music … soaked in funk … jazz … rock … drum’n bass and… energy … musicians with different backgrounds … different imaginations of sound … they take you on a journey … of melody and groove … simplicity and synthesis …musical personalities … with a huge wealth of experience in different musical styles …here they meet … harmonize … collide … rise to unexpected peaks … and calm down … hypnotic peace and calm … music … on the spur of the moment … in quest of new sounds … creating sounds not adapting short-lived styles … music that tries to toady to you … giving you timeless, passionate and inspired compositions … creeping in your ear … sounds causing feelings and moods … your feelings and the musicians’ feelings … that’s the aim …
nyle’s core is represented by turntable-artist and didgeridoo-player dj raphneck and sax-player ((grosskopf)) playing as a duo. from time to time their music is flavoured with the vibes of diverse guest-artists like vocalists lois from vienna / austria and miles griffith from brooklyn / new york plus world-renown percussion-player hakim ludin, originally from kabul / afghanistan.
dj raphneck – turntables (leipzig-germany)
dj and didgeridoo-player involved in different drum’nbass-, jungle-, dancehall- and nujazz-projects. he’s the producer and dj of his own band “style confusion”. raphneck has an antenna for tight rhythms, flowing vibes, floating sounds and a really deep bass!
((grosskopf))– sax (leipzig-germany)
Multiple award-winning sax-player and composer. his playing can be described as being groove-dominated and free, energetic and powerful at the same time. his exciting improvisations mixed with lyrical melodies, emerging from his intelligent compositions were the deciding factors for the juries awarding him the different prices. featured guest-artists: lois – vocals (vienna-austria)
familiar with diverse genres. her voice changes like a chameleon’s colour, without losing authenticity. because of her recognizable voice she worked with a huge variety of artists.
her trademark: pure improvisation and spontaneous shows! she was a finalist in austria’s edition of “starmania” in 2006/07. miles griffith – voc (new york city)
worldwide tours and cd-productions with wynton marsalis, jack walrath, jon hendricks, jamal aldeen tacuma, reggie workman, benny green…cd-productions under his own name, released by his own label griffith records
“what do you like most about singing?” – “to scream!!!!”
hakim ludin – perc (kabul-karlsruhe)
magische sounds und rhythmus-kreationen sind sein markenzeichen.hakim ludin spielte mit namhaften jazzmusikern wie jonas hellborg (bassist john mclaughlin), terry bozzio (drummer frank zappa), alex acuna (weather report), luis conte (yellow jackets).