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"This band is like a playground for me. It gives me all the possibilities to work on my musical ideas without any compromise." (Wolfgang Koeck)
Contemporary Electric Jazz and Jazz-Rock form the stylistic background for the music of Wolfgang Koeck's SPACE CADETS. The idea for this project was born soon after guitarist Wolfgang Koeck and bassist Andi Drabek-Filz met during their studies at the Jazz department of the Vienna City Conservatory. In December '99 they found the perfect partner for their project in Bernd T. Rommel, an extraordinary drummer.
All three are experienced studio- and live musicians in such diverse musical styles as Blues, Rock, World Music, Traditional Jazz and Avantgarde. These influences have of course contributed to the sound of Wolfgang Koeck's SPACE CADETS, but above all it is Contemporary Electric Jazz that characterises their music.
The repertoire of Wolfgang Koeck's SPACE CADETS comprises gentle ballads as well as complex, groove-oriented structures with technically demanding solo passages. What is most important to the musicians is their musical individuality and their unique sound.
further information: www.spacecadets.at
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...they develop their own, independent style which features jazz elements rather
author: CONCERTO (www.concerto.at)
'This band is like a playground for me. It gives me all the possibilities to work on my musical ideas without any compromise.' This is how Wolfgang Köck describes the SPACE CADETS, an electric trio, that was formed just half a year ago and whose debut album is out now. The three musicians - beside Köck there are Andi Drabek-Filz on the bass and the exceptional drummer Bernd T. Rommel - have deeply inhaled 30 years of fusion history. In most pieces they develop their own, independent style which features jazz elements rather than shredding. Wolfgang Köck is a fine composer and solo player using Rock elements merely for adding an extra colour to the sound. With the exception of an interesting arrangement of Coltrane's 'Giant Steps' all titles of the CD are original compositions. All in all a remarkable debut of a band who will hopefully be heard of more often in future. (schu)
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...a very gifted young band...
author: JAZZZEIT (www.jazzzeit.at)
The Jazz-Rock-Fusion music thrives in Austria - and I may introduce a very gifted young band devoted to this style. Wolfgang Köck, guitarist and leader of the SPACE CADETS, knows exactly when to enrich the groove-oriented tracks with spirited guitar solos. With his bass lines Andi Drabek-Filz provides the solid base for a good many daring guitar solos and Bernd T. Rommel on drums - never dull and stubborn but inventive and diverse - leaves no doubt that in a trio especially the drummer can add a lot of colour. They prove that they also know how to sail in calm waters with Coltrane's 'Giant Steps' as well as with ballads from their pen. (bak)
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Listening to this guitar trio is particularly pleasing... Interesting trio!
author: Gitarre & Bass (www.gitarrebass.de)
'Contemporary Jazz, Fusion and Jazz-Rock form the stylistic background for the music of the SPACE CADETS', this is how the three musicians from Vienna describe their art - nevertheless the 'Stadl'-jury, who has been suffering from 'Fusionitis' for years, likes it. Listening to this guitar trio is particularly pleasing because they don't need clichés and integrate sounds of the 3rd millenium into their music just as well as chorus sounds typical of Metheny or simple, beautiful ballad moods. And even the distortion sounds are good - almost impossible with Jazz guitarists, as we all know. Wolfgang Köck (g) and deep-bass-man Andi Drabek-Filz got to know each other during their joint studies at the Conservatory, drummer Bernd T. Rommel joined them in '99. The three of them are particularly - and successfully - eager to develop an individual sound which they even achieve in Coltrane's masterpiece 'Giant Steps', a composition which many musicians have screwed up. Interesting trio.
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