Coming to Berlin, the idea was born: improvisation meets groove, Berlin sounding music >

"finest improvised music for intellectual pleasure and dance"

Deeq went through different periods and worked with different contributors:

© Chr. Schroth

1998 Mathias Haenisch, sax, fx, Andreas Albrecht, drums, electronics, laptop, and myself on the doublebass, voice (Eimer, Postfuhramt, Berlin)

1999 Toshinori Kondo, trumpet, fx, Andreas Albrecht, drums, electronics, laptop, and myself on the doublebass, loopmachine, voice (Kesselhaus, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, without Kondo - Haus des Lehrers, Berlin)

2000 Gary Lucas, guit, fx, loops, Andreas Albrecht, drums, electronics, laptop, and myself on the doublebass, loopmachine (Kesselhaus, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin)



2001-2002 Carsten Dane, multiphonic sampling, voice, Rob Cummings, drums, mpc, loopmachine, and myself on the doublebass, fx, loopmachine, voice
(Italian ambacy, Düsseldorf, Sexy Ambient Hippies, as part of the electronic section, Pop d'Europe, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin). In this period Rob and myself produced the CD "Fresher than air" DeeQ, inviting Paul Brody, trumpet and Nico Lippolis, tarabuca. The sound engenering was done by Niko Schabel (Schalldruck), art work by Martin Hospach (nefas.de)

2004 Ian Beaty, voice, Niko Schabel, mpc, fender rhodes, Paul Schwingenschlögel, trumpet, fx and myself on doublebass, loopmachine. We invited to our regular concerts at nbi, Berlin guest such as, Bajka, voice, Uwe Langer, trombone, Thomas Fink, fender rhodes, Robert Michler, drums, Woofi, trombone.



2005-2006 myself on doublebass, loopmachine, laptop playing at Threshold, E:vent, London, Museum Galerie, Bolzano, Italy, Kunsthaus Meran, Italy, nbi, Berlin, producing > the Cd Teesdalestreet, > music for the dance theatre piece Zwischen Dingen choreographed by Jenny Haack, > music for the piece Heimatkisten, choreographed by Britta Pudelko

2006-2007 Niko Schabel, mpc, fender rhodes, reeds, Rob Cummings, drums, fx, loopmachines and myself on the doublebass, laptop, loopmachine playing at nbi, Berlin