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Jochen Bohnes

Short:

My biases are improvised music and electro-acoustic music. Research and absorption into the "new medium" computer characterized my last quarter-century. Apart from general digitalization, interactivity, bio-feedback, acoustic illusions, artificial intelligence or algorhythms from chaos-theory, architecture, psychology and sociology played a big role alike. Today the integration of light and interface design are big themes.

Making music can be a spiritual experience.

Longer:

* 1959

Classical piano lessons since early childhood. First jazz lessons with Ed Kröger, Sigi Busch and Heinz Wendel in Bremen 1975/76.

1978-86: Bern. Musical studies (piano concert-diploma) at the Swiss Jazz School with Fritz Pauer, Joe Haider, Axel Jungbluth, Mladen Gutesha, Umberto Arlati and Billy Brooks. Further studies with Paul Motian, Roland Hanna, Joanne Brackeen and others.

1987-89 Cologne: Studies in contemporary music and computer/electronics. From co-operation with Frank Gratkowski develops C.A.M.R. (Computer Aided Musical Research) for experiments with computer-controlled, electronic- and acoustic instruments.

1990: First workshop with the MIDI-Programming-Environment Max (IRCAM) at Bruno Spoerri's studio in Switzerland.

90s: Teaching in der Switzerland. Studies in composition and computer-languages. 1993-95 studies at the Biocenter of the Universität Basel and with Thomas Kessler at the "Studio für Elektronische Musik der Akademie für Musik Basel". Constant collaboration with this studio until 1999. Works with digital music-electronic particularly with M.A.R.S. (Musical Audio Research Station) and the studio IRIS in Paliano (Rom/Italy). Occasional work for André Richard and the "Experimentalstudio des SWF" (Strobel-Stiftung). "European Powerbook Ensemble" and "World Powerbook Orchestra" together with Wolfgang Heiniger.

1996-2001 stays mainly in Berlin, London and Staufen. Theatre-music-production for the "Deutsches Schauspielhaus" in Hamburg.

1999-2003: Subultra. The core are Hayden Chisholm, Gareth Lubbe and Jochen Bohnes. Release of two CDs (Chisholm/Bohnes) and four live-broadcasting recordings - three for the WDR (two in bigger lineups) and a BBC studio-production (quartet the cellist Adrian Brendel (at BBC Studio 1 in London). Get-together with Jonas Hellborg and Bob Moses in San Diego/USA. Hellborg also cooperates with the Subultra Ensemble for a project in England. Some teammates of the ensemble: Liesl Babette, Tom Manoury, Jochen Rückert, Frank Gratkowski, Franz Hauzinger, Nils Wogram, Danny Schröteler, Adrian Brendel a.o..

Since 1990: software developments also for others, since 2004-2009 particulary for the sardic composer Giorgio Tedde. A few performances with the self developed live-video-synthesizer CLUTI (Computer Licht- und Toninstrument).

2004: Collaboration with the metal band Umount.

2005: direction of a recording-studio in Basel/Switzerland. Recording, editing and mastering for several artists, mainly in the domain of Jazz. Live-visualisations for TechHouse events (with DJ´s Goran-N, Manon, Pascal Feos).

Since 2005 more experiments with light and live-visualisation .

Since 2007 development of the Mobile Studio.

Seit 2010 verstärkte Wiedereinführung analoger Elektronik und Arbeiten an der Entwicklung eines hybriden, elektronischen Instruments.

Gelegentliche Verpflichtungen an Hochschulen in Deutschland, der Schweiz und den USA.

Konzerte/Festivals/Personen:

Musik der Jahrhunderte, Stuttgart/D; Musikwoche der Akademie der Künste, Berlin/D; RamTamTam, Köln; New Jazz Festival, Moers/D; Electromonty, Antwerpen/B; Muzik3, San Diego/USA; Klangart, Osnabrück/D; Drei Tage Musik, Bern/CH; Sampling Rage, Berlin/D; VCF-Festival, Köln/D; VorEcho, Freiburg/D; Unforeseen, München und weitere Festivals für Neue Musik in Berlin/D, Köln/D, Stuttgart/D, Saarbrücken/D, Dresden/D, Giessen/D, Freiburg/D, Wien/A, Amsterdam/NL, Basel/CH, Zürich/CH, Rümligen/CH, Paris/F und Luzern/CH.

U. a. mit Umberto Arlati, dem Trio Accanto, dem Arosa String Quartet, Robert Dick, Muneer Abdul Fatah, Vinko Globokar, Frank Gratkowski, Dave Peterson, Tim Wells, Bill Douglass, Jimmy Woode und Doug Hammond, der Basel Sinfonietta (Leitung: Arturo Tamayo) und dem Symphonieorchester des Saarländischen Rundfunks (Leitung: Diego Masson).

Klangtechnik für Electric Phoenix/Ltg.: Terry Edwards und für Alvin Curran. Software-Entwickung für Peter Ablinger, Luciano Berio, Thomas Kessler, Rolf Riehm, Karheinz Stockhausen, Giorgio Tedde u.a..

Workshops und Vorträge in Basel, Berlin, Bern, Köln, Luzern, Osnabrück, München, San Diego, Stuttgart, Zürich.

Radio-Produktionen für die BBC, Radio Suisse Romande, DRS, WDR, SWF, SDR und Andere.