IKARUS / KALI Trio / Woodism

IKARUS

IKARUS is an indie groove jazz quintet consisting of Ramón Oliveras (drums, artistic direction), Anna Hirsch (vocals), Andreas Lareida (vocals), Lucca Fries (piano) and Mo Meyer (upright bass). Their sound is built around the mesmeric qualities of a blend of two vocals and driving rhythmic sections deployed with the intent of having a kinetic effect on the human body. To date, IKARUS have released a total of four LPs on the boutique label Ronin Rhythm Records and are regularly touring in Europe and Japan.

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KALI Trio

KALI Trio represents a new post-genre generation of musicians. Nicolas Stocker (drums), Urs Müller (guitar) and Raphael Loher (piano) are natives of a contemporary music world in which minimal, ambient, jazz and electronic music are just variations of a common language. They feel at home in a simultaneously composed and improvised musical context and follow their intuition with a broad and non-ideological understanding of music history. With this background they create a cinematic sound combining tightly knitted pattern spaces, hypnotic minimal grooves and psychedelic soundscapes.

KALI Trio is a genuine working band, that is invested into the idea of being a true musical and social organism. Their second album «LOOM» has been released on Nik Bärtsch’s label Ronin Rhythm Records in 2021. They have been touring in Europe playing festivals like Montreux Jazz, inJazz Rotterdam and Jazz Festival Willisau.

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Woodism

Ideally, a tight music ensemble is connected by an invisible elastic thread: when one end is pulled, every member of the band moves in sync with it. This is the perfect description of Woodism. The four musicians mesh perfectly as they shift confidently and fluidly from one composition to the next.

Woodism was founded in 2014 by trombonist Florian Weiss. Three years later, Weiss and fellow quartet members, Linus Amstad (alto sax), Valentin v. Fischer (double bass) and Philipp Leibundgut (drums) released their debut album «Woodoism». Their sophomore album Refugium, issued on the German-based record level Neuklang, followed in 2019. Music press reviews called it a “magic brew” and lauded the quartet for creating a daring, original sound that inhabits the stylistic space between cool and free jazz. The foursome obeys no dynamic other than their own, and from early on have done everything to avoid being pigeonholed. Spring 2021 saw the release of the band’s third album «Alternate Reality», issued on Nils Wogram’s label NWog Records. The quartet’s next album is expected in 2024.

 

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