{"id":560,"date":"2020-09-13T15:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T13:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/?page_id=560"},"modified":"2026-07-15T08:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:41:25","slug":"karm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/?page_id=560","title":{"rendered":"KARM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARM<br \/>\n<a href=\"#about\"> \u00bbABOUT<\/a> <a href=\"#photos\"> \u00bbPHOTOS<\/a> <a href=\"#videos\">\u00bbVIDEO<\/a> <a href=\"#releases\"> \u00bbRELEASES<\/a> <a href=\"#press\"> \u00bbPRESS<\/a> <a href=\"#concerts\"> \u00bbCONCERTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michal Wr\u00f3blewski &#8211; alto saxophone and clarinet<br \/>\n&amp;<br \/>\nTorsten Papenheim &#8211; acoustic guitar and objects<\/p>\n<p>KARM is Michal Wr\u00f3blewski (Prague) and Torsten Papenheim (Berlin). With a purely acoustic setup the duo creates sonic spaces way beyond the familiar sounds of their instruments. Playing together in their own strict idiom, KARM focuses on subtle developments, creating music that manages to be both spare and condensed. In January 2022 KARM released their debut album &#8222;KRAM&#8220; on Ma Records. Their second release &#8211; the tape &#8222;HAKO&#8220; featuring koto player Kohsetsu Imanishi &#8211; was recorded in March 2024 in Tokyo and published by Ma Records in October 2024.<br \/>\nSince 2021 KARM has played numerous concerts and appeared at festivals in Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Japan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"photos\" class=\"clear\">PHOTOS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-832\" src=\"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karm_june2021_outside_byMarcelGrabsch_web-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-916\" src=\"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Karm_june2021_inside_byMarcelGrabsch_web-666x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Karm_june2021_inside_byMarcelGrabsch_web-666x700.jpg 666w, https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Karm_june2021_inside_byMarcelGrabsch_web-974x1024.jpg 974w, https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Karm_june2021_inside_byMarcelGrabsch_web-768x807.jpg 768w, https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Karm_june2021_inside_byMarcelGrabsch_web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"videos\" class=\"clear\">VIDEO<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KARM live at Punctum\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/728755128?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"releases\" class=\"clear\">RELEASES<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-741\" src=\"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Karm_Hako_MC_OriginalPhoto-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/hako\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KARM &#038; KOHSETSU IMANISHI &#8222;HAKO&#8220; (MC, Ma Records, 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-741\" src=\"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/KarmKram_Cover_900px-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/kram-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KARM &#8222;KRAM&#8220; (CD, Ma Records, 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"press\" class=\"clear\">PRESS<\/p>\n<p>These men like to keep things to the point. A great sense of improvising. There is an abstraction, there is a delicacy, and there is civilization here.<br \/>\n<em>Frans De Waard, Vital Weekly, Netherlands<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another impressive album from Torsten Papenheim, that Berlin-based genius whose recorded output is very hard to classify. (&#8230;) I may be making this sound like just another minimal improv album, when in fact it\u2019s very far from that. Karm is evidently engaging in a very rich and productive conversation, even if the language used is largely unfamiliar to the likes of us. Astonishing work.<br \/>\n<em>Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector, UK<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ein kreatives Ping-Pong im Spannungsfeld von L\u00e4rm und Ruhe. Nimmt man sich die Zeit, sich auf diese &#8222;schwierige&#8220; Musik einzulassen, er\u00f6ffnet sich schnell eine h\u00f6chst facettenreiche KlangWelt voller spannender Details. &#8222;Kram&#8220; ist eine sehr freundliche Einladung zu einem Ausflug in diese vom musikalischen Massentourismus noch verschonte Region und zugleich Startpunkt f\u00fcr weitere Entdeckungen.