Rainer Otto Hummel, to many know as the artist who makes amazing one line drawings of concerts, inverses his process: first the painting, then the music.

Flyer

«During the summer break I finally find the time to take a look back at what I've been up to this year. And so far, one of the highlights of this year - which was certainly not lacking in highlights - was the concert with Christian Weber and Tony Malaby on March 17th in Berlin.
Over the last 10 years Christian and I have jammed with Tony whenever there was a chance, but this was actually our first concert on stage together.
And I'm pretty sure it won't be our last, we had way too much fun together for that. Here's a little clip, the end of the first set, and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed playing it.»

In February I briefly visited Denmark with Michael Griener and Frank Grantkowski to team up again with Copenhagen resident Margaux Oswald. This document bears witness to how we steamed up the long cold nights.

I'm very happy to announce a concert series that will irregularly take place at the lovely Rue Jardinière in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
After the kickoff with an intimate evening with music presented by Martina Berther and Philipp Schlotter we will continue with an all local (!) lineup: Nikola Gross on reeds, Luciano Turella on alto, Alvin Schwaar on synth and yours truly on double bass.

Pumpkin soup and cheese served after the music.

If the amazing posters by Nikola & Alvin should have slipped your attention, please enjoy them here!

Erb/Weber/Künzi
Spazio Elle
Veto Records 023

Christoph Erb saxophones
Christian Weber bass
Emanuel Künzi drums


recorded on November 20th 2022 live at Spazio Elle, Locarno
by Daniel Wehrlin

mixed and mastered by Alex Huber
edited by Christian Weber
art work by oter&zbin

During the last Sudden Infant tour, Tom Rad-Yaute and Christophe Chedal Anglay sat together with us before our show at Cave12 in Geneva to discuss a few ideas around our last album 'Lunatic Asylum'.
Here's the result of our conversation, hopefully offering some interesting and entertaining insights into the band's realm.

The Workers
Saarbrücken
Wide Ear Records 071

Urs Leimgruber saxophone
Omri Ziegele saxophone, nai, voice
Christian Weber bass
Alex Huber drums


This is a Live Set recorded at Jazzfestival Saarbrücken in October 2021 and features a whole range of music, sensitive, fragile, ballad-like momentos and overflowing interplay.

Mixed and Mastered by Alex Huber.
Available as CD and Digital Download.

Upcoming Concerts: 

01.06.23 Zug - Kunsthaus
03.06.23 Lucerne - Neubad
07.06.23 Zurich - Walcheturm

Studer/Frey/Schlegel/Weber
Tetrapylon
Leo Records LR938

Daniel Studer bass
Peter K Frey bass
Jan Schlegel bass
Christian Weber bass

‘Tetrapylon’ could not be a more fitting title for the second release of this bass quartet. The music seems porous throughout, with the four voices – so idiosyncratic and recognisable – opening up electro-acoustic spaces, substrata and tangents with incredible fluency. It is almost as if the four basses co-exist in the periphery, drawing lines, hinting at traces before blurring them again, and then suddenly, in one motion, layering sounds and experiencing them down to the tiniest fragment.
Studer, Frey, Schlegel and Weber are connected not only by their
choice of instrument, but also in their dedication to letting sounds
and gestures emerge simply and without haste.
Magda Mayas

Various Artists
ZELZELE

Charity release for the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria Feb 2023, initiated and curated by Biliana Voutchkova & Boris Hauf for Shameless Records.

Schweizer Franken
Neulich in Kötzlin

The title hits the nail on the head: hear unfiltered and unaltered what happened recently in Kötzlin. An old trio still at the hight of its powers. Hard currency pays off.

Sudden Infant
Lunatic Asylum

Fourth Dimension Records FD138
LP/CD

Joke Lanz vocals, electronics
Christian Weber bass, electronics
Alexandre Babel drums

«An untimely comet that smokes the competition, the joke is on us, thank goodness! This record is crazy!» Drew Daniel (Matmos, Baltimore)

Sudden Infant
«Head» Official Video

Filmed at Fahrbereitschaft Berlin Lichtenberg in January 2022.

Ilka Forst editing & camera
Denis Laner camera

KENZO, ERIC and OSCAR as Sudden Infant.

“Head” is taken from the new SUDDEN INFANT LP/CD “Lunatic Asylum” on Fourth Dimension Records (FD138).

Release date: April 22.

Also available as limited 7” single on Raubbau (Raub-094).

«Die Welt des Bassisten Christian Weber»

Jazz'N'More January/Frebruary 2022

Interview by Jürg Solothurnmann

Not too long ago Jürg Solothurnmann took the time to listen carefully to some older and newer records of my discography and we talked about the music and bass playing in general. It was a lot of fun to reflect a part of my work in depth with with someone that has to offer huge amounts of experience and knowledge.

