© Morishige Yasumune
Gaudenz Badrutt
(livesampling – electronics & computer, piano)
He began as a pianist in the field of contemporary classic music and works since 25 years as an electronics musician in the field of improvised electroacoustic music.
He is best known in current times as an improvising electronics musician using computers (sampling) and various other electronic apparatus such as usual distortion devices, no-input-mixing or modular-synthesizer. Filigree, minimal noises, drones and dense structures are key characteristics of his music. Central to Badrutt’s activities are collaborations in different projects: the trio Tetrao Tetrix, the Baldrian Quartet, the Šalter Ensemble, Bruit – group for Music Creation, Tepih, duos with Jonas Kocher (accordion), Ilia Belorukov (electronics / saxophone) and ErikM (electronics), as well as strøm with Christian Müller (electronics). In the last few years, solo-performances became important too. He is further occupied in the fields of electronic composition, sound & video installation and videos (like ‚magma‘ and ‚Quiet Novosibirsk‘).
More Collaborations with Hans Koch, Francesca Naibo, Andrea Neumann, Phil Durrant, Alfred Zimmerlin, Christof Kurzmann, Kai Fagaschinski, Urs Leimgruber, Daniel Studer, Jacques Demierre, Marjolaine Charbin, Morishige Yasumune, Irena Tomazin, Strotter Inst., Michael Vorfeld, Mark Wastell, Bryan Eubanks, Stephan Thut, Toshimaru Nakamura et al. with concerts at home and abroad, including at the Festivals Cerkno Jazz, (Ne)poslušno Ljubljana, RingRing Belgrad, Jauna Musika Vilnius, Music Unlimited Wels, Le Bruit de la Musique in Saint-Silvain-sous-Toulx, Sanatorium of Sound Sokolowsko/Poland, Sound Reasons in Dehli/Goa/Bangalore India, Musikfestival Bern 2015 and 2023, Irtijal Beirut, Airegin/Improfestival Yokohama, SwissMusicDays Belgrade, Zwei Tage Zeit Zürich, Influx Toulouse, Transmediale Berlin, Rue du Nord Lausanne, Norberg, Taktlos/Tonart Bern.
Gaudenz Badrutt lives in Biel (Switzerland).
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Current projects:
Solo (analog effects, modular, livesampling)
Duo Jonas Kocher & Gaudenz Badrutt
TETRAO TETRIX (with Jean-Luc Guionnet and Frantz Loriot)
Baldrian Quartet
strøm (with Christian Müller, electronics)
Trio with Ilia Belorukov & Jonas Kocher
Sauerkraut (electronics-duo with Ilia Belorukov)
Quintett Jacques Demierre – Urs Leimgruber – Daniel Studer – Alfred Zimmerlin – Gaudenz Badrutt
Trio Koch, Kocher & Badrutt
Duo Hans Koch & Gaudenz Badrutt (also known as Social Insects)
