Annika Francke . bass clarinet . alto saxophone . HITA modules . chimes . noise . toys . joys
ABOUT
Annika Francke (*1987 Bremen) is a saxophonist and bass clarinetist, one-woman-labelist (UMZU records) creatively active between Basel, Barcelona and Berlin.
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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.
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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.
NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS
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"BOIL" by experimental duo blind opera from Barcelona, Catalunya, mastered by Ander Agudo out NOW. Find it on bandcamp.
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Single "QUEEN WASP" & Video OUT NOW with singer KARIN OSPELT.
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The Deep End by Tieftonfration (2021) can be found on bandcamp.
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Tieftonfraktion is all reverb now. Next Album recorded in 2022 @BELLEVUE (Basel) available some day.
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PROJECTS
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The archive with all the gigs since 2017 has broken down. TIME FOR SOMETHING NEW!
Concerts
2025
30/01/25 - 20h - Nocturna Discordia - Soda Acùstic BCN (CAT) - Juan Crek / MAQ / Annika Francke - live electronics
07/02/25 - 20h - Berlin (DE) - Wedding - ECHO& (Bachmann / Francke / Smith)
28/02/25 - 21h - Antic Forn de Vallcarca - Annika Francke hita live electronics solo
14/03/25 - 20h - Pristine Folds - Barcelona (CAT) - ECHO&.. (Bachmann / Francke / Smith)
15/03/25 - 20h - Escoles Velles - Sant Esteve de Palautordera (CAT) - ECHO&.. (Bachmann / Francke / Smith)
04/04/25 - 22h - Paris - PHOTON PHONON
05/04/25 - .... - Basel CH - Tieftonfraktion (George Ricci & Annika Francke on Bassclarinets)
07/07/25 - 22h - Bosch Bar - Zürich CH - PHOTON PHONON
20/11/25 - 20h - El Generador - Girona (CAT) - Annika Francke solo - HITA electronics
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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​​
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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.
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For booking requests and all sorts of questions please send a message. To download EPKs click on one of the links below.
booking
EPK Tieftonfraktion​ EPK blind opera EPK ECHO& EPK photon phonon