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urbex - sketches of nowhere
Jean-Paul Estiévenart (trumpet)
Bert Cools (guitar)
Bram De Looze (piano)
Félix Zurstrassen (electric bass), Antoine Pierre (drums)
Toine Thys (tenor & soprano sax, bass clarinet)
Steven Delannoye (tenor sax)
Frédéric Malempré (percussions)
The compositions of Sketches Of Nowhere are are contained by the rhythm section and the harmonic focus, but leave plenty of room for change and global creativity as individual. They can be played in one hundred possible versions, according to the unfathomable and unpredictable parameters of the present moment. Volumes and dynamics are in perpetual motion; the group's cohesion is constantly put to the test in this triumphant exercise of listening and feeling. The public attends moments of pure creation that transcend the custom of the solo to make it collective ... The octet completes the sound identity of Urbex, and gives us back the color that we already know well, that we liked already in their first opus, and which characterizes the complex and symbolic writing of Antoine.
Press
Sketches of Nowhere is a beautiful sample of everything that is currently happening in Belgian jazz. Brought by a group of musicians who are not only among the best in the exciting new European jazz but put together the very best in each other..” - Written in Music, Dick Hovenga (NL)
"A music sometimes mysterious, sometimes contemplative, sometimes powerful, both very written and very free." - Le Mad, Jean-Claude Vantroyen