New Releases On Between The Lines Records
Christoph Irninger - Pilgrim: Mt. Tongario
The Pilgrim quartet project lead by tenor saxophonist Christoph Irniger is a marvelous example of how the whole is often much more than the sum of its individual parts. Each individual protagonist is far removed from the showcase rooms where well trained musicians believe that they have to document their skill by presenting their technical expertise in "higher-faster-further" style. Instead, the reduction principle applies: "less is more". With only minimal(ist) sounds of each single player, the Pilgrim musicians succeed in creating a full, rounded, thick all-around sound, surprising in this style and which is difficult to categorize. In addition to the sparingly inserted sounds, melodic and rhythmic style elements are never exploited, at the most broached upon, to flow into new channels soon. This individual sound cosmos is additionally supplemented by unconventional spots of color. For example, the rasping piano strings plucked by Vera Kappeler or the contrabass stroked in such a manner by Christian Weber that you could easily confuse the sound with that of a bass clarinet.
Releasedate: 28/10/2011read more!
Homepage: www.christophirniger.com
Carlo Costa - Minerva: Saturnismo
"Is it possible to open doors without closing others? Can you combine contrasting styles in such a way that they seem to come from one cast?" Carlo Costa asks in the liner notes to this CD. And he describes the idea at the same time: "Every source has to be treated with respect, but it may not be considered holy or taboo. I hope that we have come close to this ideal with this recording."
Releasedate: 29/04/2011read more!
Homepage: www.carlocostamusic.com
KONTRA-Trio: Jeux Circulaires
Can music go to greater depths? Bachmann, Bischof and Mejer and Leo have been using their giant contrabass wind instruments as an inexhaustible source of sounds for 20 years.
Releasedate: 29/10/2010read more!
Homepage: www.kontra-trio.ch
Yitzhak Yedid: Through The Window Of Marc Chagall
Yitzhak Yedid always played with ensembles in his recordings of the past years. Now for the first time in more than 10 years, he has again ventured to make a solo recording. But he has carried on one topic of his music life here too: the attempt to transform and transcend visual experiences into musical ones. Marc Chagall inspired Yedid to compositions that do not want to reflect or reproduce the contents of paintings in any way. Rather they are an attempt to capture the spirit, which prevailed during Chagall's creative work, and to clothe them in sounds.
Releasedate: 01/10/2009read more!
Homepage: www.yitzhakyedid.com
Enrico Rava/Ran Blake: Duo En Noir
They only appeared on stage one time together for recording: Enrico Rava, the most well-known European trumpeter, and Ran Blake, the American pianist with an influence on numerous contemporary musicians that can hardly be overestimated. After the CD was no longer available from between the lines for many years, we are very pleased that we can now re-release it!
Releasedate: 04/09/2009read more!
Homepage: www.enricorava.comwww.ranblake.com
Gerry Hemingway: Songs
Recorded in 2001 and released in 2002, the CD was sold out and no longer available after a short time. The master had also been missing for five years. It was now possible to use the original recordings to create a new master. Gerry Hemingway also contributed his hands and ears to make the sound even more transparent and powerful.
Releasedate: 04/09/2009read more!
Homepage: www.gerryhemingway.com
Timucin Sahin Quartet: Bafa
Both his compositions and his playing on his double-neck guitar – his trademark – radiate an incomparable individualism. For example, his music sounds compassionate, melodic, almost melancholic at times, only to break out into wild, rock-influenced riffs in the next moment.
Releasedate: 04/09/2009read more!
Homepage: www.myspace.com/timucinsahin