- Badrutt Belorukov Kocher -

"Bleak, cold, slow to the point of inertia, and full of unexpected silences, this is still an impressive bout of minimal blap, packed with existential doubts and strange emotions. " (Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector)

https://soundcloud.com/jonaskocher/rotondaextract-2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ubGvoUQ1Pk https://intonema.bandcamp.com/album/rotonda-2

Gaudenz Badrutt
Gaudenz Badrutt (electronics & computer) began his career as a pianist in the field of contemporary classic music. Since more than 20 years he works as an electronic musician in the field of improvised and composed experimental music. He is mainly known as one half of the electroacoustic duo strøm (together with Christian Müller, electronics), as well with his duo with Jonas Kocher (accordion) and collaborations with Hans Koch (bass clarinet). Badrutts music is coined by a very instrumental use of computer/live sampling and electronic devices. He is further occupied in the fields of electronic composition and sound & video installation. Badrutt is artistic co-director of the association Bruit (with Jonas Kocher).

Ilia Belorukov
Ilia Belorukov (alto saxophone) is a musician from Saint Petersburg, Russia, now based in Novi Sad, Serbia. He works in improvised, noise and electroacoustic music. Ilia practices an experimental approach to sound extraction using saxophone, modular synthesizers and other instruments. His works have been released on labels such as Clean Feed, SOFA, Moving Furniture, Astral Spirits, Notice Recordings, Raw Tonk, Mikroton and many others. He founded the Intonema label and was one of curators of Spina!Rec label. He has organized events in Saint Petersburg and elsewhere in Russia, and co-curated the Teni Zvuka and Spina!Fest festivals. Recent activities included writing reviews and articles for Jazzist website and as musicworm on Telegram channel as well as working as mixing and mastering engineer for own projects and different musicians and labels.

Jonas Kocher
Jonas Kocher (accordion) is a composer and accordionist with a strong interest in process oriented works and improvisation. He currently works in duo with Joke Lanz, in trio with Axel Dörner and Jacques Demierre, in duo with Gaudenz Badrutt, in trio with Hans Koch and Gaudenz Badrutt, with the Šalter Ensemble. He also has or had the chance to collaborate with Radu Malfatti, Irena Tomažin, Kasper T.Toeplitz, Ilia Belorukov, Eiko Yamada,Frantz Loriot, Christof Kurzmann, Michel Doneda, Kai Fagaschinsky, Klaus Filip, Chiyoko Szlavnic and many others.
As composer Jonas Kocher has realised works that are situated between composed theatre, installation and concert pieces.

- Raska/Jahu -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=114kubw0LfM

Katariin Raska is a multinstrumentalist and improviser based in Tallinn, Estonia. She is active in both contemporary electroacoustical experimental music as well as in the traditional music scene where she performs century old music on jaw harp and bagpipes.
Katarin has collaborations with improvisers, folk musicians as well as poets and storytellers.
She is one of the front figures in Estonian jaw harp music and the pioneer of improvisational music on Estonian bagpipes.

Villem works with abstract electronic sounds in the form of live performances, sound installations, sound design for exhibitions, dance pieces etc. In performing live, important aspects are total improvisation, close listening to other players and instruments, high dynamics, fun.

Together Katariin and Villem bounce the soundwaves and weave timbres into a charmingly irritating soundscape.