EUPHORIUM_freakestra for Jazz Rock/Fusion

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EUPHORIUM_freakestra is a large experimental jazz fusion collective founded in 1999 in Eisenach, Germany and currently based in Leipzig. Consisting of an extensive and ever-revolving line-up, its artistic director and sole constant member is keyboard player Oliver Schwerdt, although guitarist Friedrich Kettlitz has also been featured on nearly all of the band's releases. The ensemble's adventurous free-flowing electric jazz will remind listeners of Miles Davis's electric period or Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi era, except more diverse in instrumentation, less adherent to structure and tonality, and frequently interrupted by forays into outright free improvisation.

The Freakestra's first album Dal Ngai, a mix of live and studio recordings, was recorded in 2002 and saw the light of day in 2004, and has been described by Schwerdt as "a unique world trip between hardcore techno and free jazz boiling somnambulistic bacchanals in a delicious niche of unconsidered fear". Since then they have released five more studio albums and have collaborated with many notable figures from the avant-garde jazz world, including Barry Guy, Wadada Leo Smith, Evan Parker, Günter Sommer, Barre Phillips, Paul Rutherford & Akira Sakata.

DISCOGRAPHY (I would be happy to type out their entire discography with personnel and track listings etc., but since this takes quite a bit of time I'd rather wait until they are actually included)

* DAL NGAI (Studio album, 2004)
* 2 TRIOS & 2 BABIES (Studio album, 2006)
* FREE ELECTRIC SUPERGROUP (Studio album, 2010)
* DIE ABENTEUER DES BIRG BORGENTHAL (Studio album, 2017)
* GRANDE CASINO (Studio album, 2018)
* SOUNDZ OFFFE DRZK WÄHUH (Studio album, 2020 [originally recorded in 2001])

Edited by Mirakaze - November 10 2021 at 15:34

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Mirakaze Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Eclectic, JRF/Canterbury, Avant/Zeuhl Joined: December 17 2019 Location: (redacted) Status: Offline Points: 4275	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mirakaze Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: EUPHORIUM_freakestra for Jazz Rock/Fusion Posted: November 10 2021 at 15:30
	EUPHORIUM_freakestra is a large experimental jazz fusion collective founded in 1999 in Eisenach, Germany and currently based in Leipzig. Consisting of an extensive and ever-revolving line-up, its artistic director and sole constant member is keyboard player Oliver Schwerdt, although guitarist Friedrich Kettlitz has also been featured on nearly all of the band's releases. The ensemble's adventurous free-flowing electric jazz will remind listeners of Miles Davis's electric period or Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi era, except more diverse in instrumentation, less adherent to structure and tonality, and frequently interrupted by forays into outright free improvisation. The Freakestra's first album Dal Ngai, a mix of live and studio recordings, was recorded in 2002 and saw the light of day in 2004, and has been described by Schwerdt as "a unique world trip between hardcore techno and free jazz boiling somnambulistic bacchanals in a delicious niche of unconsidered fear". Since then they have released five more studio albums and have collaborated with many notable figures from the avant-garde jazz world, including Barry Guy, Wadada Leo Smith, Evan Parker, Günter Sommer, Barre Phillips, Paul Rutherford & Akira Sakata. DISCOGRAPHY (I would be happy to type out their entire discography with personnel and track listings etc., but since this takes quite a bit of time I'd rather wait until they are actually included) * DAL NGAI (Studio album, 2004) * 2 TRIOS & 2 BABIES (Studio album, 2006) * FREE ELECTRIC SUPERGROUP (Studio album, 2010) * DIE ABENTEUER DES BIRG BORGENTHAL (Studio album, 2017) * GRANDE CASINO (Studio album, 2018) * SOUNDZ OFFFE DRZK WÄHUH (Studio album, 2020 [originally recorded in 2001]) Edited by Mirakaze - November 10 2021 at 15:34
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Rivertree Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Band Submissions Joined: March 22 2006 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 17659	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rivertree Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2021 at 04:36
	Grande Casino comes brimfull of Free Jazz and Noise, I can't hear a glimpse of Progressive Jazz Rock/Fusion Free Electric Supergroup is great, more Miles Davis related but overall I don't see a realistic chance ... maybe the team will pick this up anyway


Mirakaze Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Eclectic, JRF/Canterbury, Avant/Zeuhl Joined: December 17 2019 Location: (redacted) Status: Offline Points: 4275	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mirakaze Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 11 2021 at 09:53
	Yeah, I was mainly thinking of their earlier recordings like Free Electric Supergroup and Soundz Offe Drzk Wähuh when I made this thread. From Birg Borgenthal onward their output becomes more exclusively free jazz, but I thought this group deserved a chance nonetheless. Edited by Mirakaze - November 25 2021 at 15:40
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	On the JRF eval list.
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