Portrait by Flavia Schaub
Bandmembers
Daniel Somaroo - Bass
Nick Nobody - Guitar
Eric Gut - Drums
(Fabian Gisler - Bass)
Specialguests
Frederyk Rotter - VOCALS / GUITAR
Gabriel Sullivan - VOCALS / Guitar
About Inezona
From dusk till dawn to a magical sound universe. Inezona is a journey through time and space - spherical, mystical and powerful. Big cinema for the ears! Steffi Klär
INEZONA is Tarantinoesque and many see Ines here self as a figure in some of David Lynchs Movies. INEZONA is power, fragility, darkness and light at the same time. We dive into this sound, that makes you forget time and space. INEZONA reminds of KD Lang or Nina Persson, Chelsea Wolfe, Mark Lenegan, PJ Harvey
Ines Brodbeck, born 1981 in Arlesheim, grew up in Baselbiet with Cuban roots and lots of music. She worked in agriculture for three years after graduation, and was already travelling at the tender age of 20 years old.
Amongst other places she travelled through Havanna Cuba, the home country of her father, who had already passed away. It was a place that brought her tremendous musical inspiration. Not long afterwards it became clear to her that the path she treads belongs to music. She decided to get a degree in music at the ‘Musik-Akademie in Basel, department of Jazz, Latin-Percussion’.
Since her graduation from her masters degree in 2010 she has been working as a self-employed musician and composer. During the last few years she has gained a plethora of experiences with a number of different bands and theatre productions.
Her debut album, Fiction Folk, appeared in 2012 on the south-German label <<Foxtonesmusic>>. The womens trio (INEZproject) together with two other singers led her into using her voice more. It also inspired an increased usage of the guitar as an additional instrument on stage, as well as a tool to aid in composition. With the grand formation “INEZ <<for my friends>>” she successfully brought a grandiose live band onto the stage while also publishing a selfproduced album.
One day after the release on the 1st April 2017, through a wonderful coincidence, she met the singer, guitarrist and producer Gabriel Sullivan from Tucson, Arizona. He appeared on stage with his band XIXA at the Kaserne, Basel and participated as the support-band with ‘Jaro Milko & the Cubalkanics’. Gabriel Sullivan had already been touring through Europe and the USA for years,
Amongst others with ‘Giant Sand’, and is one of the most innovative musicians in Arizona. Gabriel and Ines immediately noticed that there was a wonderful resonance between the souls of their music. Shortly after, Ines decided to journey to Tucson Arizona to record her third album <<NOW>> in his studio, with Gabriel as the producer. After two weeks of intensive cooperation the production was more or less in hand. Also on the album are Winston Watson (XIXA, Bob Dylan), Ryan Alfred (Calexico), Connor Gallaher (Calexico) and Craig Schumacher (Calexico).
MARCH 2018 MARKED HER SECOND JOURNEY INTO THE ARIZONA DESERT TO RECORD MUSIC VIDEOS FOR THE NEW ALBUM. SINCE YEARS INES NOW WORKS AND PERFORMS MUSIC WITH THE MUSICIANS FABIAN GISLER, DANIEL SOMAROO AND ERIC GUT. SINCE SPRING 2022 NICK NOBODY ON GUITAR IS A NEW BANDMEMBER.
Over time, researching, learning new things, writing songs and bringing musicians from all genres together became her specialty.