Mats-up

In 1999 «MATS-UP» was founded with the idea of a group that combines both the broad sonic landscape of a chamber ensemble with the vitality and interaction of a jazz combo.

Shortly after «Le Temps» in Geneva predicted that «MATS-UP will be the most important event in Swiss Jazz» and only a few years later, MATS-UP was counted among the «outstanding working bands in jazz today».

The instrumentation with two horns and rhythm section still offers a large palette of unexplored musical possibilities discovered by bandleader and composer Matthias Spillmann. The band combines a rare sense for larger musical forms with a vivid spontaneity. Rhythms inspired by the heritage of african music and the romantic, sometimes abstract melodies out of Spillmanns imagination melt into a unique and fascinating musical language.