Tickets for Will Samson & Zola Mennenöh Live in the Underlook 06.11.22 in Berlin, Michelberger Hotel
Tickets for Will Samson & Zola Mennenöh Berlin
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Will Samson & Zola Mennenöh - Live in the Underlook
Showtime 8PM
Zola Mennenöh
In November 2020, Zola Mennenöh released her debut album "Longing for Belonging" on Shahzad Ismaily's label figureight Records and was nominated for the German Jazz Award in the category "Album Vokal National". The Guardian listed her as one of the 30 "Best new artists in 2021" in January 2021.
For her wide-ranging work "A labour of Love", Zola Mennenöh has created a suite for an electro-acoustic ensemble consisting of Simon Toldam (DK, synths/piano) and the improvising string quartet_ Halvcirkel (DK/SE). Contemporary avant chamber music that touches in an in-between world of composition and improvisation, delicacy and crab, beautiful harmonics and abstract dissonance, simplicity and abstract.
Instrumentation:
Zola Mennenöh (DE) - voice/composition
Sissi Makropoulou (GR) - harp
Simon Toldam (DK) - Synths/Piano
The Press says:
„The German musician’s debut album finds her searching for her identity. Her singular vision suggests she already has a handle on it. Her bright and intimate songwriting meets the eerie existentialism of the Ninth Wave side of Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love, intermittently warmed and unsettled by an improv jazz sensibility"
THE GUARDIAN (UK), LAURA SNAPES
„It’s exquisite and meticulous arrangement, recording and creative implications leave no doubt that Mennenöh should be considered a serious atistic force in her own right."
THE LINE OF BEST FIT (UK), TOM CRITTEN – ALBUM REVIEW
Will Samson
For the past decade, Will Samson has been steadily amassing a catalogue of albums and EPs that explore the spaces between folk, electronic and ambient sounds. His latest offering comes in the form of 'Active Imagination' - a 9 track opus released in May 2022.
Beginning with 2012's album 'Balance' (mastered by Nils Frahm), Samson has since released through record labels such as legendary Wichita Recordings (RIDE, American Football) & New York based ambient / experimental label, 12k (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Taylor Deupree, Christoper Willits).
Alongside headline shows across Europe and the UK, he has previously toured with artists such as S. Carey, The Album Leaf, Kurt Vile and many more.
We are looking forward to preparing the stage!
The Press says:
"...we are offered the chance to glimpse an intriguing artist expressing his search through music. 8/10" - Clash Magazine
"A stunning new full-length...delicate strands of electronica, ambient and folk" - Record Collector
"Samson's meditative mix of folk and electronica has an almost spiritual dimension" - UNCUT
"...intricacy and tenderness recalling kindred spirits such as Nils Frahm and Sufjan Stevens" - The Sunday Times
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