Das Move-Ensemble ist strukturell traditioneller, mit der Präsenz einer klassischen rhythmischen Bass-Drum-Sektion (Adam Pultz Melbye und Dag Magnus Narvesen) und der Tatsache Klavier-Vibraphon (Achim Kaufmann und Emilio Gordoa) zu verdoppeln, das ein altes Training unter der Leitung von Cecil Taylor erkennen lässt. Geographisch hat die Gruppe jedoch eine skandinavische- Berlin Herkunft (auch der mexikanische Vibraphonist Emilio Gordoa lebt seit langem in der deutschen Hauptstadt) und folglich ist seine Musik distanzierter als das pochende und pompöse tropische Phänomen, das aus den Fingern von schwarzen amerikanischen Pianisten kommt. Jedenfalls ist es ein sehr stimmungsvoller Sound und Sjöström, unter den Bläsern (Saxophon Sopran und Sopranino um genau zu sein), hat die Fähigkeit, all seine klangtechnisch-kreativen Qualitäten verschmelzen zu lassen und diese zu zeigen. Die anderen vier erzeugen einen flüssigen und gewundenen Hintergrund, der von der CD wie ein Nebel abläuft, der über die nördlichen Gewässer gleitet, um die Mündungen der norwegischen Fjorde zu durchdringen. Die Herangehensweise und Veröffentlichungen der fünf Instrumentalisten schaffen ein durchdachtes Teamspiel, das keinen Raum für schmerzliche Momente lässt und die Aufmerksamkeit der 40 Minuten langer kollektiver Improvisation bewahren kann. Diejenigen, die bereits das Internationale Sextett geschätzt haben, würden sich freuen, sich auf diese beiden CDs zu werfen, wie es die Katze es mit dem Speck tut. Auch die anderen starten von hier aus. Vertraut mir! |
Very nice cd Move - Hyvinkää by Jean – Michel Van Schouwburg
Hyvinkää Move: Harri Sjöström, Emilio Gordoa Achim Kaufmann, Dag Magnus Narvaen, Adam Pultz Melbye 2016 uniSono Records Move is a quintet with sax soprano and sopranino Harri Sjöström, vibraphone Emilio Gordoa, piano -Achim Kaufmann, drums -Dag Magnus Narvesen and double bass - Adam Pultz Melbye. Hyvinkää is a long 39-minute improvisation recorded at the Hyvinkää Art Museum. It seems that the acoustics of the space is enough reverberant, forcing the musicians to play with relative restraint, concentrating on the sound details. Dag Magnus Narvesen plays the tip of the drumsticks on the cushioned skins, touching the cymbals, allowing the clearest possible sound of Achim Kaufmann's piano to the "classical contemporary" sounds and the warm and full of nuances of the saxophonist Harri Sjöström who seems to be the facilitator of the group. Harri is a master of the soprano in the line of Steve Lacy, with whom he studied. His sense of nuances for each note played distinguishes him from the tenors who use the soprano to diversify their music. The vibraphonist Emilio Gordoa spreads his light and fleeting clusters of ethereal notes around those of the pianist. It develops a game that fits perfectly with that of the soprano sax to the point where, because of the reverberation, one risks to confuse them. The bassist sustains and marks the startling moments ... until the saxophonist shreds the timbre of his soprano stretching and altering a game he inherited from Steve Lacy and of which he knows subtly to put the parameters in question when the need is felt. This evokes the great delicacy of Trevor Watts at the time of the EMS with John Stevens and the audacity of his comrade now disappeared, Wolfgang Fuchs with whom Harri shared the experience of Nicht Rot Nicht Grun with Paul Lovens and alto violinist Karri Koivukoski in the late 80s. Unlike Move, this amazing band was never recorded. On the other hand, there are some recordings of Cecil Taylor with Harri (Qua and Qua Yuba CT Quartet / Cadence 1092 and 1098, Melancholy, Always a Pleasure, Light of Corona / FMP Records) not piqued worms. What I particularly like in this Move quintet is the way the musicians play together, building a cohesive and diverse collective game where everyone spontaneously brings his instant contribution by interpenetrating their sounds and actions in the sound field. A beautiful concert that plays acoustic conditions and demonstrates that free improvment with five musicians requires a state of mind where a form of self-discipline in mutual listening and interventions is a fundamental attitude. |
Hyvinkää
The Berlin- based and operating soprano saxophone player Harri Sjöström has
gathered an international quintet around him, which musicians represent all
different nationalities. The MOVE quintet has been in operation for over three
years and its members, Danish double bassist Adam Pultz Melbye, Norwegian
drummer Dag Magnus Narvesen, Mexican vibefonist Emilio Gordoa Rodriguez
and German pianist Achim Kaufmann have "found" Berlin's vibrant jazz
community.
Sjöström and Kaufmann, who already have a long career experience, have
joined the younger generation of musicians born in the 1980's who have been
routinely trained in improvised music and show solid know-how in their earlier
projects.
The band has a clear simple vision, it is dedicated to improvised music in the
moment and in the state where it is present. When the band visited a year ago at
Hyvinkää Art Museum, the concert was recorded and has now been released as a
CD. The official release date 1.9. 2017.
The disc contains a bit less than a 40-minute track, which has been "invented"
just how did it happen, simply clear Hyvinkää. The Quintet carries its play in a
large sector multipurpose, generating a wide variety of sounds to emulate at a
single dynamic frequency. Everyone brings their own instruments to the sound
of the sound for others to look at, creating a complete sound-piling. By
spreading it, an astonishingly multifaceted abstract soundtrack is created as a
multiple source of sound, as a rainbow.
