bartmes

Born in Switzerland, school in Heidelberg/Germany, studied jazz & composition in NY and lived there from 1991 - 1999, back in Heidelberg since, work as a pianist, "vintage keyboard player" (hammond b3, rhodes, clavinet...), computer/laptop musician and composer for/with "bartmes", the "Soul Jazz Dynamiters", "Beatnurse Productions", Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Nina Wurman, Jon Sass, "DePhazz", "Kosho" (Söhne Mannheims), Erwin Ditzner, "DJ Mahmut" (MardiGrass bb) and some more great musician friends... "bartmes", the band, started out in NY in 1997 with Jason Dimatteo on bass and John Bollinger on drums, later Sebastian Gramss (Underkarl...) on bass, then Sebastian Merk (Berlin Calling, Till Brönner...) on drums... great musicians! The band "bartmes" works in different settings, duo to quintet + visuals, here is the rest of the actual team and some of their credentials: Holger Nesweda - Drums (European Groove Orchestra, Ack van Royen, Lejeune Matin...), Markus Bodenseh - Bass (Fanta 4, Netzer, Spaniol 4...), Frank Spaniol - Bassclarinet (DePhazz, Jazzteam, Ro Gebhardt, Spaniol 4...), Fola Dada - Vocals (Hattler, Rua Baden Powell, Dada...), Colla - classical Vocals (5 female voices, Buxtehude Ensemble...), Genelabo - Visuals (Sven Väth, Jimi Tenor, Roberto Di Gioia...)