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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 ReadingHåvard Volden / Carlo Costa: In the Wake
by Jakob Baekgaard
How would it sound if the American primitive guitar of John Fahey met the avant-garde of abstract jazz improvisation in the wilderness? Guitarist Håvard Volden and drummer Carlo Costa give the answer on their album In the Wake. The cover by Brooke Herr is an image of an abstract seascape that resides somewhere between the referential image and a manipulation that goes beyond the image. The same thing goes for the music that uses the recognizable sounds ...
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