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Who:
Konrad Kuechenmeister is surely one of the most captivating artists of the contemporary underground music scene. While being live on stage he personifies the harmony of traditional musician`s skills and the multimedia techniques of the new millenium.
How:
This multi-instrumentalist is composing, arranging, creating, mixing and does all that LIVE on stage. While doing so he uses traditional instruments like guitar, bass guitar, melodica, djembe, didgeridoo, Brazilian percussion and shakers which he plays and records with his loopstation. Then adding his vocals and some beatboxing with modern effects the loopstation is converting all those several recordings into an „endless loop“.
With this loopstation Konrad can easily re-arrange the order of the single loops and by doing that creates a sound that you would usually expect to be played by a band. Konrad Kuechenmeister`s music completely goes without pre-fabricated samples but instead creates sounds in a rather abstract way using bottles, pots, bowls, spoons, cake- tins, milk frothers and other unusual „instruments“. By leaving enough space for
improvisations every single show is unique and special.
Where:
Konrad started his career as a street musician in Berlin and since those days he played more than 400 shows in Europe, the US, China and Brasil where he was supporting ManuChao at the Arena in Brasilia.
What:
All the impressions and inspirations he was subject to during his touring culminated in this very unique style which is as well-rounded as concise. His music is a very own interpretaion of styles like Drum`nBass, Reggae, Dancehall, Dub, House, HipHop, Latin Music, Ska and Breakbeat and is the reason why each of his shows is an unforgettable experience.
Berlin:
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Goya Metropol Theater Moviemento Amphitheater Arena Treptow Barzone Fire Club Artliners Club Mädcheninternat |
Kiki Blofeld Lovelite Edelweiss Münzclub Club Miss Tipsy Café Palermo |
Dresden :
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Scheune Puschkin Groove Station Bärenzwinger Lingnerschloß |
Fahrenheit 100 E2 Club Alte Feuerwache Tusculum Praxis Club |
further shows in Germany:
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E-Werk Freiburg KGB Club Freiburg Lindenpark Potsdam Alte Hauptpost Leipzig Asisi Panometer Leipzig Café Mule Leipzig Kultiviert Anders Leipzig Tivoli Freiberg WCB Club Weißwasser Spielbühne Freital HS Party Schneeberg Weltecho Chemnitz |
Sound n Arts Bamberg MCAD München Nostromo Görlitz Club Desi Nürnberg Knarzquadrat Bremen Provisorium Nürtingen Offene Arbeit Erfurt Stadtstrand Cottbus JC Roßwein Marchwitza Eisenhüttenstadt Mensakeller Köthen Terrarium Köln |
further international shows:
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Balancity Shanghai CN Red Town Shanghai CN Alpenblick Basel CH CDA T-House Skopje MK |
Droga do Mekki Wroclaw PL Badeschiff Wien AT Loop Club Wien AT Spark Wien AT |
shows in Brazil:
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Teatro Brasilia Caixa de Cultura ARENA Futebol Brasilia Cinematheque Rio de Janeiro Festival das culturas populares Kalaf Brasilia Funfarra Brasilia Estádio Mané Garincha torre tv Brasilia Blackout Brasilia Puroritmo Festival Da Cultura Consciente |
Studio SP Sao Paolo Centro Cultural Martim Cererê Goiânia Cine Lapa Rio de Janeiro Balaio Café CCBB Botequim Blues Marco Zero Festival Praia Molle - Churrascaria do Lago Cena Contemporânea Brasilia Finca Festival Brasilia |
Festivals:
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Worldtronics Festival Berlin Universo Paralelo BR Cena Contemporânea Festival Brasilia Klangtherapie Festival Upstairsfestival Darmstadt Zelt-Musik-Festival Freiburg Transnaturale Festival Fokusfestival Elbhangfest Dresden Fete de la Musique Potsdam Campusfestival Roßwein Marco Zero Festival BR |
Loopfestival Berlin Finca Festival Brasilia Kunitz Festival Ostrale Festival Radio F.r.e.i. Nacht TU in Szene Festival Internationales Kurzfilm Festival Berlin BRN Festival Dresden Invasion Kulturtage Freiburg Museumsnacht Dresden Festival der Kulturen ORWOhaus Festival Berlin |
Support Act of: Manu Chao - Ohrbooten - Egotronic - B Negão ...
In 1982 Konrad Kuechenmeister was born in Dresden/ Germany. At the age of 4 he got addicted to music already. His dad is musician and had a room packed with intruments – a room that turned into Konrad`s playground.
At the age of 22 he had the chance to join the American band „Regatta69“ as keyboard player and toured Europe, the US, England and Swtzerland with the band. Konrad really enjoyed performing with the guys but pretty soon felt himself limited to play just one instrument. He wanted more than that. And there was more....
In spring of 2006 he suddenly discovered the Loopstation (initially the RC20XL). Equipped with a car battery, an amplifier, his loopstation and several instruments he gigged around Berlin as a street musician.
Then out of his improvisations he developed songs and set up a show. And pretty soon afterwards he got the chance to perform on a stage. And a few days later a radio station (RadioFritz) took notice of his skills and by that he had his first radio interview and also his first solo show in the summer of 2006. In autumn then the TV show of XEN.ON shot a documentary about him and his show which was broadcasted by 17 other channels in
Germany like RBB, OKB and OKR (and sometimes is still broadcasted).
After he had played a lot of shows – sometimes in tiny little in-scene venues and sometimes on bigger festival stages – this draw „SPUR1-MUSIC“`s interest on him. The indie label offered him to record and release an album, which was pressed in a strictly limited version of just 500 pieces. In spring of 2008 „Loopool“ his first album was released and was sold out within the next three months. „Battery Street“ the successing album is
not a limited edition was released in summer of 2009.
Surely one of the most impressive highlight of his career as a solo musician was his touring with „BerlinLoopBrasil“in the summer of 2008. The German Embassy invited the collective to perform 2 months in Brasil within the framework of the „German Culture Fest“ supported by the „Goethe Institute“. „BerlinLoopBrasil“ is a collective of Konrad, several dancers, a film artist as well as a light artist of Berlin`s „Haus der Kulturen der Welt“, which is is a place for international contemporary arts and a forum for current developments and discourse.
Due to the huge media coverage the local shows were massively packed with people and the artists performed in front of up to 5000 people. Even the first show at the famous „Teatro Caixa Cultural“ was sold out. While touring Brasil Konrad got in touch with a lot of musicians who were introduced to looping by him. Pretty soon some of those local artists joined the German collective and became part of the collective. The tour of
„BerlinLoopBrasil“ suddenly turned into the project of „BerlinLoopBrasil“ and due to the growing demand he toured again three times with the project in Brasil and it was an honour for him to warm up for ManuChao as his official support act in the „Arena Brasila“ Since the summer of 2009 Konrad is alsomst constantly touring Germany, playing a lot of show in different venues and festivals and in spring 2010 he was invited to come to
Shanghai/ China to play five shows at the German Pavillon an the „World Exhibition 2010“.
The next Brasil tour is going to start in summer this year....
To be continued.....
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