10 Jahre Jubiläumskonzert: Philip Zoubek Trio

Philip Zoubek - Piano, Synthesizer David Helm - Bass, Effekte Dominik Mahnig - Schlagzeug, Xylophon

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Das Philip Zoubek Trio feiert im LOFT sein zehnjähriges Jubiläum und hat dazu ein neues Programm sowie das kommende Album Enigma im Gepäck. Seit seiner Gründung und über sechs Alben entwickelt das Ensemble einen eigenständigen, zeitgemäßen Zugang zur klassischen Besetzung Klavier, Bass und Schlagzeug – erweitert durch Präparationen im Flügel, Synthesizer, Effektpedale, Xylophon und weitere klangliche Mittel.

Im Zentrum steht das organische Zusammenspiel dreier Musiker, in dem Komposition und Improvisation nahtlos ineinandergreifen. Akustische und elektronische Klänge begegnen sich dabei nicht als getrennte Welten, sondern geraten in produktive Spannung, färben, irritieren und verwandeln einander.

https://www.philipzoubek.com/ https://davidhelm.net/ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Mahnig Klingt so: https://youtu.be/IqzxJEhva2M?list=RDIqzxJEhva2M : Philip Zoubek - piano, synthesizer David Helm - bass, effects Dominik Mahnig - drums, xylophone

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The Philip Zoubek Trio is celebrating its tenth anniversary at the LOFT, presenting a new program and its upcoming album, Enigma. Since its founding and the release of six albums, the ensemble has developed a unique, contemporary approach to the classic piano, bass, and drums lineup - expanded to include prepared piano, synthesizers, effects pedals, xylophone, and other sonic elements.

At the heart of their music is the organic interplay of three musicians, in which composition and improvisation intertwine seamlessly. Acoustic and electronic sounds do not meet as separate worlds, but rather create a productive tension: they color, challenge, and transform one another.

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Venue:

LOFT

The LOFT in Cologne's Ehrenfeld district is exactly what its name suggests: a spacious loft on the top floor of a former perfume factory. Since 1989 it has been home to the city's musical avant-garde as well as a scene hub and a jazz laboratory for students.

Over those decades it has grown into a respected stage for improvised music, contemporary music, and jazz, with a reputation reaching well beyond Germany. Most of the Cologne jazz musicians who have made their mark nationally and internationally in the past thirty years took their first career steps here, among them Nils Wogram, Hayden Chisholm, Angelika Niescier, Frank Gratkowski, Robert Landfermann, Pablo Held, and Sebastian Sternal.

The Cologne Triennale, WDR, and Deutschlandfunk stage concerts and recordings at the LOFT, and the venue has been invited to the Moers Festival five times. Its own label, 2ndFloor, releases selected recordings, and more than 1,000 live and studio productions made in the LOFT studio have appeared on other labels. Supported by the association 2ndFloor e. V. and the collective jungesloft, it presents over 200 events a year.

Top-tier instruments – including a Steinway D grand, one of the finest concert pianos in any German jazz club – a professional recording studio with award-winning engineers, and the room's distinctive atmosphere have drawn many prominent guests, from Lee Konitz, Steve Lacy, and Peter Brötzmann to Kurt Rosenwinkel, Marilyn Crispell, and Jim Black. Still, the programming focus remains on supporting Cologne's own musicians.

Since 2009 the LOFT has received the NRW venue programming award every year, an honor that specifically recognizes work with emerging regional artists. In 2016 the British Guardian named it one of the ten best jazz clubs in Europe, and at the German Jazz Prize it was voted "Club/Venue of the Year" in 2021 and again in 2023 — a category decided not by the expert jury but directly by the more than 1,300 members of the German Jazz Union.

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