Hazmat Modine

Bonfire Tour 2023

Are Hazmat Modine a brass band or a harmonica spectacle? Impossible to knows. But let yourself be swept away into their spell. What whirls, dances, howls and laughs grows out of the roots of blues, country, klezmer, jazz, rock&#x27;n&#x27;roll; out of Balkan beats, calypso and African music. An unmistakable sound, as if Tom Waits and Kurt Weill had joined forces with a marching band from New Orleans. They have their new album &quot;Box of Breath&quot; with them - a homage to life and death, mortality and humanity.

Harmonium

Banjo

Sousaphon

Saxophon

Flugelhorn

Violin

Drum Kit

Nils Petter Molvær Group

A pioneer of electronic jazz, Nils Petter Molvær is a kind of human groove and sound machine live, starting slowly with a Nordic heaviness and then building all the more powerfully. His sound is a unique blend of jazz, electronic and ambient, exploring the boundaries of what is possible with the trumpet and electronic music. The Norwegian trumpeter will be accompanied by three excellent musicians and his latest work &#x27;Stiches&#x27;.

Trumpet

Bass

Sandman’s Calling

Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana»

Sandman&#x27;s Calling stands for the vastness of the deserts, their music and the calling to search for mirages in the dunes. Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Mathias Künzli and Gregor Frei are connected by a long-standing friendship and the idea that music happens together and does not have to correspond to any genre. Ritualistic patterns, simple melodies and unexpected sounds draw a sand mandala that can transform into all shapes with the wind of improvisation. Their newest record &quot;Fata Morgana&quot; will come out in June 2023 and will receive its proper release at Moods. Buy your Discoverer Ticket: https://qrco.de/bdutxz Discover the local jazz scene at an affordable price with the Discoverer Ticket for 49.- Swiss francs. It includes the following concerts: Sa 3. Juni • Sandman’s Calling • Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana» Mo 5. Juni • Garn Di 6. Juni • Julie Campiche Quartet  Fr 9. Juni • Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras &amp; Hermon Mehari  Sa 10. Juni • Laura Schuler Quartett • Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos» So 11. Juni • Dalia Donadio • Plattentaufe «Zinnarella» Mo 12. Juni • Jochen Baldes • «Bloom Effect» Di 13. Juni • Matthieu Mazué Trio Do 15. Juni • Carte Blanche Rafael Schilt mit Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

Clarinet

K.O.S Crew Dancehall Mood

Party

Dancehall Mood is the monthly reggae and dancehall party at Moods. Like on every first Saturday of the month, the K.O.S crew will make the Moods club cooking with hot riddims. This promises an evening full of dancehall hits and reggae rarities, perfectly tuned to the respective audience and immaculately presented by the K.O.S crew and their guest.

Irreversible Entanglements

The band Irreversible Entaglements was founded in 2015 after a concert against racist police violence. Their music has a clear goal: to make a difference through words and music. Their lyrics are evocative, haunting, angry and address trauma, black identity, feminism, police violence and racist structures. The lyrics are carried by alto saxophone, trumpet, bass and drums, a pulsating web of wildly distorted melodies, rhythms, noises.

Vocals

Congas

Garn

Switzerland was once the world market leader in spinning yarn. In the meantime, the Swiss textile industry has specialized in high-quality niche products. In this way, it is somewhat similar to Swiss jazz, which also offers individual music produced with great care and passion. This is also the case with the quintet Garn, with which the enterprising bassist Claude Meier distinguishes himself as an imaginative bandleader. The pieces Meier writes for this band move without stylistic blinkers between complex structures and cheerful permissiveness, with borrowings from very different genres - so many threads come together in Garn. The music of Garn lives, quivers and floats, with the very different characters of the musicians involved being able to unfold at will. Buy your Discoverer Ticket: https://qrco.de/bdutxz Discover the local jazz scene at an affordable price with the Discoverer Ticket for 49.- Swiss francs. It includes the following concerts: Sa 3. Juni • Sandman’s Calling • Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana» Mo 5. Juni • Garn Di 6. Juni • Julie Campiche Quartet  Fr 9. Juni • Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras &amp; Hermon Mehari  Sa 10. Juni • Laura Schuler Quartett • Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos» So 11. Juni • Dalia Donadio • Plattentaufe «Zinnarella» Mo 12. Juni • Jochen Baldes • «Bloom Effect» Di 13. Juni • Matthieu Mazué Trio Do 15. Juni • Carte Blanche Rafael Schilt mit Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

