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Diaphane: München
by Mark Corroto
The quartet Diaphane lives up to its name, creating music marked by an exquisite delicacy of form. Yet, their sound is as dynamic as it is subtle --quiet and loud, minimal and intense, ethereal and robust. Longtime collaborators in ensembles such as Natura Morta and the Frantz Loriot Systematic Distortion Orchestra, Italian percussionist Carlo Costa and French-Japanese violist Frantz Loriot founded this free improvisation group with Swiss pianist Raphael Loher and German tubist Carl Ludwig Hübsch. Together, they have toured ...
Continue ReadingDaniel Studer: Extended II For Strings & Piano
by Alberto Bazzurro
In questo live zurighese del novembre 2021 “i musicisti--veniamo informati--sono disposti intorno al pubblico: il pianoforte al centro, il violoncello davanti a sinistra, il violino davanti a destra, la viola dietro a sinistra e il contrabbasso dietro a destra. Per ottenere l'impressione spaziale più accurata della stanza, la registrazione binaurale dovrebbe essere ascoltata in cuffia." Premesso ciò, questo ambizioso lavoro del sessantatreenne bassista Daniel Studer, lui pure zurighese, vissuto fra i venti e i trentaquattro anni a ...
Continue ReadingHans Koch / Frantz Loriot / Jonas Kocher: Stranger Becoming
by Mark Corroto
The title says it all, Stranger Becoming. Not “becoming stranger," but Stranger Becoming as in unusual yet attractive or tasteful. That certainly is a perfect descriptor for the music generated by the trio of Hans Koch(clarinet), Frantz Loriot (viola), and Jonas Kocher (accordion). All three have a background in classical music which serves as the foundation for the sound of this session. From that cornerstone the trio delves into free improvisations on these six tracks. Their music is ...
Continue ReadingDer Verboten: Der Verboten
by Glenn Astarita
Violist Frantz Loriot and pianist Cedric Piromalli previously joined forces under the German moniker, Treffpunkt. And Der Verboten signifies the new lineup with the addition of saxophonist Antoine Chessex and drummer Christian Wolfarth for a fascinating album captured live at a French venue. And while the lone extended track “Der Dritte Treffpinky," is firmly situated in an experimental school of thought, the artists project cinematic inferences within a storyboard that contains an assortment of highly imaginative interweaving motifs.
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