Valentin Schuster

Drum­mer and Tea­cher

WHO AM I?

Valen­tin Schus­ter is a drum­mer from Aus­tria who some­ti­mes sings or plays a bit of synth and also likes to make silly faces while doing that. After stu­dy­ing jazz drums and instru­men­tal tea­ching at the Kunst­uni­ver­si­tät Graz (A), he moved to Ber­lin in 2011, where he has been living, prac­ti­cing music and tea­ching ever since. 

In addi­tion to pur­suing his own pro­jects like the cham­ber­punk­jazz trio Edi Nulz or the prog-metal duo Per­oPero, he has played in num­e­rous other bands, like the ele­va­tor-punk out­fit CRUTCHES, col­la­bo­ra­ted with actors like Adele Neu­hau­ser and given team buil­ding work­shops with the com­pany „Groo­vin’ Orga­niza­tion“.

Valen­tin also has been the artis­tic direc­tor of the music work­shop „Nor­dic Groo­ves“ in Aus­tria for over 10 years and since 2024 is ope­ra­tive direc­tor of the label „Boomslang Records“ and the fes­ti­val „Bezau Beatz“ tog­e­ther with mas­ter­mind Alfred Vogel.

WHAT AM I DOING?

PROJECTS

CRUTCHES

“Ton­gue-in-cheek acro­ba­tic punk with metric ambi­va­lence coming your way to sand­blast well sett­led habits of recep­tion.”

Jan Frisch — gui­tar, bass, com­po­si­ti­ons

Olga Rez­ni­chenko — key­tar, bass synth, FX

Laure Boer — monochord, tele­phone, FX

Valen­tin Schus­ter — drums, pocket synth

Adele Neuhauser + Edi Nulz — MYTHOS

Dra­ma­tic and gory, at the same time laco­nic, almost cool – that’s how Antique Greek myths epi­to­mize human (and godly) weak­ne­s­ses and their fateful con­se­quen­ces. No other actress would seem more pre­desti­ned to bring them to life than the ver­sa­tile cha­rac­ter actress Adele Neu­hau­ser. And no other band is bet­ter to accom­pany her than the bor­der and genre-brea­king trio Edi Nulz.
Fol­lo­wing the suc­cess of their lite­ra­ture and music col­lage “Die letz­ten ihrer Art” (Last Chance to See), with tra­vel reports by the cult aut­hor Dou­glas Adams, “Mythos” is the highly anti­ci­pa­ted new pro­gramme from the star actress with her three con­ge­nial musi­ci­ans. The text is based on the epony­mous best­sel­ler by Bri­tish come­dian and mas­ter sto­rytel­ler Ste­phen Fry.
In “Mythos” Adele Neu­hau­ser also revi­sits her bio­gra­phi­cal roots: Born in Athens, she spent the early years of her life tog­e­ther with her Greek father. What’s more, there is a second family con­nec­tion in “Mythos”, which has repea­tedly pro­ven its excel­lence: Adele Neuhauser’s son Julian Adam Pajzs bestows the “cham­ber punk jazz” sound of Edi Nulz on gui­tars.

www.graustein.com

Edi Nulz

“Mangy cham­ber punk jazz”

What seems to be pure anar­chy is in fact carefully cho­reo­gra­phed music that con­stantly pulls the rug from under you: the bass cla­ri­net can be any­thing from a bass instru­ment to a solo sin­ger, the gui­tar takes the rhythm but also the bass or solo parts, while the drums deftly link all these ele­ments.
This is devil-may-care music, a hila­rious tigh­trope walk bet­ween insa­nity and pre­cis­ion. 
Edi Nulz: Grand audio drama, baby.

Sieg­mar Bre­cher – bass cla­ri­net
Julian Adam Pajzs – gui­tar
Valen­tin Schus­ter – drums

www.edi-nulz.com

The True Harry Nulz

Just ima­gine one of Switzerland’s finest jazz bands mer­ging with its Aus­trian coun­ter­part: the result would be a first-class tran­sal­pine music event with front-row seats for ever­yone in the audi­to­rium.

But wait a moment: Why “would be“? This con­glo­me­rate alre­ady exists, and it’s well on the way to gai­ning cult sta­tus. The Swiss quar­tet “The Great Harry Hill­man” plus the Aus­trian trio “Edi Nulz” add up to the sep­tet “The True Harry Nulz”: two bass cla­ri­nets, two gui­tars, two drum­sets and an elec­tric bass gua­ran­tee brainy arran­ge­ments, uni­sono ste­reo effects and impro­vi­sa­tio­nal erup­ti­ons (or rather dis­rup­ti­ons?)…

Aus­tro-Hel­ve­tian power at its finest! “Ser­vus pfiat di“ and “Ade messi“!

