Irena Z. Tomažin (voice), Alfred Lang (trumpet), Ilia Belorukov (saxophone), Estelle Beiner (violin), Samo Kutin (hudry gudry), Jonas Kocher (accordeon), Elisabeth Harnik (piano, objects), Gaudenz Badrutt (electronics), Tomaž Grom (doublebass, electronics), Josef Klammer (augmented percussion)
23.05.24 Vienna, Echoraum
24.05.24 Slovenski Konjice, Zvokotok
26.05.24 Belgrade, Ring Ring Festival
27.05.24 Novi Sad, 2K +
Šalter Ensemble operates on the border between free improvisation and composition, focusing on collective processes as a central part of its practice. The project is an international electro-acoustic ensemble initiated in 2017 by Jonas Kocher in collaboration with Zavod Sploh Ljubljana and Izlog Festival Zagreb, and has since performed at numerous venues and festivals in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Switzerland and Serbia.
The ensemble consists of outstanding personalities from the Swiss music scene, the Slovenian music scene and, in the 2023 edition, exposed representatives of the Styrian music scene. The musicians come from a wide range of backgrounds – from jazz to traditional and folk music to contemporary improvised and electronic music – and are from different generations.
Šalter Ensemble - Tri dela
Gaudenz Badrutt, electronics / Estelle Beiner, violin / Ilia Belorukov, saxophone / Tomaž Grom, double bass, electronics, dada / Elisabeth Harnik, piano, objects / Josef Klammer, augmented percussion / Jonas Kocher, accordion / Samo Kutin, hurdy gurdy / Alfred Lang, trumpet / Irena Z. Tomažin, voice / Špela Trošt, production, external eye
Artistic direction by Kocher & Badrutt, Harnik, Grom
Released May 3, 2024
https://sploh.bandcamp.com/album/tri-dela
Track 1 & 2 recorded in concert by RTV Slovenia on November 23 2023 at New Music Forum at Philarmonic Hall in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Production of the audio recordings 1 and 2: © RTV Slovenija
Track 3 recorded in concert on May 25 2023 by Cyril Hassler at Le Singe in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Mixed by Tomaž Grom and Ilia Belorukov
Mastered by Ilia Belorukov
Design by Matej Stupica and Emil Kozole