Moritz Von Oswald Trio consisted until recently, besides Von Oswald himself, by Max Loderbauer on synthesizer and Vladislav Delay on drums and metal percussion. Based on a loose and repetitive variety of steel gray, electrified jazz, they have pulled threads for both krautrock, dubtechno and particularly Miles Davis' electrified releases from the 70s.

An expression that contrasts a psychedelic, improvised and slowly evolving kosmisches music with Von Oswald millimeter precise, controlled sound design.

Loderbauer has been a constant (if somewhat reticent) fixture in the serious electronic music scene for decades. First as a member of influential 90s duo Sun Electric, then in his collaborative projects with Tobias Freund (as nsi.) and Ricardo Villalobos (remixing the canonical ECM catalogue), and most recently with his debut solo album Transparenz (2013) Loderbauer has established himself as a pioneering force in sound design and avant-garde music production.

The fresh dimension in this brand new incarnation of the Trio is provided by Tony Allen. Customarily referred to as the inventor of Afrobeat and described by Brian Eno as “perhaps the greatest drummer who ever lived”, it would be hard to find another musician who has exerted such a powerful and consistent influence on the direction of his chosen genre.

Uniting these two very different musical personalities in the service of a common creative goal is, of course, Moritz von Oswald: longtime master of electronic experimentalism and technical exactitude, von Oswald is firmly entrenched in the modern history of forward-thinking music.

The latest edition of the Trio provides the ideal platform for von Oswald to explore new dimensions in live improvisation and instrumentalisation in the august company of two of his musical peers.

Tony Allen, drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti’s band from 1968 to 1979 and one of afrobeat’s primary founders, replaces the trio’s usual percussionist, Vladislav Delay.

German electronic pioneers mix dub, techno, jazz and krautrock with his trio, which counts the long-time collaborator Max Loderbauer and himself Afrobeat legend Tony Allen.

Moritz Von Oswald belongs to the handful of musicians who can be said to have shaped a genre from scratch. He has since the early nineties, under names such as Basic Channel, Maurizio and Rhythm & Sound, drawn musical connections from Detroit via Jamaica to Berlin, and put an indelible imprint on virtually all subsequent techno.

Von Oswald an unparalleled and perfectionist sense of minimalist, dubbed rhythm and infinitely deep, whistled echo-filled soundscape, has served as a model for almost all generations of techno musicians who have come after, and his influence has only been increasing, and the list of collaborators only have been longer: Mark Ernestus, Juan Atkins, Carl Craig and Thomas Fehlmann are all names that emphasizes Moritz Von Oswald is one of techno absolute giants.

Date: 18/10/2014 8pm
Venue: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts
Address: 1094 Budapest, Liliom u. 41.,
Tel.: (+36 1) 456 2040

Source: trafo.hu