Fire Music Encounter

5.2.25, 20.00 Rhiz, u-bahnbogen 37, A-1080 vienna

Bordercrossing collaborations of free-improvised and experimental music.

• Alexander Babikov/ Susanna Gartmayer/ potzblitz!brak/ Edith Steyer (D/A)

• Vid Drašler/Jakob Gnigler/ Laura Pudelek (Slo/A)

Babikov/ Gartmayer/ potzblitz!brak/ Steyer (D/A)

2 reeds, 2 guitars – a symmetrical quartet on a symmetrical date

Alexander Babikov: vienna-based composer, sound artist and improviser, laptop musician

and multi-instrumentalist composition, conceptualism, installation and improvisation.

stylistically differentiated projects and ensembles, site-specific works, interdisciplinary

performances and spontaneous improvisatory formations with numerous live appearances

in and outside of vienna. monday improvisers session. …. babikov.klingt.org

Susanna Gartmayer: bass clarinetist, composer and improviser in various fields of

experimental music. numerous ensembles for improvised and organized music. Monday

Improvisers Session The Vegetable Orchestra, möström, Black Burst Sound Generator, GBK,

McPhee Quartett, So Sner, Anthropods, Aljamosuthovi Kurzmann/Gartmayer, AOUIE –

Acoustic Solos for Bass Clarinet and Room, The Klingt Collective, Lupe ….gartmayer.klingt.org

potzblitz!brak: guitar/ bass/ electronics. lots of ensembles in jazzcore, free-metal,

notebooknoise. Composed and improvised. When Yuppies Go To Hell, L´asino, Lunchbreak,

Mozo Mozo, Ezakimak,… potzblitz!brak at youtube

Edith Steyer: Edith Steyer is a free improvising clarinet and saxophone player with her roots

in jazz and classical music of the 20th century. Ethnic Music. Prepared Instruments,

Feedback. Berliner Echtzeitszene. Solo,BELLS, Das wilde Klingen, SORBD… www.edithsteyer.

de

Drašler/Gnigler/ Pudelek (Slo/A)

Vid Drašler: drummer form Bistrica ob Sotli, collaborated with Zlatko Kaučič, Vitja

Balžalorsky, Jošt Drašler, Marko Karlovčec, Andrej Boštjančič, Andrej Fon, Tomaž Grom, Cene

Resnik, Kaja Draksler, Mario Rechtern, Linda Sharrock, Petr Zelenka, Samo Kutin, Tao G.

Vrhovec Sambolec …

Jakob Gnigler: saxophonist based in Vienna. Member of P:Y:G, with Robert Pockfuß (guit)

and Alex Yannilos (dr), Gnigler (experimental jazz), Pneuma, Duit/Gnigler, Schneider/ Gnigler

(fusion of songs and experimental improvisation), Anthropods, Aljamosuthovi,…

http://jakobgnigler.com/

Laura Pudelek: Laura Pudelek is a cellist, improvisor, performer. Improvisation and

experimental music at the interface of music, dance and performance. She studied cello and

instrumental pedagogy with a focus on improvisation and contemporary music under

Raphael Wallfisch, Wolfgang Aichinger,