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    ▀▀▓▓█▌             Wolfgang Haffner - Acoustic Shapes             ░
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      ▀▀▄▓▒▓   Artist .....: Wolfgang Haffner                       ▓▒▓
        ▐█▓▓   Title ......: Acoustic Shapes                        ▓▓█
        ▀██▓   Year .......: 2008                                   ▓██
         ██▓   Genre ......: Jazz                                   ▓██
         ███   Label ......: ACT                                    ▓██
         ███   Source .....: CD                                     ▓█▓
         ███   Bitrate ....: 203 kbps avg                           ██▓
         ███   khz ........: 44.1                                   █▓▓
         ███   Mode .......: Joint Stereo                           ██▓
         ██▓   Encoder ....: LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new               ██▓
         ██▓   Reldate ....: 2008-08-26                             ▓██
         ██▓   Storedate ..: 2008-00-00                             ▓██
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  ███▌  Tracklist ▀                                          ███
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  ███   1.  Silent Way                                  6:32 ███
  ███   2.  Shapes                                      7:46 ███
  ███   3.  Faithless                                   6:28 ███
  ███   4.  Star                                        6:27 ███
  ███   5.  Crusin                                      2:47 ███
  ███   6.  Some Other Time                             4:29 ███
  ███   7.  New Life                                    5:42 ███
  ███   8.  24 Hours                                    9:56 ███
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                ███▌  Release   ▀                                          ███
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                ██▓   There are those who view the blending of             ▓██
                ██▓   electronica textures and rhythms with jazz is akin   ▓██
                ██▓   to the coming of the Antichrist but, like it or      ▓██
                ██▓   not, it's an increasingly pervasive component of     ▓██
                ██▓   modern jazz. In North America, artists including     ▓██
                ██▓   Wallace Roney, Dave Douglas and Mike Mainieri have   ▓██
                ██▓   been incorporating sampling, turntables and          ▓██
                ██▓   real-time sonic processing with great success. Even  ▓██
                ██▓   more popular in Europe, with artists including Nils  ▓██
                ██▓   Petter Molvaer, Eivind Aarset and Bugge Wesseltoft   ▓██
                ██▓   regularly pushing the envelope, jazz is moving       ▓██
                ██▓   toward exciting new places, and attracting a         ▓██
                ██▓   much-needed younger demographic without sacrificing  ▓██
                ██▓   anything in the way of substance.                    ▓██
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                ██▓   Wolfgang Haffner has been stylistically              ▓██
                ██▓   cross-pollinating for two decades, but it was with   ▓██
                ██▓   Shapes (ACT, 2006) that the German drummer threw     ▓██
                ██▓   his hat more decidedly into the electronica ring.    ▓██
                ██▓   An in-demand player with significant international   ▓██
                ██▓   exposure through his work with Klaus Doldinger's     ▓██
                ██▓   Passport, the transatlantic collective Metro, and    ▓██
                ██▓   trombonist Nils Landgren's Funk Unit, it was a       ▓██
                ██▓   planned 2007 Funk Unit tour, when original opening   ▓██
                ██▓   act Ida Sand backed out and Landgren asked the       ▓██
                ██▓   drummer to put together an opening act, that         ▓██
                ██▓   Haffner recognized the potential for reworking the   ▓██
                ██▓   music of Shapes for an entirely different setting.   ▓██
                ██▓   Recruiting pianist Hubert Nuss and bassist Lars      ▓██
                ██▓   Danielson, Haffner rearranged seven of Shapes'       ▓██
                ██▓   twelve originals, and added the high velocity        ▓██
                ██▓   swinger, ôStar,ö to round out the fifty-minute       ▓██
                ██▓   program.                                             ▓██
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                ██▓   Danielsson was, perhaps, the only choice for the     ▓██
                ██▓   bass chair. His discography ranges from the          ▓██
                ██▓   ambitious NuJazz-meets-orchestra of MA~⌐lange Bleu   ▓██
                ██▓   (ACT, 2006) to a more intimate acoustic duo with     ▓██
                ██▓   keyboardist Leszek Mozdzer, Pasodoble (ACT, 2007).   ▓██
                ██▓   For his role as featured soloist in the Wagner       ▓██
                ██▓   Reloaded Project performance at Norway's Punktfest   ▓██
                ██▓   06, Danielssonùa multi-instrumentalist who also      ▓██
                ██▓   plays piano and celloùhas evolved a personal         ▓██
                ██▓   approach to bass that rivals Germany's Eberhard      ▓██
                ██▓   Weber in its unmistakable sound. An unshakable       ▓██
                ██▓   rhythmic anchor throughout, he's an equally          ▓██
                ██▓   impressive pizzicato lead voice on the dramatically  ▓██
                ██▓   impressionistic ôCrusin,ö segueing into the          ▓██
                ██▓   melancholy ôSome Other Time,ö where a lush arco      ▓██
                ██▓   delivers its singable theme before being joined by   ▓██
                ██▓   Nuss.                                                ▓██
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                ██▓   The single biggest impression, when listening to     ▓██
                ██▓   this live recording, is how easily material          ▓██
                ██▓   originally conceived for a far broader soundscape    ▓██
                ██▓   can be reimagined for an acoustic trio, a testament  ▓██
                ██▓   to the concept that good music is where you find     ▓██
                ██▓   it. As a drummer, Haffner is equally comfortable     ▓██
                ██▓   driving the fiery pulse of ö24 Hours,ö first with    ▓██
                ██▓   brushes during Nuss' dexterous and ideationally      ▓██
                ██▓   brim-filled solo, then switching to sticks for       ▓██
                ██▓   Landgren's sole guest appearance, ratcheting up the  ▓██
                ██▓   heat as it morphs into an energetic piece of funk.   ▓██
                ██▓   Haffner solos rarely, but when he does it can be     ▓██
                ██▓   with unrelenting energy at the end of ô24 Hoursö or  ▓██
                ██▓   focused construction during the considerably more    ▓██
                ██▓   complex ôShapes.ö                                    ▓██
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                ██▓   A broad-scoped drummer with rare multidisciplinary   ▓██
                ██▓   compositional skills, Haffner's name has largely     ▓██
                ██▓   been made by the company he's kept. Now, however,    ▓██
                ██▓   with Shapes and Acoustic Shapes, he's proving        ▓██
                ██▓   himself deserving of attention as a leader, a        ▓██
                ██▓   singular talent well worth watching.                 ▓██
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