Kristina Fuchs Sonic Unit

The stronghold of this ensemble lies in the voice being an instrument, a part of the whole. This way all the facettes of singing can be explored: Singing lyrics, being a soloist, but also comping the other musicians. The voice takes part in the build-up of the musical energy and the ‘ensemble-playing’. So the band is a whole, a Unit.
The music is modern, unconventional. Often the improvisations are collective and take a rather free character. Still the songs remain songs, melodic and beautiful. The lyrics are important, poetic, moving the performers as well as the audience as they are placed in a landscape of sonic images.
Since the music is unpredictable, everybody performs with two hundred per cent attentiveness and without automatisms. That keeps the music awake, communicative and playful. A live performance of the Kristina Fuchs Sonic Unit is an energetic happening.
The repertoire contains mostly originals, next to playfully arranged standards. The Sonic Unit has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and many other venues, and has reccorded 3 CD's. Most of the concerts in the beginning years have also featured the guest trumpetist Eric Vloeimans, while lately the band has performed a lot with Saxophone- and Composition Nestor Theo Loevendie.