Sudden Infant
Lunatic Asylum

Fourth Dimension Records FD138
LP/CD

Joke Lanz vocals, electronics
Christian Weber bass, electronics
Alexandre Babel drums

Release date is April 22 2022!

Please note: 
The vinyl version will be delayed and should be ready sometime in July. 

Recorded at Studio Wong Berlin by Andi Bukelini
Mixed and mastered at Studio Vienna by Martin Siewert
Graphic design by Lasse Marhaug

Guest appearances by Franz Treichler (The Young Gods) on "Il y a des Enfants" and Hilary Jeffrey on "Tuba Manifesto"

Includes a cover version of Swiss traditional children song "I ghöre es Glöggli"

PRE-ORDER

LISTEN to AH-AH-AH 1921

Since there's still some interest in my solo record 'Walcheturm Solo' that is sold out for a while now it is now available through bandcamp.

Auge will play a few shows in D&CH this May (see Concerts)

Aki Takase piano
Christian Weber bass
Michael Griener drums

We're keeping our fingers crossed!

Aki Takase/Christian Weber/Michael Griener
Auge
Intakt 356

Aki Takase piano
Christian Weber bass
Michael Griener drums

Recorded February 18 & 19, 2019 by Markus Mittermeyer
at Traumton Studios, Berlin
Mixed & Mastered by Will-y Klangdach & Christian Weber
Cover art: Harald Naegeli, 2018, Berlin
Cover photo Valentin Rothmaler
Graphic design Paul Bieri

Already 4 years ago this live recording was released on vinyl (Blossoming Noise BN065LP).
I still would recommend to go with the vinyl anytime. But once in a while digital formats come in handy.

Berlin Tapes on bandcamp

Joke Lanz turntables
Christian Weber bass

Recorded live November 9, 2012
Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
by Rashad Becker
Mixed by Will-y Strehler

The Workers
Altbüron
Wide Ear Records 049

Urs Leimgruber saxophone
Omri Ziegele saxophone, voice
Christian Weber bass
Alex Huber drums

Recorded live by Alex Huber at Bau4 Altbüron October 18th 2019
Mixed and Mastered by Alex Huber
All Music by Urs Leimgruber, Omri Ziegele, Christian Weber and Alex Huber
Design and Layout by Niklaus Troxler

koenigleopold
Ensemble für Neue Musik Zürich
«Beyond Taste - Without Subtlety»

produced by : koenigleopold + ensemble für neue musik zürich
recorded 2015

Hans-Peter Frehner flutes
Manfred Spitaler clarinets
Viktor Müller e-piano
Lorenz Haas percussion, voice
Martina Engel violin
Nicola Romanò cello
Christian Weber bass, guitar
Jeremias Altmann puppets
Daniel Riegler conduction
Lukas König drums+synth
Karolina Preuschl piano, voice, puppets
Leo Riegler electronics, voice, libretto, film production
Markus Wallner audio engineer, recording, mixing, mastering
Daniel Hollerweger camera, color grading

Omri Ziegele Tomorrow Trio
All Those Yesterdays
Intakt 333

Omri Ziegele saxophone, voice
Christian Weber bass
Han Bennink drums

All compositions by Omri Ziegele
Recorded at Club Le Singe, Biel and Villa Schneckenmann, Zürich by Jeroen Visser November 2016
Mixed by Jeroen Visser, Mastered by Alex Huber
Cover art and graphic design by Jonas Schoder

Live At The Zoo - Soundcloud Sessions

Irarragorri/Weber/Friedli

Leandro Irarragorri piano
Christian Weber bass
Lionel Friedli drums

Soundcoud

Setlist:
- Law Years (O. Coleman)
- Insignificantly Luminescent (Ch. Weber)
- Dance (P. Motian)
- Roundtrip (O. Coleman)
- The Man I Love (G. Gershwin)
- I'm An Indian Too (I. Berlin)

Recorded at The Zoo, Bern by Felix Wolf und Wolfgang Zwiauer
Livemix by Felix Wolf
Production Tom Gsteiger &Wolfgang Zwiauer

Scott Fields Ensemble
Seven Deserts
New World Records 80821

Axel Lindner violin
Hannah Weirich violin
Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg viola
Axel Porath viola
Niklas Seidl cello
Pascal Niggenkemper bass
Christian Weber bass
Scott Fields guitar, composition
Timm Roller guitar
Daniel Agi flute
Helen Bledsloe flute
Norbert Rodenkirchen flute
Frank Gratkowski reeds
Ingrid Laubrock saxophone
Matthias Schubert saxophone
Udo Moll trumpet
Matthias Muche trombone
Melvyn Poore tuba
Ramon Gardella percussion
Arturo Portugal percussion
Stephen Dembski conductor

Recorded live on November 29, 2019, at Alte Feuerwache, Cologne, Germany
by Reinhard Kobialka

