Brink Man Ship

Brink Man Ship: It's not music for teenagers!

by Roland Kánik
November 22, 2003

Saxophonist Jan Galega Br'nnimann belongs to the younger generation on the Swiss jazz scene. He stands in apparent creative schizophrenia ' he respects the tradition of jazz but he also likes to experiment. The result of this typical post-modern contradiction is the music of Brink Man Ship: a futuristic vision of jazz without stylistic and racial prejudice, accepted by such various subcultures as jazz fans, rockers, and party animals, but also the avant-garde and experimental scene. He recorded two great ...

Brink Man Ship: Translusion

by Roland Kánik
May 1, 2002

Brink Man Ship (BMS), a project led by young flute/saxophonist Jan Galega Brönnimann, isn't today's typical one-man band. The core of this music relies on live performance by four musicians, with minimum use of overdubs.

After a superficial listen, one might label this album as “electronic" and put it on the same shelf with dance music. But that would be a big mistake and underestimation! It is difficult to describe BMS's music in words, and any attempt to ...