GöG developed a new style of playing Didgeridoo, inspired by: african drumbeats, indian sitar, traditional yidaki masters, church organ, stories, songwriters and several duo- songs with Doris Neff...
He played with Aborigines in the Australian streets aswell as at several European festivals. Good is never good enough for German Didgeridoo artist GöG - and that's why his reputation seems to be ever-growing.
GöG loves to play several voices at once.
Even when playing extremely ambitious polyphonic or odd rhythms GöG always manage to maintain irresistible grooves, keeping their listeners in motion.
Checking GöG's videos released on youtube and listening to his online sound snippets you'll be immediately caught by the dense yet delicate soundscapes.
GöG's music is unique, and it creates a fascinating new musical world: Bush culture meets jazz and funk, archaic rhythms are melting with highly energetic grooves.
GöG was born in 1968. Before he fell in love with the didgerdoo he was an artisan and a gifted overtone singer. From there it was only a small step towards the Didge. GöG wanted to develop a reproducible technique right from the start; nowadays he's coaching people with great success in many workshops and Didge clinics.
The most important basics of GöG's distinctive rhythmic style are founded in his enormous experience with african drumming as well as in various indian music influences. To refine his art even more GöG never missed any chance to learn from masters like Alan Dargin or Djalu Guruwiwi.
To name just a few locations, GöG played at
Didgeridoobreath (AUS)
Didjin Devon Festival (UK)
Austria Didge Festival (A)
Art-Factory, Byron Bay (AUS)
Swizzeridoo (CH)
Didgedays (D)
Didgevillage (D)
Tollwood- Munich (D)
GöG performed in various FM radio and TV shows and is lecturing on a regularly basis about aboriginal cultures. On countless productions he appeared as guest musician. Since more then 10 years he coaches newbies; some of GöG's former scholars are performing now with own programs.
Beneath his solo and duo performances (together with Doris Neff) GöG performs with musicians like:
•Götz Schiemer - guitar, percussion
• Tommy Geiger - sitar
• Uli Züfle - soprano saxophone
• Abdou Sarr - afro percussion
• Mark Neufeld - church organ
• Houshang Bajargan - persian tombak
• Hannes Gack - guitar, blues harp
• Uli Göhring - drums
•Jürgen Kost - percussion
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Doris Neff started her musical career as a child in different choruses. She is highly interested in foreign cultures and in 1999 she discovered the Didgeridoo while she was working as a chef. She is fascinated by the variety of sounds and the chance creating her own style with a claim for music in a high-quality manner. She uses her voice in a unique way to bring up special effects and to characterize her inimitable style of interpreting the Didgeridoo.
Since 2003 she has performed with GöG on stages in Europe and Australia, such as Didjin Devon (GB), Austria Didge- Festival (AUT), Swizzeridoo (CH), Didgeridoobreath (AUS), and is a fix part of Wobadaa and Sangam.
She completed GöG`s professional workshops by including typical feminin aspects. She explains playing the Didgeridoo easily and initial for everyone. Beyond doubt, she is a Didgeridoo Expert, keeping in contact with Aboriginal Didgeridoo- masters, anthropologists and other Experts. She collects antic Didgeridoos and other rare goods of the different Aboriginal cultures.
Now she works on a new Didgeriduo- CD with GöG and is planning their next Australian- tour in March 2008
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