Liner Notes by Elliott Sharp

Peter Schärli
Peace Now!
enja 9773

Peter Schärli trumpet
Silke Eberhard saxophone
Jean-Jacques Pedretti trombone
Christian Weber bass
Norbert Pfammatter drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy Nerersheimer

«Musik kann die Welt verändern. Mann muss ihr nur zuhören.» P. Schärli

Eskelin-Weber-Griener
The Pearls

Intakt 331

Ellery Eskelin tenor saxophone
Christian Weber bass
Michael Griener drums

Recorded March 2nd, 2018, at Centre du culture ABC, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, by Alex Huber.
Mixed and mastered by Willy Strehler and Christian Weber.
Cover photo: Ellery Eskelin. Graphic design: Jonas Schoder.
Liner notes: Ellery Eskelin.

Eskelin-Weber-Griener

Ellery Eskelin tenor saxophone
Christian Weber bass
Michael Griener drums

We're happy to present our second record 'The Pearls' (Intakt 331) live.

07.12.19 Altbüron - Bau4
08.12.19 La Chaux-de-Fonds - Centre du culture ABC
09.12.19 Zürich - Villa Schneckenmann
10.12.19 Marburg
11.12.19 Münster - Cuba
12.12.19 Hamburg - Gesprächskonzert
13.12.19 Berlin - Jazzkeller 69
14.12.19 Leipzig

Poster by Niklaus Troxler

Wolfgang Reisinger Trio & 1

Wolfgang Reisinger drums
Mario Rom trumpet
Christian Weber bass


30. October - Porgy & Bess, Vienna & Sebi Tramontana trombone
04. November - Stockwerk Jazz!, Graz & John Schröder guitar

The Workers

Urs Leimgruber saxophone
Omri Ziegele saxophone, voice
Christian Weber bass
Alex Huber drums

18. October - Jazz im bau4, Altbüron

Poster by Niklaus Troxler

Joke Lanz/Jason Kahn/Norbert Möslang
Günter Müller/Christian Weber
kangaroo_kitchen

mikroton 89 | 90
2-CD

Joke Lanz turntables
Jason Kahn modular synthesizer, radio, mixer
Norbert Möslang cracked everyday_electronics
Günter Müller ipods, electronics
Christian Weber bass, revolver

Disc 1 was recorded 25.09.18 by Kurt Liedwart in Kaliningrad
Disc 2 was recorded 28.09.18 by Maxim Khaikin in Moscow
Both at Mikroton Mikroten Festival

Mixed and mastered by Norbert Möslang

Graphic designer Kurt Liedwart, Produced by Kurt Liedwart and Sergey Kolosov

Once again I feel honored and I'm very happy to be invited to take part in the Basseurope Academy as well as in the Basseurope young Academy. I highly recommend to participate or just come by if you're even only peripherally interested in double bass. You won't regret it, take my word. There will be a bunch of fantastic bass players and musicians I'm looking forward to hear and see!

Sudden Infant
Buddhist Nihilism

Harbinger Sound 189
LP/CD

Joke Lanz vocals, electronics
Christian Weber bass
Alexandre Babel drums

The Trio's follow up to Wölfli's Nightmare (2014). As promised this one offers more weirdness, more silliness, more groove, more wicked bass lines and more fun!
Mixed an mastered by Martin Siewert.

More weirdness, more silliness, more groove, more wicked bass lines, more fun: the new album "Buddhist Nihilism" will be released August 26 on Harbinger Sound.

Michael Wollny Trio & Norwegian Wind Ensemble
Oslo

ACT 9863-2/9863-1
CD/LP

Michael Wollny piano
Christian Weber bass
Eric Schaefer drums
&
Norwegian Wind Ensemble

Recorded by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studios Oslo, Norway
Mixed and mastered by Adrian von Ripka at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Once again I feel honored and I'm very happy to be invited to take part in the Kontrabass-Kaleidoskop Michaelstein. I highly recommend to participate or just come by if you're even only peripherally interested in double bass. You won't regret it, take my word. There will be a bunch of fantastic bass players and musicians I'm looking forward to hear and see!

Eskelin-Weber-Griener
Sensations Of Tone

Intakt 276

Ellery Eskelin tenor saxophone
Christian Weber bass
Michael Griener drums

Recorded February 15, 2016, by Jon Rosenberg
at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Mixed and mastered by Willy Strehler and Christian Weber
at Studio Klangdach, Guntershausen.
Cover art: Herbert Alexander Basilewski. Graphic design: Jonas Schoder.
Photo: Marcel Meier. Liner notes: Ellery Eskelin.

