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Frakture Concert : September Presentation Paul Hubweber

September 1st Friday @ 8:00PM £3.00
St Brides Church
Catherine Street
Liverpool
Venue Info

We welcome back to Liverpool the Koln based trombone player Paul Hubweber. he previously visited Frakture during our time at the Bluecoat Arts Centre when Paul played with John Jasnoch and the "old" Frakture Big Band. On this night we look forward to hearing him play solo and in small group settings with Frakture musicians. Here is an excerpt from a CD review featuring Paul Hubweber

"Paul Hubweber's technique incorporates lots of small sounds: muted bent pictures, rapid-fire blips and crackles, and growls, to name a few. There is some Paul Rutherford in at least his style, but few other overt influences. Over the course of the recording, Hubweber's full arsenal unleashes, and he impresses as an abstract performer well-versed in his craft, disciplined and proficient. To his credit, he transcends the limits of his instrument.

Paul Lovens is the key to the trio, as he drives the group with unconventional panache. John Edwards is the third cog, and his acoustic bass adds colour as much as anything. The totality of the performances exceeds the natural limitations of the individuals, but this is serious music that must be followed closely to appreciate its unfolding. There are many little treasures throughout, but to uncover them requires the listener to listen intensely. The volume tends to be low, there are naturally no melodies, and unlike most small groups the horn is not the dominant voice but rather an equal among three."

STEVEN LOEWY - CADENCE 2003"

12/12/2003 Frakture Big Band/Paul Hubweber
12/12/2003 Hubweber/Jasnoch

The CV:

Paul Hubweber began with trombone studies in 1971 mainly concentrating on improvised music.

The title of the solo production "Luerix and Paranoise" describes the essential characteristics of Paul Hubweber's special "trombone voice" and his musical focus: The special affinity for the balladic and the noisy, i. e. the non-separable combination of tone and sound belonging to the same origin. The description for music (tones, sounds, noises) as totally independent from stereotypes like extemporization and composition - "Home is where the heart is!"

Continuous co-operation with: a. o. Claus van Bebber, Martin Theurer, Erhard Hirt, Ulrich Phillipp (since the seventies / eighties) and a. o. Hainer Woermann, Paul Lovens, John Butcher, Markus Eichenberger, Peter Kowald, Wolfgang Schliemann, Dirk Marwedel (since the nineties).

International concert tours and festivals, e. g. FreeMusicAntwerpen, Moers, HumaNoiseCongress, MusiktriennaleKoeln, DerGuteTon, Symposium Contemporary Music, Forum 20 DDF, MusicaNovaBremen, Dance + Music Dresden, Documenta VIII, Ars Electronica, etc.

Paul Hubweber Web Link

Audio 1: Solo (mp3)

Audio 2 (mp3)