events that has no sense in itself, but which is then created while acting. Utku Tavil will also joining Lorena Izquierdo on stage, complementing the performance with his absurdist electronics and sonic extremisms.

Zimmermann/Corsano/Pitsiokos

Chris Corsano, Tizia Zimmermann and Chris Pitsiokos first played together in New York in summer 2023, during Tizia&#x27;s six-month stint in the big city. The trio quickly found a collective language drawing on their highly personal approaches to their respective instruments and their shared interests in free jazz, improvised music, drone and noise. Always in the process of discovery, each performance involves further revelations of until-then unimagined musical forms.

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