Indian Air & Bob Mintzer - Rare Moments (ATS RECORDS 2017)

Since his first awareness of Indian music and the sitar more than 20

years ago, the Austrian musician Klaus Falschlunger has become a

master of the instrument and an active representative of the Indian-

Musicscene in Europe.The whole emotional spectrum of the

musician´s inner world comes alive in "INDIAN AIR".

He is accompanied by Clemens Rofner on doublebass, and by the

percussionist Tobias Steinberger on framedrums/ric/kanjira.Growing

up with jazz and rock music, he discovered in his extensive travels to

Asia, the Middle East and Europe, more and more the diversity of

music. Next to his love for Indian classical music, he composed and

experimented with different formations. His creativity and versatility

brought him together with many musicians and artists from India,

Korea, USA and Europe.

01 Not You , Not M e

02 New Earth *

03 Who Knows

04 In Silence

05 Rare Moments

06 Noah‘s First Breath *

07 In the City

08 City Hymn

09 Water : Fall

Klaus Falschlunger, Sitar

Clemens Rofner, Double Bass, Bass Ukulele

Tobias Steinberger, Percussion, Framedrums

Special guest

Bob Mintzer*- Soprano Saxophone

Owls - Crumbling Light (ATS RECORDS 2017)

Rooted in Jazz, but unafraid to deviate from it. With open ears and a sensitivity to sound, three Austrian musicians present themselves.

The trio met in Vienna and started a collaboration soon afterwards; Simon Oberleitner (piano),
David Ambrosch (double bass) and Konstantin Kräutler (drums) release their debut album, crumbling light, in spring 2017. “In a way, the album can be interpreted like an exhibition or collection of many small illustrations.

The title song Crumbling Light is just one of these pictures,” Oberleitner explains.

Together they founded the Jazz-piano trio “Owls” in autumn 2015 and recorded their CD in November of the same year. The result justifies the timeline – the simple pieces full of ambient depth (all written by Oberleitner himself) are played with elegant sincerity and chamber music-like intimacy, and leave no doubt as to the musicians’ aptitude.

“It was of great importance to me that the music came to the fore, rather than the arrangements. The compositions were only the motifs, so to speak, which we painted. The way we went about them, which tones we used – that should take centre stage. In David and Konstantin I found
the truest companions for such an enterprise.”

1. Echoes from Syria, Pt. 1 8:01

2. Echoes from Syria, Pt. 2 4:55

3. Echoes from Syria, Pt. 3 3:49

4. Time Shift 4:52

5. Crumbling Light 5:28

6. Dancing Child in a Foggy Landscape 5:50

7. Overture to Genesis 3:19

8. One Day with a Squirrel 2:43

9. Last Dance 10:23

Simon Oberleitner, piano & compositions

David Ambrosch, double bass

Konstantin Kräutler, drums