LIVE PROJECTS

Montauk
Dominique Pifarély (vln), Alain Grange (cello), Andreas Willers (gtr), Rudi Fischerlehner (dr)

album on btl (2005), Imaxina Sons festival 2009

FonoForum: „This small ensemble radiates amazing sounds that clearly show the hand of it‘s composer. Far less cerebral than you might think - a playful, physical music that dances inside your head.“

Gitarre Aktuell:   ‚....lots of playful excitement.....every other bar holds durprizes, can twist around your aesthetics....future-laden tone-language.‘

Jazzpodium: ‚This is avantgarde in a way, we like this beautiful word to be understood ... whereas you‘ll have to know that Andreas Willers .... can hardly be pressed into the jazz camp anymore these days.   ...fascinating sounds.‘

DMG/New York: ‚... impressively composed and intricately well-played parts ... a winning combination.‘

SONIC FINDER
Matthias Schubert (ts, comp), Andreas Willers (gtr, comp), Wilbert de Joode (b), Gerry Hemingway (dr)

- GROUND GUITAR MUSIC / DOWNING MIGRANT
                                                  ANDREAS WILLERS SOLO -

- Andreas Willers (gtr, realtime looping, devices)

- regular solo concerts since 1981, festivals Cologne, Berlin (TMM & Focus), albums on FMP (1981), SAS (1990), JHM (1995), JW and Leo (2009)

DROWNING MIGRANT - Leo Records
„It‘s all a long way from Barney Kessel or Martin Taylor, to be sure, but unless you have a rooted object to electric guitar, there‘s everything to admire here: formidable technique and control, a thoughtful approach to music as process and as artefact, and some highly musical and accessible playing. A record that will get you thinking.“ Brian Morton, Jazz Journal/UK

„Berlin-based guitarist Andreas Willers injects a bit of hoodoo voodoo into the realm of solo guitar....Marked by off-kilter phrasings and guitar tunings, Willers tosses caution to the wind. A quite fascinating listen it is.“  Gelnn Astarita, AAJ.com/USA

„Fabulous solo studio project featuring Andreas Willers on electric & acoustic guitars, banjo, melodica and devices. German guitarist Andreas Willers is one of those gifted players who has worked with musicians like Paul Bley, Louis Sclavis...., yet has often remained beneath the radar of recognition. Considering that Willers has a dozen discs out as a leader on ten different labels, it is unfortunate that he isn't more well known. For this fine disc, Andreas plays mostly solo guitars with various devices and is consistently adventurous. The title track is first and has a cinematic, spooky sound without any distinctive guitar sounds. Each sound evokes an ongoing suspense-filled terrain. ....It sounds to me that Mr. Willers is a master of manipulation as he selects the sounds or textures that consistently evoke images or provoke ideas. 'Drowning Migrant' is the most successful experimental solo guitar(s) offering I've heard in recent memory.“ - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery New York/USA

„’Guitar‘ is the last thing that comes to mind, Willers triggers pictures of the mind, moody, uneasy, thrilling. Simply virtuoso picking like in ’Cranberry Pineapple‘ comes even more as a surprise then.“ Rigobert Dittmann, Bad Alchemy/D

„A breakthrough moment for .. guitarist Andreas Willers? Quite possibly. His earlier albums blended fastidious composed beginnings with improvisation, but in DM, he exposes his guitar to multitracking and digital delay technology using, as he says, ‚techniques and directions from free improvisation‘.“ Phillip Clark, The Wire/UK

„Hij weet er fascinerende klanglandschappen mee te realiseren, die zich langzaam, maar zer zeker ontouven.“ Herman te Loo. Jazzflits/NL

„Questo album per la Leo Records lo vede in perfetta solitudine impegnato ad estrarre una ordalia proteiforme di suoni che si dilatano e si rincorrono. .. Non ci sono trucchi, non ci sono storie: la chitarra può fare anche questo. Basta avere la giusta visione e una bella valigia piena di pedalini.“ Maurizio Comandini, AAJ Italia/IT

ORANGE YEARS - Jazzwerkstatt JW057
„Every human being with open ears should turn them to Andreas Willers. It‘s worth it!“  4 1/2 Sterne, Rolf Thomas, Jazzthetik/D

„Andreas Willers is not (just) a clean cut jazz guitarist. That‘s why he calles his solo album „Ground Guitar Music“. In all the joy of discovery you always can identify Willers‘ hand. Few musicians grind their ingredients so tastefully.“ Tim Caspar Boehme, Taz Berlin/D

„The element of surprise in a quite free play with space and sound make up the allurement of this fine improviser, that leaves a deep impact.“ Michael Riediger, Schorndorfer Nachrichten/D (concert review, Jan. 09)