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█│ artist....: Tied & Tickled Trio and Billy Hart │█
█│ album.....: La Place Demon │█
█│ type......: WEB │█
█│ genre.....: Electronic │█
█│ style.....: Jazz, Lo-Fi, Electro │█
█│ label.....: Morr Music │█
█│ catalognr.: MORR100CD │█
█│ url.......: http://www.morrmusic.com │█
█│ rel.date..: 2011.04.01 │█
█│ str.date..: 2011.04.01 │█
█│ source....: WEB > WAV │█
█│ grabber...: Unknown │█
█│ encoder...: Lame 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new │█
█│ quality...: VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo │█
█│ tracks....: 9 │█
█│ size......: 69,18 MB │█
█│ length....: 56:02 │█
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█│ 01. The End Is The Same As The Beginning 02:24 │█
█│ 02. The Three Doors (Part 1) 10:46 │█
█│ 03. Calaca 05:48 │█
█│ 04. Violent Collaborations (Part 1) 05:49 │█
█│ 05. The Three Doors (Part 2) 06:28 │█
█│ 06. Violent Collaborations (Part 2) 02:25 │█
█│ 07. Lonely Woman/Exit La Place Demon/The │█
█│ Electronic Family 11:14 │█
█│ 08. The Three Doors (Part 3) 05:30 │█
█│ 09. Ghost Allaround 05:38 │█
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█│ total time: 56:02 │█
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█│ RElEASE NOtES │█
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█│ La Place Demon │█
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█│ Vinyl comes with deluxe gatefold artwork. 3-sided │█
█│ Vinyl! │█
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█│ With versatility comes the risk of spreading oneself │█
█│ too thin. Musical versatility is especially nice, but│█
█│ it can be a burden. Especially if the musician feels │█
█│ the urge to actually realize all their many ideas. │█
█│ For then you are adding massive organisational │█
█│ demands to the problem of channelling a sprawling │█
█│ creative drive which simultaneously meanders in many │█
█│ different directions. Tackling and mastering this │█
█│ seething cluster of possibilities and tasks has │█
█│ become part of the everyday work of some musicians. │█
█│ The Brothers Markus and Micha Acher have made the │█
█│ best out of their abilities. They are key figures in │█
█│ the now internationally recognised trademark that is │█
█│ the ,Weilheim Scene". Every one of their projects, be│█
█│ it The Notwist, 13&God or Tied & Tickled Trio has │█
█│ grown to become a working cosmos each of its own │█
█│ while remaining open on all sides. Their new album │█
█│ comes thanks to their preference for creative │█
█│ collaborations as Tied & Tickled Trio have really had│█
█│ a thrilling artistic liaison this time. The drummer │█
█│ Billy Hart is among one of the most accomplished │█
█│ contemporary jazz drummers in the world. Along with │█
█│ his recordings as band leader Hart, who celebrated │█
█│ his 70th birthday in 2010, can be heard drumming on │█
█│ more than 600 albums. Among other groups he was a │█
█│ long running member of the Herbie Hancock and Stan │█
█│ Getz bands. Hart was highly involved with the │█
█│ composition and arrangements on La Place Demon. The │█
█│ permanent members of the Tied & Tickled Trio also │█
█│ occupied themselves intensively with Billy Harts │█
█│ music prior to and during the composition of the │█
█│ album. Over the course of his discography he has │█
█│ covered everything from spiritual jazz to free music │█
█│ and electronic music. This album charts this │█
█│ development in broad strokes and as such is something│█
█│ like a biographical album. The Tied & Tickled Trio │█
█│ play jazz music from an indie perspective and so are │█
█│ by definition not afraid of contact. Its amazing that│█
█│ a project which practically has a new approach for │█
█│ every composition can still have a unified sound. And│█
█│ the guys from Weilheim have an instantly recognisable│█
█│ sound - regardless whether their playing crazy free │█
█│ jazz, static drones or complex patterns. Perhaps it's│█
█│ something to do with their love of wood-wind and │█
█│ rather melancholy harmonies, which one knows well │█
█│ from The Notwist. La Place Demon never gives us too │█
█│ much of a sense of security. Even in harmonically and│█
█│ rhythmically simple passages one senses the abyss │█
█│ which surrounds these temporary islands of order. │█
█│ Something seems to warn us that the apparent clarity │█
█│ is nothing more than ambiguity and that this order │█
█│ can at any moment descend into freedom and chaos. │█
█│ Everything is always in limbo, light and feathery, │█
█│ but at the same time unfathomable. A flurry of trills│█
█│ on the flute and thin yet threatening string parts │█
█│ see to it that any feeling of homely comfort is left │█
█│ behind. Out of this abstract sound-scape, driven by │█
█│ dark percussion and electronic effects comes a │█
█│ masterfully arranged piece of chamber music. Woodwind│█
█│ instruments in part manipulated with effects and │█
█│ strings interweave to form quietly pacing figures. │█
█│ One could relax in this sound-scenery, if not for │█
█│ those nervously beating drums. In the end the chamber│█
█│ music descends into a whirlpool of free-jazz, │█
█│ dominated by drums and saxophone. Often sounding │█
█│ cinematic, tension is indeed built up in the way that│█
█│ soundtracks do. Although with Tied & Ticked Trio this│█
█│ tension might suddenly turn into a slow bebop riff. │█
█│ In which case there is an all-pervading atmosphere of│█
█│ coolness, like in a 70s detective film. We hear bold │█
█│ and moving harmonies with a seamless group │█
█│ improvisation over the top. Or threatening expanses │█
█│ with no rhythmic pulse, which after seven minutes │█
█│ mutates into a cool slow-motion groove. And complex │█
█│ fugue-like structures with clear melodies in │█
█│ swing-time played on brass, strings and glockenspiel.│█
█│ One constantly has a sense that these are musicians │█
█│ so masterful that they no longer need to prove │█
█│ anything either to each other or anyone else. The │█
█│ core members of the "Trio" are Markus and Micha │█
█│ Acher, the drummer Casper Brandner as well as the │█
█│ visual artist and electronic musician Andreas Gerth. │█
█│ There are also compositions by Johannes Enders and │█
█│ Carl Oesterhelt, who recently released their │█
█│ wonderful album ,Divertimento für Tenorsaxophon und │█
█│ kleines Ensemble" on Alien Transistor. In total 14 │█
█│ musicians have worked on La Place Demon. For their │█
█│ studio work the ensemble have done without any │█
█│ spectacular effects. Nothing is overloaded, nobody is│█
█│ playing in the foreground. No particular musical │█
█│ event really has to happen as the players have just │█
█│ taken their time. The pieces unfold themselves with a│█
█│ pleasant calmness and all the parts simply fall into │█
█│ place, as if by their own accord. At the same time │█
█│ this album is so multifaceted and diverse that even │█
█│ within a single piece, one really never knows quite │█
█│ what to expect. Of course Tied & Tickled Trio follow │█
█│ a classic pattern of theme and variation. But their │█
█│ DIY jazz is neither markedly eclectic nor does it │█
█│ depend on music-historical references. Tied & Tickled│█
█│ Trio were founded in 1994 by Markus Acher and Casper │█
█│ Brandner, at the time purely as a drumming duo. Now │█
█│ the band can look back on 7 albums including a remix │█
█│ record and a DVD. │█
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