Joke Lanz & Christian Weber
Berlin Tapes

Blossoming Noise BN065LP
LP (clear vinyl)

Joke Lanz turntables
Christian Weber bass

Recorded live November 9, 2012
Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
by Rashad Becker
Mixed by Will-y Strehler

Jacob Wick
Twice Love

MARGINAL FREQUENCY
tape

SIDE A recorded January 2016 at the wulf., Los Angeles, CA (Wick – trumpet | Christian Weber – contrabass)

SIDE B recorded January 2016 at Bread & Salt, San Diego, CA (Wick – trumpet | Casey Anderson – soprano saxophone, electronics)


Mastered by Alan Jones

The International Nothing (... and something)
The Power Of Negative Thinking

Monotype mono086/monoLP009
CD/LP

Kai Fagaschinski clarinet
Michael Thieke clarinet
Christian Weber doublebass
Eric Schaefer drums & percussion

All compositions by Kai Fagaschinski, Eric Schaefer, Michael Thiek and Christian Weber, 2006 - 2011.
Recorded by Michael at ausland, Berlin, December 15th, 2011. Edited by Kai and Michael. Mixed by Christian.
Mastered by Werner Dafeldecker in Berlin, September 2015.
Cover design by tanabemse.

Roue, à rebours

Dieter Ulrich libretto
Daniel Mouthon komposition
Stefan Nolte regie

Theres Indermaur bühne, kostüm
Barbara Rölli assistenz regie, ausstattung
Franziska Grob produktionsleitung
Matias Ameriso licht

Dorothea Schürch alt
Chasper-Curò Man bariton

Niki Good, Renate Hug, Danny Seng Kit tanz
Christian Dieterle, Jonas Rüegg schauspiel
Flo Stoffner e-gitarre/schauspiel

Ensemble für Neue Musik Zürich

Hans-Peter Frehner flöten
Manfred Spitaler klarinetten
Gabriela Friedli piano
Viktor Müller e-piano
Lorenz Haas perkussion
Dieter Ulrich schlagzeug
Claudia Troxler violine
Christian Weber kontrabass

15 Years of Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey
Zurich Concerts

Leo Records LR 750/751
CD

Peter K Frey bass
Daniel Studer bass

+

John Butcher saxophone
Jacques Demierre piano
Gerry Hemingway drums
Harald Kimmig violin
Hans Koch bassclarinet
Magda Mayas piano
Giancarlo Schiaffini trombome
Jan Schlegel bass
Michel Seigner guitar
Christian Weber bass
Alfred Zimmerlin violoncello

recorded live at Walcheturm, Zurich, 2013-2014
recording/mastering: Ron Kurz

Zwiesprache
Dialogue de l’ombre double /Tanztheater Karine Jost

Künstlerische Leitung & Chorographie: Karine Jost

Tänzer: Ariel Cohen, Jared Marks, Armando Disanto

Christian Weber bass
Andre Rossier saxophone, electronics
Pije electrified piano

Lichtdesign: Pablo Weber

Michael Wollny Trio
Klangspuren

ACT 6019-2
CD/DVD

Michael Wollny piano
Christian Weber bass
Eric Schaefer drums

CD: the final concert of the Karsten Jahnke Jazznights tour at Laeiszhalle Hamburg, 13.11.2015 - Sound engineer: Jan Ugand
Recorded by Alex Bruch and Moncef Dellandrea (Profi Musik Lüneburg)
Edited, mixed and mastered by Klaus Scheuermann

DVD: filmed and recorded live at Forum Leverkusen, 11.11.2014
35. Leverkusener Jazztage
Director: Elmar Herkrath-Rundholz
Sound Engineers: Thomas Sehringer and Achim Kolz

Michael Wollny Trio
Nachfahrten

ACT 9592-2/9592-1
CD/LP

Michael Wollny piano
Christian Weber bass
Eric Schaefer drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Adrian von Ripka at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany

The Peeled Eye
s/t

Shameless SHLP01
LP (yellow vinyl)

Boris Hauf baritone saxophone, piano
Martin Siewert guitar
Christian Weber bass
Steve Heather drums

all music by Hauf / Heather / Siewert / Weber
recorded and mastered by Martin Siewert
mixed by Martin Siewert and Christian Weber
artwork and design by Julian Gosper

WintschWeberWolfarth
Thieves Left That Behind

veto-records/exchange 012

Michel Wintsch synthesizers & electric piano
Christian Weber bass
Christian Wolfarth drums

Recorded February 21/22 2015 at Xylème Studio, Geneva, Switzerland
Recorded, Mixed & Produced by WintschWeberWolfarth

Solo concert at Jazz geht Baden Festival 2015, March 13 2015.
Filmed and edited by Michelle Ettlin.

Lina Allemano trumpet
Christian Weber bass
Wolfgang Reisinger drums

16. April - Mullbau, Luzern
17. April - Werkstatt für Improvisierte Musik, Zürich
18. April - Stadtmühle, Willisau

Poster by Niklaus Troxler

Once again I feel honored and I'm very happy to be invited to take part in the Kontrabass-Kaleidoskop Michaelstein. I highly recommend to participate or just come by if you're even only peripherally interested in double bass. You won't regret it, take my word. There will be a bunch of fantastic bass players and musicians I'm looking forward to hear and see!

