Album Notes

A little tired of the bodiless conception of the classical new music, I began to ask myself the reasons for its rejection towards pulses and cycles ("loops"?), against "groove" (Minimalism being a nice but paralyzed try). Due to the fact that Webern or Adorno did not offer me a valid explanation, I began to play and jam with fellow musicians (see Frissons), trying to find out a solution for the problem, if there was any.
After experimenting with free improvisation, I realized that it could also be very limiting, so I decided to listen a little more Kate Bush and David Bowie. The trip I made to Japan in 2003 opened my ears to the young laptop scene (not only limited to Japan) and I began to build up my own electronic studio.

"MORO" is the result of very hard work, trying to make a "groovy" music that could profit from both the experience and knowledge I attained as a "classical" composer. What does it sound like? Think of a David Bowie group meeting Hermeto Pascoal, Robert Fripp and Fred Frith!

Playing by my side are Sascha Armbruster (sax), Dave Bennett (electric guitar and devices) and Karoline Göhler (vocals).