Samstag, 29 März, 2025 - 19:30

“Kapustin revisited" Roman Rofalski & Paulina Sofie Kissnew /Chasys

Doors 19:30 / concerts 20:00 / Tickets 10-15 €

Roman Rofalski // Paulina Sofie Kiss

Kapustin revisited

“Kapustin revisited” is a duo project remixing the music of Ukrainian composer Nikolai Kapustin, who - in Sovjet days - developed a unique and compositional approach to American jazz. His music is dense journey into a jazz idiom abandoning all improvisational aspects for rhythmic and harmonical complexity.  Berlin-based pianist Roman Rofalski has been dealing with Kapustin’s music intensively. In 2018, he recorded “the Kapustin project” (Sony Classical) with a focus on pieces of the 1980s, putting them aside own compositions and contemporaries. 

Now, together with Paulina Sofie Kiss on modularsynth, the two musicians try capturing the essence of  Kapustin’s works, chunks of melodic and harmonic content, slowing it down to show its beauty, re-arranging everything into a state of live-electronic improvisation, spicing it up with drones, samples, glitches and post-contemporary beats.

https://www.instagram.com/<wbr>romanrofalski/

http://www.romanrofalski.com/

http://paulinasofiekiss.de/

https://romanrofalski.<wbr>bandcamp.com/

Chasys is Ariel Schlichter’s ambient, electronic & experimental project. Each release focuses on different techniques and concepts, which range from the fully ambient, field-recording and found sounds based ‘Tunnel Mountain’ to the generative sequenced ‘Decomposition Method’ through the story-driven soundtrack-inspired ‘Neo CABA 2’, the modular experiment ‘Digital Voltage’ and the live-recorded releases ‘Abajo’ & ‘Resume Game’. 

Chasys’ live set incorporates elements from several of these experiences through a system that allows for a constant stream of improvisation and loop manipulation that feedbacks upon itself for a constant, un-repeating soundscape exploration, at times fully ambient, at others verging on techno or on hypnotic sequences. Computers, cassette tapes, custom MIDI controllers and FX pedals all intersect to create an ever changing experience.

https://puddlelabel.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=oV1jnsP2Jn4

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