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artist: Max Nagl Quintet
title: CafΘ Electric
date: 1999
label: November
genre: Jazz
rls. date: Mar--2004
tracks: 13
bitrate: 192kbps
size: 78,2 MB
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Johanna Lewis Singers : Violin
Patrice Heral : Percussions
Achim Tang : Bass
Max Nagl : Clarinet, Glockenspiel, Saxophone, Voices, Melodica, Sampling
Josepf Novotny : Piano, Harmonium, Editing, Mastering
Max Nagl's debut album as a leader, the 1997 Leo Records CD
Daily Bullet, left a few critics in shock. The raw, raging free
improvisations conveyed a disturbing essence. CafΘ Electric,
his first of many releases for the then-new November Music
label, shows a completely different side of the saxophonist.
First, the material is thoroughly composed. Second, it is
lighter, more listener-friendly, and varied. The first nine
pieces form a cycle of sorts, as they are all inspired by
heroines from German silent films of the 1920s (works of Pabst,
Lang, and Murnau are referenced a few times). The last four
tracks, although not explicitly linked to cinema, follow
similar stylistic guidelines and are performed by the same
lineup: Nagl, violinist Joanna Lewis, pianist Josef Novotny,
bassist Achim Tang, and drummer Patrice Heral. The somber
atmospheres from some of the composer's favorites movies
permeate the music, empowering it with a force of evocation.
These passages, of which the ten-minute "Nosferatu" constitutes
a highlight, are counterbalanced by dancing moments, energetic
outbursts, and circus-like interludes. Nagl's music constantly
oscillates between burlesque and tenderness, between lively and
bleak. The jazz noir of "Die Freudlose Gasse," the warped tango
"Stumm," and the episodic punkish explosions in "M-abuse" all
bring treasured highlights. Nagl's avant-garde jazz will please
fans of Jean Derome's quirkier projects and French jazzmen like
Claude Tchamitchian. CafΘ Electric illustrates a strong
artistic vision that will become even clearer two years later
on the brilliant CD The Evil Garden.
Franτois Couture - www.allmusic.com
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01-Enticing [06:05]
02-Lost Girl [03:13]
03-Die Freudlose Gasse [05:04]
04-CafΘ Electric [01:50]
05-Pomme D'Asphalt [01:16]
06-M-Abuse [04:08]
07-Greed [05:55]
08-Nosferatu [10:22]
09-Taboo [02:54]
10-Stumm [06:00]
11-S'Vaserl [03:59]
12-Count Ossdorf [02:21]
13-Permanent [03:43]
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56:50 min
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