Doppelplus

• Konrad Döppert: synth., voc. • Brigitte Küpper: voc., instant poetry, trombone • Andy Flick: Kaossilator, darbouka, voc. samples • Wolfgang Simons: e-guitar, t-sax • Christian Barthold: bass, guitars thru ipad, baritone guitar, live-loopings, live electronics • Wilfried Hanrath (guest musician on several tracks): bass. Several other instruments like metallophones, flutes, the "box of strings" and more selfmade instruments by Konni Döppert or whatever appears in the recordings got played by the ones who just feel like grabbing and playing them spontaneously. All music is fully improvised. Doppelplus beschreiben ihre Musik wie folgt: "Wir spielen improvisierte Musik, die sich im Laufe der gemeinsamen Zeit zu einer musikalischen Sprache entwickelt hat (geprägt von unseren stilistischen Orientierungen und Persönlichkeiten), die nur dieser Gruppe eigen ist. Ohne vorgegebene Form, ohne Erwartung, ohne einen anderen Zweck als den des Tuns. Unvorhersehbare "Stücke", spontan entstehende Texte, aus dem Augenblick geschöpft, situationsbedingt offen, flüchtig und vergänglich. Im Jetzt von Zeit und Raum freigesetzt was da ist". Alle Tracks werden live in stereo aufgenommen - keine Overdubs. English Version: Doppelplus self-describe their music like this: "We play fully-improvised music which has developed into a kind of musical language of it's own (fueled by the stylistic orientations and personal taste of it's players). Over the years, the music has turned into something special and incomparable. No prepared forms, no expectations, no musical taboos – the music gets played and recorded just for the sake of it's own, which leads to unpredictable pieces combined with spontaneous poetry – volatile, situationally and transitory. Created and released fully free – as momentary results in time and space." How Doppelplus record: Doppelplus play into mixing desk without using amps, using P.A. as monitor system. Recorded tracks always get recorded in stereo (no overdubs); sometimes getting cut and mixed afterwards.

Cologne, NW