Hayashi Eric Schaefer + Ensemble

• 1 Kakaru 05:05
• 2 Waka 02:17
• 3 Dōjōji 03:12
• 4 Fusoku Furi 02:47
• 5 Yūgen 02:37
• 6 Rongi 06:18
• 7 Kiri 03:26
• 8 Taiko 02:00
• 9 Ageuta 03:28
• 10 Jonomai 05:13
• 11 Oshirabe 03:33
• 12 Jiutai 03:31
• Total Runtime 43:27

Info for Hayashi

Inspired by the ancient art of Japanese Nō theater, Eric Schaefer’s Ensemble Hayashi combines various techniques of improvisation and composition with dance and visuals to create a captivating interdisciplinary performance. Japanese Nō 能 is the oldest living theater form. It possesses a compositional structure that on the one hand gives the performers exact specifications, while on the other hand allows for self-determined spaces and blurbs that open up to improvisation. The ensemble creates a hypnotic soundscape in which interpretations of classical music are combined with improvisational techniques of jazz. Ritual music from Shinto festivals and Buddhist lore flow seamlessly into this dialogue. An unconventional musical journey inspired by Zeamis (founder of Nō Theater): “Question the old, understand the new”

Eric Schaefer, drums
Margherita Biederbick, violin
Anna Carewe, violoncello
Chris Dahlgren, double bass
Kathrin Pechlof, harp
Christian Weidner, alto saxophone
Gebhard Ullmann, bass flute, flute
Uwe Haas, electronics, modular synth

Eric Schaefer
has demonstrated his versatility in recent years with the Carsten Daerr Trio, the Arne Jansen Trio, in a duo with Ulrike Haage and in numerous other projects. In 2010, the Berlin drummer and composer was awarded the SWR Jazz Prize for this. The release of the chamber music cycle "Henosis" is his first album under his own name. With these "13 Pieces For Chamber Ensemble", Eric Schaefer succeeds in creating an independent musical cosmos that consists of three main sound constituents: flowing free tonality, powerful rhythmic surfaces and a sound that is colorfully designed right down to the noise. Through a variety of instrumental combinations, the ensemble achieves a rich spectrum of color nuances. For the musical jack-of-all-trades, the discourse of genres and musical traditions that are generally seen as contradictory is not a postmodern calculation, but an expression of biographical necessity. "A Nobel Prize-worthy sound researcher," Rolling Stone called him.

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