Dans les arbres is:
Xavier Charles (FR) – clarinet, harmonica
Ivar Grydeland (N) – guitar & banjo w/ preparations, sruti box
Christian Wallumrød (N) – prepared piano, harmonium
Ingar Zach (N) – bass drum, percussion
04/24/11
"Dans les Arbres is an intriguing and almost willfully soft and subtle confab of improvisers, featuring Norwegian pianist Christian Wallumrod (playing almost entirely with prepared piano – and played pianissimo), the tone-exploring French clarinetist Xavier Charles, guitarist-banjoist Ivar Grydeland and percussionist Ingar Zach. All involved avoid traditional instrumental techniques, including Grydeland’s use of bow, percussive effects and other techniques sans fretboard, and Zach’s use of breath, friction, using a large drum as a resonator and ceramic bowls for chiming effects, all of which makes the witnessing the band in live action a special event, worth seeking out.
As free music goes, this refreshingly understated group is not about technicalities of blowing or expressionistic excess, but a venture in sound painting by committee. Groupthink runs especially hot here, in a way meditative – but active - beneath the surface and around the edges." - Josef Woodard/Jazz Times
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