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Annika Francke . bass clarinet . alto saxophone . HITA modules . chimes . noise . toys . joys
 
ABOUT
ABOUT 

Annika Francke (*1987 Bremen) is a saxophonist and bass clarinetist, one-woman-labelist (UMZU records) creatively active between Basel and Barcelona.

Her musical activities take action in various jazz and experimental acoustic constellations at live shows and performances in the front as well as producing different sorts of tiny-shiny-edgy-acid experimental noise interactions with self-developed synthesizers plus samplers and sequencers in a minimalist mobile laboratory. 

Main focus of her investigation is the exploration of analog electronic textures with an army of her HITA modules in live shows in solo as well as in cooperative setups.

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NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS

Single "QUEEN WASP" & Video OUT NOW with singer KARIN OSPELT.

 

"BOIL" by experimental duo blind opera from Barcelona, Spain is finally  mastered by Ander Agudo and OUT SOON.

The Deep End by Tieftonfraktion (2021) can be found on bandcamp.

Tieftonfraktion is all reverb now. Next Album recorded in 2022 @BELLEVUE  (Basel) available some day.

PROJECTS

PROJECTS

The archive with all the gigs since 2017 has broken down. TIME FOR SOMETHING NEW!

CONCERTS

Concerts

​​2024

08/02/24 - 21h - Nocturna Discordia - Soda Acùstic BCN - Johannes von Buttlar dr | Jordí Pallarés dr+electr | AF hita 

​09/02/24 - 20h - Tarambana - Cardedeu - Johannes von Buttlar dr |  Guillem Rodrí tp/git/dance | AF hita

16/03/24 - 22h - Sala VOL BCN - PHOTON PHONON (Ivana Ray Singh & polar bear in hell)

22/03/24 - 20h - Tarambana - Cardedeu - impro session - blind opera | Guillem Rodrí tp/git/dance

23/03/24 - 20h - Escoles Velles - SE/Palautordera - blind opera

28/03/24 - 21h - Nocturna Discordia - Soda Acùstic BCN - Juan Crek synth, vox | Richie Pons eb, fx | AF hita

03/05/24 - 23h - Galerie Reinart - Schaffhausen CH - polar bear in hell solo

09/05/24 - 20h - Nocturna Discordia - Soda Acùstic Barcelona - Marcel.lí Bayer | Edu Pons | AF on bass clarinets

25/05/24 - 21h - Madame Mim - Valencia - polifeme_ & polar bear in hell DUO

30/05/24 - 20h - Nocturna Discordia - Soda Acùstic BCN - Diego Caicedo git | Ferran Besalduch bass sax | AF hita

24/08/24 - 20h - dim.things - Berlin - polar bear in hell solo + TRIPAS + Federico Sánchez

14/09/24 - 20h - Encarnació 2 BCN - ECHO& premiere Joe Smith dr | Pauline Bachmann dance | AF hita, visuals

30/09/24 - 15h - Lörrach - telQUEL - Maleen Sutter db | AF sax

09/10/24 - 20h - Metasónica - Sinestesia BCN - Melissa Bertossi saxes | Pope tp, fx | AF hita

31/10/24 - 21h - Nocturna Discordia - Soda Acùstic BCN - Gustavo Obligado sax | Ilona Schneider vox | Diego Caicedo git | AF hita

08/11/24 - 18h - Unterer Heuberg X Book presentation - Basel - Tieftonfraktion - George Ricci & AF bass clarinets

14/11/24 - 21h - Nocturna Discordia - Soda Acùstic BCN - Clara Lai keys | Joan Torné electronics / AF hita

14/12/24 - 20h - RICHTEN25 - Berlin DE -  soloset polar bär in hell (AF) electronics hita ||  impro set by tony buck + tony elieh

2025

30/01/25 - 20h - Nocturna Discordia - Soda Acùstic BCN - Juan Crek / MAQ / Annika Francke - live electronics

14/03/25 - 20h - Pristine Folds - BCN - ECHO&

15/03/25 - 20h - Escoles Velles - Sant Esteve de Palautordera - CAT - ECHO&

05/04/25 - .... - Basel CH - Tieftonfraktion

07/07/25 - 22h - Bosch Bar - Zürich CH - PHOTON PHONON

MUSIC
Kratzlied - telQUEL
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Rumpel doch selber - telQUEL
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More to come - some way done. I enjoy organizing sounds and little melodies into something that charms myself, makes me laugh and makes me dream. In the playlist below you can find some old songs. Some have never been played life, some have tried to sound like jazz. ​Offering these to others, I feel, is my way of sharing what I have made in the past 15 years and still do like. There is a lot more but it is really difficult to keep posting more tiny tunes into this very little archive as things are always changing and all so different from year to year. 

Spaceship - Tieftonfration @Bellevue - Raum für Fotografie Basel
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DANCE - Tieftonfraktion
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Rumpel doch selber - telQUEL
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Rumpel doch selber - telQUEL
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Rumpel doch selber - telQUEL
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Rumpel doch selber - telQUEL
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PHOTON PHONON
TTF by tjefa.ch
telQUEL
TTF by tjefa.ch
BCL
with ship
polar flash
TTF
ECHO& final
Hahaha
Nocturna Discordia
Queen Wasp
Video abspielen
VIDEOS
BOOKING
Annika Francke by Tjefa Wegener
For booking requests and all sorts of questions please send a message.                     To download EPKs click on one of the links below.
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booking

EPK Tieftonfraktion              EPK blind opera              EPK ECHO&                EPK photon phonon

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