Musical Activities

Mein Instrument ist die elektrische Bassgitarre, früher war´s der Kontrabass.

Grob gesagt fühle ich mich zuhause im modernen und zeitgenössischen Jazz, der improvisierten Musik im Allgemeinen, was andere musikalische Interessen nicht ausschliesst.

Kurzbio:

Jahrgang 1955, zunächst Ausbildung auf der Gitarre, dann Wechsel zum Bass. Musikstudium in Essen, Düsseldorf und Köln.

Zusammenarbeit mit vielen deutschen und internationalen Musikern wie Gunter Hampel, Theo Jörgensmann, Perry Robinson, Helge Schneider, John Tchicai, Reiner Winterschladen, Petras Vysniauskas, Frank Gratkowski, Andreas Willers, Tomas Kutavicius, Michael Sell, Klaus König, John Fischer, Georg Gräwe, Günter "Baby" Sommer, Gianluigi Trovesi etc.

ca. 1983

Zahlreiche Konzerte und Festivals in Deutschland und Europa, Plattenveröffentlichungen mit verschiedenen Ensembles...

1995 Stop der musikalischen Aktivitäten aufgrund einer persönlichen Krise. Hinwendung zur Fotografie und Bilderstellung auf dem PC, zu sehen auf meiner Website http://kai-kanthak.de/.

Aktuell:

Seit nunmehr 5/6 Jahren befasse ich mich wieder intensiv mit meinem Instrument. Durch die lange Spielpause und den dadurch gewonnenen Abstand erscheint manches in neuem Licht, zum Teil verändern sich die Schwerpunkte, man entwickelt sich weiter, ebenso wie grundsätzliche Ausprägungen erhalten bleiben.

Mittlerweile gibt es wieder 2 interessante und spannende Projekte, und eine Solo-CD ist in Arbeit....

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CONTACT 4tett

contemporary developments - CONTACT 4tett

History

After a break of about 30 years former members of the CONTACT TRIO met in May 2014 for some kind of reunion. The CONTACT TRIO was a group that worked with experimental forms of expression in between jazz and rock from 1970 to 1984, 4 LPs have been released (CALIG, Japo-ECM). Based in the „Ruhrgebiet“, an almost industrial part of germany, the trio was the first group of this genre that did the job as a profession. The basic members were Michael Jüllich, drums, Theo Jörgensmann, clarinet and Alois Kott, bass. Jörgensmann, who left the group in 1973, was followed by new soloist Evert Brettschneider, guitar, forming the sound of the trio in an essential way for the rest of the time.

The Music

With the new beginning the musicians of the CONTACT 4tett are trying to integrate their rich musical experiences into experimental improvised music, that is not pure rock, sound art or jazz, but containing and mixing up elements of all these genres in different interacting layers. So the group is capable to combine the energy and the spirit of the 60/70s with contemporary developments in music.

The Musicians

Jörgensmann and Brettschneider are in the band, Kai Kanthak, who was a member of the Jörgensmann Quartet in the 70/80s amongst many other stuff, plays electric bass, the drummer is Achim Jaroschek, also a mentionable pianist, from Oberhausen, who worked with many musicians of the international jazzscene.

https://www.facebook.com/Contact4tett

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English:

My Instrument is the electric bassguitar, in former times it was the double bass.

I feel at home in modern and contemporary jazz, improvised music in general. This does not exclude other musical interests.

Short biography:

Born in 1955. First I learned how to play the guitar, then switched to the bass, musical studies in Essen, Cologne and Dusseldorf.

Collaboration with many german and international musicians such as Gunter Hampel, Theo Jorgensmann, Perry Robinson, Helge Schneider, John Tchicai, Reiner Winterschladen, Petras Vysniauskas, Frank Gratkowski, Andreas Willers, Tomas Kutavicius, Michael Sell, Klaus König, John Fischer, Georg Gräwe, Günter "Baby" Sommer, Gianluigi Trovesi and others.

Kaunas Festival 1993

Many concerts and festivals all over germany and europe, recordings with different ensembles.

1995 I stopped my musical activities because of a personal crisis and turned my interest to photography and digital artwork. You may see this on my website http://kai-kanthak.de/.

Today

Since almost 5/6 years I´m working on my instrument again with a lot of passion. So the long break and the view from a distance make some things appear in a new surrounding, some focal points may change just as well main characteristics stay the same.

I am interested in new projects and contacts. New projects are rising as mentioned above...