A series of excellent excerpts from performances at 2001's Total Music Meeting in Berlin. The groups include Ist, Voyager, Zentralquartett and many more.
released October 1, 2002
Axel Dörner: trumpet
George Lewis: trombone, electronics
Conny Bauer: trombone
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky: reeds
Giancarlo Locatelli: clarinet
Rüdiger Carl: clarinet, accordion
Rudi Mahall: bass clarinet
Armand Angster: clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
Wolfgang Fuchs: contrabass clarinet
Carlos Zingaro: violin
Mark Wastell: 'cello
Aki Takase: piano
Uli Gumpert: piano
Alberto Braida: piano
Agustí Fernández: piano
Hans Reichel: daxophone, guitar
Rhodri Davies: harp
Simon H. Fell: double bass
Jan Roder: double bass
Günter 'Baby' Sommer: percussion
Sven-Åke Johansson: percussion
Uli Jenneßen: percussion
Paul Lovens: percussion
Françoise Kubler: voice
2001 (68 mins.) in jewel box
© All 2002
full track listing:
01. Voyage For Three [7:15]
02. Punkt Und Linie [7:32]
03. Hymnus III [6:43]
04. Wirbel Und Einzelne Schläge Auf Kleiner Trommel [7:32]
05. Out Of Nowhere [2:51]
06. Coro 2 [4:39]
07. Licking The Bullfrog [5:27]
08. The Sea Under The Snow [6:23]
09. Ploc Lucullus [6:17]
10. Spilling Beans [6:08]
11. Voyage For Seven [7:24]
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"The album presents a strong lineup of (mostly) European improvisers. Book-ending the track list are two pieces featuring the legendary trombonist George Lewis and his "interactive computer pianist," Voyager. In Voyage for Three, they are joined by pianist Aki Takase. The concluding Voyage for Seven (billed as a "surprise act") throws together Lewis, Carlos Zingaro, Axel Dörner, Wolfgang Fuchs, Uli Gumpert, and Paul Lovens. The disc covers a lot of sonic ground, from the lively free jazz of die Enttäuschung (a quartet with Dörner) to the silence-based improvisation of Simon H. Fell's IST, both excellent in their own way. Other highlights are found in Hans Reichel's project, Manuela, and the Contrabassclarinet Project's Spilling Beans. The latter features Fuchs and Armand Angster on the bottom-end reeds, plus Lovens and soprano Françoise Kubler. It is a breathtaking track down the last bowed cymbal. Recommended." François Couture ALL MUSIC GUIDE