Jonas Gerigk
DOUBLE BASS - COMPOSER / PERFORMER
ABOUT
Jonas Gerigk is a double bass player who is active as a composer/performer in the fields of improvised music.
In addition, he collaborates in projects of contemporary composers and is involved in the realization of their works.
Currently he lives and works in Cologne and Pohrsdorf (Tharandt).
After his bachelor studies at the HfM Dresden and NMH Oslo he studied in the master program at the HfMT Köln.
A main focus of his work deals with the term Explorative Music. He is doing intensive research on the expansion of the sound spectrum of the acoustic double bass. With a physical as well as technical approach and the use of objects he explores the variety of timbres of his instrument.
His solo album Sound Plantings (IMPAKT Records) is a snapshot of this work in the field of individualized vocabulary through playing techniques.
Jonas is a member of numerous ensembles, works on long-term band projects and collaborates regularly with dancers and painters in interdisciplinary projects.
In his band projects he works with friends on Improvised Music with its different gradients of pre-organized structures and so called „free“ music.
The Trio Vließ is a Working Band which uses concepts and playing approaches to create a common dynamic flow. To get there it uses lots of rehearsals.
The Ensemble EXOTHERM works without agreements, prepared mindsets or rehearsals.
The music of the Quartett OKOTON is based on his own written material and compositions.
He was part of the team organizing the radio shows HEIMklang (Dresden) and SnapShot (Cologne), in which free improvisations of changing groups were broadcasted live in the studio. Between October 2020 and February 2021 he organized the concert series RAUMKLANG – Explorative Music at the Atelier KunstRaum Dorissa Lem in Cologne.
He is an active member of the collective IMPAKT – Improvisation und aktuelle Musik Köln.
PROJECTS
a brief overview of current projects
New Album by Exotherm
Ulrike Brand - Cello
Olaf Rupp - Electric Guitar
Steffen Roth - Drums
Jonas Gerigk - Double Bass
Solo Tour 2022
Looking forward to playing my solo at the ORT (Peter Kowald Gesellschaft) in Wuppertal
and after that going on the road -
Solo with my Bass!
After two years of pandemic trouble I`m happy to go on tour for a longer trip.
I’m grateful for getting the opportunity to travel to France!!!
c. Foto Lukas Diller at Potentiale Festival 2021
Livepainting: Colour & Sound
Dorissa Lem - Painting
Jonas Gerigk - Double Bass
6 work meetings and 3 of them documented in videos:
Double - Solo - Tour 2021/22
"Solo … But Not Alone!!
I'm looking forward to playing concerts with some friends.
Due to the pandemic, my solo project has moved a bit more into focus.
Since I heard that some colleagues feel the same way, I got the idea to organize a tour with solo projects.
Then I asked 10 people and now there are 12 concerts with solos and duos!
I'm super excited to hear all this new fresh stuff and be with inspiring fellow musicians"
Solo Album
"It's a snapshot of sound explorations of my instrument. The limits of natural acoustics of the double bass, organic-abstract textures and associative free-flow were the content of three wonderful days of recording at Bergkirche Tharandt in July 2020. The best takes made it onto this little beauty and are free to the world as of today..."
Okoton Album
Unorthodox sounds combined with concrete melodies, harmonies and time-flow. A compositional balance between convention and abstraction. A jazz quartet with contemporary background.
ABOUT
Jonas Gerigk is a double bass player who is active as a composer/performer in the fields of improvised music.
In addition, he collaborates in projects of contemporary composers and is involved in the realization of their works.
Currently he lives and works in Cologne and Pohrsdorf (Tharandt).
After his bachelor studies at the HfM Dresden and NMH Oslo he studied in the master program at the HfMT Köln.
A main focus of his work deals with the term Explorative Music. He is doing intensive research on the expansion of the sound spectrum of the acoustic double bass. With a physical as well as technical approach and the use of objects he explores the variety of timbres of his instrument.
His solo album Sound Plantings (IMPAKT Records) is a snapshot of this work in the field of individualized vocabulary through playing techniques.
Jonas is a member of numerous ensembles, works on long-term band projects and collaborates regularly with dancers and painters in interdisciplinary projects.
In his band projects he works with friends on Improvised Music with its different gradients of pre-organized structures and so called „free“ music.
The Trio Vließ is a Working Band which uses concepts and playing approaches to create a common dynamic flow. To get there it uses lots of rehearsals.
The Ensemble EXOTHERM works without agreements, prepared mindsets or rehearsals.
The music of the Quartett OKOTON is based on his own written material and compositions.
He was part of the team organizing the radio shows HEIMklang (Dresden) and SnapShot (Cologne), in which free improvisations of changing groups were broadcasted live in the studio. Between October 2020 and February 2021 he organized the concert series RAUMKLANG – Explorative Music at the Atelier KunstRaum Dorissa Lem in Cologne.
He is an active member of the collective IMPAKT – Improvisation und aktuelle Musik Köln.
PROJECTS
a brief overview of current projects
Livepainting: Colour & Sound
Dorissa Lem - Painting
Jonas Gerigk - Double Bass
6 work meetings and 3 of them documented in videos:
Solo
"It's a snapshot of sound explorations of my instrument. The limits of natural acoustics of the double bass, organic-abstract textures and associative free-flow were the content of three wonderful days of recording at Bergkirche Tharandt in July 2020. The best takes made it onto this little beauty and are free to the world as of today..."
Okoton Album
Unorthodox sounds combined with concrete melodies, harmonies and time-flow. A compositional balance between convention and abstraction. A jazz quartet with contemporary background.
New Album by Exotherm
Ulrike Brand - Cello
Olaf Rupp - Electric Guitar
Steffen Roth - Drums
Jonas Gerigk - Double Bass
Solo Tour 2022
Looking forward to playing my solo at the ORT (Peter Kowald Gesellschaft) in Wuppertal
and after that going on the road -
Solo with my Bass!
After two years of pandemic trouble I`m happy to go on tour for a longer trip.
I’m grateful for getting the opportunity to travel to France!!!
c. Foto Lukas Diller at Potentiale Festival 2021
Double - Solo - Tour 2021/22
"Solo … But Not Alone!!
I'm looking forward to playing concerts with some friends.
Due to the pandemic, my solo project has moved a bit more into focus.
Since I heard that some colleagues feel the same way, I got the idea to organize a tour with solo projects.
Then I asked 10 people and now there are 12 concerts with solos and duos!
I'm super excited to hear all this new fresh stuff and be with inspiring fellow musicians"
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