Sound stones

Sometimes, in these times of lost listening and kitsch, you simply need this short, energetic way of making music: concise, rock-hard, edgy sounds that speak to you immediately, without any ifs or buts, without any twists or inhibitions and without any ingratiation. And immediately you ask yourself: How do they do it? Throwing the sound stones into play at such a rapid pace without creating a mess ...

Put simply, this is the result of a lifetime of practice. Trombonist Roland Dahinden and pianist Hildegard Kleeb, a couple for thirty years in life as well as in music, improvise together on this CD; you can feel at every moment how familiar they are with each other, how naturally their musical movements fit together. (After all, a third reliable partner is needed: the HatHut label, which has been releasing recordings by the two musicians for decades). Different influences come together here, some from new music, but also from jazz, in clear, but also in alienated colors.

Stones - The two musicians rightly call it stones. And to pre-empt any associations: Stones do not mean jewels; we are dealing here with blanks that do not deny their geological origins, that do not smoothly serve as decoration, but prove their hardness. Not only when they start to roll and come hurtling along with vehemence and eruptive force - but also when they lie there calmly. It's wonderful how sensitively the quiet piece Flying White the sounds intertwine, nuanced and noisy, pure and raw. They come from the depths.