Achter 65
Sebastian Gille - Saxophones, Clarinet
Elias Stemeseder - Piano & Synthesizer
Florian Herzog - Double Bass
Alex Parzhuber - Drums
Basically, “Almost Natural” thrives on brilliantly balanced contrasts. The hyperactive meets the relaxed, the binding meets the non-binding, the synthetic meets the organic, the abstract meets the accessible, the fractured meets the continuously flowing, the groovy meets the avant-garde.
Double bassist Florian Herzog does not shy away from extremes, which are always defined by a common center. “When I write, I always rely on these contrasts,” he notes. “Free improvisation is incredibly important to me. Despite all the abstraction, I am always looking for a core that makes the music accessible. It can be a melody or a groove that triggers a nod, even if you don’t necessarily need to fully comprehend what’s really happening while listening. In the setlist of the album just like in the flow of a live concert, I know that after five minutes of chaos, you need a few melodies or chords to relax again. In the large as in the small.”
19:30 Uhr