photo by Alexander Gumz

SPILL

Duo with Tony Buck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJd2zFfsmrw

https://www.facebook.com/spillberlin/

http://tony-buck.com/spill/

http://soundcloud.com/magdamayas/helsinki-excerpt-1

Spill is the Berlin-based duo of Magda Mayas on piano and clavinet and Tony Buck on drums/percussion, formed in 2003. They have, to date released 3 albums as the duo, and have collaborated with John Butcher on the UnSounds label release Plume as well as with American bassist Damon Smith on the CD Spill Plus (on the Nuscope label).
Tony and Magda have been playing all over Europe, the USA, Australia, Singapore and Lebanon and, for a few weeks in November 2017 , we will be at a residency in California, http://montalvoarts.org/

to work on a new record!

GREAT WAITRESS

with Laura Altman, clarinet

Monica Brooks, accordion

Magda Mayas, piano

Great Waitress was formed in 2009, curated as a first time collaboration at the The NOW now Festival in the Blue Mountains, Australia. Since then the trio has released three albums, and performed many events in Australia and across Europe including the NOW now Festival 2011, Sound Out Festival (2011), Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf Austria, 2011), Music Unlimited 26 (Wels Austria, 2012) and All Ears Festival (Oslo, Norway 2014).

Their new LP “Hue” (Another Dark Age), and two CD releases “Flock” (Creative Sources, 2014) and “Lucid” (Splitrec, 2011) are available to order online.

great-waitress.com

SPLITTER ORCHESTER BERLIN

http://www.berlinsplitter.org/

photo by Christina Marx

Das B.

Mazen Kerbaj: trumpet
Magda Mayas: piano
Mike Majkowski: double-bass
Tony Buck: drums

Das B. was formed in Berlin in 2015, bringing together four musicians who have all developed highly personalised and refined approaches to their instruments. Having collaborated in various constellations before, as a quartet they create a canopy-like sound world, unfolding naturally and flowing organically.
"Atonal dance music for the brain.” - Holger Pauler / Jazzthetik
"the microscopically operating "B" Quartet… a piece of magic." - Guy Peters / Enola

https://soundcloud.com/asbccs267/b-quartet-live-at-exploratorium-berlin-excerpt

Isak Hedtjärn,cl, Fredrik Rasten, gt and Torstein Larvik Larsen, tp

Magda Mayas, piano

https://soundcloud.com/fredrik-rasten/magdaisaktorsteinfredrik-excerpt

https://soundcloud.com/isakhedtjarn/hedtjarnmayaslavikrasten

Transmit

A band revolving around the writing, drumming and guitar of Tony Buck, with core line-up of Magda Mayas on organ and piano, James Welburn on bass, and Brendan Dougherty playing drums.

http://tony-buck.com/transmit/

 photo by Peter Gannushkin

Duo with Christine Abdelnour, sax

tHaving released two CDs on unsound and Olofbright, Christine and Magda have been playing together since 2009.

http://soundcloud.com/magdamayas/abdelnour-mayas