Ganelin Trio - Live in Germany
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Slava Ganelin - piano, synthesizer, percussion, Klaus Kugel- drums, percussion, Petras Vysniauskas - soprano saxophone.
"First release of this Ganelin international trio called by Ganelin himself as "Trio Priority". Recorded live in Germany in 1999 and is a great document of early concerts of this Trio."
"'Live in Germany' is from a 1999 concert at the European Music Festival Munster. It’s one of the trio’s first dates and feature two long tracks totaling nearly 80 minutes. Ganelin is the undisputed leader - and clearly sets the tone - but Kugel and Vysniauskas are more than supporting musicians. They are both innovative and highly creative players, adding layers and textures to the broad canvas that Ganelin paints. Vysniauskas’ tone is sometimes reminiscent of John Surman in his most ambient voyages, or Paul Dunmall in his most muscular playing; but he remains a highly original player. Kugel, like master European drummers including Paul Lovens and Paul Lytton, is more focused on color and timbre than on time keeping. Kugel and Vysniauskas manage to charge Ganelin with a sense of immediacy, softness, and beautiful imagination. Ganelin is a master architect who can combine eclectic and poly-stylistic themes, abstract ideas, stories and mini-dramas into a unified statement, and than let it sound symphonic, orchestral, cinematic, chaotic and aggressive—even toying with a child-like song theme. All this in a matter of seconds, before spicing it up with tension-filled passages or provocative soothing moments before climaxing in maelstrom-like eruptions. There are so many arresting musical occurrences that reference modern contemporary music, East-European folk music and Film Noir soundtracks. Still, Ganelin's ironic and quite often humoristic use of the synthesizer and small objects and percussion disarms the music from any pomposity or Post-Modern pastiche cliches. The affinity between the players is especially amazing, considering the all-improvised nature of this music, and when all three lock in, the music becomes breathtaking. Beautifully recorded."-All About Jazz