Quentin Angus - The State Of Things - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The present CD, portraying the Polish composer Jagoda Szmytka, is characterized by the idea of a physical music. In her works, Szmytka takes a closer look at the physicality of sound and examines the contact between the bodies of the performer and the instrument, among others. In Inchhand saw WeltAll-Stars. GenerouslyInch, for example, she focuses on the hand as the instrumentalist's most important part of the body while a gestural InchcellInch in the form of an ascending glissando pervades the piece Inchfor travellers like angels or vampiresInch in multiple variants. InchHer music is bodyInch (Michael Rebhahn) - this is because even the physical aspects are decisive for the composer when creating her music. As a result, Szmytka pushes the performers to their physical limits - as well as herself during the process of composition. Characteristic of Szmytka's works is that she does not only use in her compositions tonal materials classified as InchsublimeInch but also emphasizes the by-products, such as the rustling bow hair or the action of the piano. InchSmytka describes her use of the mixture of raw and sublimated materials, which are removed from their 'class affiliation' within her compositions, as the 'sculpting of sound'.Inch (Rebhahn) The works are performed by the Ensemble Interface and, for the first time in the series, by the Ensemble Garage from Cologne and the duo leise dröhnung, all young aspiring ensembles of new music.

Quartango - Performance [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/01/2003

Singer/composer Mark Quint takes elements of jazz, Brazilian, soul and R&B to craft his own style. Teaming with Brazilian guitarist Marco de Carvalho, former Ani DeFranco and Skerik's InchSyncopanted TaintInch saxophonist Hans Teuber, as well as jazz drummer Tad Britton, Quint's eclectic, sensitive band lends an added depth to his soul-influenced vocals. Now living in Seattle, Quint spent time in Los Angeles and Chicago where he immersed himself in the jazz and songwriter scenes and studied with jazz greats Kurt Elling, Kevin Mahogany and Jon Hendricks. His music has been used in film, theater and for jingles.