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Recorded over two days — first in the studio, then live at Freies Musikzentrum in Munich — Udo Schindler on clarinets, saxophones, & cornet joins pianist Rieko Okuda and drummer Eric Zwang Eriksson in a dynamic exploration of texture and interplay, beginning with clarinet-piano duos before expanding into a full-throttle trio improvisation, for an intricate and energetic free jazz performance.
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Udo Schindler-bb clarinet, contra bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, cornet
Rieko Okuda-piano
Eric Zwang Eriksson-drums
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UPC: 5609063408409
Label: Creative Sources
Catalog ID: cs840
Squidco Product Code: 35330
Format: 2 CDs
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
CD 1 recorded live at StudioUS in Krailling, Munich, Germany, on January 19th, 2024.
CD 2 recorded live at Freies Musikzentrum (FMZ) in Munich, Germany, on January 20th, 2024 by Udo Schindler.
"... it's not about cleaning the music from the non-music or trying to destroy all disturbing noises, but to perceive the music as such, which exists in the midst of the noise of life. The more open the ear is to everything audible, the more strongly the music radiates its speciality. Because a musical instrument has a material body, its sound cannot be frictionless and clean. ..."-From Portrait of a Spinning Top / Portrait eines Kreisels by Yoku Tawada (Berlin), liner notes
"Reaching a new apex in his collection of penetrating improvisations with this two CD set is Munich-based multi-instrumentalist Udo Schindler. Subverting the catchphrase that two's company and three's a crowd, Schindler, who plays soprano and tenor saxophones, bass and contra bass clarinets and cornet in various combinations here, is involved in intense creativity with Japanese pianist Rieko Okuda on the first disc, with the duo joined on the second for an equally imposing three-way dialogue by German drummer Eric Zwang Eriksson, who has frequently worked with Schindler in the past.
Beginning with stop-start pianism and clarion clarinet tones, the Schindler-Okuda duo soon arrives at a mid-tempo aggregate that disrupts the interface as keyboard single notes and clips come in and out of focus. Clarion bites and split tones on Schindler's part ascend to altissimo and prestissimo making an arc of pointed tones with detours into body-tube scoops and honks. Initially maintaining jerky, but linear piano runs Schindler's switch to half-valve cornet buzzes allows Okuda to rummage through the piano's inner strings, rub objects on them and smack the instrument's wood. Switching roles, whistling brass portamento create the needed continuum. Growly tenor saxophone slurs and tongue stops then thicken the ongoing aural ride as the pianist creates energetic, swaying patterning. Moving between raucous keyboard energy and individual plinks, Okuda proceeds towards the climax as reed flattement, squeals and snarls follow, finally connecting with responsive horizontal patterns.
As an enhanced threesome, Eriksson's cymbal clatter and drum smacks make the first part of "Rummaging in Disturbed Terrain" wilder and closer to ecstatic Free Jazz than any other sections. Added are cascading piano chords and a flurry of harsh reed stutters and multiphonic whorls and squeaks as well as a constant forward push from all three. As the musicians circle around one another the piece swell with unexpected keyboard glissandi, percussion rumbles and spirited interjections from Shindler that include inner tube whines and flatulence, rippling brassy reflux and plunger notes. These pivots to endless energy continues throughout the next sequences, encompassing keyboard stabs, popping rebounds from Eriksson and gravelling ratchet-like textures from the contrabass clarinet mixed. After the unabated reed snarls build up to a collection of irregular vibrations, tongue stops and shrill, shuddering doits they meet an equivalent pedal point piano output with the dual thickened motifs only slightly relaxed by rumbling tick-tocking drum beats.
