Ritual

Set 1. Raphael Loher
Set 2. Ramón Oliveras
Set 3. Belia Winnewisser

Through the use of different materials and objects, the pianist Raphael Loher creates a wide spectrum of pulsating and shimmering sounds, radiating out of the piano's resonance body. In doing so, he combines elements of ambient, minimal and experimental electronic music. With his meditative style of playing, he engages us in a captivating atmosphere filled with delicate nuances, subtle sonic transformations and illusive shifting patterns. Loher's piano music offers us a musical experience that is both fascinating and deeply touching.

Known for his work with groups such as KALI Trio or Baumschule, Loher will commence an evening of Rituals with a solo performance. Loher's composition ‘Keemuun’ deals with hypnotising minimal patterns and invites the listener on a journey into their own inner world.

In mid-October, Ramón Oliveras released his solo album "A Certain Darkness Is Needed to See the Stars", a solo percussion performance.

Like Raphael Loher's solo piece "Keemuun", both pieces deal with hypnotizing minimal patterns and invite the listener on a journey into their own inner world.

Olivera's high-energy minimal piece revolves around the non-dualistic state of life/death and one's own body as a kind of (dance) meditation by means of pulsating polyrhythms. It makes use of the full weight of the drums and moves musically between drum rituals, contemporary minimalism and techno rave.

We are delighted to celebrate Loher and Olivera's joint premiere at Moods.

Playful and curious, enigmatic and energetic, with a love of small details and grand gestures: Belia Winnewisser's musical language is personal. Enjoying a piece of her music is like having a conversation with the Zurich musician, listening to an entire album is like a day spent together. Winnewisser finds a balance in collaboration, whether with the video artist Subrihanna, as a composer in projects for theater and radio plays or by passing on her skills in music production workshops for FLINTA* artists – here Winnewisser explicitly opens herself up to the experiences and ideas of others.

Her first record Radikale Akzeptanz (2018, Präsens Editionen) was released after many years in various bands (Evje, Silver Firs, a=f/m) and studying music and media art at the Bern University of the Arts. After SODA (Präsens Editionen, 2021), her third album The Essence Of released in July 2024 on the Cologne label SPA – a search for the origin of the self in music, and ultimately an open self-portrait. In between, she released two rhythmically gripping EPs, Mother Earth Took Poison In Her Soil (Die Orakel, 2022) and Tid (with Luca Durán, Präsens Editionen, 2023), which draw on her experience as a club DJ. Her upcoming EP, Mirror, is on the horizon and set for release in April 2025.