Guitar

Piano

Julie Campiche Quartet

There are pieces that create a unique, poignant atmosphere with the very first note. &quot;Flash Info&quot; by the Julie Campiche Quartet is one of those. All four musicians use electronic effects to create a fragile yet powerful soundscape in which composition and improvisation are balanced. At the same time, the music leaves plenty of room to breathe and creates impressive sonic contrasts. Julie Campiche&#x27;s musical language is shaped by the big questions of her generation: the vast amounts of radioactive waste, multimedia sensory overload and the search for identity in the digital age.The musical language of experimental jazz harpist, singer, composer, producer and bandleader Julie Campiche is the result of constant curiosity and innovation in music and her great interest in the state of the world. Jazz, classical, electronic music and last but not least avant-garde traits permeate her music - exposing an immediate fragility that sometimes delicately, sometimes powerfully scratches the limit without ever exceeding it. In this way Campiche, who must be called a pioneer of harp jazz, has created her very own music that is unparalleled. Buy your Discoverer Ticket: https://qrco.de/bdutxz Discover the local jazz scene at an affordable price with the Discoverer Ticket for 49.- Swiss francs. It includes the following concerts: Sa 3. Juni • Sandman’s Calling • Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana» Mo 5. Juni • Garn Di 6. Juni • Julie Campiche Quartet  Fr 9. Juni • Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras &amp; Hermon Mehari  Sa 10. Juni • Laura Schuler Quartett • Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos» So 11. Juni • Dalia Donadio • Plattentaufe «Zinnarella» Mo 12. Juni • Jochen Baldes • «Bloom Effect» Di 13. Juni • Matthieu Mazué Trio Do 15. Juni • Carte Blanche Rafael Schilt mit Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

Harp

Video

JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam

Saisonabschluss

The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam offers an important platform for the Swiss jazz jam scene. After the musical opening of the jam band, lively and exciting sound conversations begin between musicians who spontaneously meet on stage, reflecting the diversity of jazz in all its facets. The JazzBaragge Wednesday Jam is supported by the non-profit association JazzBaragge.

Trombone

Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras & Hermon Mehari

In a career spanning more than 25 years, drummer and percussionist Florian Arbenz has made a name for himself not only as an accomplished musician, but also as a creative collaborator. This is also evident in his new trio, which brings together two fellow musicians whose rhythmic concept, harmonic vision and open-ended playing take the listener on a journey that ranges from hard swinging solos to free improvisations and dreamy soundscapes. The album with Nelson Veras and Hermon Mehari is part of his 2021 project to record 12 albums or &quot;Conversations&quot; with 12 radically different musicians. Buy your Discoverer Ticket: https://qrco.de/bdutxz Discover the local jazz scene at an affordable price with the Discoverer Ticket for 49.- Swiss francs. It includes the following concerts: Sa 3. Juni • Sandman’s Calling • Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana» Mo 5. Juni • Garn Di 6. Juni • Julie Campiche Quartet  Fr 9. Juni • Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras &amp; Hermon Mehari  Sa 10. Juni • Laura Schuler Quartett • Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos» So 11. Juni • Dalia Donadio • Plattentaufe «Zinnarella» Mo 12. Juni • Jochen Baldes • «Bloom Effect» Di 13. Juni • Matthieu Mazué Trio Do 15. Juni • Carte Blanche Rafael Schilt mit Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

VIP Session by JUR Records

S.P.Y (UK) (Hospital / Darkmttr Records)

What would the London drum&#x27;n&#x27;bass scene be without S.P.Y? Shortly after the producer and DJ, originally from São Paolo, was signed to the legendary Hospital Records in 2012, S.P.Y released his debut album What The Future Holds in the same year - an album that has shaped the genre to this day with its emotional and groovy tracks. Of course, the DJs of the JUR Records family will also be on hand to provide hot beats and massive bass throughout the night.

