Werner Haas | en

Andreas Werner is one of today’s most prolific figures in the incredible Techno universe of Cologne. He encapsulates a delicate rhythmic sound and expression that is best exemplified in his 12” Zwrtshak Drive—a favourite among artists such as Guido Schneider, Richie Hawtin or Ricardo Villalobos on his most recent tour. It was also a #1 selection in the German publication Groove Magazine. Supported over the last few months by Triple R (head of the Traum label) under his pseudonym Audio Werner, Andreas has developed a sound that has renewed and continued the refined Techno tradition in Cologne—the flagship European city...

The Pavel Haas Quartet is a string quartet founded in 2002, since when it has a won a number of international awards. Named after the Czech composer Pavel Haas (1899–1944), who was deported from Czechoslovakia in 1941 and died in the Auschwitz concentration camp, the quartet is made up of violinists Veronika Jarůškova and Kateřina Gemrotová, violist Pavel Nikl, and cellist Peter Jarůšek. The Pavel Haas Quartet has won the 2004 "Vittorio E. Rimbotti" award in Florence, the 2005 Prague Spring International Music Festival, and the 2005 Premio Paolo Borciani international string-quartet competition. The European Concert Hall Organisation named them...

Martin Haase (born October 25, 1962), or maha, is a German linguistics professor at the University of Bamberg. He publishes the podcasts 1337-Kultur and Klabautercast. http://www.maha-online.de .