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Happy Release Day: LUAH – Equilibrio

FM 423 CD, Vinyl, Download and Streaming

Lively lightness meets gentle longing: After “Sunlit” and “Movimento”, which won the

German Jazz Award 2023, the Cologne-based vocal trio LUAH led by Elsa Johanna Mohr is

now releasing its third album. On “Equilibrio”, the three musicians embark on a loving

search for balance, carefully balancing a wide variety of styles and moods. This balance

draws on a rich diversity and interweaves elements of pop, jazz, singer-songwriter and

Brazilian music.

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Cornelius Claudio Kreusch & Joscho Stephan – HIGHWIRE

NEW ALBUM!  FM413 CD, Download & Streaming

A high-wire act of jazz virtuosos – Pianist Cornelius Claudio Kreusch and guitarist Joscho Stephan come together as two equal virtuosos, melodists and improvisers for “Highwire”. On the album, they revisit Kreusch’s most important compositions and a few standards.

Cornelius Claudio Kreusch has long been one of the outstanding jazz pianists with his own personal style. The long-time New York resident has proven his exceptional status on many albums with greats such as Kenny Garrett, Terri Lyne Carrington, Bobby Watson, Herbie Hancock and Salif Keïta, but also in the premier class of solo piano. When he saw a video of guitarist Joscho Stephan’s duo with the great Biréli Lagrène, it was clear to him that he had to play with him: “I could immediately imagine us harmonizing like the duo Toots Thielemans and Martial Solal, which I had in mind as inspiration.”
Joscho Stephan is not only known for his outstanding virtuosity on the acoustic guitar, he also stands for a young, new, cross-style approach in the genre of gypsy swing. Stephan continues Django Reinhardt’s legacy in the spirit of improvisation and innovation. This is underlined by his collaboration with jazz stars as diverse as Paquito D’Rivera, James Carter, Charlie Mariano, Stochelo Rosenberg and Tommy Emmanuel.
Kreusch’s guiding idea for the joint album was to recreate the most important and personal compositions of his career in this encounter. And so, on “Highwire”, Kreusch and Stephan throw the ball to each other in an astonishingly artistic, fast-paced, original and highly musical manner. There are three shared preferences that make this duo sound as if they have been playing together for years: Their roots in a strong rhythm, their love of melodyand their love of improvisation.

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New album: Leléka – Kolysanky

Digital release on streaming channels on January 22, 2025, the Day of Ukrainian Unity. Physical release as CD / LP on January 24, 2025.

Leléka presents new album “Kolysanky”. A journey into the dream world of Ukrainian lullabies: music of confidence and security.
The ensemble led by singer Viktoria Leléka with her enchantingly magical voice interweaves sounds from the world of jazz and other popular music genres with motifs from Ukrainian folk music to create a tonal atmosphere that can be both soothing and deeply moving.

Kolysanky represent one of the oldest and most essential elements of Ukrainian folk culture. These traditional lullabies had a strong protective function – in pagan times they were considered a talisman to protect the child from misfortune and illness. Leléka picks up on this protective symbolism and builds on this tradition with the album. The ensemble led by singer Viktoria Leléka with her enchantingly magical voice interweaves sounds from the world of jazz and other popular music genres with motifs from Ukrainian folk music to create a tonal atmosphere that can be both soothing and deeply moving.

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Meta Hüper – In dieser Stadt KNEF reloaded

 

FM 391 CD, Vinyl, Download and Streaming

Release 06.12.2024

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In dieser Stadt – KNEF reloaded.  Refreshingly different, yet profound and emotional – Meta Hüper dares to tackle Hildegard Knef’s classics with her debut album “In dieser Stadt”. The result is independent interpretations that exude the vibe of modern Berlin while retaining the depth and seriousness of the original.

With these 10 songs, the Berlin singer and violinist presents herself as a solo artist for the first time. At her side is the Berlin jazz pianist Matti Klein, who has refined this album not only as a musical partner on the piano but also as a producer. Hüper and Klein have set themselves the task of placing the songs of the great Knef in the context of the present and injecting them with a breath of Berlin air from today. Titles such as “Für mich soll’s Rote Rosen regnen”, “17 Millimeter fehlten mir zum Glück” or the title song “In dieser Stadt” sound completely new and make you want to hear more.

The tracks were all recorded live in the studio in continuous takes. The result is an album with rough edges and freckles. Open and honest, music that touches the heart. The violinist and singer, who trained in Berlin, Jerusalem and New York, is at home in a wide variety of genres. For years she has performed on international stages with greats such as Till Brönner, Michael Bublé, Max Raabe and Salut Salon. In the capital, she is currently being celebrated in the revue “Berlin Du coole Sau!” at the Tipi am Kanzleramt.

Meta Hüper – vocals, violin

Matti Klein – piano

 

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Philipp Schiepek – Meadows and Mirrors

FM412 CD, Vinyl, Download and Streaming

Release 22.11.2024

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Philipp Schiepek – Nylon String Guitar
Henning Sieverts – Bass
Bastian Jütte – Drums

“Philipp Schiepek achieves great tension with comparatively few notes. It’s about
beauty of sound and sensuality of sound.” Matthias Wegner, Deutschlandfunk Kultur

No cell phone network, telephone cables across the countryside, a road through the
forest where two vehicles can hardly meet. The cup of black coffee sits on the table in
front of the yellow cottage, while your gaze wanders into the distance, where the sky
is reflected in the green of the meadows.
Tranquillity, reflection and the rapid movement of the clouds influenced the
Dinkelsbühl guitarist Philipp Schiepek for his program “Meadows and Mirrors”, which
will be released on GLM-Music on 22 November 2024. In a space-consuming
composition process, solo and trio pieces were created, which are interpreted on the
classical nylon-string guitar.
In collaboration with the two established artists Henning Sieverts and Bastian Jütte,
with whom Philipp Schiepek has a long friendship, an exciting program full of joyful
playing is created.
With “Meadows and Mirrors”, Philipp Schiepek succeeds in continuing to weave the
tapestry of ideas from the album “Versuch zu Träumen”, which was released in spring
on Wooden Waggon Records.
With his ensembles, guitarist Philipp Schiepek has performed at the Berlin Jazz
Festival, the Leipzig Jazz Days, the Bach Festival in Köthen, the Berlin Philharmonie,
the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Sunset Paris and the Europe Sound Festival in
Ankara, among others. Philipp Schiepek’s concerts are broadcast on Deutschlandfunk,
Bayerischer Rundfunk, RBB, WDR, HR and NDR. A 60-minute live concert, which was
recorded as part of the Jazzfest Berlin, was recently streamed on ARTE CONCERT.