Disk Jockey

Family Story Time

enterspaces

All families with children ages 3-10 are invited to hear short stories from ensemble members and guests of the Schauspielhaus. This event offers a rare and necessary opportunity for children not only to hear stories from different storytellers, but also to possibly find themselves in the storytellers themselves. Admission is free. In addition to Moods, the event will also take place in the Box, the Matchbox and in the Foyer. You can register at enterspaces@schauspielhaus.ch

Laura Schuler Quartett

Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos»

&quot;Radical, austere, yet with an extremely wide horizon of influences, allusions and materials. A classical violin tone meets electro noise, clear rhythms meet free passages, jazz meets new music. Fascinating how the young artist succeeds in dancing on the fine line between control and freedom. It is clear that such a concept needs the appropriate musicians. Schuler has an unwavering hand here as well. Music at the height of time between calculation and emotional force!&quot; Moers Festival 2021 Founded on the occasion of the Jazzwerkstatt Bern 2018, the Laura Schuler Quartet has already played at festivals in Moers and Schaffhausen, among others. In 2020, the album &quot;Metamorphosis&quot; was released. During an extended stay in New York, Schuler wrote the second album &quot;Sueños Paralelos&quot; shortly thereafter, inspired by the experiences and impressions of the pulsating big city. In New York she also met Tony Malaby, with whom the band went on tour in 2021. With Urs Müller on guitar, the quartet is once again breaking new ground. In addition to other sounds, there are also opportunities to work together more regularly. Buy your Discoverer Ticket: https://qrco.de/bdutxz Discover the local jazz scene at an affordable price with the Discoverer Ticket for 49.- Swiss francs. It includes the following concerts: Sa 3. Juni • Sandman’s Calling • Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana» Mo 5. Juni • Garn Di 6. Juni • Julie Campiche Quartet  Fr 9. Juni • Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras &amp; Hermon Mehari  Sa 10. Juni • Laura Schuler Quartett • Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos» So 11. Juni • Dalia Donadio • Plattentaufe «Zinnarella» Mo 12. Juni • Jochen Baldes • «Bloom Effect» Di 13. Juni • Matthieu Mazué Trio Do 15. Juni • Carte Blanche Rafael Schilt mit Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

Viola

Synthesizer

Afrobeats Explosion

Afrobeats has already conquered the USA and the trendsetting European cities – now it is high time for this electrifying mix of Afrobeat, Hip Hop, Dancehall and House to also visit Zurich. A worldwide Afrobeats movement is probably enough reason to set up a whole series of parties: «Afrobeats Explosion» is what this party is called at Moods. Afrobeats from its origins with Fela Kuti in the 70’s up to Wizkid – prepare yourself for a very special dance explosion!

Dalia Donadio

Plattentaufe «Zinnarella»

Dalia Donadio&#x27;s latest work, her album &#x27;Zinnarella&#x27;, is a journey through the extensive work of her father, Toni Donadio. It is part sound poem, part audio book, a meditation on the importance of heritage, cultural structures and family treasures. It is a picture of intimate field recordings, spare piano and Moog arrangements and Dalia&#x27;s warm, sonorous voice. Dalia selected the songs with her father, revised the notation and wrote the lyrics. Buy your Discoverer Ticket: https://qrco.de/bdutxz Discover the local jazz scene at an affordable price with the Discoverer Ticket for 49.- Swiss francs. It includes the following concerts: Sa 3. Juni • Sandman’s Calling • Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana» Mo 5. Juni • Garn Di 6. Juni • Julie Campiche Quartet  Fr 9. Juni • Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras &amp; Hermon Mehari  Sa 10. Juni • Laura Schuler Quartett • Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos» So 11. Juni • Dalia Donadio • Plattentaufe «Zinnarella» Mo 12. Juni • Jochen Baldes • «Bloom Effect» Di 13. Juni • Matthieu Mazué Trio Do 15. Juni • Carte Blanche Rafael Schilt mit Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

