SLIXS: Von Groove bis BACH

In the organizer's words:

In addition to works from the genres of jazz, funk and soul, the award-winning a cappella sextet "SLIXS" will perform selected instrumental pieces by Bach.

This will certainly sound familiar to everyone: You have a catchy tune in your head, something by Bach for example, and you walk around the apartment whistling or humming the melody to yourself. But let's get straight to the point: The SLIXS' vocals don't sound as if they were created by chance on the way to the fridge. There is a great deal of work behind it and it is based on great role models such as the legendary Swingle Singers, who sang Bach's works in the 70s and 80s of the last century with unique vocal artistry and precision, causing an uproar in the classical music world at the time.

For their concert at the Zollverein, the SLIXS, who are otherwise more at home in jazz, funk and soul, decided on a program that, in addition to pieces from their original genre - so it will also be groovy - brings selected instrumental pieces by Bach to life in their own arrangements in a way that is as profound as it is entertaining. The arrangements leave Bach's music in its clarity: nothing is turned into a gag, nothing is transformed into jazz, nothing is underlaid with catchy swing. The impression of scat singing arises all by itself, because: wasn't Bach the very first "jazzer"?

SLIXS

SLIXS turn the listening habits of the a cappella genre on their head. With their powerful and daring arrangements, they explore what the human voice can do and what it is capable of. They transport their audience to a paradise of timbres, onomatopoeia and vocal percussion. One is amazed at their ingenuity and delights in their subtle sense of groove. SLIXS have repeatedly received the world's highest award for vocal art - the "CARA" - and have been invited by Bobby Mc Ferrin, among others, to accompany him on his "Vocabularies" tour

Price information:

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