Dan Nicholls is restless, creative soul with an extremely wide horizon: in addition to Jazz he has occupied himself with the music of India and West Africa, experimented with video and animation and composed for theatre and dance projects. Cooperation connected him with performers from Squarepusher to Arve Henriksen, in London he belongs to the LOOP Collective and founded the beat-heavy Avantgarde-Electro trio, Strobes. During his time in Berlin he played with some of the most innovative line-ups of the local scene, such as Y-Otis, The Killing Popes and Liun & The Science-Fiction Band. In 2021 he released on «We Jazz» the piano-solo album «Mattering and Meaning». Each piece comprises a piano solo with electronic background, occasional sounds from the off and excerpts from interviews. The tracks develop steadily with subtle changes; one is tempted to describe them as «minimalistic», but that would not do justice to the fascinating, weird sounds and their impact.

For this concert, the 2G admission rule applies: All guests need a valid Covid certificate from Switzerland or EU (QR Code) for vaccinated or recovered persons with an official ID (ID, passport, driver’s license). The detailed admission rules are listed here: https://www.moods.club/en/program/admission-rules-covid/

On his new album «Locked Grooves», Julian Sartorius - drummer, percussionist and performer from Bern – focuses on reduction and repetition, based on loops with a length of 1.8 seconds. On the album’s 112 endless grooves – or 112 loops on the digital version – a wealth of rhythmical forms unfolds, some powerful, some fragile, yet others impulsive, tempting and driving.