I make music that moves me and interests me. I mainly work with my piano and other electronic devices that go “blip blop krzzzz”. And hopefully some people will like this music.

I studied Music Education Jazz at ZHdK. I am very active on the Swiss jazz scene as a bandleader and sideman. But I am not teaching at the moment.

I am focusing more and more on my solo project, where I produce ambient electronic music. Right now, I am working on my second solo album, which is due to be released in January 2021.

For years, I have been very active on the international and Swiss music scene with diverse bands spanning a wide range of styles. From mainstream jazz with Mats Up, to free jazz with the duo featuring Tobias Meier, to ambient electronica with my solo project, electro-pop with True, and even psychedelic rock with Service Fun, which has played over 70 concerts in Switzerland, France and Belgium since 2016.

To me, inspiration is like a muscle. You simply have to train it so that it comes. It is important to me that I compose regularly so that inspiration can flow.

As a musician and producer, I need a space where I can practise, rehearse, produce and compose.

I am co-leader of a couple of bands. That means we compose together and make decisions about the band’s future together. It is a very democratic process. It can be slower and more demanding than when I am on my own, but it is a very rewarding experience.

My network consists mainly of musicians and club bookers from the Swiss music scene. As a musician, my network is very important; it helps me find new gigs or play in new bands.

I would like to do more to fight for our rights as artists at a political level. We artists are currently too fragmented across different media. That is why we lack political influence. It is high time for a proper artistic and cultural lobby!

Over the years, I have come to realise that success has more to do with me than with other people. I feel successful when I can bring my own concepts and ideas to life, regardless of how much commercial success they achieve.

During these strange times of the coronavirus, I miss a normal cultural life where you can go to the theatre, concerts or festivals.

People who say things were better in the old days.

An astronaut, pirate or magician.

With all these arts universities in Switzerland, is there a risk that there will be too many artists in the future? And how many artists would constitute ‘too many’?