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Oct / 2016 | • | Festival CH | TBA, CH | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Festival DE | TBA, DE | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Europe-Tour 2016 | TBA, EU | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Europe-Tour 2016 (Festival DE) | TBA, DE | |||
Jul / 2016 | • | Europe-Tour 2016 | TBA, EU | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | Europe-Tour 2016 | TBA, EU | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Live Concert CH | TBA, CH | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Europe-Tour 2016 | TBA, EU | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Europe-Tour 2016 | TBA, EU | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Europe-Tour 2016 | TBA, EU | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Europe-Tour 2016 | TBA, EU | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Europe-Tour 2016 | TBA, EU | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Live Concert CH | TBA, CH | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Live Concert CH | Cully Jazzfestival (Main Stage) | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Live Concert DE | Stellwerk, Waldshut DE | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Live Concert CH | Kulturpunk, Flawil CH | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Live Concert CH | Murs du Son, La Chaux-de-Fons, CH | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Live Concert CH | Stubenkonzerte, Bern CH | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Kulturraum, Ruswil CH | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Neubad, Luzern CH | |||
May / 2015 | • | Akku Quintet feat. Don Li (Part 39) | Orbital Garden, Bern CH | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour DE / AT | Stellwerk, Hamburg DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour DE / AT | Immerhin, Würzburg DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour DE / AT | Lagerhaus, Bremen DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour DE / AT | E-Werk, Freiburg DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour DE / AT | The Early Bird, Innsbruck AT | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour DE / AT | Heimathirsch, Köln DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour DE / AT | Fincan, Berlin DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour DE / AT | Waldsee, Freiburg DE | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH (SwissDiagonales Festival) | Moods, Zürich CH | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Backstube, Stans CH | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Mokka, Thun CH | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Bärechäller, Aarburg CH | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Esse Music-Bar, Winterthur CH | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Aktienmühe, Basel CH | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Cafe Flora, Biel CH | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Dolder 2, Feuerthalen CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH (SwissDiagonales Festival) | Ferme-Asile, Sion CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Bau4, Altbüron CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | 1733 Gambrinus, St.Gallen CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | CD-Studio, Zürich CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH (SwissDiagonales Festival) | Le Bourg, Lausanne CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH (SwissDiagonales Festival) | Jazzkantine, Luzern CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Tamina Therme, Bad Ragaz CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Tabart, Reinach CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Album Release-Concert | Bee-Flat Progr, Bern CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | "Molecules" Release Tour CH | Gewürzmühle, Zug CH | |||
Sep / 2014 | • | Live Concert CH (Morpheus Festival) | Exil, Zürich CH | |||
Sep / 2014 | • | Live Concert CH (Festival) | Perlaton Festival, Zürich ZH | |||
Sep / 2014 | • | Live Concert CH | Playgroundlounge, Bern CH | |||
Sep / 2014 | • | Live Concert CH | Klubi, Zürich CH | |||
Aug / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH (Festival) | Zapperlot Festival, Schangnau CH | |||
Aug / 2014 | • | Live Concert CH | Egg, Zürich CH | |||
Aug / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour DE | Stellwerk Waldshut DE | |||
Apr / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH (Festival) | Cully Jazz Off, Cully CH | |||
Mar / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH | Gewerbehalle, Luzern CH | |||
Feb / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH | Wetterhorn, Hasliberg CH | |||
Feb / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH | Cafe Flora, Biel CH | |||
Feb / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH | Brügglibar, Thun CH | |||
Feb / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH | Gate 68, Solothurn CH | |||
Feb / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH (Festival) | Polygon 3, Bern CH | |||
Feb / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH | Bärechäller, Aarburg CH | |||
