Peppis new year concert: Rokc Music

Precisely because they all come from different musical backgrounds, they inspire each other through their openness to new things. Everyone contributes to this unique band sound through their compositions and individual approach to music. In 2023 they were put on the long list for the "German Record Critics' Award".

The press wrote about their latest work:

"...the four play forward-driving music that seems to effortlessly process all musical styles, including noise, dub, rock, jazz, metal, punk and Ornette Coleman's harmolodics, combine them organically, run parallel or even layer them on top of each other. Of course, something like this only succeeds convincingly when the players not only have absolute mastery of their craft, but also have the gift of experimenting without blinkers. In the brisk changes between shimmering single notes and tight chord playing, between control and wildness, the constant progression and the strong interval jumps, the quartet shows its desire for a relentless ride through styles and their unbridled abstraction." Jazzthetik September 2023

Kalle Kalima - guitar + composer and writes for all kinds of jazz ensembles as well as for classical orchestras. His own bands are Klima Kalima + Kuu. He also plays with Andreas Schaerer (Novel of Anomaly).

Ronny Graupe - guitar leads his bands Off the Record, Hyper active Kid, Spoom. He plays with Nils Wogram and Henning Sieverts and has won the German Jazz Prize (2021) (as Guitarist of the Year)

Chris Pitsiokos - sax is at home in the New York jazz scene, currently lives in Berlin and has worked with Jaimie Branch, Nate Wooley, Tyshwan Sorey and Otomo Yoshihide, among others.

Oli Steidle- drums is bandleader of the killing Popes, Oliwood, SoKo Steidle, won the German Jazz Prize twice (2021 Band of the Year "PHILM" + 2022, Drummer of the Year). He can be heard on over 70 CDs and has worked with Peter Brötzmann, Aki Takase, Trevor Dunn and many others.

Free entry - an appropriate cultural contribution is requested.

The Peppi Guggenheim is a smoking bar. Entry is for over 18s.