PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE #14: Simon Popp w/ Stenny

In the organizer's words:

Percussive Maintenance is an initiative by drummer Simon Popp aimed at forming new ties through improvisation. At Import Export Munich, Simon invites fellow artists to engage in an open-format collaboration. For each evening, new formations are created, playing exclusively improvised music, making each concert a truly unique experience. For this special event, Simon will be joined by the innovative and boundary-pushing producer and electronic artist Stenny.

Stenny
Born and raised in the industrial suburbs of Turin, Stenny earned recognition in the last decade as both an accomplished producer and DJ. Exploring club culture and sound art, his journey has been one of constant research and reinvention, avoiding trends and the demands of contemporary music consumption while embracing the slower and more deliberate nature of his craft.
Stenny's work traverses the full electronic music landscape. Whether embracing new narrative structures and compositional experiments or consolidating the immediacy of a dancefloor-oriented project, each release marks a point of departure. Familiar yet constantly shifting, his sonic language remains identifiable within the experimental techno spectrum but expands beyond genre boundaries.
Currently based in Munich, Stenny is an Ilian Tape affiliate and a Blitz Club resident. His artistic expression consists mostly of DJ sets and live performances. Fearless in his approach, he ventures through his broad range of musical influences with spontaneity and control, committed to creating an ever-unique and immersive experience.

Simon Popp
Munich-based drummer and composer Simon Popp navigates polyrhythmic structures with a keen sense of timing and atmosphere. He contrasts earthy and airy sounds, blurs the boundaries between the electronic and acoustic worlds, and makes a powerful statement about what contemporary percussion music can be.
Popp studied jazz drumming in Munich and explores the intersections of jazz, ambient, and electronic music through his solo work and projects such as Fazer, 9ms, Poeji, and Polygonia & Simon Popp. His solo albums Laya, Devi, and Blizz have received international acclaim, particularly within the vinyl community. As The Line Of Best Fit praised: "this is music you can get totally lost in, where the lines between organic and electric are blurred so as to be indistinguishable." In addition to recognition from magazines like Clash, Juno, and Ransom Note, Bleep compared his work to that of experimental pioneers Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

This project is supported by the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst and the Bayerischer Musikrat.

EN:

The concert series Percussive Maintenance was founded in early 2022 by percussionist Simon Popp. The aim is to enable new musical encounters through improvisation. Import Export invites musicians to play together in open formats. New formations are created for each evening, playing exclusively improvised music, making each concert literally a unique experience.
For this special edition, Simon has invited electronic artist and producer Stenny.

Born and raised in the industrial suburbs of Turin, Stenny has made a name for himself as a producer and DJ over the last ten years. His musical journey is characterized by constant research and constant reinvention: he consciously leaves trends and the fast demands of modern musical landscapes behind in order to devote himself to the slow, careful work on his sound language.
His work encompasses the entire spectrum of electronic music. Whether he is trying out new forms of expression and compositional experiments or focusing on the immediate effect of a dancefloor-oriented project, each release marks a new beginning for him. Familiar yet changeable, his sound language is clearly anchored in experimental techno, but at the same time transcends genre-typical boundaries.
Stenny now lives in Munich, releases regularly on the Ilian Tape label and is a resident at the Blitz Club. His artistic expression takes place primarily in DJ sets and live performances. Bold in his approach, he moves through a wide range of musical influences in a spontaneous yet controlled way, creating unique experiences at every performance.

Munich-based percussionist and composer Simon Popp weaves his way through polyrhythmic structures with a keen sense of timing and mood. He contrasts earthy and airy sounds, blurs the boundaries between the electronic and acoustic worlds and makes a powerful statement about what contemporary percussion music can be. Popp studied jazz percussion in Munich and, with his solo work and projects such as 'Fazer', '9ms', 'Poeji' and 'Polygonia & Popp', moves at the interfaces of jazz, ambient and electronic music. His solo albums 'Laya', 'Devi' and 'Blizz' were well received internationally, especially in the vinyl scene. The Line Of Best Fit praised him as follows: "this is music you can get totally lost in, where the lines between organic and electric are blurred so as to be indistinguishable". In addition to recognition from magazines such as Clash, Juno and Ransom Note, Bleep felt reminded of the music of experimental greats Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

Supported by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts and the Bavarian Music Council.