Z3
Pale Fire

WhyPlayJazz RS014

Philip Zoubek piano
Benjamin Weidekamp clarinet
Christian Weber bass

All compositions by Philip Zoubek. Recorded on 3rd & 4th of February 2013 by Stefan Deistler at the Loft, Cologne, Germany.

Sudden Infant
Wölfli's Nightmare

Voodoo Rhythm Records VR1282 / VRCD82

Joke Lanz vocals, electronics
Christian Weber bass
Alexandre Babel drums

INDUSTRIAL BLUES BRACHIAL MINIMAL TRASH NOISE
PRODUCED BY ROLI MOSIMANN

Live at Jazzatelier Ulrichsberg (A).

Der grosse Bär
Das Zirkumpolare Jazzorchester

Unit 4530

Achim Escher saxophone
Donat Fisch saxophone
Peter Landis saxophone
Fabienne Hörni saxophone
Adrien Guerne saxophone
Nils Fischer saxophone
Peter Schärli trumpet
Hilaria Kramer trumpet
Patrick Ottige trumpet
Manuel Mengis trumpet
Silvio Cadotsch trombone
Alisa Klein trombone
Valerio Lepori trombone
Marc Unternährer tuba
Harald Haerter guitar
Aitor Studer guitar
Roberto Domeniconi piano
Florian Götte bass
Christian Weber bass
Fredy Studer drums
Luca Ramella drums
Julian Sartorius drums
Thomas Winkler efx

Live at Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin.

Christy Doran's Bunter Hund
Walkin' The Dog

Unit 4448

Christy Doran electric guitar
Patricia Draeger accordion
Christian Weber bass
Lionel Friedli drums

WintschWeberWolfarth
Willisau

hatOLOGY 725

Michel Wintsch piano & synthesizer
Christian Weber bass
Christian Wolfarth drums

Recorded live at Jazz Festival Willisau, August 25, 2012
by Martin Pearson

Michael Thieke Unununium
Nachtlieder

Mikroton 31

Michael Thieke clarinet, zither, field recordings
Luca Venitucci accordion, amplified objects
Martin Siewert guitar, lap steel, electronics
Derek Shirley bass
Christian Weber bass
Steve Heather drums, percussion
Eric Schaefer drums, percussion

All music composed by Michael Thieke (GEMA), except track 6 by Mayo Thompson, and track 4,8,9 by Michael Thieke, Luca Venitucci, Martin Siewert, Derek Shirley, Christian Weber, Steve Heather, Eric Schaefer
Produced by Reinhard Kager, SWR2 Redaktion Neue Musik/Jazz
Recorded June 2009, at SWR studios in Baden Baden by Alfred Habelitz
Mixed by Martin Siewert and Michael Thieke
Mastered by Martin Siewert at Motone Sound Services, Vienna

Spaltklang
In Between
AltrOck 037

Markus Stauss tenor & soprano saxophones, composition
Ritsche Koch trumpet
Francesco Zago electric guitar, loops
Christian Weber bass
Rémy Sträuli drums

Recorded by Benno Hofer TON-ART Basel, Switzerland, Feb. 13 & 14 2013

ensemble für neue musik zürich

Hans-Peter Frehner flöte
Manfred Spitaler klarinette
Lorenz Haas schlagzeug
Viktor Müller fender rhodes
Urs Bumbacher violine
Nicola Romanò violoncello

Sonoe Kato gesang
Chris Wiesendanger klavier
Christian Weber kontrabass

Uraufführung grosse Fassung

26.09.13 - Zürich, Kunsthalle
28.09.13 - Uster, PAM
11.11.13 - Winterthur, Theater am Gleis

Ewald Hügle Quartet
Hop-Frog

Unit 4444

Ewald Hügle saxes
Michael Jefry Stevens piano
Christian Weber bass
Dieter Ulrich brums, bugle

Since the Kontrabass-Kaleidoskop Michaelstein 2012 was a light bulb moment for me, I can't wait for the 2013 edition. I highly recommend to participate or just come by if you're even only peripherally interested in double bass. You won't regret it, take my word. There will be a bunch of fantastic bass players and musicians I'm looking forward to hear and see!

«13»
TANZTHEATER KARINE JOST
SALLE MUMMENSCHANZ - NUITHONIE FRIBOURG


Karine Jost Künstlerische Leitung & Choreographie

Joshua Monten Tanz
Agata Lawniczak Tanz
Dominique Cardito Tanz
Jonas Furrer Tanz
Ariel Cohen Tanz

Franz Brühlhart Bühnenmalerei & Bühnenbild

Pablo Weber Lichtdesign & Beleuchtung

GUSTAV Musik & Komposition
Julian Sartorius Schlagzeug und Percussion
Christian Weber Kontrabass
Benno Zitz Sounddesign
Marc Zendrini Sounddesign

Im Rahmen von «RésiDanse fribourgoise».

