FatJazz präsentiert: THE ELECTRICS

Axel Dörner – trumpet, slide trumpet

Sture Ericson – saxophones

Joe Williamson – bass

Raymond Strid – drums

A unique musical and highly unpredictable blend of improv, free jazz and extended sounds, sometimes with instantaneous shifts in musical direction, and multilayered sonic structures. Always completely acoustical. An adventure for the open and curious ears.

The Electrics has been working together since 2000, playing concerts at festivals and clubs in 18 European and Northamerican countries.

Axel Dörner – one of the main architects behind contemporary trumpet playing. Active on the experimental scene through many years with numerous collaborations, fx Alexander von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens, Phil Minton etc

Sture Ericson – working just as Axel with extended technics as well as pitchrelated material, improv as well as free jazz. Active in numerous constellations, such as fx Pat Thomas, Derek Baiey, Otomo Yoshihide, Riger Turner etc

Joe Williamson – bass player in high demand in the highly profiled communities you find in London, Amsterdam, Berlin and Stockholm. Collaborations with Han Bennink, Tobias Delius, A Baars, just to mention a few.

Raymond Strid – a well known profile, a nestor in swedish improvised music, with loads of international experience: He has been heard in constellation with collaborators Mats Gustavsson, Sten Sandell, Barry Guy and Marilyn Crispell, etc..

„its a total music conception fully realised by highly skilled players who impose no limits on their instruments“

– The Wire

„an identifying archetype of top-flight improvisation“

– Coda Magazine

“This is certainly that edge-of-your-seat sort of excitement where all you know is that something incredible is in store yet you never know what direction they will head into next:”

– Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown MusicGallery, New York City

Festival adventures includes Vancouver, Seattle, Nickelsdorf,Tampere, Mulhouse, Seixal, Cerkno, Beograd, Densités (FR), Kongsberg

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