I Have a New Band Now
Germany
2013.10.03 08:00—09:00pm
Venue: B10 Live, North District, OCT-LOFT
Artists:
Klaus Bru——Saxophone
Martijn Vanbuel——Bass
Pietro Valente——Drums
I Have a New Band Now is a project of C-Melody saxophonist Klaus Bru from Germany. He brings togeth-er Belgian bassist Martijn Vanbuel and Italian drummer Pietro Valente to re-interpret his compositions in a trio format.I Have a New Band Now was founded in Taiwan, where each of the band’s members has been living for some time. The name ‘I Have A New Band Now’ is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that musicians, in particular jazz musicians, usually play in a dozen bands at once.
Stylistically, this trio is not easy to pinpoint: There are elements of jazz, of course, and they are placed alongside rock inspired grooves, but there is also Balkan music, experimental circus tunes in odd meters, and spacious ballads with simple, singable melodies, even influences of classical music can be traced. The band members’ common lust for improvisation merges these diverse elements into one compact sound, and the trio format provides a lot of room between the notes:I Have a New Band Now explores this space in a free and adventurous way, the familiar and the unexpected stand side by side.
In short: The music of I Have a New Band Now is blending the borders between different music styles, it has an electric sound to it, it is fresh, intense, and passionate. Some people like to call it ‘jazz’, butI Have a New Band Now themselves would rather just call it ‘music’.