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This is the meeting of Thomas Maos, Tübingen, and the Hamburg based Duo phase~in with Sylvia Necker and Gunnar Lettow. They met in Tübingen at a small bunker called TRESORRAUM and you now can hear the result of it: PANZERKNACKER, which means "safe-cracker" or "beagle boys".

Gunnar Lettow – bass & live-electronics & fx
Sylvia Necker – raumstation & fx
Thomas Maos - dobro, electronics

Gunnar Lettow extends the sound of the electric bass by different preparations such as spears, clips, brushes and the use of effects units. He explores the sounds of the electric bass and creates new universes of sound. He plays in the trio KLS with Robert Klammer and Lars Scherzberg and plays regularly in ad hoc formations (Ernesto Rodrigues, Herman Müntzing, Carl-Ludwig Hübsch, Nicolas Wiese, Ofer Bymel, Chris Heena, Michael Vorfeld, Korhan Erel, etc.). He organizes the monthly concert series for improvised music "Freqeunzgänge" in Hamburg (http://frequenzgaenge.wordpress.com/).
http://gunnarlettow.wordpress.com/

Sylvia Necker works for quite some time on the links between various sound modules and effects units. This led to her instrument: the "space station". This "space station" with a hundred control buttons and several meters of cable isn't only audible at phase~in and Panzerknacker, but also in solo performances. She can be heard in different formations, mainly as drummer and saxophonist. For more than eight years, she is the organizer of the concert series "Freitagsmusik" for improvised music (http://www.freitagsmusik.de).
http://www.neckersche-tonexperimente.de

Thomas Maos works on an old resonator guitar. He combines the rudimentary sound with electronic elements like guitar effect pedals and preparations with ventilators and different materials. He describes himself as an experimental guitarist between folk, blues, rock, noise, electronic and contemporary music. Thomas Maos is the founder of the CAMP Festival and works together with dancers, actors and visual artists.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Maos
www.camp-festival.de
http://www.youtube.com/ThomasMaos
http://www.zenapolae.com/?q=zen049

contact:

thomas.maos@gmx.net
Gunnar.Lettow@ppi.de
post@neckersche-tonexperimente.de