Tom Zunk

    Nationality: Germany

    Address: Berlin - Germany

    Website: www.maspace.com/tomzunk


Avant-garde Music since 1993

Solo Works and Collaborations until 2007





I studied Ethnomusicology at Berlins Free University and Javanese GAMELAN as well as innovative new techniques for percussion instruments with Indonesian composer and musician extraordinaire Gutama Soegijo and the BANJAR GRUPPE Berlin, one of the most intriguing avant-garde Schlagwerk-Ensemble in Europe (1978-1994).
Numerous concerts at national, European and international Gamelan and Percussion festivals highlighted by our appearance at the First International Gamelan Festival during the 1986 World Exhibition EXPO in Vancouver/CAN as only orchestra being invited from Europe.


On stage with free improvised music since 1976. Own compositions since 1993.

1987-89 Music for BUTOH dance theatre with tatoeba-Tháâtre Danse Grotesque aka Yumiko Yoshioka, Minako Seki and delta RA'i in Berlin

1994 with drum n bass formation WYRDSPHERE in Brighton/UK

1995 with art rock band SALAMAND in Berlin

2002-2005 with saxophonist/flutist Geoff Leigh of Henry Cow -fame as MEN WORKING OVERHEAD

2006/7 Collaboration with Bob Rutmans STEEL CELLO ENSEMBLE

2007 with French bass player/cellist Benoît Delaune formerly of French avant-prog band La Société des Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux (La STPO) from Rennes

1997-2007 I was mastermind of GHETTO RAGA, one of Berlins most original free improvising outfits which sadly disbandoned early 2007.

Since 2000 with performer/dancer/vocalist Elke Postler as SYNTRON



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I am worldwide one of the few soloists on the WATERPHONE. Since 1987 I play a prototype Waterphone built 1974 by its inventor Richard Waters.



One Hour with The Steel Cello Ensemble 2006 / 2 tracks
recorded live in Berlin at Supamolly May 26 2006 and at b-flat Jun 6 2006.
Bob Rutman - Steel Cello, Buzz Chime / Tom Zunk - Waterphone, drums / Ulf Hartwig - Steel Cello / Jeff Funt - Steel Cello, vox


Steel Cello Ensemble: The Third Day live in the studio June 20 2007. 
Bob Rutman - Steel Cello, Bow Chime, Buzz Chime / Toby Dammit - Symphonic Percussion / Meret Becker - Voice, Glockenspiel, Zither (plus Theremin and Singing Saw - not on these recordings!) / Tom Zunk - Waterphone, Kendang Ketipung
Below the documentary recording done by myself on the third of three recording days directly from the room onto MD with the sky window wide open, the sun shining and you can hear the birds singing on the recording.

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For my NEW music go to www.myspace.com/thomaszunk  




Member Since:
November 06, 2006
Members:
*1956
WATERPHONE, HAND DRUMS (Javanese Kendang Ketipung), TRAVERSE FLUTE, vocals,
ROLAND S-50 sampling keyboard

also 
1993: SCHLAGZEUG-ORGEL-INTEGRAL: YAMAHA combo ORGAN with Leslie amp and big modified acoustic noname DRUMS played simultaneously
1996-2000: MOOG Prodigy, MOOG Concertmate, MELLOTRON M-400, TrapKAT digital drum controller with ROLAND sound module, KORG DDD-1 and ALESIS digital drum machines, KORG SQD-1 midi recorder and analogue devices 
1999-2002: STEINBERG Cubasis audio software






on myspace with various past* and present projects in 8 more profiles:
Thomas Zunk
Ghetto Raga*
Syntron
Men Working Overhead*
Waterphone
U.F.O. Schiphorst*
Thereministry
Atmosphaeren

Influences:





Influenced by

My teacher, Indonesian composer and musician extraordinaire, Gutama Soegijo
British hand drummer Glen Sweeney with the THIRD EAR BAND
the Canterbury Scene and 
the Rock-In-Opposition Movement
György Ligeti
George Antheil
Olivier Messiaen


Sounds Like:




..NOTE: ALL FLASHPLAYERS below they DO work and contain hours and hours of music! Just click or doubleclick on play and wait a few seconds for the sound to make its way around the world...


Selected solo works and collabs since 1993
NOTE: 
All albums are UNRELEASED!
..For TRACKDETAILS go to the BLOG space!..



DisCOVERy 1996-97 / 11 tracks