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OM: It's About Time
by Ian Patterson
In 1982, after five albums in ten years, Swiss free-jazz quartet OM called it a day—its four members, Christy Doran, Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber and Bobby Burri going their separate ways. A supposed one-off reunion in 2007 to open an exhibition on the youth movement of the 1960s and 1970s led to a successful series of festivals appearances on home turf. Those concerts resulted in the live album Willisau (Intakt Records, 2010), a return to OM's improvisational heartland, and signalled ...
read moreThe Fabulous Dance Machine: Live in Willisau
by AAJ Italy Staff
I Fabulous Dance Machine sono una band aperta, nel senso che ad ogni apparizione live partecipano di volta in volta musicisti differenti. Questi ultimi appartengono per lo più alla scena musicale svizzera. La band è in ogni caso guidata dal bassista Jesus “jet" Turino. In questo Live in Willisau suonano inoltre il cantante Bruno Amstad, Fredy Studer alla batteria, Roman Pfaffenlenher (electronics) e lo stesso Jesus Turino. Ogni brano, improvvisato al momento dell'esecuzione, si sviluppa seguendo una iniziale spinta elettronica. ...
read moreFredy Studer & DJ M. Singe: Duos
by Glenn Astarita
Swiss drummer/percussionist, Fredy Studer previously crossed musical paths with New York City reared turntable/electronics ace DJ. M Singe (Beth Coleman) during his tenure with the Koch/Schutz/Studer band. Here, the drummer and DJ M. Singe reunite for some artistically inclined fun and frolic. Although recorded in Zurich, Switzerland this effort parallels much of what has been emanating from New York City’s “downtown scene.” On the opener “Duo 14,” Studer lays down a sturdy pattern consisting of electronically treated cymbals and bass ...
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