Laia Genc LiaisonTonique

Indicates a "strengthening relation". Our LiaisonTonique is a soundstructure that enables the three individual voices to create deep and dreamy athmospheres, tell their stories and paint colorful pictures, imagining the very meaning of the music. Played live the music is always breathing, changing and shimmering, hosting beautiful magical moments of soundpainting. It fascinates by its sensibility and is mostly as fragile as soap bubbles floating through time and space. In their collaboration LiaisonTonique plays original compositions by Laia Genc. Some handchosen and favored classical jazztunes appear in their concert programs as well. Trying to explain music with words the trio ´s music is unfolding beteween modern lyrical pianotriosounds, impulsivly grooving songs and freely improvised parts. Special attention is paid to the frequent interaction between the three musicians and the challenging spirit of the music being alive and frequently rebuilding itself. With lots of charme, a fresh and lively attitude and the shelmish wink of an eye LiaisonTonique is opening the ears and hearts of their listeners.

Laia Genc:

Laia is living and working in the rich Cologne music scene and playing all around Europe and in the world with her LiaisonTonique as well as a sidewoman. Laia is a proud holder of several European jazzensemble prices as well as solopianoprices that she awarded whether on her own or with her pianotrio "LiaisonTonique" which is the heart of her work since 2005. Since then the band has recorded it ´s third cd and is playing concerts all around the world.

To a lot of projects she adds a special colour as a sensitive soundpainteress, improviser, composer and arranger in her own particular way of mixing Jazz, free Improvisation and lots of musical charme to an unmistakable sound.

find out more: * www.laiagenc.com *

Markus Braun:

Markus became aware early of his love to the bass and since then he developed the ability to sharpen and to put a focus on the musical footprint of a project. Markus followed his studies at the „Folkwang Hochschule“ and the „Robert-Schumann Hochschule“ in Germany. He is an activ member of bands like Invisible Change, Hornstrom and the Maxime Bender Group. He played with David Binney, Will Vinson, Rick Margitza, Bart van Lier, Oliver Maas, Matthias Nadolny, John Ruocco, John Riley, Adrian Mears, Frederik Köster, Pablo Held und Matthias Bergmann. Different Tours and concerts brought him to the USA, England, France, Poland, Tschechia, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Belgium und to Greece.

find out more: * www.markusbraunsounds.de * Etienne Nillesen:

Etienne specialised on improvised music already at an early period of his studies. In the past years he awarded some prices and honors and plays regularly throughout Europe. He has played famous venues like North Sea Jazz Festival Den Haag, Blue Note Festival Gent, Jazzmasters Maastricht, toured through Italy, Tschechia, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. He plays with musicians such as Eric Vloeimans, Tineke Postma, Niels Klein, Sebastian Gramss, Simon Nabatov, Jeroen van Vliet, Simin Tander, Roman & Julian Wasserfuhr, Frederik Köster, Hakon Kornstad, Rudi Mahall, Julian Arguëlles, Tom Arthurs, Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, Laia Genc, Pablo Held and a Big Band project with John Clayton.

find out more: * www.etiennenillesen.com *

CDs:

TRILOGIEN JHM 139  in 2005

STRANDGUT JHM 168 in 2008

LIVE IN AUSTRALIA & BEYOND Weltklang Media in 2012

coming soon:

TALISMAN wizmar records Mai 2013

>>> Record Release: 17.5.2013 Domicil Dortmund