PHIL & ZOIA’s Ambient_X

Extended live improvisations by PHIL (electric guitar, pedal steel guitar) with ZOIA (modular live loops).

PHIL & ZOIA are available in two distinct electroacoustic flavours:

• GTR w/ electric guitar: Post Spacerock Orbits
• PSG w/ pedal steel guitar: Intergalactic Aloha Soundwaves

Duration: anything from 30 minutes to 3 hours
Live: Café Hueber, Bern (CH): march 8th 2024 | march 22nd 2024 | april 5th 2024|

Ambient_X is a new solo project by Philipp Zuercher, further developing the ideas of his Music for Airport. Philipp is juxtaposing Brian Eno’s original Ambient concept with a live listening experience. An atmospheric and relaxing yet uncompromising music, made of several unsynchronized (tape) loops, although with the presence of a palpable musical storyteller in the house.

PHIL is Philipp Zuercher, a musician and producer in Bern – Switzerland. His ongoing involvement with live looping and guitar music concepts was detailed in a Guitar Player article a few years back (USA, English). And a vivid biographical portrait of Phil’s was recently featured in Der Bund (German).

ZOIA is a virtual modular system by Empress Effects. For Ambient_X’s improvisatory purposes, Philipp has programmed a heap of interactive musical controls into all his individual ZOIA patches, resulting in some astonishing loop effects. Sound input is generated by the electric guitar or pedal steel guitar exclusively.

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