Mega Blowout Sale

Patrick Zimmerli, tenor saxophone
Ben Monder, guitar
Stomu Takeishi, fretless electric bass
Satoshi Takeishi, percussion

“Zimmerli has unveiled an ornate and shining vista of new sounds…The Ensemble compositions are all twelve tone, but they are also tonal — Zimmerli’s mastery of counterpoint enables him to combine serial practice with a love of tonal harmony, yielding tightly organized but aurally exotic material that can nonetheless be represented by traditional chord symbols…

Most of you have never heard of this guy, but he’s a brilliantly great (and accessible!) composer doing interesting new things in the realm where jazz, classical music and electronic music all meet. Highly recommended.

“Phoenix, the sixth CD by Patrick Zimmerli, finds the New York-based composer/saxophonist investigating new avenues of expression. The record integrates saxophone and jazz instruments with electronics and strings to create an appealing hybrid sound. It draws on Zimmerli’s wealth...

Patrick Zimmerli, soprano saxophone
Laurent Blondiau, trumpet, flugelhorn
Geoffroy De Masure, trombone
Guillame Orti, alto saxophone
Bo Van der Werf, baritone saxophone
Fabian Fiorini, piano
Pierre Van Dormael, electric guitar
Otti Van der Werf, Jean-Luc Lehr, electric bass
Stéphane Galland, Chander Sardjoe, drums
Ben Monder, acoustic/electric guitars (1, 10)

"Patrick Zimmerli is one of the most unusual jazz composer/saxophonists around. For his third So

''Mexican electro-world siren Alquimia (London) meets through cyberspace Bavarian electro-prog bat Zinkl (Munich),...and during almost one year, & only by email & post they created musical fantasy tales about the secret life of underwater creatures.'' ...

Very long-lived Italian brutal-prog band; one of their best and tightest of the ones that I personally am familiar with.

“Sax, drums and heavily distorted bass. Minimal to no vocals. Some synthesized/processed sounds. Simple ingredients for some seriously dense music. This album is on the sludgy side of heavy.
Compared to Carboniferous, probably their most well known release, the songs on this album are mostly slower, less structured and more atmospheric. Grooves are allowed to play out....

Pirly ZURSTRASSEN - Piano
Jean-Pierre CATOUL - Violin

“This album in a way is a continuation of Pirly’s album in duo with Daniel STOKART. This time the duo formula is piano and violin, with Pirly accompanied by Jean-Pierre CATOUL.
The formula is a classical one perhaps, but the vision is different with the personality and experience of both musicians as the driving force.
Most well-known for his collaborations in jazz, Jean-Pierre CATOUL has also played in many other musical styles