Rusconi

RUSCONI (Band Rusconi ) is a Swiss jazz band. It is one of the most successful contemporary representatives of free rock, noise, improvised music, groove and electronica Switzerland. Her album Revolution has been interpreted as most important to her.

History

Stefan Rusconi ( piano ), Claudio Strüby (drums) and Richard Pechota ( bass) formed the band RUSCONI 2001. Fabian Gisler sparked 2004 Richard Pechota from on bass.

RUSCONI brought first two albums by independent Swiss label out and then signed with Sony Music Germany, which the album One Up Down Left Right published in 2009. In all three albums mostly wrote Stefan Rusconi music. With the album It's a Sonic Life he dealt in 2010 with the oeuvre of Sonic Youth.

2012, RUSCONI separated by mutual agreement between Sony Music Entertainment and founded her own label, Qilin Records. This step RUSCONI wants to enable their fans to support them financially more direct, than would be possible in the age of free downloads with a major label. RUSCONI published their recordings on CD, partly or exclusively ( It's a Sonic Life Whistler & Hustler session) on LP. RUSCONI adapts to the changed market situation with a ' manifesto ' to. On 2 March 2012, she made her famous album Revolution for free download via Bandcamp. At the same time, she produced LPs of their last two albums and gave them free for download. Since December 2012, the French label BEEJAZZ sells their latest album Revolution electronic world ( also available on CD ).

RUSCONI concerts in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain, France, Italy, Sweden, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Korea.

Style

RUSCONI fused ideas from the jazz, rock and pop. The styles and influences ranging from avant-garde electronic music ( as Aphex Twin ) on the noise-rock (eg Sonic Youth ) to the sizes of the Pops ( Radiohead ).

Two dog video clips and working with the film collective

RUSCONI rotate video clips to their albums. In 2008 there was the first collaboration with the Winterthur Filmkollektiv two dog. In this video clip One Up Down Left Right was born. He has been shown at numerous film festivals worldwide and won three awards, including the Audience Award and the Jury Prize at the Solothurn Film Festival 2010. Video Clip The Destroyed Room also two dog and RUSCONI was honored at the Solothurn Film Festival 2011 with the Jury Prize. Even the newest and for now last work of two dog and RUSCONI, Alice in the sky 2013 was chosen by the Solothurn Film Festival, m4music and SUISA Foundation for ' Best Swiss Video Clip'.

Prizes and awards

The video clip One Up Down Left Right won three awards, including the Audience Award and the Jury Prize at the Solothurn Film Festival 2009. Video Clip The Destroyed Room also two dog and RUSCONI was honored at the Solothurn Film Festival 2010 with the Jury Prize. Also, the latest work of two dog and RUSCONI, Alice in the Sky was in 2013 chosen by the Solothurn Film Festival, m4music and SUISA Foundation for ' Best Swiss Video Clip'.

2010 ... 2012 supported the foundation Pro Helvetia Rusconi and his band as part of the priority jazz promotion.

2013, the band with an ECHO Jazz as best live act in 2012 was excellent.

Also in 2013, the band for the Prix Walo ( known Swiss award ) was nominated as ' Jazz Trio of the Year '.

Discography

  • 2004: Scenes & Sceneries ( Brambus Records; than Rusconi Trio)
  • 2006: Stop & Go ( Unit Records / Sony)
  • 2009: One Up Down Left Right (Sony Music Germany )
  • 2010: It's a Sonic Life ( Sony Music Germany/2013: LP Qilin Records)
  • 2012: Revolution ( LP Qilin Records, CD BEEJAZZ )
  • 2014: History Sugar Dream ( Qilin Records)
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