Annette Krebs studied her music and concert guitar in Frankfurt, and she is a classically trained German guitarist of a totally unique approach to tabletop guitar playing.
Annette living in Berlin since 1993, has been working intensively in the crossover area of composition and improvisation. Annette Krebs tried to explore all the possibilities of a guitar regarding the sound, summoning the inner hum, buzz and electric resonances of the instrument.
Using various methods to produce noises and sounds,and enlarging through the use sometimes for high levels of amplification.
Annette used fragments of noises, sound of the amplification and mixingboards, radios additional tapes, and other objects as musical material. She has also worked for reconstructing & selecting sound and noise material, electroacoustic composition. Her recorded output is very small, but flawless.
She has also worked in collaboration with Charlotte Hug, Sven-Ake Johansson, Christoph Kurzmann, Sachiko M, Kaffe Matthews, Wade Matthews, Chico Mello, Toshimaru Nakamura, Andrea Neumann, Bhob Rainey, Michael Renkel, Ana Maria Rodriguez and many more..
Annette Krebs with her Tabletop Guitar
Annette living in Berlin since 1993, has been working intensively in the crossover area of composition and improvisation. Annette Krebs tried to explore all the possibilities of a guitar regarding the sound, summoning the inner hum, buzz and electric resonances of the instrument.
Using various methods to produce noises and sounds,and enlarging through the use sometimes for high levels of amplification.
Annette used fragments of noises, sound of the amplification and mixingboards, radios additional tapes, and other objects as musical material. She has also worked for reconstructing & selecting sound and noise material, electroacoustic composition. Her recorded output is very small, but flawless.
She has also worked in collaboration with Charlotte Hug, Sven-Ake Johansson, Christoph Kurzmann, Sachiko M, Kaffe Matthews, Wade Matthews, Chico Mello, Toshimaru Nakamura, Andrea Neumann, Bhob Rainey, Michael Renkel, Ana Maria Rodriguez and many more..