borderline club culture / concert & party

Suitable for everyone 21+ who doesn't have plans for tomorrow.

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Live Sets & DJ Sets

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22:30

Noémi Büchi – electronics

Noémi Büchi: «Beyond Emergence»
World premiere

23:00

El Kontessa
Boshoco
Uhuruku
Brvna

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To kick off this year's borderline club culture, Noémi Büchi is bringing the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich to Kauz – albeit only through the loudspeakers. For the SONIC MATTER festival, she is incorporating the soundscape of Daníel Bjarnason's «Emergence» – which will be performed in the Satellite Concert at the Tonhalle on 29 November 2024 – into her new work, which will be premiered at Kauz with the title «Beyond Emergence». The dancefloor will be opened by two well-travelled guests: El Kontessa, who experiments at the intersection of bass, mahraganat rhythms and the sonic environment of her home city of Cairo, and Boshoco, bringing along a playful fusion of left field electronic dance music and contemporary music from the Arab region. They will be joined later in the evening by Zurich legend Uhuruku as well as sound tinkerer Brvna.

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TICKETS

single ticket 30–40 CHF
* 27–33 CHF from 23:00 available at the box office
day pass 90–110 / 70 CHF
festival pass 220–300 / 140 CHF

Co production: Kauz

ABOUT NOÉMI BÜCHI'S «BEYOND EMERGENCE»

In this new production, Noémi Büchi reinterprets Daníel Bjarnason's orchestra piece «Emergence» through her distinct sampling techniques, previously applied to classical works. This live composition and improvisation transforms the orchestral textures of «Emergence» into a genre-defying, electronic, and experimental work. By isolating and re-contextualizing fragments of Bjarnason's composition, Büchi creates an electroacoustic synthesis that merges rhythmic physicality with moments of abstract sonic tension, inviting listeners into a meticulously crafted and expansive auditory experience.