Flückiger, Gabriel and Huber have played a major role in shaping the great hype surrounding New Swiss folk music in recent years. They are indeed so confident in the traditional repertoire that they can expand it with great aplomb, lose themselves in artful and intricate improvisations and move with ease between tradition and contemporary folk music, where the traditional and the new can no longer be separated. The music, played with the utmost concentration, is a true discovery beyond all conventions.

The starting point of this trio is the musicians’ deep connection with the traditional music of Central Switzerland. The remote Muotathal is one of the most interesting musical regions in Switzerland. Here, inventive instrumentalists had developed their very own music around 1900. Among them also a bulky and rustic dance music with violin, Schwyzerörgeli and double bass. This is exactly the instrumentation of the trio with Markus Flückiger, Andreas Gabriel and Pirmin Huber. Swiss folk music has not been heard in such a refreshing and musically interesting way for a long time!