Jochen Baldes

«Bloom Effect»

Jochen Baldes and Franz Hellmüller as co-leaders of the band &quot;Bloom Effect&quot; take us on a journey – destination unknown. Together with bassist Patrick Sommer and Tony Renold on drums, they span a musical arc that allows for tension and relaxation, silence and hecticness, the most beautiful melody lines and abrupt breaks. They have all been playing together for years in the most diverse constellations and have developed a musical language that presupposes blind trust, favors musical volte-face and allows freedom to be experienced on stage. Buy your Discoverer Ticket: https://qrco.de/bdutxz Discover the local jazz scene at an affordable price with the Discoverer Ticket for 49.- Swiss francs. It includes the following concerts: Sa 3. Juni • Sandman’s Calling • Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana» Mo 5. Juni • Garn Di 6. Juni • Julie Campiche Quartet  Fr 9. Juni • Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras &amp; Hermon Mehari  Sa 10. Juni • Laura Schuler Quartett • Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos» So 11. Juni • Dalia Donadio • Plattentaufe «Zinnarella» Mo 12. Juni • Jochen Baldes • «Bloom Effect» Di 13. Juni • Matthieu Mazué Trio Do 15. Juni • Carte Blanche Rafael Schilt mit Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

Matthieu Mazué Trio

During the last two years, the trio of Bernese pianist Matthieu Mazué has performed on several jazz stages in Europe. After a first album released in 2021 and several prizes won (ZKB Jazz Preis 2021, Jazz Beet Competition and more), the band is back with a new opus entitled &quot;We Stay Still&quot; on the Jazzdor Series label. The pieces on this record intertwine poetry and monolithic sculptures while summoning the history of jazz that is dear to the composer. «It&#x27;s unexpected, it&#x27;s fresh, and yet a certain quietude inhabits this recording as if maturity was already knocking at the door of these musicians not yet thirty years old. To be discovered!» Philippe Ochem, Jazzdor Series «Jazz piano that for once doesn&#x27;t invite you to fall asleep: young, fresh, from Switzerland and without fear of abstraction.» Ulrich Stock, Die Zeit, November 2022 Buy your Discoverer Ticket: https://qrco.de/bdutxz Discover the local jazz scene at an affordable price with the Discoverer Ticket for 49.- Swiss francs. It includes the following concerts: Sa 3. Juni • Sandman’s Calling • Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana» Mo 5. Juni • Garn Di 6. Juni • Julie Campiche Quartet  Fr 9. Juni • Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras &amp; Hermon Mehari  Sa 10. Juni • Laura Schuler Quartett • Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos» So 11. Juni • Dalia Donadio • Plattentaufe «Zinnarella» Mo 12. Juni • Jochen Baldes • «Bloom Effect» Di 13. Juni • Matthieu Mazué Trio Do 15. Juni • Carte Blanche Rafael Schilt mit Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

Corin Curschellas & The Recyclers Reloaded

50-jähriges Bühnenjubiläum

The singer and composer from Graubünden has been on stage for 50 years. In recent years, she has become best known in this country for her adaptations of Romansh folk songs. It is almost forgotten that the &quot;Grande Dame of Chanzun Rumantscha&quot; has had a unique musical career. Between 1990 and 2010, she worked in Berlin, Paris, London, NYC and Vienna with an astonishing variety of international jazz greats. With her tour, Corin Curschellas celebrates her 50th stage anniversary with a band of her choice, made up of her former Parisian musical companions: guitarist Noël Akchoté, pianist Benoît Delbecq, drummer Steve Argüelles, accordionist Patricia Draeger and bassist Lukas Traxel.

