Norlyz

Electro-Jazz

The electro-acoustic live band combines the warmth and fragility of acoustic instruments with the precision and energy of electronic music: danceable and nuanced at the same time, inspired by techno, world music and jazz. The multi-faceted arrangements leave room for improvisation and take the audience on a journey through parallel worlds, mystical places and cinematic sound dimensions.

Since their start as NORLYZ in June 2022, the band has played at Fusion, Detect Classic, Elbjazz and 3000Grad Festival as well as club shows at Sisyphos Berlin and Knust Hamburg, among others.

The backgrounds of the four musicians are just as diverse as the music: Paul David Heckhausen is the driving force behind NORLYZ as founder, producer, composer and live musician. As a drummer and pianist, he has a background in rock and jazz music, traveled and drummed for a year in Brazil and finally studied composition and music production in the Netherlands. After a period as a DJ, the urge to play live again and combine electronic and acoustic music finally prevailed.

Cellist Gábor Hartyáni comes from Hungary, lived and studied for a time in the Netherlands and has a preference for groove, world music and jazz.

Trumpeter Philipp Püschel and saxophonist Lasse Golz met while studying jazz in Hamburg. The two play together with Paul in the space jazz band ROCKET MEN and regularly with the techno marching band MEUTE. Philipp and Paul know each other from their time together in a big band in Hanover.

Under the previous name Schattenspiel, they played club shows at Sisyphos and Mensch Meier in Berlin as well as numerous gigs at Distortion Copenhagen (DK), Eurosonic (NL) and Detect Classic Festival at Funkhaus Berlin.