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!

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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.

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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

more information

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

additional info + archive

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.