Bernd Buerklin
Bernd Buerklin (accordion, electronics, other instruments) is exploring silence through sound in his current project, xsh. He is the co-founder of the Berlin-based duo bazaq with bassist Axel Haller. In Woodstock, NY, he created the on-going project Tactless Pagans, collaborating with drummer Will Olsen and others. He provided the live, improvised music and sound effects for the Berlin production of Samuel Beckett’s Not I, and in Los Angeles he provided the accordion accompaniment for Yuval Ron’s Everywhere Nowhere: Music for LAX. He has performed solo in Germany, Denmark, France, New York, and Los Angeles. Playing from a place of not-knowing and non-virtuosity, Buerklin is interested in improvisation as a practice in both music and life. In addition to performing, he has created music videos for slow/dynamite, Federico Mompou, Arnold Schönberg, and Tactless Pagans. He lives in Los Angeles and his works can be viewed and listened to at www.bravebear.com and Youtube.
