Johann Bourquenez “692000”
692000 is the new piano trio led by Geneva-based pianist and composer Johann Bourquenez, with drummer Lionel Friedli and bassist Massimo Pinca. The music is dense, polyrhythmic and hypnotic, drawing on a wide reference field: the rhythmic constructions of Meshuggah, the depth and sonic textures of Scorn and Rrose, the minimal elegance of Reich, a few harmonic colours from Debussy. Played on piano, double bass and drums, with no electronics, it grooves, seeking to create a hole in space-time.
The trio’s first EP was recorded early May 2026 at Studio Phonotope (Renens, CH) with co-producer Renaud Millet-Lacombe, for a release scheduled in Autumn 2026 on cassette and digital.
Johann Bourquenez (b. Besançon, 1976) is a pianist and composer based in Geneva since 2007. He co-founded the piano trio Plaistow (2007–2017), which released various acclaimed records, including Titan (2015) and Live at Bimhuis (2017), and toured internationally, alongside collaborations with French drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq (In Girum, 2016) and others. After several years away from the scene, he returned to the piano with the solo albums Jamuary (2023), Loriol (2024) and the total improvisation trio B.S.P. (Transatlantico EP, 2026).
Lionel Friedli (b. Moutier, 1975) is a Swiss drummer based in Biel. He studied at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and has since maintained a sustained presence across the Swiss and European jazz scene, collaborating with Marc Ribot, Fred Frith, David Murray, Jaimie Branch, Colin Vallon and Nicolas Masson (Renaissance, ECM, 2025), and Dave Gisler (445, Intakt Records, 2025), among others. He received the Suisa Jazz Prize in 2015, the Prix de la culture de la ville de Bienne in 2018, and the Swiss Music Prize in 2021.
Massimo Pinca (b. Naples, 1978) is a double bass player based in Geneva since 2009. He worked as extra double bassist with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (2010–2018) and as solo double bassist with Geneva Camerata (2013–2017). His work moves between early music on period instruments — with Academia Montis Regalis, Cappella Mediterranea, Ensemble Cristofori (Deutsche Grammophon, 2021), Gli Angeli Genève — modern chamber music, most notably with Avi Avital Between Worlds Ensemble (BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, 2025) — and improvised music, with collaborations including William Parker (Aum Fidelity, 2013), Gregor Fticar and Paolo Orlandi (Singing Rhythms, Pulsing Voices, Dodicilune, 2022).
EP recorded and co-produced by Renaud Millet-Lacombe at Studio Phonotope, Renens (CH).