Phillip Dornbuschs Projektor at Loft

tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro

doors: 7.30 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CET

Racism has long been an issue for Phillip Dornbusch, even if he himself is not affected by it. For the second album on the Berthold Records label, he and his band Projektor approach the topic from different perspectives – and in doing so, continue the core idea of the highly acclaimed debut album Reflex. The nine compositions deal with contemporary political and social issues. Dornbusch conducted several conversations with people affected by racism as a basis for this – and incorporated his impressions from these as well as some quotes into the music....

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tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro

doors: 7.30 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CET

Racism has long been an issue for Phillip Dornbusch, even if he himself is not affected by it. For the second album on the Berthold Records label, he and his band Projektor approach the topic from different perspectives – and in doing so, continue the core idea of the highly acclaimed debut album Reflex. The nine compositions deal with contemporary political and social issues. Dornbusch conducted several conversations with people affected by racism as a basis for this – and incorporated his impressions from these as well as some quotes into the music.
The five musicians from Berlin and Cologne are characterised by their unmistakable language and their very individual approach to the material, which Dornbusch gives a lot of space to. It is important to the musicians not to cement a banal message. They play with layers, complex timbres and contrasting rhythms. What sounds beautiful is constantly coded.

Taking apart and reassembling. This refers not only to Dornbusch’s compositions in the rehearsal process, but also to the title: Re|construct is not just reconstruction – it is much more. It means transformation, the creation of something new – always as a joint process. This idea refers not only to music, but also to society and formulates Dornbusch’s wish to which he dedicates Re|construct.
The compositions invite you to listen: They shimmer, groove and make you think about today.

Press reviews:

„The quintet around saxophonist Phillip Dornbusch is one of the juvenile high-flyers of the German scene.“
FAZ

„Philip Dornbusch, born in 1994, is not „only“ a highly talented saxophonist and bandleader, he is also a composer with interesting concepts. His current band PROJEKTOR has already caused quite a stir.“
Deutschlandfunk Kultur

„A glimmer of hope for the German jazz scene“
SWR 2

„The most important quality of this music is that it simply leaves habitual ears in peace and surprises them with the unheard or not too often heard.“
Jazz Podium




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