Trumpet: Matthias Lindermayr
Guitar: Paul Brändle
Bass Guitar: Martin Brugger
Drums: Simon Popp, Sebastian Wolfgruber
Fazer is the project of bassist and producer Martin Brugger (aka Occupanther), trumpeter Matthias Lindermayr, guitarist Paul Brändle as well as Simon Popp and Sebastian Wolfgruber (both drums) who all met while studying at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Munich. Their unique sound is cut from a miscellaneous range of influences from West-African polyrhythm and classical Indian music to dub-techno and post-rock. Hailing from Munich, a city rich with influential jazz labels like ECM, ACT or Enja, the young musicians want to take their own path by defying genre boundaries while maintaining the tension and the immediacy of improvised music. The unusual instrumentation is by no means arbitrary. Two drummers allow for complex rhythmic patterns while the absence of a pianist / keyboardist leaves a lot of room, both rhythmic and harmonic, for the musicians to fill. Lindermayr and Brändle bend with virtuosity between soloing and comping, backed by Brugger who plays modestly with only the most essential harmonic determination. Now Fazer are going public with their debut album “Mara“.