Tuba On The Beat

Tuba On The Beat sounds like the latest cocktail “à la mode”!

That’s not entirely wrong in a figurative sense, because this ensemble is also about surprising ingredients:

In addition to the double share of tuba in the persons of Daniel Casimir, initiator and musical director of the project, and Gerhard Gschlößl, there is a share of vibraphone at the completely different end of the sound spectrum, virtuously operated by Julius Apriadi, and “last but not least” The Beat, added on the cajon by master percussionist Laura Robles!
For such a cocktail to be really addictive, however, care must also be taken to ensure that it not only looks good, but above all tastes good, or in this case sounds good, and is digestible. To this end, there is a clear concept here of reducing the sugar content and favoring ingredients with depth by giving the four soloists space and offering a rather chamber-music-like composition of refined rhythms as well as harmonic and melodic developments to both surprise and satisfy the ear.

Laura Robles
was born in Eswatini in 1981, but grew up in Lima, Peru. From an early age, she showed an innate musical talent, which she has refined and perfected over the years, especially on the cajón, in the field of percussion, on the electric bass, but also as a composer.
In addition to her career as an artist, Laura Robles has also been active in music education and research into traditional rhythms. She has developed a modern way of playing the cajón, moving away from tradition and exploring new sounds and techniques.
In 2012, Laura moved to Germany where she continued to develop her musical career. She is the founder of innovative music projects such as Astrocombo and Antigroove and a member of renowned bands such as Agua Dulce, Tripas, Perfektomat, Kim-Robles-Duo and Camina.
Laura Robles is a versatile artist who has succeeded in combining tradition and innovation in her music. Her passion for percussion, her creativity and her commitment as a music teacher make her a leading personality in today’s creative music scene.

Julius Apriadi
born 1987 in Neubrandenburg (as Julius Heise), was a junior student at the HfM Hanns Eisler Berlin at the age of 12 and studied various styles of music from classical and new music to jazz, rock and pop. He then studied jazz vibraphone at the Jazz Institute Berlin with David Friedman.
Since then he has been active as a freelancer in the Berlin and international jazz scene, with regular excursions into theater music (compositions for Konzerthaus Berlin and Berliner Ensemble) and classical percussion (with Alexej Gerassimez since 2005) and jazz mallet ensembles (Berliner Vibraphoniker with Hauke Renken, Berlin Mallet Group with David Friedman and Taiko Saito). Since 2014, he has also repeatedly led his own projects with which various CDs have been produced. Since 2018 Julius has been a lecturer for jazz vibraphone at the Jazz Institute Berlin, and also since 2018 an engineer and consultant for railroad maintenance and digitization.

Gerhard Gschlößl
Born in Mainburg in 1967, trombonist and tuba player, studied trombone and composition in Würzburg. As a soloist and innovator of the Berlin avant-garde and improvisation scenes, he plays with many small and large ensembles and is constantly developing a solo program for trombone and tuba. “The trombonist has developed his personal style in a very agile, muscular way and close to the respective base. Nothing here is cosmetically polished or ambitiously overdone. His music is credible because it comes across with rough edges, because it does not hide the dirt that is part of life. You can hear the where from and sense the where to.” (Ulrich Steinmetzger) Collaborations with Michael Mantler, Albert Mangelsdorff, Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Karl Berger, Marschall Allen, Silke Eberhard, El Gayo Rojo, Sam Rivers, and many others.