Allure
Mechanical and organic, violent and calm, "Allure trio" feeds on these dualities.
Formed around the composer and bassist Ulysse Loup, the trio explores the world of contemporary jazz. Inspired by the sound textures of free improvisation, the strict writing of contemporary music and the many rhythms of jazz, the trio's music plays around stylistic boundaries. Navigating between strict writing and improvisation, the trio's primary objective is the search for "sound"
Their first album "Apilaptok" is set to release in February 2023. Written in Greenland, this album translates to music the great wild spaces that are sometimes calm but often violent.
Piano: Daniel Hernandez
Bass/composition: Ulysse Loup
Drums: Michael Cina
Noblique
We don't know if it was fate that guitarist Anna Kalk from Estonia, bassist Ulysse Loup from Geneva and drummer Damien Kuntz from France met in Bern or if it was just pure chance.
In any case, they improvised together and, from the very first sessions, they understood that they would continue together as a trio. Noblique combines different sound textures and is constantly searching for new sounds.
Noblique started as a free improvisation trio, yet quickly they found themselves developping an original repertoire.
Passionate about new ways to explore their instruments, and avant-garde music, their musical landscape reaches from intimate hang-in-time moments to explosive merciless improvisations.
Guitar: Anna Kalk
Bass/composition: Ulysse Loup
Drums: Damien Kuntz
O° W
Inspired by Rimbaud's « Le Bateau Ivre » , O° W is a long-form piece narrating a transatlantic journey.
Like the drums of galleys, two drummers mark the pulse. Three brass instruments imitate foghorns, while two basses create underwater textures. A strident guitar evokes the sound of wind in the rigging. A flute and a voice recount the boat's desire to enter the water.
Blending improvisation and strict composition, O° W offers an immersion into a dreamlike, maritime world. The stage is covered in sails. Lights reflect off them, creating a phantasmagorical ambiance.
Ulysse Loup: Bass, composition & direction
Damaris Brendle: Voice // Ludmilla Mercier: Flute & Voice // Mireia Martin: Saxophone // Paul
Butscher: Trumpet // Pere Molines: Trombone // Anna Kalk: Guitar // Benjamin Jaton: Double Bass //
Flo Hufschmid: Drums // Damien Kuntz: Drums
Tzupati orchestra
Tzupati Orchestra embodies the beauty of multiculturalism. Musicians from different horizons have come together to play traditional dance music.
Coming to a concert is a unique experience, a musical trip to what humans do best: Partying!
From the first passionate cry of the Clarinette to the last Bass note, listeners are unable to resist and are irresistibly attracted to the dance floor.
Goran Bregovitch and the Balkans, Catalan tradition or Klezmer, these are styles that tear down boundaries et bring people together. And why not dance?
Flute: Ludmilla Mercier
Clarinet: Rebecca Minten
Trombone: Pere Molines
Accordion: Lea Gasser
Double Bass: Ulysse Loup
Drums: Corentin Barro
Fusoosh!
The sextet FUSOOSH! is a homemade pipe bomb ready to explode on stage. The music is inspired by the funk tradition but with that little something extra. In this melting pot of genres, a jazzy piano solo naturally mixes naturally with blistering rock guitar.One does not leave a concert unscathed. First a Funky bass line, quickly joined by a deep Backbeat will make you stomp your feet before the smooth chords from the Rhodes will wake up your dancing instincts, that will end up completely taking over once the brass arrives.
Saxophone: Elori Baume
Trombone: Pere Molines
Guitar: Julien Ehrensperger
Keys: Daniel Hernandez
Bass: Ulysse Loup
Drums: Xavier Kaeser
Youssry Taha trio
Gathered around Banjo player Youssry Taha, this trio explores the world of modern jazz.
Of Egyptian and American descent, this charismatic leader explores his two cultures and reconciles them in audacious compositions.
Thus arabic scales are combined with the typical hip-hop backbeat. An underestimated instrument, the banjo finds its shining hour and reminds us that it is first an instrument of African origin, only later popularised by North American Dixieland.
After more than 5 years playing together in different bands, the Trio members, long time friends, have come together and will be releasing their first album in early 2021.
Banjo: Youssry Taha
Bass: Ulysse Loup
Drums: Gaspard Creux
