ABOUT

Max Clouth, (b. 1985), who first heard a concert of Indian music at the age of 12, studied jazz guitar at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz and at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden. He then took lessons with Pandit Nayan Ghosh at the Sangit Mahabharati Music School Mumbai and with Guitar Prasanna at the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music between 2009 and 2012.

He has performed with John Schröder, Torsten de Winkel, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Embryo, Amit Trivedi and Arijit Singh. His acoustic double-neck guitar with resonatic strings, which he developed himself with the instrument maker Philipp Neumann, is fretless at the top and fretted at the bottom and is oriented towards oriental and Indian lutes such as the oud or sarod.

“Max’s masterful yet restrained modern Flamenco guitar is set against lush electronic & cinematic elements. This is music that realistically embraces a vision of complex hope in a bright tomorrow shaped by its shadows.” Vernon Reid, Living Colour

“Clouth, who is trained in Indian classical, aptly lays over fretwork that oscillates between sitar-like melodies and jazz progressions on a double-neck guitar.” Anurag Tagat, Rolling Stone India

“Frankfurt-based jazz musician Max Clouth is considered a contemporary prime example of the combination of Indian music, German electro and jazz.” Lukas Lautenbacher, GUITAR

“Citing Jimi Hendrix and John McLaughlin as musical godfathers,
Max Clouth plays at the speed of light and seemingly effortlessly” Concerto, Austria

“The production is epic and left me looking for concert dates in the UK.” BBC Music Magazine

“ (…) immer ist es eine große Freude, Max Clouth beim Spielen auf seiner erstaunlichen zweihalsigen Gitarre und seinen dezenten, präzise gedachten und ausgeführten händischen und elektronischen Klangvariationen zuzuhören.” Hans-Jürgen Linke, Frankfurter Rundschau