The UNORTHODOXJUKEBOX O. improvisation orchestra for contemporary & avant-garde music is a collectiv currently consisting of 23 musicians divided into 5 instrumental sections.
In 2016, Marco von Orelli, Benjamin Brodbeck and Kaspar von Grünigen had the idea of bringing together various improvising micro-scenes in Basel to form something larger and organized a spontaneous gathering. The cross-generational orchestra UNORTHODOXJUKEBOX O. developed from this.
The orchestra members come from all corners of the Basel music scene: new music, jazz, improvised music, electronic music, early music, experimental pop, contemporary music theatre....
The wealth of musical experience is also the concept of UJB O. - the collective is at the centre and so since summer 2017 they have been working on various ideas: Space, shaping time, sonority, no rules of the game or strict compositional rules. But the most important factor remains the living organism: UNORTHODOXJUKEBOX O. is the sum of its parts, but also a particle accelerator: the individual voice always remains audible.
Line Up:
Marina Tantanozi flute (track A1, A2, B)
Jaronas Scheurer saxophone (track A1, A2, B)
Marco von Orelli trumpet (track A1, A2, B)
Antonia Ravens harp (track A2, B)
Giancarlo Nicolai lute (track A1, A2, B)
Anna- Kaisa Meklin viola da gamba (track A1, A2, B)
Kaspar von Grünigen double bass (track A1, A2, B)
Christoph Schiller spinet (track A1, A2, B)
Alvin Schwaar keys (track A1, A2, B)
Lukas Huber keys and electronics (track A1, A2, B)
Eric Ruffing analog synthesizer (track A1, A2, B)
Volker Böhm electronics (track A2, B)
João Carlos Pacheco percussion (track A2, B)
Benjamin Brodbeck drums (track A1, A2, B)
Michael Anklin drums (track A2, B)
credits
released November 4, 2022
Recording: Lukas Huber, March 14th + 15th 2019
Editing: Lukas Huber, Marco von Orelli and Christoph Schiller
Mix and Mastering: Hannes Kumke
Artwork: Camillo Paravicini
Vinyl Cut: Adi Flück, Centraldubs
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