Christoph Pepe Auer - White Noise (AUT)

Christoph Pepe Auer has been forced to stop playing several times over the past few years. A mountaineering accident and then diaphragm surgery prevented him from picking up his instruments, the saxophone and the double bass clarinet. This is the ultimate punishment for a musician, but it also presents a positive challenge, because a significant turning point in the life of an artist can lead to greater clarity: “I worked on the sound, and there’s no place for the bass in my current band,” he explains. “The idea was a form of permeability, like emerging from the water, which clears your head. I also wanted to play the double bass clarinet, a sound that I had rarely used before.”