Lineup: Pan Chimzee (Host & Opener)
Ian Ethan Case (Main Act)
Doors: 19:30
Start: 20:00
Entrance: 8€ (at the door)
--- IAN ETHAN CASE ---
Acoustic double-neck guitarist and Candyrat recording artist Ian Ethan Case is quickly becoming recognized as “one of the most creative and engaging fingerstyle guitarists in the world” (International Center for Creativity.) After a decade of composing and performing around the country largely under the radar, in 2015 a viral facebook video of his song “Butter II” introduced his music to over 6 million listeners around the world in the course of a month. In addition to a record deal and endorsements with companies such as Ovation guitars and Boss pedals, 2016 provided extensive touring opportunities throughout Europe and the United States, including two performances with a full symphony orchestra. Fingerstyle legend Don Ross invited Case to open for him in Ross’ then-hometown of Toronto, later describing his performance as “some of the most massively inventive musicianship I’ve ever heard/seen.” Other listeners have described his music as a cross between Michael Hedges and Pat Metheny.
His latest album, Earth Suite (coming October 2017), features nearly a dozen musicians from all over the globe, including four-time Grammy-winning cellist Eugene Friesen and internationally acclaimed percussionist Jamey Haddad. While the studio album features a large group and dense orchestration, Case brings much of that expansive sound to his 2017-2018 concert performances thanks to live looping and sound specialist Stephanie Case who records, layers, and manipulates Ian’s playing on the spot for a dynamic, truly symphonic effect that defies the typical “solo musician with a loop pedal” stereotype. As one first-time listener in California exclaimed, “Ian’s music is phenomenal - watching him play is not ‘listening to music’; it’s a full mind experience. Transporting.”
Links:
Website - www.IanEthan.com/
YouTube - www.YouTube.com/IanEthanCase
Facebook - www.Facebook.com/OpenLandMusic/
Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/OpenLandMusic/
--- PAN CHIMZEE ---
Starting his musical journey next to the mountains down in Bavaria, the laptapping and fingerstyle guitarist Pan Chimzee has been his own teacher in the world of music for the last decade. Never having had lessons or any musical background, the journey of playing and composing has been a very adventurous and rewarding one and has enabled the Berlin based artist to forge a very unique sound and style of composing.
The joyful art of creation is the core of his music, there's no rules and no boundaries. By recently touring Europe and playing concerts mostly on the streets, his live performances have become more and more improvised and playful, so to create a new soundscape to explore and dive into every time. His newest compositions follow a basic idea and direction but are totally free in their delivery and structure, leading to a more organic experience of live performing for both: The artist and the audience.
It's the peak of joy in art, right at the moment where you surprise yourself with a newly found rhythm, melody or just the flow of playing you suddenly find yourself in. Pan tries to capture those moments live by a different approach to his compositions.
Links:
Website: www.panchimzee.com
Youtube: www.youtube.com/pan-chimzee
Facebook: www.facebook.com/panchimzeemusic
Instagram: www.instagram.com/panchimzee/
