Zacky:

Zacky is a first-class drummer. He recorded with diverse bands such as "Attack" and "Soul Doctor". He toured with "Fair Warning" in Japan, and was on world tour with the Italian singer Al Bano Carrisi. Furthermore, he played with Mia Aegerter on her tour throughout Germany and Switzerland. Since 2004 he is drummer of the "Helmut Zerlett Band" which became famous in the German TV show "Harald Schmidt Show". As Yamaha endorser, Zacky played diverse workshops and drum meetings. He is currently drummer of "Errorhead" with guitarist Markus Deml and bass player Frank Itt.

Statement Torsten Krill:

"I am so thrilled by the Twinsticks that I am going to play a piece of music with them with my own band at the jazz-award 2006 of Badem-Württemberg next Friday. I am looking forward to it a lot. Thank you so much for having created such a 'double-tip stick', I have been searching for a model like this for a long time. I am absolutely satisfied with them, you did a great job!"

Torsten Krill
Torsten Krill is one of the most demanded jazz musicians in South Germany. Recently in July, he won the jazz-award 2006 of Badem-Württemberg. In 1991, he received the youth-culture-award of the city of Ansbach, and has also won several other national and international awards. Since 1998, Torsten Krill has been running his own recording studio "Klangküche" in Stuttgart and works as a music-producer. He founded his own music label "frimfram" in 2004.

More Info: www.torstenkrill.de

Statement H.-P. Dregger:

"In my opinion, the Twinsticks represent the greatest innovation in the field of drums since the invention of the double-bass pedal. I am convinced that in the future the Twinsticks will globally be a big gain in the way of playing drums. During the first test, a large number of new possibilities already integrated into my playing within minutes. Whether in Rock, Pop, or Jazz: after a short amount of time the gain has been exceptional."

H.-P. Dregger
Drummer, composer and arranger, in the professional business for 25 years, touring with Gloria Gaynor, Marianne Rosenberg and Caterina Valente.

Statement Oliver Strauch:

"The Twinstick has extraordinary qualities and enables the drummer to double his patterns. With the Twinstick I am able to play up-tempo rhythms consisely and hard. Also in the ordinary way of playing, with only one tip, they just are extremely fast. In addition, the Twinstick expands the way of polyphonic thinking and composing that much, that one can play six-part phrases one on top of the other. The Twinstick is surely going to become an essential tool for every modern drummer."

Oliver Strauch
Studies at the Liberal Art School Stuttgart and at the Music Institute Königstein.

Oliver Strauch played with Lee Konitz, Martial Solal, Philip Catherine, Roy Hargrove, Nils Landgren, Bireli Lagrene, Barbara Dennerlein and Paul Kuhn.

He won several prizes, e.g. the "Newcomerpreis des saarländischen Kultusministers" (a prize for the up-and-coming young musicians awarded by the Minister of Education and the Arts of Saarland/Germany), the promotion prize of the city of Saarbrücken/Germany, the scholarship of the International Jazzworkshop Trier/Germany, and inclusion in the "Drummer's Directory - the world greatest drummers".
Concerts at jazzfestivals such as: "Leverkusener Jazztage", "North Sea Jazz Festival The Hague", "Nancy Jazz Pulsation", "New Morning" and "Sunset" in Paris, and "Ambassy" in New York City

On tour in Siberia, Ural, Brasil and concerts in Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Oliver is temporary lecturer at the Conservatory of the Saarland and teaches drums in the jazz department.

For further information see: www.oliverstrauch.de