palaë, by Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode

palaë

by Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode

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Full Digital Discography

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releases

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	1.	some lanes 03:19
	2.	a destination farther 07:27
	3.	on the cold, terrified 10:59
	4.	storeys above 07:22
	5.	the ranks 07:58
	6.	the heart of all 09:45
	7.	in the face 13:13

about

The third cd release by the trio Kaufmann/Gratkowski/de Joode, comprising live recordings from concerts in Cologne, Belgrade and Karlsruhe in 2006, is officially "out of print" according to the Leo Records website. However, I still have copies for sale and am offering it for download as well.

"It's like the three musicians are channelling themselves through the same default sound - a strikingly original opening gambit to a savvy hour of improvised music."
Philip Clark, The Wire

"From hot, Dolphy-esque cascades to piano-roll pointillism, to unresolved twelve-tone tales, its improvised chamber music of the highest order." Clifford Allen, Signal to Noise

“That album is a stunner from its opening moments, where it may take you a minute to sort out who’s playing what. Plasticity of timbre is one of this trio’s hallmarks. (…) The players are so sensitive to dynamics, they’ll play spatial games with your perceptions—make one instrument sound like it’s in the foreground, and the others far in the distance.”
Kevin Whitehead

credits

released June 1, 2007

Frank Gratkowski - clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, alto saxophone
Achim Kaufmann - piano
Wilbert de Joode - bass

All music by Kaufmann-Gratkowski-deJoode

Tracks 1/6/7 recorded by Alfred Habelitz and Winfried Christmann for SWR radio at Jubez, Karlsruhe, June 8, 2006

2 and 5 recorded by Wolfgang Stach at Loft, Köln, June 6, 2006

3 and 4 recorded by Frank Gratkowski at Kulturni Centar Rex (Ring Ring Festival), Belgrade, May 14, 2006

Mixing by Wolfgang Stach
Editing by Frank Gratkowski
Mastering by Dylan van der Schyff

Painting 'paraph' (2007) by Gabriele Guenther
Trio photo by Goran Potkonjak