Fridolin Blumer
Biography Fridolin Blumer
Fridolin Blumer
I am a bassist, improviser and interpreter and play music in the field of tension between jazz, improvisation, new music and pop.
I work internationally as a solo artist, with the band Ensemble 5 and as a sideman; an extensive discography on labels such as Leo Records, Hat Hut, Unit Records and TCB documents this work.
My music is inspired by everyday life and I look for illiterate or musical answers to the questions: What are we and what depths of passion, feeling, perception and thought can we reach?
My goal is to play clearly, concretely and directly. Without intention and with unconditional sincerity towards reality, in order to get closer to the point where what is hidden behind concepts, ideologies, styles or common listener expectations becomes audible.
In order to develop a personal and new music/musical language, I research musical tradition, current musical trends, groove/time, sound and the way the bass is played in relation to this.
At the age of eight I started playing the cello and discovered chamber music ensembles. At 15 I switched to the double bass and jazz. From 2003 to 2008 I studied at the Basel University of Music, Jazz Department and since 2008 I have been working as a freelance bassist, stylistically independent.
"Fridolin Blumer has a deep sound and the awareness of which note is needed at which moment to make the music clear." - Beat Blaser