Jan / 2014 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Tour CH | Jenseits, Zürich CH | |||
Dec / 2013 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Release Tour CH | Fri-Son, Fribourg CH | |||
Nov / 2013 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Release Tour CH | Esse Musicbar, Winterthur CH | |||
Nov / 2013 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Release Tour CH | Leman2, Vevey CH | |||
Sep / 2013 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Release Tour LI | Tangente, Eschen LI | |||
Aug / 2013 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Release Tour CH (Festival) | Röntgenplatzfest, Zürich CH | |||
May / 2013 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Release-Concert CH | Be-Jazz, Bern CH | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Release Tour CH | Kreuz, Solothurn CH | |||
Apr / 2013 | • | "Stages of Sleep" Release Tour DE | Waldsee, Freiburg DE | |||
Dec / 2012 | • | Live Concert CH (Festival) | "Die Letzten Tage" Micro-Jazzfestival, Bern CH | |||
Sep / 2012 | • | Live Concert CH | LeTunnel, Fribourg CH | |||
Sep / 2012 | • | Live Concert CH | Hkb, Bern CH | |||
Sep / 2012 | • | Live Concert CH | Ono, Bern CH | |||
Aug / 2012 | • | Live Concert CH (Festival) | Be-Jazz Sommerfestival, Bern CH | |||
Jul / 2012 | • | Live Concert CH | Peperoncini, Luzern CH | |||
Mar / 2012 | • | Live Concert CH | Sonarraum, Bern CH | |||
Feb / 2012 | • | Live Concert CH | Exil Club, Zürich CH | |||
Jan / 2012 | • | Live Concert CH | Chrämerhaus, Langenthal CH | |||
Dec / 2011 | • | Live Concert CH | Engelhofkeller, Basel CH | |||
Nov / 2011 | • | Live Concert CH | Restaurant Lokal, Bern CH | |||
Jun / 2010 | • | Live Concert CH | Be-Jazz, Vidmar Bern CH |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
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Akku Quintet | |||
Live | Album | 2022 | |
Depart | Album | 2019 | |
Aeon | Album | 2017 |
Manuel Pasquinelli | |||
Molecules | Album | 2015 | |
Stages of Sleep | Album | 2013 |
Morpheus Records | |||
Molecules | Album | 2015 | |
Stages Of Sleep | Album | 2013 |
Independent | |||
Akku Quintet | EP | 2010 |
2015): Das AKKU Quintet rund um den Berner Schlagzeuger Manuel Pasquinelli ist eine Art atomisierter und neu zusammengesetzter Minimal Jazz. Die Einzelteile bestehen aus repetitiven Pianomustern, schwebenden Sax- und Gitarrenlinien, messerscharfen Beats und rollenden Bässen. Alles fügt sich wie naturgegeben zusammen und erzeugt eine seltsame Kraft. Es drehen, pulsieren und reiben sich die Töne wie in Zeitlupe, es wanken die Rhythmen. Es ist Musik, die einen Wachtraum gleichkommt: schön und befremdend zugleich. Nicht das grosse Spektakel wird hier gesucht – und gerade deshalb ist es eines. Eine der interessanteren Bands im jungen Schweizer Jazz.
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Quotes:
"This just flows and grooves from start to finish"
Steve Feigenbaum, Cuneiform Records, Jan. 2015
"Spacious and unhurried, 'Molecules' is an integrated and articulate suite whose sparkling lyrical moments are never subsumed or lost within its mesmeric structure"
Sid Smith for ProgMagazine, Print Edition Mai 2015
"Man muss definitiv kein Jazzer oder Liebhaber komplizierter Strukturen sein, um dieses Quintett zu lieben"
Markus Stemyr, Alpenfeulleton Innsbruck, 13.April .2015
"Mit 'Molecules' hat das AKKU Quintet ein alle Sinne berührendes Klang-Ereignis geschaffen"
Christof Thurnherr im Jazz'nMore, Ausgabe März 2015 über die Vinylausgabe von ‚Molecules‘
"Das Album ist ein vielseitiger Musikgenuss, hält Überraschungen bereit und versetzt den Hörer in unterschiedlichen Zustandszonen von Befindlichkeit."
KulturPort.De - Magazin Kunst Kultur Metropolregion Hamburg, Claus Friede über ‚Molecules‘. Freitag, den 03. April 2015
"Dreamy music, quite beautiful." Dave Sumner about 'Molecules', 29.01.2015
"Just a real enjoyable Album" Dave Sumner about 'Stages of Sleep', October 2013
„Als hörer taucht man sofort ein in den hypnotischen Fluss der Musik. Das Spiel zwischen den verschiedenen Bandmitgliedern funktioniert hervorragend.“
Berner Kulturagenda, Mai 2013
"Filmischer Sound, der Raum lässt für Phantasie" Winterthurer Landboote, 12.2.2015
"Exploring rhythmic territory that will be familiar to fans of Sonor and Nik Bartch’s Ronin,
the strength and richness of Pasquinellis mesmeric and intricately detailed writing ensures Stages Of Sleep is anything but soporific."
Sid Smith about 'Stages of Sleep', 26.6.2013
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Short Band Bio:
Drummer Manuel Pasquinelli founded the band in 2010. Their first CD "Stages of Sleep" was released in May 2013 (Morpheus Records). The quintet then set the different phases of sleep to music. With "Stages Of Sleep" the Swiss band has received a favorable response both in Switzerland and internationally. Their second Album "Molecules" was released in January 2015 (Morpheus Records) on CD and Vinyl. On their last tour AKKU quintet played, among others, in BeeFlat Bern, Cully Jazz Festival Off, Moods Zürich, Ferme-Asile Sion, Le Bourg Lausanne, Tangente Lichtenstein, Exil Zurich, Zapperlot Music Festival, and a Tour in Germany and Austria. Their piece "Deep Sleep 2" is featured on the compilation CD "Jazz made in Switzerland 2014/15" by SUISA and ProHelvetia.
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