Hochhäuser
Jazz and world music with sounds between Africa and Europe
- Label
- Indigo Records 1010 CD, 2015
- All compositions
- by Matthias Petzold
- Recorded
- on 4 and 5 October at the Loft in Cologne by Christian Heck
- Mixed and mastered
- by Andi Reisner, Pulsarstudio, Brühl
- Cover design
- Matthias Petzold
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The CD World Tour was recorded during a concert at the “Loft” in Cologne on 4 October 2015 and on the following day at the same place. The CD captures the atmosphere of the evening and combines parts of the concert with the best takes from the next day.
Jazz meets influences from Turkish and African music. The intense interplay of the band and the collage-like use of sounds shape the music. The sounds were mixed in live by Matthias Petzold with a TASCAM four-track recorder; among other places they come from Uganda, from a wine cellar on the Nahe and from an analogue synthesiser.
Excerpts
HillsSchlange und AdlerOsmosisLichterKilimHokkabazA Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose Is a RoseWolkenXounzRoads
Line-up
- Matthias Petzold saxophone, sounds
- Jan Klinkenberg piano, electric piano
- Stefan Rey double bass
- Thomas Esch drums
We have found that a whole CD is too long to listen to as a single unit, so we divided “World Tour” into two parts, each meant to be heard separately. The piece Zwischenraum (Stimmen) acts as an acoustic divider between the two halves.
The sounds for the pieces were mixed in live with a TASCAM 4-track cassette recorder. You will find full documentation of the sounds on the website of the band Hochhäuser. A Roland Space Echo RE-201 was also used, an analogue echo unit that works with a loop of tape.
Press
“ … As on all his earlier recordings, Petzold has once again delivered, with his original and likeable compositions, a slice of grooving and highly intelligent mainstream jazz that meets high standards of quality, without travesty or tacked-on clichés – music that sounds authentic and honest, and in which you can tell that its creator truly felt it this way.
Petzold’s improvisations are listening improvisations; they manage without redundancy, and their inner logic of development can always be followed. He presents his playing with a very direct tone and a sometimes slightly laid-back beat, which lends his improvisations even more tension and a touch of cheek, but never aggression. And a superbly attuned rhythm section does the rest to make this recording a success – Matthias Petzold truly deserves to be better known.”
Jazzpodium 3/2016 on the CD “World Tour” by the band Hochhäuser