Mi, 24.09.2025, 20:00 Uhr

Hörbar: Julius Gabriel / LIJEL

Hörbar: Julius Gabriel "TALES FROM THE SUBTERRANEAN" / LIJEL Julius Gabriel is a saxophonist who can be regarded as a virtuoso in an existentialist sense. His expanding body of solo work explores the boundaries and intricacies of the saxophone, delving into the dynamic interplay between corporeality, acoustics, transcendence, and hypnosis. His solo recordings and performances range from acoustic improvisations to electro-acoustic compositions and amplifier-driven soundscapes. Born and raised in East Berlin in 1988, he began his musical journey at an early age, experimenting with a tape recorder, whistling, voice, trumpet, and kitchen tools. By the age of ten, he had turned his focus to the saxophone, eventually studying music at conservatories in Berlin and at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, before continuing his musical studies with an autodidactic approach. Born out of new sounds and rhythms, "Tales from the Subterranean" embodies a blend of primal energy and inventive exploration across twelve tracks. The opener "Time Riding" sets the mood, a tearing rhythm that sounds like a frenetic tap dance. It invites you to move and when you get to "Footworks" you are all set up, merging saxophone finger percussion with a continuous siren whisper emanating from the instrument, provoking euphoria, fear and satisfaction all at once. Moving on, you start to understand the sense of discovery behind the record and the needs Julius had, like to construct a saxophone with drone capabilities and closer to an idea of natural sound. "Hailing from the Mountains" has a meditative tone; "Westward at Sundown" feels like a ballad. Born from darkness yet radiating with newfound light, "Tales from the Subterranean" stands as a testament to the resilience of artistic expression. It is primal Music. https://www.juliusgabriel.com LIJEL's performances mesmerize with an intense, almost transcendental force, drawing the audience into a deep, hypnotic flow. Her solo shows weave ethereal ambient layers with cutting-edge experimental electronics, sculpting sound through frequencies and vibrations that seem to resonate from a future yet to come. An unseen realm beyond the boundaries of time. She creates soundscapes from found objects of everyday life, from the things we wear and pieces found on streets and combining these with her Vocal Improvisations. With roots in South Slavic and Siberian-Mongolian traditions, her voice carries echoes of forgotten tongues & primal utterances. Her vocal improvisations defy linguistic borders, weaving ancestral resonance into modern sonic experimentation. https://www.lijel.com