This continuous Free Jazz blowing reaches a climax of dissonant clanks and clicks from both inside and outside the piano as well as extended reed growls and nasal peeps on "Rummaging in Disturbed Terrain - part 4". As Okuda's fingers continue scampering across the keyboard and Eriksson adds cymbal sizzles, Schindler's peak overblowing gradually contracts to converge with the others' tones. Continuing to improvise with an ever-widening circle of sympathetic creative musicians, Schindler also persists in creating striking sessions like this one."-Ken Waxman, JazzWord
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• Show Bio for Udo Schindler "Udo Schindler is a German improvisation musicians (bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, saxophone, flute, cornet, also accordion, guitar, percussion, analog synthesizer) and architect. Schindler was active in the 1970s in Franconia first as rock and rock jazz musician before he had flute lessons at the conservatory Nuremberg. Subsequently, he studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich and worked as an architect. In the 1990s he turned to contemporary music (Arch.Ensemble) and improvised music (Schindler.Interferenz.3). In addition to the single tube instruments (saxophones and clarinets), he studied the cornet. In addition to his sound research, he also worked as a director, performer, musician and composer for various theater productions. In the following years he performed with solo and duo projects at new music festivals (Musica Viva, Klangaktionen, etc ...), jazz, experimental music, among others. This led to collaborations with musicians like Hubert Bergmann, Gerry Hemingway, Eddie Prevost, Sebi Tramontana, Georg Wissel, John Russell, Blaise Siwula, Frank Gratkowski, Hans Koch, Urs Leimgruber, Elisabeth Harnik, Katharina Weber and Frank Paul Schubert. In addition to his activities in solid cast he initiated in Munich a series of concerts to free improvisation in ad hoc to test instrumentation." ^ Hide Bio for Udo Schindler • Show Bio for Rieko Okuda Rieko Okuda is a pianist and a composer from Japan. She began to play Classical music at the age of 3. She also studied Music Therapy at Doshisha Women College. Music Therapy led her into Contemporary music and Improvised music. After she graduated from the college, she moved to USA to study Jazz music. She fell right into the Jazz scene in USA, performing with some of the great American Jazz musicians (Bob Mintzer, Jon Faddis, John Fedchock etc) at several jazz festivals such as North Texas Jazz Festival, Nortredam Jazz Festival to name a few. A couple of years later, she got interested in Free Jazz and Improvised music while she was in Phliladelphia. She performed with the great improvisers includes Marshall Allen (from San Ra Orchestra), Elliott Levine (recorded with Cecil Taylor), and Calvin Weston (recorded with Ornette Coleman). Her interests in Improvised music led her to move to Berlin. She performs with various musicians in Berlin ex. Tobias Delius, Axel Dörner, Els Vendaweyer, Linda Frederickson, ect. Also, she collaborates with contemporary dancers such as Yuko Kaseki, Akemi Nagao, and Annapaola Leso (from Sasha Waltz.) She performs at several experimental festivals: A'Larme Festival, JOE Festival Essen, Brda Contemporary Music Festival, XChange Festival, Experymental Festival, Flux Festival, and Soundance Festival to name a few. In 2017 and 2018, she got the residency in Elektronik Music Studio (EMS) in Stockholm, Sweden. This residency experiences inspired her to Electro-Acoustic field, and she started to invite the electronics to her piano solo pieces. Her first Electro-Acoustic solo album "Paranorm" was released from Japanese record lable, Athor Harmonics, on Feburary 2018. "Paranorm" was performed at Koncertkirken Blagards Plads (DK), Ausland, FLUX Festival (DE), and Vardklockans Församling (SE). In 2020, she has gotten the residency in Visby International Centere for Composers (VICC) to extend her experience, and find more possibilities to create various sounds and composition techniques. ^ Hide Bio for Rieko Okuda • Show Bio for Eric Zwang Eriksson "Interweaving two distinct forms of creative expression, Eric Zwang-Eriksson aka EaZy aka Klangwahn fashions a variety of audio-visual installations. Likewise, he works with performers, authors and theaters as a musician and a composer. The artist's approach is shaped by his 30 years' experience in improvised music." Translated by Sylvia Charbonnier ^ Hide Bio for Eric Zwang Eriksson
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Track Listing:
CD 1
1. Disturbed Terrain_1st Revitalisation Part 1 53:32
2. Disturbed Terrain_1st Revitalisation Part 2 3:15
CD 2
1. Rummaging In Disturbed Terrain Part 1 23:53
2. Rummaging In Disturbed Terrain Part 3 10:59
3. Rummaging In Disturbed Terrain Part 2 18:38
4. Rummaging In Disturbed Terrain Part 4 12:37

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