Accordion

Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

Rafael Schilt

Three generations of jazz history in one band: Peter Frei, Paul Amereller and Rafael Schilt have been playing in a trio for many years. A work-in-progress band that now understands each other blindly, is constantly developing and shines through virtuosity and interplay. Peter Frei has already played with jazz greats such as Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Horace Parlan. He has become a mentor to many young Swiss jazz musicians and has thus had a significant influence on the Swiss jazz scene. Buy your Discoverer Ticket: https://qrco.de/bdutxz Discover the local jazz scene at an affordable price with the Discoverer Ticket for 49.- Swiss francs. It includes the following concerts: Sa 3. Juni • Sandman’s Calling • Plattentaufe «Fata Morgana» Mo 5. Juni • Garn Di 6. Juni • Julie Campiche Quartet  Fr 9. Juni • Florian Arbenz feat. Nelson Veras &amp; Hermon Mehari  Sa 10. Juni • Laura Schuler Quartett • Plattentaufe «Sueños Paralelos» So 11. Juni • Dalia Donadio • Plattentaufe «Zinnarella» Mo 12. Juni • Jochen Baldes • «Bloom Effect» Di 13. Juni • Matthieu Mazué Trio Do 15. Juni • Carte Blanche Rafael Schilt mit Rafael Schilt - Peter Frei - Paul Amereller

Jaël

Plattentaufe «Midlife» – Acoustic Tour

Jaël&#x27;s warm, melancholic voice is wrapped in fragile piano ballads or driving guitar songs, polyphonic vocals enriched with xylophone and kalimba sounds. On her latest album, &#x27;Midlife&#x27;, she sings about realising you don&#x27;t always have to be perfect and deals with previously unspoken things like sexual assault. On this night the album will be launched and Jael&#x27;s music will take the audience on a moving musical reflection of her personal journey through life.

Kalimba

Marcella Carboni Trio + Gabriele Mirabassi

in Zusammenarbeit mit dem italienischen Kulturinstitut

&quot;This is not a harp.&quot; This is the title of Macella Carboni&#x27;s latest album, as she elicits much more than the usual sounds from her electro-acoustic harp. The concert at Moods is again a tribute to contemporary Italian jazz, as she reinterprets the music of Enrico Pieranunzi. For this special project she has engaged one of the greatest interpreters of his music, clarinetist Gabriele Mirabassi, who complements the trio to form a quartet. They are joined by two other pillars of Italian jazz: Paolino Dalla Porta on double bass and Stefano Bagnoli on drums. A trio that enables the harp to overcome the stereotypes associated with its instrument. Together they are in constant role reversal: harp, double bass and drums sometimes merge into a single sound, sometimes into three dialoguing soloists, sometimes into a perfect interplay to emphasize melodies or biting grooves. Or to put it in Marcella Carboni&#x27;s words: an instrumental dialogue that promises to be truly fascinating. Free admission, registration obligatory. Either by phone at 044 202 48 46 or through the following link: https://iiczurigo.esteri.it/iic_zurigo/de/gli_eventi/calendario/2023/06/marcella-carboni-trio-gabriele.html To cancel your registration, please send an e-mail to iiczurigo@esteri.it.

Band-it Weekend

Band-it enables young bands and musicians to present themselves to a larger audience and a jury under professional conditions. In June, they show their skills at six qualifications throughout the canton of Zurich. Indie rock, German pop, Balkan sound, singer/songwriter, hip hop and punk: since 1989, over 1600 bands from all musical genres have taken part in this Newcomer Band Festival. For many of these young talents, Band-it has been a launch pad to great success, such as Faber, Evelinn Trouble, Pablo Infernal and Sebass. Admission is free. A project of Migros Kulturprozent and the Education Department of the Canton of Zurich.

