On November 21th 2024 the 6th iteration of the “Zart & Hart” concert series took place in the amazing Explosiv in Graz. It’s a concert series that is funded by the works council of the company I work at, and organized by me. The idea behind “Zart & Hart” is that employees from our company have the chance to present their musical projects to an audience of colleagues and “externals” in a professional location, no matter what genre they play or level of proficiency they possess.

The line-up of “Zart & Hart” always varies and boldly mixes genres, as the name suggests. This November, there were bands ranging from Big Band Jazz to Austrian Folk music and from Pop to Rock – both the straightforward kind and the psychedelic/progressive kind.

The latter subgenre is represented by CIRCLE OF TRUST, a 3-piece band with a quite interesting lineup: guitar, drums and chapman stick. During the concert they still called themselves 2t0ms1stIck, on stage they realized that their song “circle of trust” would also be a great namesake for the band – so they changed it.

I had the pleasure of filming their gig and am very happy to share three of their mesmerizing songs with you here. They are well worth checking out and I am looking forward to seeing where their musical journey will take them next.