Stefan Aeby Trio - Fairy Circus (February 11, 2022 music today)

The fifth album of this longtime working band, recorded at a piano-tuner's workshop in Liestal, Switzerland, in August 2021.

Playing the first concerts after a loooong time, the trio worked on the new repertoire during a week long Résidence at 'Live in Vevey' in spring 2021. A couple of concerts and months later, they invited Sound Wizzard Tobias Stritt to record them in a live setting at René Waldhauser's Klavierwerkstatt.

The album was mixed and mastered at bassist André Pousaz' Pousaz Sound Lab beginning of 2022.

Visual Artist Baptiste Cochard accepted the invitation to create the beautiful artwok of 'Fairy Circus'.

1. Marea alta 06:05

2. Miniature 1 01:18

3. The Wolves Are Waiting 06:08

4. Miniature 2 00:56

5. And Now... 05:19

6. Miniature 3 00:54

7. Ah Lalo Bacha Lalo 02:22

8. L'Alchimiste 04:52

9. Metamorphose 06:28

10. Miniature 4 01:01

11. Fairy Circus 04:37

12. Miniature 5 00:29

13. Annam 05:50

14. Miniature 6 01:04

Stefan Aeby - piano

André Pousaz - bass

Michael Stulz - drums

music composed by Stefan Aeby

except:

.Miniatures 1-6, composed by S. Aeby, A. Pousaz, M. Stulz

.Ah Lalo Bacha Lalo, traditional from Afghanistan, arr. by S. Aeby

recorded at Klavierwerkstatt Waldhauser Liestal by Tobias Stritt.

mixed and mastered at Pousaz Sound Lab by André Pousaz.

Cover-Art by Baptiste Cochard.

PRE-ORDER

Stefan Aeby Trio - The London Concert (INTAKT RECORDS 2018)

The concert of The Stefan Aeby Trio at the Intakt Festival at Vortex Jazz Club in London 2017 was a highlight of live music in the capital that year.

It made an emphatic statement on how improvisation transcends borders and underlined the strength of a new generation of players. London journalist Kevin le genre writes: "Aeby, drummer Michi Stulz and double bassist André Pousaz make for an inherently contemporary proposition insofar as they are by no means restricted to the standard tropes of the piano trio. This is a group comprising three instruments and three open minds. hence the performance sees the players organically shift the ensemble towards many stylistic areas, whether it is a suggestion of wistful ambient soundscapes, breezy, percussive African folk, or modern pop that retains the blues to varying degrees. The music is multi-faceted.

Throughout the concert there is a palpable sense of breathing space as well as controlled intensity. A quiet fire. The lasting impression of this concert is precisely the cohesion and dynamics of the trio, with its skillful straddling of natural and digital tones, and its deft negotiation of sounds past, present and future."

Stefan Aeby: Piano

André Pousaz: Bass

Michi Stulz: Drums

1. Shi 07:54

2. Knabautsch 06:55

3. The Wheel 10:03

4. Dalston 07:30

5. Iuk 06:14

6. Song for A. 04:09

7. To the Light 10:25