Luedji Luna

Moods Summer Special

Singer and songwriter Luedji Luna is a prominent name in the Brazilian music scene. Winner of numerous awards and nominated for the Latin Grammy Best MPB Album in 2022, she soon achieved notoriety far beyond the country&#x27;s borders. Her music explores and celebrates the connections between her homeland and her African roots, and addresses the marginalizations of Afro-Brazilians and women in Brazil. This theme, coupled with her soulful voice, carries an infectious energy that is already palpable in her albums or online at the NPR Tiny Desk Concert, but especially unfolds live into an unforgettable musical experience. Afterwards DJ Sampa will play the best tracks from Forró, Samba-Rock, Gafieira and Tropicalia. This event takes place in cooperation with Adalu: https://www.adalu.ch/

El Noro y Primera Clase

GAIA Productions presents:

Discover the magic and exoticism of Cuba with a live concert by El Noro y Primera Clase, one of the Caribbean island&#x27;s most popular bands. Norisley Valladares (El Noro) and his Primera Clase bring Latin energy to the dance floor with their smoky voice, stage vitality and Corazon Cubano. El Noro&#x27;s first big career move was working with the famous Cuban band Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor on the hit &quot;Esto esta&quot;. His further participation in other important orchestras of the Cuban music scene such as Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco as well as Pupy y Los Que Son Son gave him the necessary experience to form his own band. In 2016 El Noro released its first album &quot;Sin Escalas&quot; and in 2019 its second album &quot;El Espejo&quot;. On this unique occasion, dedicated to all lovers of Cuban music, El Noro y Primera Clase will perform hits from both albums as well as some popular interpretations of songs he wrote for Pupy y Los Que Son Son, such as &quot;El loco con una moto&quot; and &quot;No te deje por mala&quot; - for the first time in Switzerland!

African Fashion Festival

African Heritage Switzerland presents:

The African Fashion Festival is the post-pandemic resumption of African Heritage Switzerland, a promotional project that has already successfully taken place in 2018, 2019 and 2020. African Heritage Switzerland enables African designers* to showcase their work in the international fashion industry and promote the concept of Made in Africa. This year&#x27;s African Fashion Festival offers Swiss, as well as international fashion talents a platform to present their creations in the heart of Zurich. The aim is to give new talents a stage and celebrate Zurich&#x27;s cultural diversity in all its facets.

Minyo Crusaders

What have almost forgotten Japanese folk songs got to do with a cumbia beat? The answer is Minyo Crusaders! The ten-piece collective reworks traditional Japanese folk songs called Min&#x27;yō with Latin music such as cumbia, Ethiopian jazz, Thai pop, Afro-funk and reggae. The result sounds a little crazy, but is absolutely brilliant in a great way. Minyo Crusaders are the most infectious and hottest global beat party since Buena Vista Social Club. Anyway, the punchy and inventive arrangements breathe new life into the old Japanese min&#x27;yō, which are also traditional workers&#x27; songs.

Keyboards

Bongos

Timbales

Orchestra Baobab

Last year, Orchestra Baobab, one of Africa&#x27;s greatest bands, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Its story begins in the heart of Dakar&#x27;s medina in Senegal in the late 1960s and stretches around the world and into the 21st century. The group of singers and musicians from all over the continent play a mixture of Afro and Latin American styles, international pop and traditional griot music. After last year&#x27;s sold-out concert, the band returns to Moods this August.

