Nü Classical Music for the 21st Century. S W A R M I U S "What Kind Of Music Would Mozart Make If He Were Alive Today?" Genre: Nü Classical/ Avant-Pop — catchy hooks, soaring melodies & multi-level syncopations that draw from rock, jazz, the Yoruba music of Nigeria, Eastern European Klezmer, Indonesian gamelan, electronica, hip-hop, vaudeville, European classical and more. Sounds like: SWARMIUS embraces the open-ended, freewheeling aesthetic that characterizes The Kronos Quartet, Björk, Radio Head, Bela Fleck, Gershwin & Golijov. Since their 2006 debut at Kosovel Hall in Ljubljana, Slovenia, SWARMIUS has won-over audiences and critics around the world, pushing musical boundaries with compositions that Reviews: "... marvelous, orchestrally conceived music [with] driving pulses, exotic timbres, violin concerto pyrotechnics and on from there. Combines industrial, modern classical, world influenced music and a bunch of other things for a mix that has its own trajectory. SWARMIUS defies categorization." "It is Moby gone over to a dark side, where Yoko Ono is the Dungeon Master and Brian Eno keeps score." "ravishingly beautiful..." "Dizzying, multi-genre-leaping work — [a] shape-shifting synthesis — simultaneously exotic and familiar, intricate and inviting — should delight listeners with an appetite for edgy aural adventure — the ultimate mash-up for hipsters — draws from jazz, the Yoruba music of Nigeria, Eastern European klezmer, Indonesian gamelan, electronica, hip-hop, vaudeville, avant garde, and more. One of the most appealing qualities is how well it mixes acoustic instruments (violin, saxophone and vibraphone), with laptop computers ...some of the most " ...The music is intense, crammed with dramatic crescendos followed by abrupt pauses. ... gorgeous, but undefinable." Bio: SWARMIUS has the intimate, inimitable sound attained by the intense blend of powerful personalities found in rock bands such as the Beatles. saxophone—SAXIMUS’ formative experiences as a teenage champion in the do-or-die world of professional competitive skateboarding shaped his attitude toward saxophone performance: "You have to go for it. If you’re speeding across a parking lot, about to 360 flip down a set of 15 stairs, you have a choice to make: either pull the trick or end up bloody as hell." He completed his doctorate in saxophone performance from the Eastman School of Music at age 26. violin (Felix Olschofka) —Fiddlus El Gato began playing the violin at the age of five, winning numerous competitions, recording at the age of fourteen and playing for the president of Germany before he was twenty. A quintessential violinist for the 21st century, he tours internationally as classical soloist and featured chamber musician, and plays everything between classical and funk with SWARMIUS. percussion I (Joel Bluestone) —Crotalius Redfoot was tapping things before he could walk, & maintains an arsenal of unusual drums, rattles, shakers and unnameable percussion oddities collected on his world-ranging music-making journeys. Says Crotalius, who also holds a doctorate in classical percussion, "At heart I'm just a kid with two sticks who likes to rock and extract sound from anything that does not protest too loudly." percussion II (Justin Dehart) SWARMIUS’ newest member Justinius Lion Heart has made three trips to India to channel the groove of tabla with Indian masters, and combines this with drum set to elucidate the complex grooves and underground passageways in SWARMIUS' music... laptop/composer (Joseph Martin Waters) — Jozefius Vaatierz Rattus grew up playing in rock bands, honed his composition chops at Yale and conjures a musical brew that juxtaposes hip-hop and Beethoven. "We live in a time where the entire globe is listening to each other — all cultures, all of our accumulated history — our myths, hopes, fears & dreams are all online — we face each other every minute — How do you speak to that, as an artist?" “It’s about connecting with people of all ages and tastes — is that possible — or even desirable?" We believe it is possible and even critical — by building bridges, connections, finding common ground, finding the universals. Making music truly a universal language. You've got to listen, allow yourself to be vulnerable, and take risks, on stage and in the studio....or you're not saying anything worthwhile...” says Jozefius (aka Joseph Waters) the band’s composer and laptopist. “SWARMIUS is the result.” For bookings please contact: North & South America: Europe:
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