Heinz Geisser - Shiro Onuma Duo
In Circles
- „...ein breites Spektrum an Klängen, von geordneter Dissonanz bis zum industriellen Maschinensound...gezügelte Dynamik, ausufernde ’Free’-Passagen ...unterlegt, angetrieben und rhythmisch zergliedert vom kraftvollen Schlagwerk Heinz Geissers ... hohe Kunst der Improvisation ... Ballungen, Verdichtungen im Wechsel mit transparenten, auf wenige Klänge reduzierte Phrasen ... hört man ’In Circles’ als homogenes Ganzes, wird man mit einem Füllhorn ungewohnter Klänge beschenkt.“
- Chistian Gysi, Jazzlinks
- „…A strong free improvisation session between Swiss drummer Heinz Geisser (of Collective 4tet) and three Japanese musicians…. A loaded, powerful meeting with moments of great quiet minutia, and explosive episodes. I am impressed and won over.“
- François Couture, Monsieur Délire
- „…Flottante, la rencontre passe calmement de paysages plats en hauts reliefs accidentés. Entre les deux, de charmants soubresauts : hoquets de Saga ou emportements de’Hayashi.“
- "Grisli", le son du grisli
- „…Il batterista svizzero Heinz Geisser è noto per la partecipiazione al Collective 4tet insieme con William Parker, Arthur Brooks e Mark Hennen, formazione eccelsa e ben documentata su Leo. Qui si circonda invece di improvisatori giapponesi, per un live andato in scena a Yokohama. La formula standard del quartetto funziona a pieno regime anche in questo caso, forse solo con meno coesione a raziocinio.“
- Piercarlo Poggio, Blow Up
In Circles
- „…the quartet packs a vicious punch, yet more important, spawns a marvel of ingenuity […] It’s open-ended yet uncannily cohesive. The sum of the perpetually moving parts will rarely sound the same on each subsequent listen. And there lies the beauty of it, since the mind is often a restive entity. Therefore, Geisser’s aural concoction provides the requisite stimulus for that so-called ninety percent of brain space most of us never use.“
- Glenn Astarita
Heinz Geisser - percussion
Eiichi Hayashi - alto saxophone
Takayuki Kato - electric guitar, toys
Yuki Saga - voice, whistle, toys
In Circles represents a confluence of Japanese and European improvisers, Heinz Geisser from Switzerland with Japanese Eiichi Hayashi, Yuki Saga and Takayuki Kato.
In Circles, Airegin Yokohama, April 20, 2009, Photo by Ryoichi Aratani
Heinz Geisser, an internationally known percussionist, gaining popularity in the 90’s with the unit "Collective 4tet" has played with many Japanese musicians on his numerous trips to Japan. Saxophonist Eiichi Hayashi, well known to the Japanese jazz audience, is an excellent improviser who crosses over the boundaries of jazz. Yuki Saga is a unique performer who uses her voice as an instrument to create an original world of music, aroused by emotions. Takayuki Kato, also known as a visual artist, is an unusual guitarist who uses electronics and pursues an experimental sound which exceeeds the parameters of free jazz.
Triggered by each other’s performance, each player’s voice spontaneously intertwines to create a single space. As multilayered sound develops with stillness and movement, dense yet active performance unfolds in an introspective world with delicate yet active interplay.
(from liner notes by Kazue Yokoi/translated by Sarah Rumme)
Discography
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2009 Yokohama Airegin Records STM-008 |
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| 2010 On Bashamichi Avenue Heinz Geisser - Eiichi Hayashi - Takayuki Kato - Yuki Saga Leo Records LR 583 |
Contact: heinz@geisser.com, yuki@aruma.be for Japan (Saga Yuki's Web Site)