The players get a rather vibrantly tuned, unified, vibrant colorful sound field,
where the different materials meet each other as an explosive, fragmented,
avant-garde musical manifestation. (JKI)
Emilio Gordoa: vibraphons, Achim Kaufmann: piano, Dag Magnus Narvesen:
drums, Adam Pultz Melbye: double bass, Harri Sjöström: soprano and soprano
saxophone.
Recordings: concert recording at Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, June 4,
2016. Mixing and mastering: Patrick Römer, Unisono Studio, Berlin. Cover
images: Harri Sjöström. Published: 09/01/2017
1. Hyvinkää 39:38 (Harri Sjöström, Emilio Gordo, Achim Kaufmann, Dag
Magnus Narvesen, Adam Pultz Melbye)
The Berlin- based and operating soprano saxophone player Harri Sjöström has
gathered an international quintet around him, which musicians represent all
different nationalities. The MOVE quintet has been in operation for over three
years and its members, Danish double bassist Adam Pultz Melbye, Norwegian
drummer Dag Magnus Narvesen, Mexican vibefonist Emilio Gordoa Rodriguez
and German pianist Achim Kaufmann have "found" Berlin's vibrant jazz
community.
Sjöström and Kaufmann, who already have a long career experience, have
joined the younger generation of musicians born in the 1980's who have been
routinely trained in improvised music and show solid know-how in their earlier
projects.
The band has a clear simple vision, it is dedicated to improvised music in the
moment and in the state where it is present. When the band visited a year ago at
Hyvinkää Art Museum, the concert was recorded and has now been released as a
CD. The official release date 1.9. 2017.
The disc contains a bit less than a 40-minute track, which has been "invented"
just how did it happen, simply clear Hyvinkää. The Quintet carries its play in a
large sector multipurpose, generating a wide variety of sounds to emulate at a
single dynamic frequency. Everyone brings their own instruments to the sound
of the sound for others to look at, creating a complete sound-piling. By
spreading it, an astonishingly multifaceted abstract soundtrack is created as a
multiple source of sound, as a rainbow.
The players get a rather vibrantly tuned, unified, vibrant colorful sound field,
where the different materials meet each other as an explosive, fragmented,
avant-garde musical manifestation. (JKI)
Emilio Gordoa: vibraphons, Achim Kaufmann: piano, Dag Magnus Narvesen:
drums, Adam Pultz Melbye: double bass, Harri Sjöström: soprano and soprano
saxophone.
Recordings: concert recording at Hyvinkää Art Museum, Hyvinkää, June 4,
2016. Mixing and mastering: Patrick Römer, Unisono Studio, Berlin. Cover
images: Harri Sjöström. Published: 09/01/2017
1. Hyvinkää 39:38 (Harri Sjöström, Emilio Gordo, Achim Kaufmann, Dag
Magnus Narvesen, Adam Pultz Melbye)
MOVE By Martin Schray
MOVE is an international improvising quintet consisting of Harri Sjöström (sax), Emilio Gordoa (vibraphone), Achim Kaufmann (piano, synthesizer), Adam Pultz Melbye (bass) and Dag Magnus Narvesen (drums, percussion). They’re all part of Berlin’s still prospering Echtzeit scene, a network of musicians and composers working at the interfaces of avant-garde, contemporary classical music, electronics, free jazz and improvised music. Typical for this scene, MOVE is the result of a session that took place at Dag Magnus Narvesen’s studio in 2013. Emilio Gordoa liked the sound of the group, took the initiative to organize some real concerts for them and since that went well too, he and Harri Sjöström decided to keep it active as MOVE. Like a typical Echtzeit project, the ensemble tries to generate a sonic language which sounds electronic but which is produced by acoustic instruments - like white static produced by etheric noise, extended techniques, and silence. A good example of this approach is Emilio Gordoa’s way of playing the vibraphone: he includes all kinds of preparations, for example cans, cymbals, tambourines, tension belts etc. (it reminds me of Paul Lovens’ way of treating his drum kit). Based on this notion the band’s able to create a huge soundscape within an ample dynamic spectrum. MOVE’s music despite being 100% improvised, there are some preconceived ideas. According to Gordoa the quintet has “roads that we all know quite well and we know where these roads take us in music. This is our sound and the way of working with composed material. Nevertheless, we love to surprise the audience and ourselves, so leaving these roads is the real improvisation.“ Hyvinkää is a 40-minute recording of a live concert at the Hyvinkää Art Museum in Finland. The piece pops up like a bottle of champagne, the music spills and bubbles. However, this all happens very subtly, it’s spherical and floating at the same time. A bass drone is positioned against bell-like vibraphone sounds and piano arpeggios, while the saxophone tiptoes around them like a ballet dancer. In general, Kaufmann’s piano, Melbye’s bass, and Narvesen’s drums are very economical, they rather stress certain textures. The whole piece is the opposite of a dramatic rollercoaster ride, it displays a rather reluctant emotionality, circling around microtonal shifts, shy piano chords and myriads of percussion sounds. Only around the 25-minute mark the music gets darker, the toms and the bass are more menacing, although the sax is trying to fight them with beautiful lines. MOVE’s music is collectively improvised, there are hardly any solos or duos. It reminds me of a reduced, yet more expressive version of Wolfgang Fuchs’ King Übü Orchestrü, as if their music was culled from the Orchestrü’s post-minimalist approach. It’s delicate, stripped-down and introspective with lots of fragile short noise intersperses. Very recommendable. Hyvinkää is available as a CD. You can buy it here. |
Move "im Theaterhaus", Jena.
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