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Mathias Eick: Ravensburg
ByComing to life in his grandmother's small home town in southwestern Germany, Eick's quietly rhythmic compositions and breathy tonality gives a lasting, haunting elegance to Ravensburg. Within its watery eight tracks, Eick, doing double duty as atmospheric vocalist, is joined by his long standing pianist Andreas Ulvo, architectural bassist Audun Erlien, drummer Torstein Lofthus, drummer/percussionist Helge Norbakken and new-kid-on-the-block, violinist Hakon Aase (still in his early twenties and veteran of drummer Thomas Strønen's 2015 ECM release Time Is A Blind Guide). It's a group that takes on the strong, colorful personality that can regale any town anywhere. They either light up the room"Family" opens like a new morning suite with Eick and Ulvoor lend to the approaching darkness that co-exists or dominates: "August," "Girlfriend," "Ravensburg." As he did on his last release, 2015's rich and fully realized Midwest, Eick sets the tone and you have no choice but to listen with deep satisfaction.
Track Listing
Family; Children; Friends; August; Parents; Girlfriend; Ravensburg; For My Grandmothers.
Personnel
Mathias Eick
trumpetMathias Eick: trumpet, voice; Håkon Aase: violin; Andreas Ulvo: piano; Audun Erlien: electric bass; Torstein Lofthus: drums; Helge Andreas Norbakken: drums, percussion.
Album information
Title: Ravensburg | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: ECM Records
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