Lake-Weber-Ulrich feat. Nils Wogram
All Decks

Intakt 222

Oliver Lake saxophone
Christian Weber double bass
Dieter Ulrich drums
Nils Wogram trombone

Recorded live at unerhört!-Festival Zürich, November 25, 2011
Cover art by Niklaus Troxler

Maya Turbo
EP

«Stacheldraht mit Samtbezug». Mit diesen Worten kommentierte das Intro-Magazin Maya Turbos Musik und ehrte sie mit einem Platz auf seiner Newcomerliste fürs 2011. Turbos minimalistisch inszenierte Popsongs gab es denn mitunter schon im Vorprogramm von The Album Leaf (USA), Wild Beasts (UK), Get Well Soon (DE) und Masha Qrella (DE) zu hören. Mit ihrer «Maya Turbo» EP legt die Wahlbaslerin nun ein facettenreiches Debut vor.

Für diese Studioproduktion spannte Turbo mit einer Reihe erfahrener Musiker zusammen: Jeannot Steck (Produktion, Piano, Rhodes), Micha Lewinsky (Git), Roland Strobel (Bass, Akkordeon), Ralph Nicotera (Drums), Simon Vögeli (Git), abgerundet durch die wunderbaren Klänge aus Christian Webers Kontrabass. Damit dürfen sich die sieben Songs auch mal in voller Bandbesetzung entfalten, ohne dass dabei der Sinn fürs Wesentliche abhanden kommt. Der roten Faden ist sowieso stehts Turbos warme Stimme, die samtweich Ecken und Kanten umgarnt.

mx3

WintschWeberWolfarth
The Holistic Worlds Of...

Monotype monoLP10
LP

Michel Wintsch piano & synthesizer
Christian Weber bass
Christian Wolfarth drums

Nate Wooley - Christian Weber - Paul Lytton
Six Feet Under

NoBusiness Records NBLP46
LP

Nate Wooley trumpet
Christian Weber bass
Paul Lytton drums

Tetras
Pareidolia

FSS-0017
Double LP / Digital Album

Jason Kahn drums
Jeroen Visser organ
Christian Weber bass

I'm very happy and I feel honored that I'm invited to contribute to the Kontrabass-Kaleidoskop Michaelstein. There will be a bunch of fantastic bass players and musicians I can't wait to hear and see!

Live at Friedenskirche Charlottenburg.

Co Streiff-Russ Johnson Quartet
In Circles

Intakt 195

Co Streiff saxophones
Russ Johnson trumpet
Christian Weber bass
Julian Sartorius drums

Recorded live in Biasca, Casa Cavalier Pellanda, June 4, 2011.

Christoph Irniger - Pilgrim
Mt. Tongariro

Between The Lines BTLCHR 71228

Christoph Irniger saxohone
Vera Kappeler piano
Christian Weber bass
Michael Stulz drums

Live at Jazzfestival Willisau.

Felix Profos FORCEMAJEURE
Lingua Mortuorum

Z hdk Records 25/11

Vera Kappeler piano, harmonium
Raphael Camenisch saxophones
Sebastian Pottmeier saxophones
Christian Weber contrabass
John Eckhardt contrabass
Lucas Niggli drums
Felix Profos composition, keyboards

OZMO
OZMO

Unit Records UTR 4286

Vincent Membrez piano
Christian Weber contrabass
Lionel Friedli drums
Joke Lanz turntables
Pedro Lenz spoken words


Don't miss the trailer!

Live at Schaerholzbau, Altbüron. Part 1.

Part two of my residency at jazzclub moods in Zürich. Adi and Me.

Part one of my residency at jazzclub moods in Zürich. What a band!

Lake-Weber-Ulrich
For A Little Dancin'

Intakt 172

Oliver Lake saxophone
Christian Weber double bass
Dieter Ulrich drums


A brief release tour will take place in March 2011. See concerts.

I'm invited to curate three nights at jazzclub moods in Zürich next february. Aside of premiering new challenging collaborations, I have the pleasure to host a bunch of thrilling projects.


