TU is the 2nd release by THE ERIC VON TUTRI FOUR

Avantgarde Rock Free Jazz Neue Musik

Members:
Thomas Zunk - Sampling Keyboard Mellotron, Theremin;
Wadim Dicke - Electric Bass Guitar, Double Bass;
Kike Paglia - Drums.

Guests:
Daniel Weltlinger - Violin;
Lars Nicolaysen - Drums;
Alan Wilkinson - Alto Sax;
Shuji Morita - Tenor Sax;
José Lencastre - Alto Sax;
Ruud Dielen - Electric Guitar.


All tracks produced by Thomas Zunk 2021.


1 - Le Clic (À L'Ouverture)

Composed, played and recorded between March and August 2021
by Thomas Zunk, Daniel Weltlinger, Alan Wilkinson, Shuji Morita, Lars Nicolaysen and Wadim Dicke.
Mixed by Thomas Zunk 211031.


2 - The Return (Of The Yodeling Ventriloquist)

Composed, played and recorded end of July through October 2021
by Thomas Zunk, José Lencastre, Wadim Dicke, Kike Paglia and Ruud Dielen;
mixed and produced by Thomas Zunk, re-mixed 211205, revided 231003.



THREE STATEMENTS:

“In most jazz compositions I hear an improvisation that resembles a conversation. One musician answers another. So, rather than each one doing what he wants, he listens with all his might to what the other one is doing, just to answer him better. I advised them not to listen to each other, and asked each one to play as a soloist, as if he were the only one in the world. And I warned them in particular: “If you hear someone starting to play loud, don’t feel that this obliges you to play louder yourself.” I repeated to them that they should be independent, no matter what happened. Well, at the rehearsal, everything went along quite well. It was what you might call successful free jazz! And they were very pleased with what happened.”
John Cage

„Das utopische Moment liegt in der Form, die ohne Hierarchien auskommt und die Regel der Gleichzeitigkeit autonomer Stimmen verfolgt. Diese radikale Art von demokratischer Struktur oder Gleichberechtigung vermittle, moderiere, ja komponiere ich dann – in einem sehr weit gefassten Kompositionsbegriff, zu dem eben auch das Eigenleben der Elemente gehört.“
Heiner Goebbels

„Auch für uns, die wir diese sogenannte Neue Musik entstehen lassen, also uns Komponisten, ist sie unheimlich, neu und unbekannt“
Karlheinz Stockhausen