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One must imagine h\u00c4K \/ Danzeisen<\/strong> as a man-machine apparatus. A collection of cables, resonating bodies and restless limbs that together question all routines. Who overthrow the conventional role of instruments and explore the possibilities of a new sound language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bernd Norbert W\u00fcrtz alias h\u00c4K operates modular synthesizers, self-soldered circuits and control knobs. Philipp Danzeisen plays a drum kit enhanced with triggers and sensors. These two poles are connected to an interdependent whole in which a constant musical dialogue takes place. Drum rolls and sound modulations are interconnected in such a way that there is no contradiction between the strict technological structure and the creative outburst that is possible at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Constantly oscillating between the registers of \u201ccomposed\u201d and \u201cimprovised\u201d, each performance by h\u00c4K \/ Danzeisen ultimately becomes one of a kind. Philipp Danzeisen studied jazz percussion at the New School University in New York and sound design at the Theatre & Dance Department of the University of California in San Diego. He has played in numerous musical projects with Jarry Singla, Jan Gerdes, Matt Otto, Joe Fonda and others, and regularly works at the intersection of music, dance and theater with directors such as Einar Schleef and Jan Fabre, as well as with choreographers William Forsythe, Meg Stuart and Rabih Mrou\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bernd Norbert W\u00fcrtz has worked as a composer and sound designer for institutions such as La Ga\u00eet\u00e9 Lyrique in Paris and the Royal Opera House in London. He produces music for film productions as well as for international advertising campaigns and composed soundtracks for Alexander Herzog, Peter D\u00f6rfler, Dante Ariola and Luc Besson. From 2008 to 2018, W\u00fcrtz lived and worked in Paris, where he was increasingly engaged in experimental music and released under the pseudonym h\u00c4K on underground labels such as KommaNull and Exhibitronic. He also co-hosted \u201cEpsilonia\u201d, the experimental music show on Radio Libertaire in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Text adapted after Arno Raffeiner) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to forming the duo in 2019, both musicians were independently active in different genres and contexts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n