Michael Thieke & Beat Keller

Michael Thieke - clarinet
Beat Keller - feedbacker electric guitar

"The Berlin-based duo inhabits and combines different currents of experimental sound. The electro-acoustic instrumentation, which draws from the old and the new, and the natural flow of the sound events, in which the identities of the sounds are kept clear, lead to a listening experience in which abstraction and emotion collide".

„Das Berliner Duo kombiniert verschiedene Strömungen des experimentellen Klangs. Die elektroakustische Instrumentierung, die aus Altem und Neuem schöpft, und der natürliche Fluss der Klangereignisse, bei dem die Identitäten der Klänge klar bleiben, führen zu einem Hörerlebnis, bei dem Abstraktion und Emotion aufeinanderprallen“.

Bios:

Michael Thieke 
The Berlin-based clarinetist/composer/performer Michael Thieke is equally at home across a broad range of musical environments, such as experimental song forms, collectively composing projects, improvising collectives, and music on the fringes of jazz. He is exploring the minutiae of sound, timbre and noise, with a particular interest in microtonality and related sound phenomena. The qualities of slowness are another field of his research. He has a preference for long-term collaborations and collective work.
Some of his current Projects are: The International Nothing , Voutchkova/Thieke Duo , The Pitch , Der lange Schatten , Splitter Orchester, Magda Mayas Filamental , loading lift and move, Bruine, Porta Chiusa, The Clarinet Trio, The Magic I.D. , Marino/Thieke, milesdavisquintetorchestra!, Mur des Murmures.
https://thieke.klingt.org

Beat Keller
is a Swiss musician making avant-garde jazz, experimental and improvised music. He received several awards and scholarships from Pro Helvetia - The Swiss Arts Council, Canton of Thurgau, Canton of Zurich and the City of Winterthur.
He collaborated with the likes of Joke Lanz, Saadet Türköz, Axel Dörner, Burkhard Beins, Christian Wallumrød, Werner Puntigam, Jason Kahn, Ute Wassermann, Cara Stacey and many more. He regularly performs across Europe, USA, Latin America, Asia and South Africa.
https://beatkeller.com