Microtub
Photo: Juliane Schütz
Robin Hayward - microtonal F-tuba
Peder Simonsen - microtonal C-tuba
Martin Taxt - microtonal C-tuba
Formed in 2010, Microtub have performed at prestigious festivals such as Ultima Festival in Oslo, Sonic Acts in Amsterdam, CTM and MaerzMusik in Berlin, Wien Modern, FIMAV in Victoriaville, and Intonal in Malmö. Their music works particularly well in reverberant spaces. Some of the most memorable venues have been the Ex Teresa Cathedral in Mexico City, Brønshøy Water Tower in Copenhagen and Wasserspeicher in Berlin. While Microtub primarily perform their own compositions, often in Just Intonation using the Hayward Tuning Vine software, they also frequently collaborate with composers such as Ellen Arkbro and Catherine Lamb. At the Ultima Festival in Oslo in September 2024, they premiered seven new works by emerging composers from Norway, Poland, Iran, and the USA.
The band members are all very active in the experimental music scene worldwide. Hayward has collaborated with legends such as Eliane Radigue, Alvin Lucier and Christian Wolff, Taxt has performed with Verdensteateret, Tetuzi Akiyama and Toshimaru Nakumura, and Peder Simonsen has worked with Jo David Meyer Lysne and Bendik Giske.
They have released six albums since 2011. Check out their music here!
Booking requests: martintaxt(a)gmail.com
“The group—Norwegians Martin Taxt and Peder Simonsen and Berlin-based Brit Robin Hayward—are focused on tuning, opening up glorious harmonies produced by their unwieldy brass instruments. ”
PHOTOS
Photos: Juliane Schütz
Photos: André Løyning
Embodied harmonies, Ultima Festival, 17.09.2024
Program:
Thomas Bergsten: spendinghalfadaytryingtoplaya 7/4 onanuntunedpianousingthreetubas
Forrest Moody: list and tessellation
Hermod Ringset Bentsen: Hysteresis
Ulf A. S. Holbrook: Half-light
Elias Schomers: three halves of a whole
Martyna Kosecka: /ˈspɛktrəm/ for three microtonal tubas and live electronics
Idin Samimi Mofakham: Gā’hān
Photos: Nabeeh Samaan
Videos
REleases
Thin Peaks
Microtub, Thanatosis Produktion
Concert history
2025
February 1 - CTM Festival, Berlin
April 2 - Lyttelaug, Bø i Telemark
April 3 - Scenehuset, Oslo
April 25 - Kaleidophone Ulrichsberg
2024
March 3 – Lumen Projects, Stockholm
September 17 – Ultimafestivalen, Oslo
December 7 - Ear to the Ground, Ghent
2023
March 11 – Vinterriss, Fredrikstad
September 3 – HERE23, Vitlycke
September 23 – Ultimafestivalen, Oslo
October 15 – Biermann Sessions, Oslo
November 5 – CUBA, Münster
November 6 – LOFT, Cologne
2022
March 18 – Borealis Festival, Bergen w/Catherine Lamb
March 20 – Maerzmusik, Berlin w/ Catherine Lamb
April 20 – ALICE, Brøndshøj Vandtårn, Copenhagen
April 24 – INTONAL, Malmø w/Ellen Arkbro
September 17 – Fragment, Metz
September 18 – Cave12, Geneve
September 22 – Himera Festival, Turku, Finland
September 23 – Tulkinnanvaraista, Helsinki, Finland
September 25 – Cafe Oto, London
November 6 – Wien Modern, Austria
November 10 – Lillehammer Xperimental
November 11 – Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
November 12 – Morgenkonserten, Sagene Kirke, Oslo
December 8 – Enveloping Sounds, Stavanger w/Ellen Arkbro
December 11 – Silent Green, Berlin w/Ellen Arkbro
2021
September 10 – Studio Paradiso, Oslo
September 11 - Friform Kirkenes
September 21 – Stadtgarten, Cologne
September 22 - IGNM Zurich, Switzerland
September 25 – KM28, Berlin
November 27 – Sound of Stockholm, Sweden
2020
February 29 – KM28, Berlin
March 3 – Nye Hjorten, Trondheim
March 6 – Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum, Oslo
October 18 – Seanaps Festival, Leipzig
2018
January 19 - Klub Katarakt, Hamburg
February 3 - ILIOS ,Harstad
March 7 - Konsertserien Periferien, Sentralen, Oslo
June 15 – Speicher II, Berlin
July 19 – Riga International Biennale for Contemporary Arts
December 15 – Levande Musik, Gothenburg
December 16 – Frim Syd, Malmø
2017
February 15 - Cave 12, Geneva
February 16 - Angelica Series, Bologna
February 17 - Ingensteds, Oslo
February 18 - Bomuldsfabrikken, Arendal
February 21 - Ny Musikk Trondheim, Trondheim
February 24 - Sonic Acts, Amsterdam
May 1 - Comite de Asuntas Intangibles, Morelia, Mexico
May 2 - Museo del Barro, Metepec, Mexico
May 3 - Ex Teresa, Mexico City
May 4 - Casa del Lago, Mexico City
December 2 - Non Figurativ Musikk, Tønsberg
2016
May 20 - FIMAV, Quebec, Canada
September 30 - Palace Ruin Project, Amsterdam
December 3 - Moving Sound, Stavanger
2015
September 16 - Ultima Festival, Oslo
2014
October 4 - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2013
April 27 - Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim
2012
February 5 - Cuba, Muenster
February 6 - Ort, Wuppertal
February 7 - Loft, Cologne
February 8 - Goethebunker, Essen
February 9 - Kunstmuseum, Bochum
April 17 - Super Deluxe, Tokyo
April 18 - Nuooh, Osaka
April 19 - Guggenheim House, Kobe
April 20 - At Hall, Oita
April 21 - Art Space Tetra, Fukuoka
April 22 - Gallery Soap, Kokura
June 28 - ITEC, Linz
October 26 - Festival Densites, Verdun
2011
January 10 - DNK Amsterdam
January 12 - Cave 12, Geneva
January 15 - Ausland, Berlin
May 4 - Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo
July 8 - Kongsberg Jazzfestival
2010
April 28 - (Sic!) - Oslo
April 29 - Lydgalleriet - Bergen
April 30 - Gråmølna - Trondheim