RECALIBRATE: New Line-Up

Recalibrate is re-emerging in 2024 with lots of new material and new bass player Andrew Mortensen, from Serious Beak, Kurushimi, Slimey Things and many other progressive and experimental bands. Alex and I can’t wait to bring this new trio on a small run of shows around NSW:

HINTERLANDT: Quartet at Django

Hinterlandt will perform at Django Bar in Sydney on Thursday 12th of September. We will debut our new, compact quartet format:

Nicole Smede – vocals
Monique Turner – violin
Simeon Johnson – cello
Jochen Gutsch – composition, guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn

We will be supported by Anti Guitar Trio (Simon Dawes, Dave Sattout, Joe Manton) who specialise in complex poly-rhythms.

Tickets

SNOB CLUB: Unwucht LP and Tour

Instrumental, intercontinental, intense trio SNOB CLUB has just released a new album called Unwucht. I play guitar and did the artwork. Available on vinyl and on Bandcamp. Label: Kollektive Halluzination.

Matthias Weishoff – bass
Gregor Hennig – drums
Jochen Gutsch – guitar

Tour Dates (all in Germany):

All shows with Krälfe except Hannover with Ditz

HINTERLANDT: German Cultural Day

On Saturday 1st of April 2023, Hinterlandt will be performing at the inaugural German Cultural Day in Sydney, organised by the Goethe-Institut and supported by Woollahra Council. We’re excited to share the day with Monolake, Electric Indigo, Lolo Lovina, The Beez, Martin del Amo and many others. Info here.

Musicians:
Lara Goodridge – violin
Monique Turner – viola
Simeon Johnson – cello
Nicole Smede – vocals
Jochen Gutsch – guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn

HINTERLANDT: International Women’s Jazz Festival

Since Hinterlandt grew from a solo project into an ensemble, the majority of band members have been female. Now we’ve been invited to play at SIMA’s International Women’s Jazz Festival. In addition to this Sydney show we’ll play in Katoomba, Tomerong and Canberra to road-test some new material and to introduce violinist, Isabel Tzorbatzaki.

STILL: Soundtrack on Oxtail Records

Still is an audio-visual project based on photos of the same patch of sky I took for 100 consecutive days, at 8am every morning. At the same time I composed a soundtrack to match the meditative atmosphere of the photographic project. The collage grid was shown in Head on Photo Festival, the soundtrack was released on Oxtail Records. The 100 photos can be viewed in this online gallery. I’ll also be playing a few solo shows to support the release:

SNOB CLUB: Bremen, Berlin, Frankfurt

My instrumental trio SNOB CLUB has a short tour coming up in Germany. These shows are always intense and cathartic. It’s been a while because my co-musicians and I don’t live in the same country, and international travel to/from Australia was out of the question for more than two years. We last toured in 2019, then had another tour booked in 2020 which was cancelled. Anyway, this time it’s happening.

All shows supported by Krälfe

DANCE: Research Collaboration

Sydney contemporary dance company Critical Path invited me to participate in a research residency they hosted for a choreographer and two dancers with disabilities. Together with fellow musician Trevor Brown we developed sounds and music to support the dancers in their vision.

RECALIBRATE: Name Change

Recalibrate is the new name for my trio with Alex O’Toole and Simeon Bartholomew, formerly known as No Mandate. The band is older than Covid and was named before people started shouting about vaccine and mask mandates. We’d played about 35 shows and made two albums under the name No Mandate, but felt the step was necessary to avoid being associated with this toxic debate. Some links have changed: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

STILL: Head On Photo Festival

My first visual artwork STILL has been accepted into Head On Photo Festival. It’s based on 100 photos of the same patch of sky I took at 8am in the morning for 100 consecutive days. I made this a while ago and it’s amazing to see it now gets this kind of recognition. STILL will be on display at Paddington Reservoir Gardens in Sydney from 20 until 28 November, as a projection slide, among semi-finalists. I’d like to thank the festival jury for selecting the work among all those submissions.

For info about the festival please go to the festival website.