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Mathias Kielholz-Sunny Strings: Opening
Dopo un paio di esperienze fatte con gruppi locali ethno-folk (Echo) o in band free jazz (Kieloor Entartet o i Bermuda Viereck di Martin Schlumpf) l’artista ha voluto focalizzare il suo composito background ideando questo suo debutto bipartisan.
Ecco perché non ha timore di citare “Gute Nacht” di Franz Schubert; di immaginare un divertito ska in tempi dispari (“Ska Maria Navarrese”) e ravvivarlo con i suoi spumeggianti arrangiamenti; né di schitarrate hard (“Makossa Variations: Tribute to Ska P”) o di incursioni nel folk (Irish Root Medley) o nella più accomodante estetica lounge simil Burt Bacharach (“Banga”).
Lo accompagna la Sunny Strings, una coloratissima orchestrina composta dai migliori musicisti svizzeri con un paio di guest star (Joe McHugh, uileann pipes, e Julio Barreto, percussioni).
Opening, ridente e bucolico, pastorale e brillante è un cd che sembra un campionario di misture.
Per oltre un’ora la Svizzera sembra un paradiso alle Antille.
Track Listing
01. Makossa Variations: Opening; 02. Makossa Variations: Her First Heartbeat; 03. Banga 04. Crippled Waltz; 05. Irish Root Medley: D minor; 06. Irish Root Medley: F major; 07. Irish Root Medley: D major; 08. Ska Maria Navarrese; 09. Gute Nacht; 10. Ich liebe Dur; 11. Makossa Variations: Tribute to Ska P; 12. The Eyes I Have Known; 13. Flux Density
Personnel
Daniel Schenker
band / ensemble / orchestraMathias Kielholz (chitarra elettrica); Philippe Schaufelberger (chitarra elettrica); Daniel Schenker (tromba; flicorno); Christoph Grab (sax tenore e alto); Adrian Mears (trombone); Wolfgang Zwiauer (basso); Julio Barreto (batteria); Joe McHugh (tin whistle, uileann pipes)
Album information
Title: Opening | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Brambus Records
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