Jojo Mayer was born in Zurich in 1963. He is one of the world’s most celebrated drummers and, through his stylistic innovations, has breathed new life into the art of drumming. He was a sideman for Monty Alexander early in his career and since 1998 has been bringing jazz into the digital age. Together with his trio Nerve he blends live improvisation with programmed music, melding human creativity with digital technology. The hallmark of his high-precision tempo playing is “reverse engineering”: the transposition of computer-generated drum ’n’ bass rhythms into complex, constantly recombined playing techniques.
Year of creation
2017
Director
Julien Chavaillaz & Mathieu Cacheux
Tag
jojo mayer
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Produced by Federal Office of Culture, Bern
and Collection films, Paris/Lausanne
Project Management - Martine Chalverat
Direction and editing - Julien Chavaillaz & Mathieu Cacheux
Image - Maxime Kathari
Production - Collection films / Tom Guex
Sound - Grégoire Pasquier
Translation - Ariane Zehnder
Calibration - Fabio Caldironi
Graphic Design - Noémie Gygax
Jojo Mayer - Swiss Music Prize 2017
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Added on 26 September 2022
Jojo Mayer was born in Zurich in 1963. He is one of the world’s most celebrated drummers and, through his stylistic innovations, has breathed new life into the art of drumming. He was a sideman for Monty Alexander early in his career and since 1998 has been bringing jazz into the digital age. Together with his trio Nerve he blends live improvisation with programmed music, melding human creativity with digital technology. The hallmark of his high-precision tempo playing is “reverse engineering”: the transposition of computer-generated drum ’n’ bass rhythms into complex, constantly recombined playing techniques.
Credits and thanks
Produced by Federal Office of Culture, Bern
and Collection films, Paris/Lausanne
Project Management - Martine Chalverat
Direction and editing - Julien Chavaillaz & Mathieu Cacheux
Image - Maxime Kathari
Production - Collection films / Tom Guex
Sound - Grégoire Pasquier
Translation - Ariane Zehnder
Calibration - Fabio Caldironi
Graphic Design - Noémie Gygax
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