The beauty of spontaneous playing.
Normally, you take a spontaneous idea and construct a song around it. Then you have just an idea and a lot of construction around it. Klärwerk does it differently. Klärwerk just takes the idea and leaves out the construction. Everything is spontaneous – everything is an idea.
This creates a musical journey in which both musicians and audience continually experience new surprises. No one knows where the journey will lead, which path it will take, or even where it will end. The entire concert is an experience of "idea."
Since Klärwerk's musicians have been making music their whole lives, they remain in tasteful territory throughout. Unless a new idea suggests they want to leave this territory. In that case, they do so—knowing that they can always return (to more conciliatory tones).
Klärwerk is:
Walter Eul
My first record purchase was Tomita's "Pictures at an Exhibition." From then on, I knew I needed synthesizers—real hardware with lots of knobs and cables. A passion that continues unabated to this day. As a visual artist, I combine my passion for music, for example, in interactive sound installations where the audience becomes the conductor. Guided, controlled chance often plays a role in these installations, so that the final sound results hold new surprises for me, too. I generally make music without a computer, as the feel of real knobs and keys is important to me, and I don't want to get lost in a sea of unlimited possibilities.
Thomas Schneider
My entire life, I've only been interested in music and, accordingly, I've made music from morning to night. Whenever I didn't have an instrument at hand, I thought about music. This routine allows me to express my feelings and ideas directly and spontaneously on my instrument. Klärwerk gives me the opportunity to introduce this art to an audience. I love playing in bands where "ideas" and "inspiration" take priority. No matter the musical genre. I also play with Fehlfarben, Therapie DeLuxe, Cryssis, Roter Kreis, Skuyela, Tozzkat, Wilder Weizen, Pandora, The Beatlesøns