tightropedancer
scubidumusic
2023
JohannesvonBallestrem
piano,synthesizer,voice
MarianaZwarg
flutes,voice
Impressivevirtuosityandchambermusicalintensityarethetrademarksofthistransatlanticduo.Ontheirdebutalbum"tightropedancer"(2023),MarianaZwarg,aflutistfromRiodeJaneiro,andtheBerlinpianistJohannesvonBallestremcreateafascinatingsymbiosis.TherhythmicandharmonicrichnessofBrazilianmusicinfluencestheirsound,aswellassubtleinterplayandintimacyinimprovisation. ThroughyearsofcollaborationandnumerousinternationaltourswithMariana's"SextetoUniversal,"afriendshipandfamiliarityhavedevelopedbetweenthem,evidentintheduofoundedin2020.ZwargandvonBallestremcomposetogetherfortheproject,creatingauniquelanguagethroughthefusionofinfluencesfromtheirrespectiveworlds.TheyhavealreadypresentedtheirmusicinvariousEuropeancountriesandBrazil.
Vegas,Baby!
monsrecords
2014
JohannesvonBallestrem
piano,fenderrhodes
FlorianFleischer
guitar
JohannesZiemann
drums
Agoodthingthatlifehassomanyweirdmomentstooffer.WithVegas,Baby!,threemusiciansinviteustojointhemonanenjoyabletripdowntheslipperyslope.FlorianFleischer(guitar),JohannesvonBallestrem(piano,FenderRhodes)andJohannesZiemann(drums)callthemselvesMassiveSchrägeandwiththeirveryunusualtrioline-up,theymovewithsomnambulisticconfidenceagainstallmusicalgravity.Fullofsubtleirony,farremovedfromanykindofslapstick,butwithcompositionalsophisticationandtechnicalbravura,MassiveSchrägecreateakindofhighlyintelligentmusicalstreamofenergythatissecondtonone!
galileo
2024
SouthWestOldtimeAllstars
CelebratingtheDuke-NutcrackerSuite
bertholdrecords
2023
DefneŞahin
HOPE
rhinocerosjazzrecords
2023
SimonQuinn
speechless
selfreleased
2023
AttilaMuehl
FullMoonPrayer
QFTF
2021
AttilaMuehl
luciddreamer
scubidumusic
2020
MarianaZwargSextetoUniversal
Nascentes
featuring: Itiberê Zwarg & Hermeto Pascoal
agogorecords
2020
NatalieGreffel
ParaTodos
Traumton
2018
FabianaStrifflerTrio
Sweetandsosolitary
heartcorerecords
2018
SUNDEW
ThisSecretCay
SprayCanRecords
2018
FriedeMerz
DaisyLane
SprayCanRecords
2018
FriedeMerz
DenmarkStreet
LaborieJazz
2017
SUNDEW
SunDew
selfreleased
2016
MarkusEhrlich
GoodBait
doublemoon
2013
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