Starting his musical journey next to the mountains down in Bavaria, the laptapping and fingerstyle guitarist Pan Chimzee has been his own teacher in the world of music for the last decade. Never having had lessons or any musical background, the journey of playing and composing has been a very adventurous and rewarding one and has enabled the Berlin based artist to forge a very unique sound and style of composing.

 

By combining fingerstyle and laptapping techniques and merging several layers of melodies, an expressive groove and driving percussion simultaneously, his compositions create a soundscape that is auditory and visually captivating.

 

His focus thoroughly remains on delivering a musical composition, rather than playing guitar. The joyful art of creation is the core of his music, that there is no rules and no boundaries. Touring and playing concerts on Europe's streets and stages has made his live performances become more and more improvised and playful, so to create a new soundscape to explore and dive into every time. While his compositions follow a basic idea and direction, their delivery and structure is totally free, leading to a more organic experience of live performing for both: The audience and the artist.

 

His playing is inspired by the guitarists Michael Hedges, Erik Mongrain, Antoine Dufour and also by composers such as Philipp Glass, Moondog and Steve Reich. Pan Chimzee is the co-founder of the Berlin Acoustic Guitar Night and holds an endorsement deal with Elite Acoustics and Hyperactive.