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The Feedbackorchestra FBO was founded in Berlin in 1999 and consists of 8 electric guitarists who work exclusively with feedback. The music of the FBO is very concentrated and meditative on the one hand, yet at the same time has a very impressive physical presence, often drawing comparisons to various forces of nature by the audience. It’s a constantly and slowly rolling stream of vibrations, frictions, and rising and falling walls of sound in which tones and harmonies constantly attract, break, and find each other again. In addition to the contemplation and quiet moments, the music is often performed at thundering volume. The orchestra is always arranged in a circle to ensure the closest possible contact between the players, while the audience can freely move around this circle to listen to the music from different positions. The pieces are primarily performed in unusual locations with unique acoustic, architectural or other features. That respective space always mixes into the freely improvised piece being performed, creating impressive moments of mutual influence. (Another feedback in itself.).
FBO now has a permanent staff of guitarists who have been making music in various bands and projects in Berlin for several decades, like Ziguri, Knochen=Girl, Midget, Golden Showers, Mutter, Schneider TM, Metabolismus, Ilse Lau, and many more. The orchestra has been performing since 1999; the first show took place in the wide stairwell of the legendary club “Maria am Ostbahnhof.” This was followed by many performances in special places, such as cathedrals, ruins, concert halls, barns, and water reservoirs, from the Niederfinow ship lift to the Völkerschlachtdenkmal Leipzig, from Stasi headquarters to underground rock clubs.
With the release of their 1st vinyl album via Edition Telemark / MWM in the fall of 2024, the FBO is now swiftly entering its second quarter of a century, as determined as ever.
” Side A begins with a slow swell, the kind of sound that feels less like a beginning and more like discovering something eternal already in progress. ” FBO Review – Chain D.L.K.
” Berlin ist ein Dorf. Man kennt sich, und Genre-Grenzen bestehen eh nur für Edgelords und andere Kleingeister, und so kommt es, dass (auf den ersten Blick) sehr unterschiedliche Musiker regelmäßig zusammenkommen, um sich und ihr Publikum in Klangwellen zu baden. ” FBO Review – SKUG
Release concert 17th October 2024 – 20:00 CET
Feedbackorchester (+support: Takushi Minagawa w/ Munsha)
Audiovisionen / KulturRaum Zwingli-Kirche e.V., Berlin
Rudolfstraße 14, 10245 Berlin
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