Marimba

Summer Pearl

From her hometown of London, singer Summer Pearl is currently taking the music world by storm. Her sound of jazz, soul, hip-hop and dub, is reminiscent of the one of the great Eryka Badu, both powerful and touching at the same time. Summer Pearl herself describes it as &quot;a meditation on my past and a reflection of our present. It is both a personal and political message exploring black and female liberation and love gained and love lost.&quot;

Boubacar Traoré

In the early years of Mali&#x27;s independence, 20-year-old Boubacar Traoré picked up an electric guitar and shaped the sound of the young state. But with the military coup in 1968, his songs were banned from the radio and Traoré had to support his family as a farmer and small trader. In the late 1980s, however, his comeback was abruptly interrupted once again by the death of his wife. Traoré went to Paris and made a living as a construction worker. Finally, in 1990, he re-emerged as a musician and recorded six albums in short intervals. Very soon, Vincent Bucher&#x27;s harmonica became the sonic alter ego of Traoré&#x27;s voice and guitar playing. Since the turn of the millennium at the latest, he has been celebrated as one of the great fathers and ambassadors of modern Mandingo music, combining characteristic playing techniques and ideas from West Africa with the philosophy of the blues from the southern United States.

Mundharmonika

Percussion

Pablo Nouvelle & Nativ

«Embrace Tour»

Pablo Nouvelle and Nativ are two important figures in the Swiss music scene. At first glance, the orientation of the two may seem quite different: While Pablo Nouvelle is primarily active in the electronic realm, Nativ is considered one of the most relevant exponents of the Swiss rap scene. Nevertheless, or perhaps because of that, they harmonize excellently: repeated collaborations now result in the album Embrace and a first joint tour together with Amos Fankhauser and Matthias Nydegger.

Electronics

Michael Heitzler's Klezmerband

Concert & Workshop

Michael Heitzler became known as the clarinetist of the group &quot;Kolsimcha&quot;, with which he has traveled the world since the early 90s and led klezmer music to new, modern shores. A few years ago Michael Heitzler formed his own band with the three outstanding musicians Christian Gutfleisch (piano), Michael Chylewski (double bass) and Daniel Schay (drums) to pay homage to the great American and Eastern European bands of the 1920s to 1950s. In addition to stirring pieces, there are beautiful, deep and touching ballads that go straight to the soul. Before the concert, a Klezmer workshop will be held at Galotti. Workshop or combined-tickets can be found on their website: https://www.galotti.ch/

Islandman

Islandman is a fictional character, a musical personality, a dreamer who composes the stories of a non-existent place, born from the musical dreams of Tolga Böyük, a musician and producer living in Istanbul. Islandman performs as a live electro-acoustic trio. Their music can be described as a unique blend of smooth electronic textures and dance beats with spacey live guitars backed by shamanic rhythms. The power of the band comes from the perfect balance between electronic structures and acoustic harmonies: Turkish psychedelica meets African roots music.

Live Elektronic

Matthew Halsall

«Salute to the Sun»

Trumpeter Matthew Halsall is a pioneer. With his compositions and his label Godwana Records, he has succeeded in developing jazz and bringing it into the present. In contrast to his London colleagues, who rock the scene with danceable club sounds, Matthew Halsall convinces above all with clear, calm arrangements that leave room for improvisation. On his new album Salute to the Sun, elements of the British jazz scene merge with the inspiring sounds of spiritual jazz by Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. Added to this are the powerful rhythms of global sound and the futuristic sounds of electronica.

Flute

Leyla McCalla

Deeply influenced by Creole music as well as American jazz and folk, Leyla McCalla&#x27;s music is at once earthy, elegant, soulful and witty. Her music vibrates with three centuries of history, yet feels strikingly fresh and unique. Leyla McCalla draws inspiration from her past and present, whether it&#x27;s her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New Orleans. The bilingual multi-instrumentalist and former member of the Grammy-winning African-American string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, has developed a distinctive sound that reflects her roots and her experiences. Her latest album, &quot;Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever,&quot; explores the legacy of Radio Haiti, the first private Creole-language radio station in Haiti, as well as the journalists who risked and lost their lives to be on the air for nearly 50 years. The result is simultaneously a work of radical performance art, historical scholarship, and personal memoir, a sweeping and powerful meditation on family, democracy, and free expression that could not have come at a better time.

WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc)

WITCH (We Intend To Cause Havoc) were Zambia&#x27;s biggest rock band in the 1970s and were at the forefront of a new genre called zamrock. They fused influences ranging from the Rolling Stones to Black Sabbath to James Brown, and blended them with traditional African rhythms and songs. At the height of their popularity, the band often needed police to keep fans at bay while their lead singer Jagari - whose name is an Africanization of Mick Jagger&#x27;s name - roiled the crowd. As Zambia&#x27;s economy stagnated and the country suffered from the AIDS crisis, WITCH disbanded. Jagari, now the only surviving member of the original lineup, retreated to a life of quasi-anonymity as a university music professor before being wrongfully arrested in Zambia&#x27;s toughest hour. Now a man in his 60s, he spends his time mining gemstones. WITCH didn&#x27;t receive greater attention outside their home country until 2012, when Now Again Records reissued their entire discography. In 2016 Jagari began a collaboration with Dutch musicians Jacco Gardner and Nic Mauskoviç, and together with them WITCH is coming to Moods in November.

Dominique Fils-Aimé

Dominique Fils-Aimé is back with a new album and after several attempts finally plays the Moods stage for the first time. Following her successful trilogy of albums that traced the history of African-American culture and history and even earned her a JUNO for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year in 2020, comes her latest record, &quot;Our Roots Run Deep,&quot; which will be released in September 2023 on Ensoul Records. Inspired by soul icons such as Billie Holiday, Etta James and Nina Simone, the Canadian with Haitian roots tells of the wellspring of her soul and holds the audience with her voice in a soothing sonic embrace.

Shantel & Bucovina Club Soundsystem

Partizani Super Sonic Live Tour

Shantel &amp; Bucovina Club Soundsystem bring the full energy of club culture and dance parties live on stage. The analog meets the digital, the east meets the west. With a pulsating spectacle where acoustic is mixed with electronica and beats live on stage, you will dance to Balkan Pop, Global Bass, Diaspora Beats, Turkish Psychedelica and Electro to the hilt.

Moods members are guaranteed admission to every event until 30 minutes before the concert starts. Only shows with a high demand require a reservation. The corresponding concerts are marked on the website with "Member-Reservation".

Everyone should have the opportunity to participate in the events at Moods. 

Moods is reached via the main entrance of the Schiffbau at Schiffbauplatz. We recommend arriving by public transport (streetcar 4 or 8 / bus 72, 83 or 33 to Schiffbau; S-Bahn to Hardbrücke station and from there approx. 2 minutes on foot).
Parking spaces are available under Hardbrücke and in the Pfingstweid-/Hardstrasse parking garage.

Iced Sound

Concept

Ramon Landolt 

ICED SOUND listens to melting glaciers, plays sounds out of sight, improvises with glacial lakes and crevasses, tells stories about threatened alpine glaciers. ICED SOUND is field recording, is performance, is listening, is interplay. ICED SOUND brings new music from and for glaciers. For the premiere of his project Ramon Landolt presents in collaboration with Samuel Weniger an audio-visual performance based on sound and image recordings made during the last three years on Swiss glaciers. Explorer ticket for CHF 69: With the purchase of this ticket, you can attend six concerts and explore the exciting local experimental jazz scene. Buy your Explorer Ticket here: https://discover.smeetz.com/de/product/60452/booking/experimental-jazz-entdecker-ticket Concerts included in the ticket: Sat 21.01. Vincent Glanzmann / Loriot - Kahn - Wolfarth Mon 23.01. Zoh Amba Trio feat. Micah Thomas, Chris Corsano Thu 26.01. Carte Blanche Ramon Landolt: Iced Sound Thu 16.02. Tau5 with Philipp Gropper, Philip Zoubek, Ludwig Wandinger, Felix Henkelhausen, Moritz Baumgärtner Fri 17.02. Tizia Zimmermann &amp; Chris Pitsiokos / Peter Evans Mon 20.02. Sophie Agnel - Joke Lanz - Michael Vatcher Trio

An overview of all events since 1992? Oh yes there is. And that is in our archive. 

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Iced Sound

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