Cherry trees are a wonderful enrichment of the area where I live (also the kirschwasser is very much appreciated). I found this ailantery near Küssnacht am Rigi, which is part of the “Kirschstrasse“.
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Have you ever seen a sheep standing on its hind legs? Here it is. These two nice guys – called “Uhu” and “Bärli” – belong to the species called “Braunköpfiges Fleischschaf (BFS)” (what a terrible name for such a sweet creature) which is not uncommon in Switzerland.
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This picture was taken at the Loisium, the fameous Wine Museum near Vienna; Beat Föllmi and I could produce the music for the Loisium in 2004; the music is played all-over the museum and also in the special interactive installations.
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Here I am with my friend Beat Föllmi in his Percussion Atelier. He raised a magnificent world full of sounds from all-over the world.
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At times we go snowshoeing. The lake behind me is the “Lago di Lei”. We walked up through Bleikawald. In Winter the area is nearly desertet an absolutely soundless in such a manner you can hear your heartbeat. You find it here: Show in Google...
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This grand organ is located at the collegiate church of the “Stift Göttweig”. I was there during the Loisium project and enjoyed very much the impressive buildings, fabulous Austrian cooking and the wonderful view down to the Danube valley. Some day I would like to play this organ!
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This picture looks to me like a painting. I didn’t use any effects; just stoot on the shore of Donau somewhere between Krems and Dürnstein and pressed the release. Here it is: Show in Google...
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You must have seen the lake of Klöntal in autumn. It’s near where I live. When we were there, the lake was absolutely flat like a mirror. You couldn’t discern the rocks and their reflection. There it is: Show in Google...
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I came accross this wonderful spiral staircase at the “Stift Melk” during our journey through Niederösterreich. On the floor in the middle of the spiral was a round mirror. I put the camera on this mirror heading upwards and used the automatic release.
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Making music at our regular New Year’s Eve party. And each time we’re older. Drums: Urs Schön Hand-organs: Beat Föllmi, Rochus Keller
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Real-time composition (i.e. thoroughly improvised) by Beat Föllmi & Rochus Keller occurring on November 11th 2011 at Percussion Atelier (http://www.percussionatelier.com). Beat Föllmi: Drums, Percussion, Steeldrum, Wavedrums Rochus Keller: Grand Piano, Bass Pedals, Mini Steeldrum, Mastering Here is the music (License: Creative Commons...
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Real-time composition (just played, no arrangements whatsoever, for the first time with Siggi) Siggi Strack: Banjo, Guitar Synth Beat Föllmi: Drums, Percussion Rochus Keller: Pianos, Synthesizers (incl. Spanish Guitar), Bass (left hand or foot), Foot Drums, Mastering Here is the music...
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Real-time composition on July 1st 2011. The name is a joke; a camera crew announced it’s visit for that day, but then canceled on short notice; so Beat and I did “Musik ohne TV”. Beat Föllmi: JamMan, Sequencer, Drums, Bowed Cymbals, Percussion, Mini Marimba Rochus Keller: E-Piano, E-Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Grand Piano, Left Hand Bass, Foot Drums Of...
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Live Session (fully improvised) at the wedding party of Ariane & Urs on 21.5.11. Urs Schön: Drums, Cover Dominik Dümmler: eGuitar Beat Föllmi: Percussion, Drums, Wavedrum Peer Antonsen: Alto Sax Rochus Keller: Grand Piano, Keyboards, Spanish Guitar, Bass , Feet Drums, Mastering And here is the...
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Real-time composition on April 29th 2011. The name is a joke; we planned to do “Musik mit Banjo” but Siggi had to cancel on short notice; so Beat and I did “Musik ohne Banjo”. Beat Föllmi: Drums, WaveDrum, Arpegiator, Strange Sounds, Chaos Pad, Vocoder, Percussion Rochus Keller: E-Piano, Grand Piano, Guitar, Left Hand Bass, Foot Drums,...
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Real-time composition on April 15th 2011. Beat Föllmi: Drums, WaveDrum, Ukulele, Chaos Pad, Percussion, Arpegiator Rochus Keller: Grand Piano, Spanish Guitar, Athmospheric & Arpegiator Sounds, E-Piano, Left Hand Bass and Bass Pedals Here I used my Yamaha Motif XS Keyboard (with my sound configuration) the first time in a session with Beat; in contrast to previous...
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Real-time composition on December 3rd 2010 Beat Föllmi: Drums, Wavedrum, Hackbrett, ChaosPad, Arpegiator, Bells, Music Box Rochus Keller: Grand Piano, Bass pedals, E-Piano, Clavi, Recording & Mastering And here’s the music (License: Creative Commons...
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Real-time composition on August 5th 2010. Beat Föllmi: WaveTabla, Percussion, Drums, Vocoder, JamMan Rochus Keller: Grand Piano, E-Piano, Bass Pedals On this recording Beat used his new WaveDrum for the first time; this is really an amazing instrument with a wonderful and very convincing tabla sound; it can be played with the fingers, like a real tabla. Hear yourself...
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