Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf
Slapstick
Schamanismus
Tristan Honsinger, Cello
Joel Grip, Kontrabass
It's just a matter of not being ashamed of just
showing exactly where we are: on a cloud, in a half floating boat, in
a bear cave, god knows where, on the river Nile.
Tristan Honsinger
Konzerte des Duos von Tristan Honsinger und Joel Grip sind Aufführungen, die im Geiste der Commedia dell'arte Musik, Wort und Tanz auf eine gemeinsame, zeitlose Ebene bringen. Henry und/oder George, wie sich die beiden Künstler gegenseitig – mit ihren noms de corde – rufen, benutzen den Raum, in dem sie spielen, auf alle möglichen physischen und akustischen Arten wobei der Swing des Ganzen den Zuseher und die Zuhörerin aber immer wieder zurück zum Eigentlichen bringt: zur Quelle des Spektakels, oder des Dramas. Und das Lachen und Staunen über die vielen Figuren und Tiere auf der Bühne wird beständig zerstreut von der Schönheit der Musik.
It is physical, it is a dance. there is unknown music, HIDDEN, to be discovered, deciphered. there is a past, there is a now and there is a coming and there is something else. timeless, out of time, swing. there are changes. time no changes. there are two spines. backbones of improvisation. and a vast chatter.there is the known and the to be known. there are two human beings? musical instruments? Mouths. it is physical, it is a dance. there is known music not known to our ears.
TRISTAN HONSINGER is pioneer of what we recognize as european improvised music and free jazz. As a dancer and verbal actor he takes the genres out of the genre. He has always been pushing the boundaries with his ecstatic and vibrant energy.
JOEL GRIP continues to schlepp his double bass around the globe, as it was the axe that chop down the branch he is sitting on. A constant downfall of music establishing a moist ground for a coming backlash of woodpeckers making those guts vibrate the way you want it. UMLAUT, UMLICHT und UMDICHT are his ambiguous mobile homes under constant construction.