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Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra

Artist Biography For Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra

Berlin’s Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra Is Made Up Of 18 Young Musicians With A Multiplicity Of Musical And Cultural Roots. Founded In 2006 The Formation Is Characterized By “courageous Curiosity And Openness For Almost Anything” H. Sieverts And Plays The Ensemble Director And Saxophonist Daniel Glatzel’s Compositions With A High Level Of Precision. The Pieces Are Beyond Jazz New Music Classical Or Pop And Give Space To Every Instrument In This Unusual Lineup. “Where Pop Meets Jazz And New Music Genre Borders Meld With Its Debut Album Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra Advances Into The Unknown” Die Zeit 09 While The Critics Ascribed A Pop Perspective To Take Off In The New Program BUM BUM Electronic Music And Its Re Translation Into The Acoustic Are More In The Focus And Assignments In The Individual And Collective Playing Fields Are Rearranged. The Cuts Between Individual Idioms And Positions Are Sharper And The Attacks More Progressive. Coupled With The Ensemble’s High Level Of Lightness And Their Thrilling Joy In Playing The Band Enthuses The Broadest Of Audiences With Its High-Energy Carefree Approach. At Home In Concert Halls Jazz Clubs And – During Common Concerts With The Band The Notwist– Big Venues And Pop-Festivals This Unique Hybrid Of Big Band Chamber Ensemble And Progressive Rock Orchestra Is An Event That Mixes Up And Re-Orders Old Expectations And Habits. The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra Has Been Celebrated By Critics Süddeutsche Zeitung Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Die Zeit Neue Zürcher Zeitung … And Has Played Among Others At The Jazzfest Berlin Philharmonie/Berlin Volksbühne Berlin Kampnagel Hamburg Paradi-So/Amsterdam German JazzMeeting/Bremen Gasteig Munich Philharmonie Cologne Porgy & Bess/Vienna Dresdner Jazztage JazzBaltica Gare Du Nord/Basel And Toured In South Korea Kazakhstan And South America. „…Daniel Glatzel Has Formed A Unique Ensemble That Almost Succeeds In Fitting A Square Peg Into A Round Hole. It’s Music That Is Young Rebellion But Incredibly Wise In Its Realization Completely Exhausts The Range Of Instruments’ Potential While Creating A Clearly Defined Group Sound Without Making The Addition Of Just One Instrument Superfluous And Is Above All Profound And Serious But Simultaneously As Funny As Anything Found In The Field Of Serious Music.” Süddeutsche Zeitung 5.8.2010 Orchestra Daniel Glatzel Composition Clarinets Saxophones Oliver Roth Flutes Laure Mourot Flutes Sebastian Hägele Bassoon Johannes Schleiermacher Saxophones Flute Ritsche Koch Trumpet Johannes Lauer Trombone Karl Ivar Refseth Vibraphone Percussion Jörg Hochapfel Synthesizer Sampler Anna Viechtl Harp Kalle Zeier Guitar Andreas Lang Contrabass Electric Bass Andi Haberl Drums Matthew Lonson Violin Grégoire Simon Violin Johannes Pennetzdorfer Viola Recorder Martin Stupka Viola Recorder Isabelle Klemt Cello