Sera Kalo`s eX.II / MALSTROM

In the organizer's words:

Double concert

22.30h: Sera Kalo`s eX.II @ Stadtgarten, concert hall

Sera Kalo was born and raised in the US state of Conecticut as Christine Servaine. She came to Dresden in Germany via New York in 2009, where she studied jazz singing at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music for several semesters. She now lives in Berlin, the German capital with its international artist scene has become a place of political self-discovery for Kalo, just as Berlin has become the creative environment for her to shape her own music. In it, she combines free jazz with soul and hip-hop, combining her political awareness and social conscience with a quiet poetry to bring the smallest nuances and every detail to the surface. For Kalo, jazz is not a musical genre. Rather, her jazz is an attitude with which she absorbs what is happening around her in order to reflect her immediate environment and transform it into music.

Sera Kalo - voc/eb
Marius Max - sax/efx
Sofia Eftychidou - b
Lukas Akintaya - dr

Sera Kalo was born and raised in the U.S. state of Connecticut as Christine Servaine. Via New York, she moved to Dresden, Germany, in 2009, where she studied jazz vocals for several semesters at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music. She now lives in Berlin; for Kalo, the German capital-with its highly international artistic scene-has become the place where she finds her political identity, just as Berlin has become the creative environment for shaping her own music. In her work, she blends free jazz with soul and hip-hop, combining her political awareness and social conscience with a quiet poetry to bring the subtlest nuances and every detail to the surface. For Kalo, jazz is not a musical genre. Rather, jazz is an attitude with which she absorbs the events around her in order to reflect on her immediate surroundings and transform them into music.

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23.20h: MALSTROM @ Stadtgarten, JAKI

In 2010, drummer Jo Beyer formed MALSTROM with guitarist Axel Zajac and tenor saxophonist Salim Javaid while studying music in Osnabrück. The decision not to fill the bass position was a conscious one: they knew how the music had to sound without bass, because it would be played collectively by three improvisation artists acting as equals. Florian Walter is now the saxophonist in Malstrom; this personnel change has made little difference to the concept of this trio. It is not the usual jazz that the three bring to the stage. Rather, it is improvisational music that aesthetically draws on many sources. With Malstrom, it can rock loudly and switch to brute drones, the music can be completely "free" and condensed into clusters of notes, and the melodic and harmonic elements are not neglected either. The unagitated hybridity is explained by Malstrom's roots in the present.

Florian Walter - sax
Axel Zajac - gtr
Jo Beyer - drums

In 2010, drummer Jo Beyer founded the group with guitarist Axel Zajac and tenor saxophonist Salim Javaid while they were studying music in Osnabrück. The decision not to fill the bass position was a conscious one: they knew how the music had to sound without a bass, because it would be played by a collective of three improvisational artists working as equals. Florian Walter is now the saxophonist for Malstrom; this change in personnel has had little impact on the trio's concept. What the three bring to the stage is not conventional jazz. Rather, it is improvisational music that draws aesthetically from many sources. With Malstrom, the music can rock loudly and shift into brutal drones; it can be completely "free" and condense into clusters of sound, yet the melodic and harmonic elements are not neglected. This unpretentious hybridity stems from Malstrom's roots in the present.

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The concert is partially seated. There is no entitlement to a seat.

The concert hall, Stadtgarten, is barrier-free - but JAKI is not!

Photography is not permitted.

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The concert is partially seated. There is no entitlement to a seat.

Concert hall, Stadtgarten, is barrier-free accessible - JAKI not!

Photographs are generally not permitted.