SOUND

Over the sounds of the duo schtum you always think you hear something melting down: an amplifier valve, a cable, a loudspeaker. Manu Mayr and Robert Pockfuß make abstract sounds burn and scream; rhythms and noise become oscillations that besiege the entire body. Mayr otherwise plays the contrabass and e-bass in jazz formations and electro-acoustic improv ensembles; the guitarist Pockfuß is inspired by playing styles from New Music to folk. As schtum they reconnoitre the materiality of sound and craft shimmering soundscapes from fiery feedback.