There can be many reasons for forming a band. Perhaps it is the desire to find a common language. One that can be more intimate, more poetic, more precise, or more vague. One that evolves, just like those who speak it. Shaped by encounters, always becoming. In the case of the Zurich-based four-piece band District Five and its members Vojko Huter, Paul Amereller, Tapiwa Svosve, and Xaver Rüegg, this proves to be true: the multi-instrumentalists have been meeting in the rehearsal room and beyond for over ten years, reflecting on themselves, their friendship, their influences, and experiences in their music. The result is a work that keeps on moving. Sometimes closer to jazz, sometimes pop, sometimes further away from it, but always close to itself. The band gives the friends the ability to act, which could also be described as agency: to reflect on and shape the thing we call life.

Musikklub Musikklub, Zürich 
Soon @ Toni-Areal

Tapiwa Svosve, sax
Silvan Jeger, double bass
Vincent Glanzmann, drums

siblingband in progress

UPCOMING GIGS

27/09/2025 Dampfzentrale, Bern CH
11/10/2025 La Pointe Lafayette, Paris FR
12/10/2025 Cheval Marin, Bruxelles BE w/ raphaël s'améliore
18/10/2025 L'Écurie, Genève CH

PAST GIGS

2025 ⤵️

0̶7̶/̶0̶2̶/̶2̶0̶2̶5̶ ̶L̶a̶ ̶C̶o̶u̶t̶e̶l̶l̶e̶r̶i̶e̶,̶ ̶F̶r̶i̶b̶o̶u̶r̶g̶ ̶C̶H̶
0̶8̶/̶0̶2̶/̶2̶0̶2̶5̶ ̶O̶n̶e̶ ̶O̶f̶ ̶A̶ ̶M̶i̶l̶l̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶F̶e̶s̶t̶i̶v̶a̶l̶,̶ ̶B̶a̶d̶e̶n̶ ̶C̶H̶
16/03/2025 Bad Bonn w/ Milan W., Düdingen CH
23/04/2025 Der stille Ort, Basel CH̶
2̶4̶/̶0̶4̶/̶2̶0̶2̶5̶ ̶K̶i̶o̶s̶k̶ ̶R̶a̶d̶i̶o̶ ̶w̶/̶ ̶R̶a̶p̶h̶a̶ë̶l̶ ̶s̶'̶a̶m̶é̶l̶i̶o̶r̶e̶,̶ ̶B̶r̶u̶x̶e̶l̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶B̶E̶
20/06/2025 Stone Pixels Records @ Fête de la musique, Genève CH
21/06/2025 Waï Lama Waï, Sion CH
23/07/2025 Brasserie Lorraine, Bern CH

2024 ⤵️

21/03 Bongo Joe w/ Meryl Wubslin, Genève CH
06/09 Facciamo La Corte, Muzzano CH
19/09 Cinema Oblò, w/ Tengger, Lausanne CH
26/09 L'Écurie w/ Citron Citron, Genève CH
17/12 Eldorado Bar w/ Zoe Heselton, Bienne CH

2020 ⤵️

19/08 L'été au verger, Veyrier CH
12/08 Aubes Musicales, Bains des Pâquis, Genève CH
05/07 Maisonmusique Vol. 2, Genève CH
25/04 Taconnerie 3 w/ Jessy Razafimandimby, Genève CH 
11/04 Taconnerie 3 Genève CH

Ryan Power + Forever Overhead Spring tour
08/03 Hush hush secret show, Bern CH°
09/03 House show, Basel CH
10/03 Neue Schachtel, Stuttgart DE°
11/03 Club Misenska, Prague CZ
12/03 Pierre Grasse, Halle DE 
13/03 Hans & Franz, Leipzig DE 
°opening act

2019 ⤵️

14/12 Red Brick Chapel Night, Neubad, Luzern CH 
06/12 Colorama, Le Rez - Usine, Genève CH 
30/11 Festival Face O, Genève CH
19/09 Dampfzentrale, Bern CH
01/09 The Banquet of the 7 Sins w/ Domingo, Festival La Bâtie, Genève CH
03/07 Maisonoùverte, Genève CH
27/06 La Fonte, Carouge CH
28/04 Cabane II (Installation), DAF Festival, Genève CH

Cabane ● Residency @ Espace Topic, Genève CH
14-21/04 w/ very special guests Antoine Weil, CJ Nicholson, Hugo Baud, Jeanne Tara, Maxine Yolanda, Romain Iannone, Zoé Sjollema

Ryan Power + Forever Overhead Spring EU tour 
03/04 Bongo Joe, Genève CH
02/04 Platffon, Basel CH
01/04 Bett, Bern CH
31/03 Club Dänemark, Luzern CH
30/03 Neue Schachtel, Stuttgart DE°
29/03 K5, Leipzig DE°
28/03 Amore Del Tropico, Poznan PL
27/03 Chmury, Warsaw PL
26/03 Recepcja, Wroclaw PL
25/03 Secret show, Berlin DE
24/03 Shindig, Bruxelles BE°
23/03 DOC, Paris FR°
21/03 Le Bourg, Lausanne CH
°opening act

2018 ⤵️

09/12, Le Rez - Usine w/ YZ, Genève CH
01/12 Eeeeh!, Nyon CH
15/11 Neubad w/ Art Feynman, Neubad, Luzern CH
01/11 La Reliure w/ Saint Sadrill, Genève CH
16/10 Le Cabinet w/ Till8 Genève CH
18/08 Jardin de la 67c Genève CH

Yves Theiler Trio «It's Huldrych!» feat. Uwe Steinmetz

Raphael Walser – Double Bass:

Leader of:
Raphael Walsers GangArt
www.raphaelwalser.ch

Member of:
JENNY
The Jazz Trio
Raphael Jost
Marcio De Sousa Quintett
Dalia Donadio POEM POT
Samir Böhringer Meta Zero
Lukas Brügger Jazz Orchestra

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