Sieg­mar Bre­cher (bcl), Nils Fischer (bcl), Julian Adam Pajzs (g), David Koch (g), Samuel Huwy­ler (eb), Valen­tin Schus­ter (dr), Domi­nik Mah­nig (dr)

www.thegreatharryhillman.ch/truenulz/

PeroPero

Per­oPero is a pro­gres­sive-metal duo hai­ling from Aus­tria and based in Ber­lin.
Their com­plex songs com­bine dri­ving drums and gor­dian gui­tar play­ing with savage ana­lo­gue syn­the­si­zers all sup­port­ing an explo­sive mix­ture of chants and screams about con­spi­ra­cies and doomsday sce­na­rios.
All com­ple­tely serious and not at all iro­nic — or is that fake news? The only way to find out is to lis­ten to their records and hear for yours­elf.
In any case, bring your tin­foil hats!
All hail Grog­nar, galac­tic over­lord!!!

Julian Adam Pajzs – gui­tar, lead vocals, synth pro­gramming
Valen­tin Schus­ter – drums, back­ing vocals

https://www.facebook.com/perosounds

Boomslang Records/Bezau Beatz

“A wild and wooly musi­cal plunge into the unu­sual” (NYC Jazz Record)

Since 2024 I have been hel­ping out mas­ter­mind Alfred Vogel with his label “Boomslang Records” and the yearly sum­mer fes­ti­val “Bezau Beatz” — check it out!

https://boomslangrecords.bandcamp.com

https://www.bezaubeatz.at

 

Groovin’ Organization

Com­pany Coa­ching through Music

We help orga­niza­ti­ons to become more natu­rally agile, pro­duc­tive and reso­nant 
– with music as a meta­phor, model and trans­for­ma­tive power, other crea­tive methods and up-to-date con­sul­ting know-how.

www.groovin-organization.com

Nordic Grooves Musikworkshop

Since 2011 I am the artis­tic direc­tor of the work­shop „Nor­dic Groo­ves“ in Lower Aus­tria. I also teach ensem­ble clas­ses and drums there.
„Nor­dic Groo­ves“ is ideal for all those that want to rock hard, sing their favou­rite pop tune or get the blues. Funky riffs and swin­ging jazz-stan­dards are also on the menu – as long as it is fun and it groo­ves!

www.nordic-grooves.at

TEACHING

 

I am curr­ently tea­ching drums as well as coa­ching a heavy metal band at the “Musik­schule Rei­ni­cken­dorf” in Ber­lin.
I also some­ti­mes give pri­vate les­sons in my cute rehear­sal space.
Any level of drum­ming skills or sub­ject to work on is wel­come! I am super curious to dive into wha­te­ver it is you want to do… 🙂

Price on request, drop me a line here.

Valentin Schuster

Drum­mer and Tea­cher

WHERE AM I?

11.–16.04.25   Nor­dic Groo­ves Musik­work­shop, Hei­den­reich­stein (A)

12.04.25   Trio Mar­mo­lata, Volks­heim Hei­den­reich­stein (A)

23.04.25   CRUTCHES, Future Bash, Neue Zukunft Ber­lin (D)

22.05.25   CRUTCHES, Neun­ein­halb Bay­reuth (D)

23.05.25   CRUTCHES, Inter­zone Fes­ti­val Leip­zig (D)

24.05.25   CRUTCHES, Hanse 3 Dres­den (D)

09.06.25   Artefacts#2, with Andrea Con­an­gla, Silent Green Ber­lin (D)

13.06.25   FAUNA, CVJM Lübeck (D)

14.06.25   FAUNA, Grundt­vighaus Sass­nitz (D)

20.07.25   Susanne Folk Duo, Schlot Ber­lin (D)

07.–10.08.25   Bezau Beatz (A)

22.08.25   CRUTCHES, Jazz­fes­ti­val Saal­fel­den (A)

18.09.25   CRUTCHES, Kam­mer­mu­sik­fes­ti­val Regens­burg (D)

21.09.25   CRUTCHES, Jazz­fes­ti­val Vil­lin­gen (D)

 

 

 

 

CRUTCHES

FOUR LTTR WRDS (2025)

CHECK OUT ALL THE MERCHANDISE!!!

The True Harry Nulz

FUR FISH BANANA (2023)

Edi Nulz

Meganan (2021)

Edi Nulz

El Perro Grande (2018)

Edi Nulz

An der vul­gä­ren Kante (2016)

Edi Nulz

Ultra­karl (2013)

Edi Nulz

Jetzt (2012)

PeroPero

Mas­sive Tales of Doom (2023)

PeroPero

Lizards (2017)

PeroPero

Milk (2015)

Skin Ban

Rhyth­mi­sche Neu­men (2012)

Skin Ban

Eine Suite in 4 Tei­len (2011)

Skin Ban

gehen ein­kau­fen (2010)

Hellespont

Hel­les­pont (2015)

Krachberg

Live @ Jazz­werk­statt Graz (2011)

WORKS AND TEACHING MATERIAL

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