Audio-visual lo-fi chamber noize jazz blast
Its part planned, part improvised journeys take the band to places like progressive rock and break core, it skims some hip hop and pimps that jazz, yet never stops earballing its layout formula – the Formelwesen creature’s creaking, limping, erratic soul. It’s not easy to hear where a phrase comes from, who’s spinning the golden thread and where the latter is going.
After having been around for 5 years, Formelwesen cut the cord from its alma mater, the Berlin University of the Arts in 2007. In early ’08 it grew into a quartett, adding the bass clarinet/saxophone. Later the same year, the band gained another two members, animator Nicolas de Leval Jezierski and director and VJ Geis. They joined to extent the Formelwesen tales onto screen and video. Live visuals create a strong counterpart to the musicians’ impressive stage presence while video clips help spreading the word and bringing the Formelwesen experience to your home screen.
Ketan Bhatti – drums
Nikolas Tillmann – guitar
Milian Vogel – bass clarinet, saxophone
Hannes Hüfken – electric bass
Nicolas de Leval Jezierski and
Michael „Geis“ Geithner – visuals