Doors 7:45 PM, Music 8:30 PM – 2 set(s) of music
SKYLLA
Line-up:
Ruth Goller – Bass Guitar / Voice
Alice Grant – Voice / Mini Keyboard
Lauren Kinsella – Voice
Max Andrzejewski – Drums
About
Ruth Goller’s Skylla, despite its highly conceptual origins, is heavy with human emotion. Its dark washes of melody and contrapuntal percussion could fit easily into a mixtape with indie downbeat / ennui royalty like Grouper or Low, while also being right at home next a Cage-Tudor prepared piano piece. And the piercing, sibilant ice age siren song heard in Goller’s powerfully feminine vocal arrangements find her in an otherworld only occasionally inhabited by the likes of Björk and The Knife.
TRAINING
Line-up:
Johannes Schleiermacher – Saxophone
Max Andrzejewski – Drums
Ruth Goller – Bass Guitar
About
The Berlin based duo TRAINING is collaborating with the celebrated electric bassist Ruth Goller (Skylla). The band collectively creates new, energetic music: meandering grooves, interlocking instrumental/vocal parts, expressive training sessions, weightless unison melodies.
The pieces were created according to a “Cadavre Exquis” – composition principle – the party game in which one paints an absurd picture together by continuing to draw based on only a small, visible part of what was previously painted.
The TRAINING duo has existed since 2019 and has made a name for itself since. The two busy, Berlin-based musicians played at Moers Festival, at Jazzfest Berlin (in transatlantic cooperation with the American musician and producer John Dieterich – known for the experimental rock band Deerhoof), at Eurojazz Festival Mexico, at Saalfelden Jazz Festival, and numerous Club tours. They also organized a concert series with a wide variety of guests in Berlin called GruppenTRAINING.
Ruth Goller is a London-based bassist who has helped develop many British experimental projects. Her musical focus in recent years has been on the development of her own project SKYLLA, which brings together many of her influences. Her music includes microtonal bass harmonics with layers of vocal harmonies.
TRAINING with Ruth Goller released the Album “threads to know” on Squama Recordings in October 2024.