02.02.11

The Eagle Has Landed

Michael Thieke clarinet, saxophone
Susanna Gartmayer bassclarinet
Sha bassclarinet, saxophone
Markus Stauss saxophones
Richard Koch trumpet
Robert Morgenthaler trombone
Brigitte Halter french horn, alphorn
Joke Lanz turntables
Christian Weber bass
Julian Sartorius percussion


MO3TA

MO3TA rap
Shadil vocals
DJ A-Boom



08.02.11

Matthew Welch Solo

Matthew Welch bagpipes


Neil And Jack And Me

Adi Weyermann vocal, guitar
Ben Jeger farfisa, accordion, piano
Christian Weber bass, vocal
Julian Sartorius drums



23.02.11

Eskelin-Weber-Griener

Ellery Eskelin saxophone
Christian Weber bass
Michael Griener drums


Kiku 6

Yannick Barman trumpet
Matthieu Michel trumpet
David Doyon guitar
Vincent Membrez moog
Dominik Burkhalter drums
Cyril Regamey drums

Jason Kahn
Sin Asunto

CS187

Jason Kahn amplified percussion
Vincent Millioud violin
Bo Wiget cello
Christian Weber contrabass

Recorded live in Zürich, 2008

Cover design Jason Kahn

... but appearing in a comic for the first time

After my last gig at Miss Hecker in Berlin, curator Yoichi drew my attention to a small comic book by Maki Shimizu. Adagio 006 includes a sketch she made during a perfomance at Miss Hecker in 2007.
Compare it to the photograph that was taken about half a year later during a concert in Zürich!

Felix Profos FORCEMAJEURE

Vera Kappeler piano, harmonium
Raphael Camenisch saxophones
Sebastian Pottmeier saxophones
Christian Weber contrabass
John Eckhardt contrabass
Lucas Niggli drums
Felix Profos composition, keyboards

Die Musik für FORCEMAJEURE ist äusserlich fast konventionell und eingängig - zugleich aber ebenso kompromisslos wie Profos' frühere Kompositionen etwa für Steamboat Switzerland oder das Ensemble MAE.
Übersichtlich und klar (oft nur Melodie und Begleitung), tonal, meist ruhig und sogar schön; jedes äusserliche Extrem, jede äusserliche Originalität wird vermieden.
Das ist weit weit weg von "Neuer Musik" - und ebenso weit von "Jazz". Wenn etwas nahe ist, dann scheinbar: Satie, Schubert, Pop oder Filmmusik, Schostakowitsch, "erfundene Volksmusik", so von fern herangeweht.
Die Kompositionen sind mit grossem Ernst geschrieben - in "gutem altem Handwerk". Um so mehr scheint das Defekte durch, das Linkische und Verlorene.

Premiere: 10.3. - 14.3.2010 (see concerts)

THE SOUND OF INSECTS – Record of a Mummy
A Film by Peter Liechti

Peter Liechti received the European Documentary Film Award, Prix ARTE 2009 for The Sound of Insects. Norbert Möslang, who made the soundtrack (containing excerpts of Signal Quintet live recordings), now won the Swiss Film Music Award 2010.

Jazzwerkstatt Bern
Festival Sampler 2009

Among some funny and interesting contributions I'm on two selections. One with Marc Stucki (sax) and Norberte Pfammatter (dr) and another with Nicolas Masson's Parallels.

Matin Baumgartner's SPIELHUUS

Veto Records 007

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Sudden Infant
My Life's A Gunshot (1989-2009) - Vol. I & II

Hrönir hr8909 2x2LP

20 Year retrospective of Joke Lanz's Sudden Infant project, released on 4 LP's housed in 2 fullcolour gatefold-covers, featuring paintings by Joke Lanz, and an essay about S.I. by G.X. Jupitter-Larsen. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Mastered & cut by Rashad Becker at D+M, designed by Bill Kouligas.

These two double LP's combine 49 rare and unreleased tracks as well as some of Sudden Infant's most essential and radical work from the last twenty years. Beautifully housed in two fold-out double LP's with original cover paintings by Joke Lanz and an exclusive 4-page essay by GX Jupitter-Larsen.

I'm very proud and happy to appear on a few selections on volume II. Joke's impact as a musician and friend was and still is precious to me.

Peer Seemann
Partenza

Peersound

Christian Reiner voice
Christian Weber double bass

Recorded live @ Garnisongasse Vienna, July 27 2009

Special thanks to Jörg (video) and Peter (sound).

BigVeto
100valli

Veto Records 006

Christoph Erb tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Achim Escher alto saxophone
Vincent Membrez pro-one
Yves Reichmuth electric guitar
Christian Weber double bass, electric bass
Julian Sartorius drums

Recorded live @ Meridiani Lucerne, October 21/22 2008

Fini Foto
Theatre Performance

Dschungel, Vienna (A)

Claudia Mayer, Christian Reiner & Christian Weber

Dropp Ensemble
Safety

either/OAR either/2

Salvatore Dellaria
Adam Sonderberg
+
Olivia Block trumpet
Steven Hess percussion
Jason Kahn analogue synth
Ilja Komarov electric bass
Tomas Korber treatment
Brian Labycz computer
Eric Lanzillotta moog
Joseph Mills electronics and devices
Jon Mueller percussion and cassettes
Jason Soliday open circuits
Jason Stein bass clarinet
Brendan Walls electronics
Christian Weber contrabass

In 2003 Dellaria/Sonderberg founded, and co-direct Dropp Ensemble (pronounced "drope" - Swedish for 'drip feed') which consists of an international grouping of musicians and technicians that work together in person or through the mail. The materials are pooled, and undergo extensive production and editing by the duo.

