Blomzeit

BLOMZEIT heisst die neue Band von Michael Wertmüller, Marino Pliakas und Kalle Kalima, erstmals erprobt im letzten Herbst in der Akademie der Künste. ZEITBLOM ist Programm im Sinne von konstruierter Musik, die Wertmüller + Pilakas - die Rhythm Section von Brötzmanns "FULL BLAST" zusammen mit KK - bekannt von "Klima Kalima" etc. virtuos interpretieren.

Wertmüller, drums and Pliakas, e-bass, worked together on various occasions (touring together in various bands on festivals all over Europe e.g. SKIF-Festival St.Petersburg/Russia, Kaunas Jazzfestival/Lithuania, RingRing Festival Belgrade/Serbia, Nozart Festival Cologne/Germany, Xperipheria Budapest/Hungary, Long Arms Festival Moscow/Russia, Cross-linX festival Enschede and Utrecht/Netherlands, Festival Victoriaville/Canada, Sound Forrest Riga, Clubtransmediale Berlin, Ultraschall Berlin, Tonlagen Dresden-Hellerau, Biennale Tel Aviv, Novembermusic Den Bosch etc. together with Peter Broetzmann, Caspar Broetzmann, Stephan Wittwer, John Cale, Holger Csukay, Marian Gold, Mouse on Mars, Jaki Liebezeit, KK.Null, Keiji Haino, Otomo Yoshihide, Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustafsson, Mars Williams, Ensemble Mosaik Berlin, Ensemble Courage Dresden, and others; cooperation with Pliakas' avant trio STEAMBOAT SWITZERLAND).
Both of them toured worldwide with their various bands (MW: William Parker Trio, Alboth!, 16-17, W2; MP: steamboat switzerland, sludge 2000 etc.). Michael Wertmüller Kalle Kalima Marino Pliakas

Kalle Kalima, Git., has worked with trompeter Tomasz Stanko, sax player Juhani Aaltonen, pianist Heikki Sarmanto, bass players Sirone, Teppo Hauta-Aho, Carlos Bica & Ed Schuller, guitarist Marc Ducret, composer Simon Stockhausen, drummer Tony Allen and singer Linda Sharrock. He is also playing with Jimi Tenor, finnish underground pop star. Last years have been busy years for Kalima, touring mostly in Europe but also in Africa, Asia and USA.