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291: FLORIAN EGLI WEIRD BEARD. Orientation

Intakt Recording #291/ 2018

Florian Egli: Saxophone, Clarinet
Dave Gisler: guitar
Martina Berther: Electric Bass
Rico Baumann: Drums

Recorded in January 2017 at studio Black Box, noyantla-gravoyère, France.

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The quartet Weird Beard was founded by Zurich based Saxophoneophonist Florian Egli. Following the debut album 'Everything moves' on intakt records, they’ll release a second studio album, recorded again in the Blackbox studio in Brittany by the outstanding sound engineer David odlum. 'orientation' is a sophisticated record on which Weird Beard increasingly focus their attention on the creation of moods and atmospheres.

Christoph Wagner writes in the liner notes: "Weird Beard forge creative sparks out of opposites. the band use contrast as a means to create dramaturgy, veering back and forth from soft to loud, from fast to slow, and from forceful to lyrical. sometimes the music acquires a lightness and transparency, but then becomes progressively more dense. in other places it can morph into a dreamy wallowing elegy, before opening outinto a tub-thumping inferno. Perhaps “post-jazz” is the word which comes first to mind to describe it."

Album Credits

Cover Art: Jörger-Stauss and Annatina Nay
Graphic Design: Jonas Schoder
Photo: Angelika Annen
Liner Notes: Christoph Wagner
Executive Producer: Anja Illmaier

All compositions by Florian Egli, except “Playground” by Dave gisler(sUisA). Recorded in January 2017 at studio Black Box, noyantla-gravoyère, France, by David odlum. mixed and mastered by Davidodlum.

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Luc Bouquet
Impro Jazz Magazine

Rien de nouveau sous le clair obscur de l'AlasNoAxis de Jim Black, pardon du Weird Beard de Florian Egli. On retrouve ici le même éther, la même errance que dans leur précédent enregistrement. Mais, néanmoins, reconnaissons que c'est réussi si ce n'est enthousiasmant.

Gentile mélodie texane (Empty Shekll), petits décalages entre amis (Orientation), zones tempérées et peu animées (Winter), minimalisme presque retors (The Big Wasy), ténor chuchotant (The Cat), suaves harmonies (No More Rain), slow mutique (Playground); autant de pièces-saynètes sagement et joliment ciselées, lesquelles feront le bonheur des amateurs de mainstream et laisseront sur le bord de la route les collectionneurs de dragées au poivre.

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Jean Buzelin
Cultur Jazz Magazine

Deuxième disque Intakt pour le jeune quartette suisse Weird Beard dirigé par le saxophoniste-clarinettiste Florian Egli (cf. Culturejazz « Mon été sans festivals (2 » 14/10/2016). Fort bien accompagné (dans le vrai sens du terme), par Dave Gisler (guitare), Martina Berther (basse électrique) et Rico Baumann (batterie), Egli compose tout le matériel (sauf une pièce du guitariste) sur lequel les musiciens naviguent, sans précipitation, avec beaucoup d’écoute et d’attention réciproques. Il en résulte une musique fine, subtile et délicate, mélodique, intériorisée, un jazz pensé, serein, presque “de bon ton”, qui s’écoute très agréablement.

https://www.culturejazz.fr/spip.php?article3360

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