“xoo” is a new release of “Plus Timbre”. An album has the fundaments of avant-garde and experimental jazz, and free improvisation, the main tendencies of contemporary academical music, as well. The music is modern, dynamic and bright, fullfilled with expressive melodies, sparkling sessions, intense and rich musical language, multi-layed effective pattern and huge range of playing techniques. All these elements make an effort to unique and interesting sound by experimenting, blending and researching to new and exciting ways of playing and improvising. Adrian Northover (soprano saxophone), Lukax Santana (percussions) and Daniel Thompson (acoustic guitar) are playing here together – three great jazz masters are developping their very own and original playing techniques, has an inspiring, evocative and bright playing style and are dedicated to create brand new conception of avant-garde jazz.
“xoo” is fullfilled with new shapes, synthesized forms, inventive ways of playing and sparkling free improvisations. An effective, driving and passionate sound is created by using many different playing techniques, moods and expressions by fusing them together. Each musician has his own and individual conception and way of improvising – they’re open to new ideas, evocative decisions, stunning surprises and eclectic stylistic fusions. An independent melody line is the main accent of whole album. It’s – contrasting and intriguing, based on bright dialogue between vivid, eclectic and moving saxophone and elegant, expressive and flowing guitar. Two different instruments have its own and bright melodies – confroting of several bright and driving melodies finally is leading to flowing, sparkling, bright and passionate culminations. A saxophone is source of life, energy and huge amount of expressions. It’s mostly based on specific, home-made and original ways of playing masterfully developped by Adrian Northover. The basics of avant-garde jazz and free improvisation are joined together with the main tendencies of contemporary academical and experimental music – mostly it hears on timbral and instrumental section where these two genres are generally combined together. The compositions are filled with colors and expressions – a rich, multi-layed and bright musical material is a mix of thousands different pieces, sides and moods brought all together. Expressive remarkable melodies, vital virageous passages, thrilling roaring riffs along with breaking sessions and wild culminations are the main base of his music. These episodes are always accmpagnied by strange timbres, pecualiar noises, unusual tunes, gorgeous ornaments, hot thrills, urgling, growling or cracking solos. That makes an effort to original, expressive, bright and exciting sound. Vibrant perturbations, radiant culminations, frantic breaking solos, wainings and powerful full blasts of energy – all these elements are added to the main musical pattern and make an effort to original and thrilling saxophone improvisations. There’s also deep solemn solos, relaxing tunes and lyrical contemplations tinged with repetitive series and soft monotonous chords which come after blooming culminations and wild waining riffs. A guitar brings more colors and tunes to the compositions – Daniel Thompson is using huge range of colors and expressions to the main musical pattern. The music is fullfilled with colorful exciting riffs, expressive melodies, twinkling sparkling riffs, tremendous culminations which go directly down to sudden silent pauses, deep solos, haunted dark depressions or solemn pieces mixed with fragility, sadness or meditative mood. Astonishing sonoristic experiments, modern and traditional expressions, passionate thrills, bright contrasts, eclectic stylistic fusions and rare stylistic pairs – all these elements also are very important figures in driving and moving guitar’s improvisations. A duo of acoustic guitar and saxophone is contraversial, bright and dynamic – both musicians are reacting to each other’s playing, make unpredictable changes, dive in deep contemplations or suddenly burst in thrilling passages and transcendental ornaments. They both make an independent and moving melody line. Percussion is the key of the rhythmic section. All kinds of rhythms related to bebop, post bop, hard bop, neo bop, contemporary jazz, mainstream and other jazz styles are combined together with impressive free improvisations, exotic tunes, rare instrumental combos, strange timbres, fascinating sonoristic experiments, objects and innovations. All these elements are mastered by Lukax Santana. He makes a charming, moving, thrilling and contrasting rhythmic section with gorgeous background, braking sessions, moving flashes, tremendous culminations, stable beat which is changed by expressive, complicated or nervous rhythmic figures. The music of this album is based on free improvisation, experimental music and avant-garde jazz – it’s inspiring, exciting and expressive.
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