<br \/>\n<em>Karsten Zimalla, Westzeit, Germany<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kein Ton scheint hier zu viel oder zu wenig zu sein. Ihr Spiel befindet sich in einem stimmigen Fluss ohne gro\u00dfe Momente der Aufregung. Papenheim bearbeitet seine Gitarre mit verschiedenen Materialien und nutzt au\u00dferdem diverse Objekte zur Generierung seines Klangmaterials. Wr\u00f3blewski spielt sehr ger\u00e4uschhaft mit Rauschsounds und Klappenger\u00e4uschen. Klarinetten- oder Saxofont\u00f6ne im herk\u00f6mmlichen Sinn h\u00f6rt man hier nicht, und wenn, dann treten diese als Schattenkl\u00e4nge auf. Das Deb\u00fctalbum des deutsch-tschechischen Duos ist ein ruhiges Album voller subtiler Sounds.<br \/>\n<em>Andreas Fellinger, freiStil, Austria<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Saxofon? Gitarre? Nicht zu fassen. Karm ist estnisch f\u00fcr rau und roh &#8211; entspricht das nicht dem franz\u00f6sischen brut, plus brut, le plus brut?<br \/>\n<em>Rigobert Ditmann, Bad Alchemy, Germany<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oba protagonist\u00e9 tu se zavilou urputnost\u00ed posouvaj\u00ed hranice sv\u00fdch n\u00e1stroj\u016f. Ty zvuky na v\u00e1s \u00fato\u010d\u00ed, mnohdy ude\u0159\u00ed a\u017e nel\u00edtostn\u011b, \u017ee se o\u0161\u00edv\u00e1te \u010di lap\u00e1te po dechu. Jen sem tam pozn\u00e1te, zda jde o altsaxofon, klarinet, basklarinet a akustickou kytaru \u010di r\u016fzn\u00e9 nehudebn\u00ed objekty. \u0160est skladeb je pouze o\u010d\u00edslovan\u00fdch. Vznikaly spont\u00e1nn\u011b, br\u00e1n\u00ed se narativnosti, jak\u00fdmkoli v\u00fdznam\u016fm; jde o v\u00fdlet do nezn\u00e1m\u00fdch zvuk\u016f, do jin\u00e9 zvukov\u00e9 dimenze. Pokud se poslucha\u010d pln\u011b nech\u00e1 vt\u00e1hnout do procesu tvorby t\u00e9to dvojice, \u010dek\u00e1 ho dobrodru\u017estv\u00ed. A bolest i slast\u2026<br \/>\n<em>Jan Hocek, Jazz Port, Czech Republic<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"concerts\" class=\"clear\">CONCERTS<\/p>\n<p class=\"clear\"><em>upcoming<\/em><br \/>\n24.09.2026, Wroclaw, Aeroplan<br \/>\n25.09.2026, Gda\u0144sk, Inaczej niz w Raju<br \/>\n26.09.2026, Pozna\u0144, Kolorking Muzyczny + Dom Sluchowisk<\/p>\n<p><em>past<\/em><br \/>\n21.05.2026, Graz, Interpenetration: Karm<br \/>\n19.05.2026, Vienna, Central Garden: Karm<br \/>\n18.05.2026, Bratislava, A4: Karm<br \/>\n16.05.2026, Prague, Ma Fest: Karm<br \/>\n14.12.2025, Dresden, Der Audiograph<br \/>\n13.12.2025, Pohrsdorf, Saxstall<br \/>\n12.12.2025, Kassel, Konzept e.V.<br \/>\n11.12.2025, Hannover, Atelier Grammophon<br \/>\n10.12.2025, Hamburg, H\u00f6rbar<br \/>\n09.12.2025, Berlin, Rchtn25<br \/>\n07.12.2025, Prague, Kostel sv. M\u00e1\u0159\u00ed Magdaleny<br \/>\n18.05.2025, Dresden, Hanse 3<br \/>\n17.05.2025, Berlin, Artspring at Theater unterm Dach (+ Laura Siegmund)<br \/>\n29.10.2024, Prague, Punctum<br \/>\n26.10.2024, Stuttgart, Remise Bukarest<br \/>\n25.10.2024, Munich, Streitfeld Festival Improvisierte Musik<br \/>\n24.03.2024, Fukuoka, Art Space Tetra (+ Yuji Nakamura)<br \/>\n23.03.2024, Osaka, MIIT House (+ Kayu Nakada + Jerry Gordon)<br \/>\n22.03.2024, Kyoto, Socrates<br \/>\n20.03.2024, Tokyo, Bar Isshee (+ Yoko Ikeda + Ayako Kando)<br \/>\n19.03.2024, Tokyo, Hako Gallery (+ Kohsetsu Imanishi)<br \/>\n18.03.2024, Tokyo, Ftarri (+ Tetuzi Akiyama)<br \/>\n17.03.2024, Chiba, Jazzspot Candy (+ Ayako Kando)<br \/>\n16.03.2024, Tokyo, Oto Oto: Karm<br \/>\n15.03.2024, Tokyo, Permian: Karm (+ Riuichi Daijo + Naoto Yamagishi)<br \/>\n29.10.2023, Cologne, KunstRaum Dorissa Lem<br \/>\n28.10.2023, Stuttgart, Freies Radio<br \/>\n27.10.2023, Stuttgart, Tearoom<br \/>\n26.10.2023, Karlsruhe, Kohi<br \/>\n25.10.2023, Vienna, VEKKS<br \/>\n14.06.2023, Dresden, Hanse 3<br \/>\n13.06.2023, Hamburg, Blurred Edges Festival<br \/>\n04.06.2022, Prague, Punctum<br \/>\n03.06.2022, Trnava, Mal\u00fd Berlin<br \/>\n02.06.2022, Bratislava, T3<br \/>\n01.06.2022, Pardubice, GAMPA<br \/>\n26.05.2022, D\u00fcsseldorf, Subsol<br \/>\n25.05.2022, Wuppertal, Galerie Kunstkomplex<br \/>\n24.05.2022, Duisburg, Lokal Harmonie<br \/>\n23.05.2022, Kassel, Atelier f\u00fcr Experimentelle Lagerlogistik<br \/>\n22.05.2022, Berlin, Petersburg Art Space<br \/>\n08.12.2021, Prague, HIS<br \/>\n06.12.2021, Brno, Hus\u016fv Sbor<br \/>\n05.12.2021, Berlin, K\u00fchlspot Social Club<br \/>\n18.09.2021, Opava, Bludn\u00fd K\u00e1men<br \/>\n17.09.2021, Ostrava, Hlukov\u00e1 Mysteria Festival<br \/>\n16.09.2021, Prague, Pal\u00e1c Akropolis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARM \u00bbABOUT \u00bbPHOTOS \u00bbVIDEO \u00bbRELEASES \u00bbPRESS \u00bbCONCERTS Michal Wr\u00f3blewski &#8211; alto saxophone and clarinet &amp; Torsten Papenheim &#8211; acoustic guitar&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45,"parent":21,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-560","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":119,"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions\/1458"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torstenpapenheim.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}