Roberto Domeniconi >>Vierklang
Raumzeit

Unit Records UTR 4210

Roberto Domeniconi piano
Peter Schärli trumpet
Christian Weber double bass
Norbert Pfammatter drums

Recorded live August 20, 2006 at Dampfzentrale Bern by Peter Pfister

Dead Peni
2-4+1

Blossoming Noise BN040CD

This is the first full length release from Dead Peni. Electric bass, a drum-machine, voice and backing tapes, as well as live drum contributions from Christian Weber. Includes full length record with bonus track in the form of a music video. Heavy sounds from the underground. Edition of 300.

Walter & Sabrina/
Dietrich Eichmann Ensemble
Demons

Danny Dark Records DD1148 [2 CD set]

Composed and performed by

Stephen Moore voice & lyricist
Walter Cardew guitar & voice
Celia Lu soprano voice & harmonium
Dietrich Eichmann piano & harpsichord
Gunnar Brandt-Sigurdsson voice & electronics
Michael Griener percussion
Alexander Frangenheim double bass
Christian Weber double bass

Recorded May 13-15, 2008 at Vivaldi Saal, Berlin.

Jason Kahn
Timelines NY

Conv 050

Jason Kahn composition, live mix
Tomas Korber guitar, electronics
Norbert Möslang cracked everyday electronics
Günter Müller ipod's, electronics
Christian Weber contrabass
Tim Barnes percussion

Recorded May 15, 2007 at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, New York.
Duration: 120 minutes

Available for download here.

Christian Weber
Walcheturm Solo

Cut 025

Christian Weber contrabass

Recorded in the resonant halls of the Zürich art space Walcheturm, Weber takes advantage of the rich room acoustics, drawing on his sense of place to create a work not only focused on sound but imbued with a narrative drive which will leave the listener enthralled from beginning to end.

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Sudden Infant
Psychotic Einzelkind

Blossoming Noise BN036CD

Joke Lanz vocals, electronics
Bill Kouligas electronics, percussion
Christian Weber electric bass

Psychotic Einzelkind is an exploding kaleidoscope, an acoustical Rorschach inkblot test, of psychotic sounds and noises. Sudden Infant as a trio delivers a strong and extensive album without any boundaries and limits.
Features three remixes by Z'EV, Lasse Marhaug, & Thurston Moore.

Recorded 2007 at Rashad Becker's studio in Berlin Kreuzberg.
Cover design by Allon Kaye.

A while ago Adam Sonderberg and Salvatore Dellaria invited me to contribute some material for the new Dropp Ensemble record that will be released on and/OAR later this year.
Since I sent way too much material to Chicago, Adam had the idea to use some of it for a track they produced for their ongoing project.

untitled -> ongoing: week 6
composed, performed, assembled, and mixed on 26 january 2008
by salvatore dellaria / adam sonderberg
w/ christian weber, contrabass

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Signal Quintet & Yamauchi
Signal to Noise Vol. 4

For4Ears 1866

Jason Kahn analog synth, percussion
Tomas Korber guitar, electronics
Norbert Möslang cracked everyday-electronics
Günter Müller ipod, percussion, electronics
Christian Weber bass
Katsura Yamauchi saxophone

The Signal Quintet met saxophonist Kastura Yamauchi for two days of recording and performance at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media.
These two pieces recorded from the studio sessions shine not only for their precise and unyielding focus but for the sheer joy the players reveal in these tracks, at times approaching the energy of free jazz.

Mersault
Raymond & Marie

formed 07

Tomas Korber guitar, electronics
Christian Weber bass
Christian Wolfarth percussion

Mersault's second album works by undermining expectations, shifting the foreground to the background and back again. A nominally placid passage contains a busy roughness that, without any overt moment of transition, characterizes the moment in question. Similarly, passages of resonant double bass emerge from rough, bracing chunks of sound, dropping after a while into parallel coexistence with electronic drone and muted percussion.

I'm very happy and proud to present my completely overworked and newly structured website. This was made possible with a lot of support and patience by Adi Aicher. Enjoy!

Korber/Weber/Yamauchi
Signal to Noise Vol. 2

For4Ears 1864

Tomas Korber guitar, electronics
Christian Weber bass
Katsura Yamauchi saxophone

Second volume of the ‚Signal To Noise‘ series with recordings from the 2006 tour in Japan and Korea.
Here two third of the group Mersault collaborate with saxophonist Katsura Yamauchi, yielding a highly concentrated music of fine particles and wispy noise.

Recorded at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media.