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 the vinyl album in the fall of 2024, the FBO is now swiftly entering its second quarter of a century, as determined as ever.