1. HΞlix – Festival / Köln – Day 1 | Live Recording at Loft

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

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

Time does not exist – we invented it.”
Albert Einstein

Who doesn’t remember the final scene of Zorba The Greek, in which Anthony Quinn dances the ever-accelerating sirtaki?
Who doesn’t know the endless stairs and the eternal waterfall of MC Escher?
These are vivid starting points for a completely new phenomenon of musical infinity – a completely new way of making music in time spirals. HΞLIX is the name given to the implementation of this fascinating – non-linear – musical concept, which Cologne-based musician Sebastian Gramss has been researching since the beginning of 2022 and has since realized with numerous musicians....

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

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

Time does not exist – we invented it.”
Albert Einstein

Who doesn’t remember the final scene of Zorba The Greek, in which Anthony Quinn dances the ever-accelerating sirtaki?
Who doesn’t know the endless stairs and the eternal waterfall of MC Escher?
These are vivid starting points for a completely new phenomenon of musical infinity – a completely new way of making music in time spirals. HΞLIX is the name given to the implementation of this fascinating – non-linear – musical concept, which Cologne-based musician Sebastian Gramss has been researching since the beginning of 2022 and has since realized with numerous musicians.
In HΞLIX Spirals, swelling and fading rhythmic streams overlap and create the impression of a continuous acceleration or deceleration. All sonic events merge into multiple accelerandi and ritardandi.This worldwide new tempo system with its fascinating sound intensifications and decelerations is now used by various ensembles.The HΞLIX Festival from June 3 – 7, 2025 in Cologne presents some of these extraordinary projects for the first time.In addition to performances by top-class ensembles such as SLOWFOX 4, BASSMASSE, ORBIT, SWIFT and COIL at the LOFT (with musicians such as Hayden Chisholm, Julia Sanjurjo, Paulo Alvarez, Dodo Kis, Robert Landfermann, Enyalos Papadopoulos, Dirk Rothbrust, among others), the release concert for STATES OF PLAY / METEORS‘ new album HΞLIX will also take place.
As a warm-up, the premiere of the HΞLIX documentary film by Maurice Graf in the studio rooms of Sebastian Gramss will provide a deeper insight into the spectacular work of the Cologne composer and conceptualist.
On the same evening, the public broadcast session of the program Jazzfacts on Deutschlandfunk will also take place on the subject of HΞLIX.On the last day, a colloquium / open workshop on the basics of this new OPEN SOURCE playing and composition technique will round off the extraordinary program of the HΞLIX Festival. The moderator will be Prof. Dr. K. Rainer Nonnenmann, the musicians of SLOWFOX 4 will also participate.

Supported by:
Kulturamt Köln, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kunststiftung NRW, GEMA Stiftung

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