PEAKS & PLOTS

Unser aktueller Gast ist die junge, brilliante Vibraphonistin und Percussionistin Evi Filippou, die das neue Programm des Orchesters inspiriert und instrumental bereichert. Das zweite Album des FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA mit Evi Filippou erschien am 29.5.2026 bei UNIT Records.
Reich an Texturen, brillanten Arrangements und solistischen Glanzlichtern, fasziniert das FUCHSTHONE ORCHESTRA, hellsichtig in der Gegenwart verankert und zugleich visionär auf die Zukunft gerichtet. Mitreißend und berührend, drängend und herausfordernd.

DON’T FORGET TO PAY YOUR BILLS

(comp./lyrics Christina Fuchs 10/2025)
Moritz Wesp: tb, Eva Pöpplein: elec
In these turbulent political times, this is the phrase that keeps coming to my mind when I see and hear what the despots of our age have been up to.
I hope they’ll get their bills and pay them!

LE CHAMP

(comp./lyrics Caroline Thon 10/2025)
Evi Filippou: vib, Eva Pöpplein: elec, Zuzana Leharová: vl, Matthias Schuller: tb
This composition is inspired by the general field theory of the French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002). It states that every social field possesses a clearly defined field interest which constitutes the field and creates
the illusion that the field is solely concerned with this field interest. Since I have long observed an overvaluation of materialism and capital acquisition in our society, I have our singer Filippa Gojo call for more fraternity, liberty, and solidarity, fully aware that this reminds of the slogans of the French Revolution as its core values.

CAPRICORN & ARIES

(comp. Christina Fuchs 10/2025)
Evi Filippou: vib, Zuzana Leharová: vl, Julian Drach: ss, Matthias Bergmann: flh
Two people, two zodiac signs, two soloists, one fundamental note and one love story.

SAVITA

(comp./lyrics Caroline Thon 07/2025)
Roger Hanschel: sso, Filippa Gojo: voc, Eva Pöpplein: elec, Kira Linn: bars
SAVITA Diana Wagner was a young German woman who decided to go to Ukraine in 2022 to help after the Russian invasion. She left behind a front-line diary about her experiences.
When I came across it, I was overcome with an incredible horror at what she described. At the same time, I felt profound admiration for her courage, which she ultimately paid for with her life. The music helped me process both the horror and the admiration.

TAKSIM

(comp. Christina Fuchs 8/2025)
Eva Pöpplein: elec, Evi Filippou: vib/perc, Laia Genc: p, Filippa Gojo: voc,
Zuzana Leharová: vl, John-Dennis Renken: tp, Jens Düppe: dr
In 2025, I spent three months in Istanbul thanks to a residential grant from the Kunststiftung NRW. The place I stayed was very close to Taksim Square. In Turkish, Taksim also means musical improvisation. This composition is a soundscape about this amazing, hyperactive city, between muezzins, the ubiquitous sounds of public transportation, and the current political situation.

RECIPROCITY

(comp. Evi Filippou, arr. Caroline Thon 10/2025)
Evi Filippou: vib, Andreas Wahl: guit
Here, I invited our guest musician, Evi Filippou, to entrust me with one of her own compositions, which I could then arrange for the Fuchsthone Orchestra. She gave me a recording of a relatively free improvisation with some guidelines, but which also contained sharp breaks. I added to and developed the material, ultimately composing music that I would never have written otherwise. The meaning of the title – in the sense of mutual inspiration – has thus become audible.

LAI NAIRS

(comp. Christina Fuchs 10/2024)
Evi Filippou: vib/perc/stones, Eva Pöpplein: elec, Jens Düppe: dr, Alex Morsey: b, Veit Lange: ts, Lennard Stünkel: tb, Andreas Wahl: guit
Lai Nairs is Romansh and means «Black Lake». Geographically, this beautiful place is located in the Lower Engadine region of Switzerland, very close to the Fundaziun NAIRS, an artists’ residence where I often retreat to compose music. Geologically, it is an equally interesting region: in the first part of the composition, I use the sound of original stones from Nairs.

Hörbeispiele hier:
unitrecords.com
fuchsthone.com

Produziert mit freundlicher Unterstützung durch die Initiative Musik – Gemeinnützige Projektgesellschaft mbH, und gefördert durch Projektmittel der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.