JazzWerkstatt Wien in collaboration with Synesthetic Wednesday pres.

JULIEN AND MANU WILL PERFORM THEIR MOST RECENT SOLO WORKS AND WILL PRESENT THE OUTCOME OF SEVERAL DAYS OF DUO REHEARSALS/RESEARCH LEADING UP TO THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENING!

Julien Chamla
(percussions – motorized lapsteel)

Throughout hundreds of performances all around Europe, Japan, China, Brazil in the experimental, improvised music and alternative rock scenes, Julien Chamla developed a unique vocabulary focused on tension, roughness and repetition. Eager to unlearn and to strip down the musical matter, his work is mainly connected to primitive, trance and ritualistic music. He will premiere his first digital sound installation Bodies Can in spring 2023.
Amongst others, he is involved in the bands Tripes, Helved Rüm, Ritual Extra, Aquaserge; and contemporary dance projects.

Manu Mayr
(bass – fx)

is a vienna-born bass player, composer & producer. The exploration and connection of the most diverse sound worlds and their sociotopes can be described as the core of his creative work. In doing so, he deals with the numerous currents of contemporary music creation. From the interpretation of new music to experimental electronics, improvisation and jazz to hip-hop and pop. performing at renowned festivals all over the globe in various contexts as co-leader, solo artist or sideman.
Founding member of: 5K HD, Kompost 3, Gabbeh, schtum
Member of: Synesthetic 4, Studio Dan
guest musician at Klangforum Wien, Phace, Bit20 Ensemble Bergen, Nouvelle Ensemble
Contemporain and many more