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​NEWS - META MARIE LOUISE
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CONCERT SERIES 3.0 - THE ART OF IMPROVISED MUSIC
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In 2026 Meta Marie Louise continues their concert series (3.0) at Atomic Café in Biel-Bienne showcasing artists from all over Europe and the US. Concerts are held every first Wednesday of the following months:

March 4, 2026
with Rea (Avant Garde Trip Hop)

April 1, 2026
with Sirup Gagavil (Experimental Drone Rock)


May 6, 2026​
​with Flo Kaufmann (Mechatronic Art Grooves)

October 7, 2026
TBA

November 4, 2026
TBA

December 2, 2026
TBA

​CONCERTS 2026​
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with Henry Love
March 1, 2026 Magazin

with Marc Stucki
April 11, 2026 Sonarraum U64

with sibyl
​July 5, 2026 Sommer Fest Gurzelen

​STUDIO SESSIONS 2026

with Napoleon Maddox and Soweto Kinch
February 2026 Yagwud Studios

Meta Marie Louise is featured on Metonic Cycle (12" Vinyl Compilation, Limited Edition) with their song Contact Kid featuring Marc Stucki.
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​UNSIGNED ONLY MUSIC AWARDS

The song The Broadcaster by Meta Marie Louise and Soweto Kinch has been announced as a Unsigned Only Music Awards - Runner Up 2025  (Category Instrumental)

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Meta Marie Louise creates a varied and dense universe, which is influenced by flower pots and rainbows harsh noise at times and ambient sounds at others, which lead into groove driven psychedelic beats and melodies. 
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Meta Marie Louise - Manuel Engel, fender rhodes and synths and Kevin Chesham, drums has been founded in 2010 and works as a vessel to advance improvised music. The group draws in pop and rock elements into their improvisations which lead to collaborations with different singers, instrumentalists  and poets such as Ana Igluka (Nantes, FR), Hans Koch (Bienne, CH), David Binney (New York, US), Rea Dubach (Bienne, CH), Nativ (Bern, CH), Fork Burke (New York, USA), Soweto Kinch (Birmingham, UK),  Marc Stucki (Bern, CH), Napoleon Maddox (Cincinnati, US) among others.


REFERENCES

"Weltklasse!"
Barbara Meyer Cesta, Edition Haus am Gern

"Un moment au rythme détonant et à l'énergie exceptionnelle!"
Valéry Monnet, Programmation La Ferme-Asile

"Thank you so much for this concert - it was the bomb, it really got me in my bones. I was carried away - in a way that doesn't happen so often at concerts. You are a fantastic duo – dynamite!"
Paquita Maria, Singer Songwriter

DISCOGRAPHY
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2025 Metonic Cycle
with Marc Stucki - Compilation / Metonic Records

2022 Meta Marie Louise 
with Max Usata + Sirup Gagavil (vinyl 1)
+ Dominik Baumgartner (vinyl 2) / Metonic Records

2015 Overdrive 
with Ana Igluka / Metonic Records

2013 Cultural Free Zone 
with Marc Stucki - Compilation / Landbouwbelang

2012 Sunny Spots 
with Max & Momo / Metonic Records

2011 Pestalozzi's Favorite Chair 
with Hans Koch - Compilation / Metonic Records

NEW ALBUM COMING SOON 2027
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metonicrecords ยท META MARIE LOUISE AND GUESTS

​META MARIE LOUISE CELEBRATES IMPROVISED GROOVE MUSIC

META MARIE LOUISE RECORDED SIX VINYLOMAT STUDIO SESSIONS WITH DIFFERENT GUESTS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE. DURING THESE SESSIONS MULTIPLE TAKES WERE RECORDED / CUT "DIRECT TO VINYL". A PURE ANALOG-ANALOG-ANALOG PRODUCTION: MICROPHONE, MASTER, VINYL CUT - DIRECT TO DISC

SPECIAL GUESTS:
NAPOLEON MADDOX (VOCALS) / HANS KOCH (CLARINET) / SIBYL (VOCALS + FX) / SOWETO KINCH (SAX, SAMPLER + VOCALS) / SIRUP GAGAVIL (GUITAR + FX) / ANA IGLUKA (VOCALS + FX)

Meta Marie Louise - Marc Stucki

​Meta Marie Louise - Napoleon Maddox

Meta Marie Louise - Henry Love

​Meta Marie Louise ​

​Meta Marie Louise - Soweto Kinch

​Meta Marie Louise ​- Ana Igluka

​Meta Marie Louise - Max Usata
MANUEL ENGEL - PIANIST COMPOSER PRODUCER EDUCATOR