Philipp’s solo work is rooted in a very personal and ongoing relationship with the piano. Combining prepared and inside piano techniques with objects, found sounds, and samples, his music unfolds through improvisation — an open-ended, moment-to-moment process of listening, responding, and discovery. Driven by curiosity, playfulness, and a deep sensitivity to sound, Philipp explores the tactile and physical dimensions of music-making. Each performance is shaped by the space, the acoustics, the material at hand, and the unpredictability of interaction—whether with objects, field recordings, or the audience.
In his eyes, improvisation is not just a method, but a philosophy: a way of being and thinking through sound, embracing chance, intuition, and the ephemeral. His work engages with questions of time and duration, presence, perception, and the porous boundaries between body, environment, and instrument. Influenced by ideas from philosophy, psychology, literature, and poetry, Philipp treats sound as both material and metaphor. The piano thus becomes more than a fixed instrument—it becomes a site of experimentation, memory, resistance, and play.
He has performed at spaces dedicated to adventurous and exploratory music, including Cave12 in Geneva, Bee Flat in Bern and Immersive 3D Audio Festival in Zürich.
Solo
arbata
arbata is a Paris-based duo formed in 2023 by Philipp Eden (prepared piano) and Quentin Conrate (incomplete drum kit). Their music inhabits a world of temporality — unfolding in slow, unhurried arcs, with a kinship to drone music. By allowing the sounds to breathe, they offer an antidote to the relentless pace of modern life. In this stretched time, new sonic territories emerge, where piano and drums engage in an intense, intimate exchange. Rooted in a shared fascination for deep listening, field recording, and the spatial qualities of sound, their work invites audiences into a finely tuned environment where every vibration matters.
Quentin Conrate - incomplete drum kit
PE - prepared piano
Audrey Chen x Philipp Eden x Joaquin Ortega
Since they first started playing together in 2023, Audrey Chen, Philipp Eden and Joaquin Ortega have built a way of making music that is raw, physical, and highly engaging. Their music moves between dense, noisy walls of sound and quiet passages of reflection, shaped by close listening, a precision of sounds, and an openness to risk. Voice, electronics and guitar meet in ways that are unpredictable and always surprising. In each performance, they aim to create an immersive space, where the border between themselves and the audience dissolves.
Audrey Chen — voice
Philipp Eden — electronics
Joaquin Ortega — el. guitar/effects
https://on.soundcloud.com/cwyz0FtjqETotTS1b3
https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/
Divr
Divr is a trio consisting of Philipp Eden (piano/synth/toys), Raphael Walser (bass) and Jonas Ruther (drums). Their practice is based on real-time composing, where the strengths and idiosyncrasies of each individual player are channeled and amplified in the process. In other words, their music is based around the exploration of sonic interdependencies, framed by the practice of mindfulness and deep listening. The group revels in the beauty of risk taking and human fallacy — in music and life. Their playing is multi-directional and always in accord with the specifics of space and temporality, which includes the specific frequency of an audience. Interfacing with Divr is like playing with liquid mercury. The substance morphs continuously; it can be fragmented, but it never loses its fundamental qualities. In this case, these qualities are a flowing and interweaving rhythmicism, Wong-Kar Wei-like moods of different shades and intensities; and the feeling that you, as a listener, are privy to a heartfelt conversation.
Jonas Ruther - drums
Raphael Walser - drouble bass
PE - piano/synth/toys
Eden/Loriot/Tantanozi
Formed in 2021, the trio explores the intensity of sound as a gesture in a solely acoustic context; a gesture informed by the awareness of space, physicality, dense listening and an allover ease. By letting their respective perceptions play a part in the common processing ground, they allow the music to stay open, overflowing and blurring their own lines in a rich opacity. Their music moves and evolves constantly, thus creating forms which can be described as an entanglement of layers; an archipelago, where the listener can rearrange with their own imagination.
Marina Tantanozi - flute
Frantz Loriot - viola
PE - piano, objects
Gamut Kollektiv
Experiments in Sound and Space.
Breading Ground for Ideas, collaborations and creative processes.
https://gamutkollektiv.com
https://editiongamut.bandcamp.com
KFE
KFE steht u. A. für Folgendes:
Kommunismus für Einsteiger
Kreative Fokus Erweiterung
Knowledge from Experience
Kaffee für Enthusiast:innen
Können Fliegen Erröten
Klavier Feedbacker-Gitarre Ein Drummer
Keller Friedli Eden
Letztere spielen heute Musik, als ob es kein Gestern gäbe.
Beat Keller – Feedbacker Electric Guitar
Lionel Friedli – Drums
Philipp Eden – Piano