Šalter Ensemble operates on the border between free improvisation and composition, focusing on collective processes as a central part of its practice. The project is an international electro-acoustic ensemble initiated in 2017 by Jonas Kocher in collaboration with Zavod Sploh Ljubljana and Izlog Festival Zagreb, and has since performed at numerous venues and festivals in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Switzerland and Serbia.
The ensemble consists of outstanding personalities from the Swiss music scene, the Slovenian music scene and, in the 2023 edition, exposed representatives of the Styrian music scene. The musicians come from a wide range of backgrounds – from jazz to traditional and folk music to contemporary improvised and electronic music – and are from different generations.
released May 3, 2024
Gaudenz Badrutt, electronics
Estelle Beiner, violin
Ilia Belorukov, saxophone
Tomaž Grom, double bass, electronics
Elisabeth Harnik, piano, objects
Josef Klammer, augmented percussion
Jonas Kocher, accordion
Samo Kutin, hurdy gurdy
Alfred Lang trumpet
Irena Z. Tomažin, voice
Špela Trošt, production, external eye
Artistic direction by Kocher & Badrutt, Harnik, Grom
Track 1 & 2 recorded in concert by RTV Slovenia on November 23 2023 at New Music Forum at Philarmonic Hall in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Production of the audio recordings 1 and 2: P (krogec okrog P) RTV Slovenija
Track 3 recorded in concert on May 25 2023 by Cyril Hassler at Le Singe in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Mixed by Tomaž Grom and Ilia Belorukov
Mastered by Ilia Belorukov
Liner notes by Primož Trdan
Translation by Maja Lovrenov
Graphic design by Matej Stupica and Emil Kozole
Co-released by Bruit Editions and Zavod Sploh
Br13 / ZACD29
www.sploh.si/en