Results for "Ikarus"

Musician

Ikarus

Active since: 2013

IKARUS is a contemporary / groove / jazz quintet consisting of Ramón Oliveras (composition, drums), Anna Hirsch (vocals), Andreas Lareida (vocals), Lucca Fries (piano) and Mo Meyer (upright bass). Their singular sound is based on continuously permutating polyrhythms, fluctuating grooves, organic improvisations and an enchanting blend of male and female vocals. The compositions continue to evolve thanks to the nature of their live shows, and tend to reappear in new versions on their full-length records. They cite influences as far-ranging as Morton Feldman, Meshuggah, The Knife, Craig Taborn, Steve Reich and traditional west African rhythms

Article: Album Review

l'Oumigmag: Ce Qui Tourne Dans L'Air

by David Bruggink
August 2, 2025

"Oumigmag" means “muskox" in Inuktitut, one of the principal Inuit languages spoken in Canada's northeast and central northern provinces. Sébastien Sauvageau, a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Québec, drew on his province's musical and Indigenous histories to create the jazz-folk project l'Oumigmag--an effort, he writes, to explore “how past elements (traditional music), present experiences, and future ...

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Ikarus: Plasma

by Geno Thackara
June 5, 2022

While they have an ambition worthy of their mythological namesake, this Ikarus is in no danger of melting and crashing after flying too high. Their exuberance is a little less wild yet, in its own way, no less adventurous. This quintet melds the sum of its minimalist parts into something transcendent yet always understated. Without needing ...

Album

Mosaismic

By Ikarus

Label: Ronin Rhythm Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Meridian; Oumuamua; Saiko; Aligulin; Ikenophobia; Subzero; Mondrian; Iridium; Cirrus.

News: Recording

Contemporary / Groove / Jazz Quintet Ikarus's Mosaismic Available On Ronin Rhythm Records

September 18, 2019

A curious thing happens to a band as its sound matures. As the voices of its players continue to fuse ever more seamlessly, their individual styles also come into focus with increasing clarity. In its most literal reading, this is the key idea behind Mosaismic, the title of the third full-length record from Swiss contemporary / ...

Video

Oumuamua

Featuring the music of Ikarus
Duration: 5:46
September 17, 2019

Oumuamua - named after the first observable interstellar object that crossed our solar system - is the second piece of the album Mosaismic (2019) by Contemporary Groove Jazz quintet Ikarus. The video footage was recorded at a concert in Nik Bärtsch's club Exil in Zurich and tailored to the music by the bandleader and composer Ramón Oliveras. Like the song itself, the video plays around with repetition and patterns which all lead up to a surreal viewing merging both audio and visual.

Song of the Day

Saiko

July 19, 2019

Album: Mosaismic
By Ikarus
Label: Ronin Rhythm Records
Released: 2019
Duration: 08:04

Article: Album Review

Ikarus: Mosaismic

by Mike Jurkovic
May 26, 2019

Like morse code lapping against the rampant stream of everything binary, the minimal groove of Germany's Ikarus—which is drummer Ramon Oliveras, pianist Lucca Fries double bassist Moritz Meyer and the wordless, gravity-free scat singing of Andreas Lareida and Anna Hirsch—makes for an edgy, compelling atmosphere. Economic to the point of sparseness, Ikarus, like its ...

Song of the Day

Oumuamua

April 8, 2019

Album: Mosaismic
By Ikarus
Label: Ronin Rhythm Records
Released: 2019
Duration: 5:57

Article: Multiple Reviews

Voices Without Words

by Geno Thackara
April 6, 2019

It's all too easy to forget the voice as an instrument in itself--arguably the most expressive one we have, especially if these examples are any indication. Here we have two offerings to remind us what mind-bending possibilities it can offer. Ikarus Mosaismic Ronin Rhythm Records 2019 A good ...