Christoph Pepe Auer - White Noise (AUT)
The title of Christoph Pepe Auer’s current album “Lake” has been chosen very deliberately: It represents an emergence (from a time without an instrument) and an immersion (into diverse sound worlds). The album is also a clash of freedom and experimentation, with a clear vision and bold sound: Saxophone and double bass clarinet meet piano, analogue synthesiser, cello and drums. White Noise has dispensed with the double bass, which enables the band to offer various perspectives: Pianist Michael Tiefenbacher is Auer’s finely balanced chamber music counterpart. Clemens Sainitzer’s cello is a link to chamber music and the experimental, while drummer Christian Grobauer produces a dry, powerful sound, right in the groove, yet always ready adapt to rhythmic fractures.
Christoph Pepe Auer: Clarinets, Saxophone | Michael Tiefenbacher: Piano, Analog synthesiser | Clemens Sainitzer: Cello | Christian Grobauer: Drums | Núria Andorrà: Percussion
Artist
Christoph Pepe Auer - White Noise (AUT)
Christoph Pepe Auer has been forced to stop playing several times over the past few years. A mountaineering accident and then diaphragm surgery prevented him from picking up his instruments, the saxophone and the double bass clarinet. This is the ultimate punishment for a musician, but it also presents a positive challenge, because a significant turning point in the life of an artist can lead to greater clarity: “I worked on the sound, and there’s no place for the bass in my current band,” he explains. “The idea was a form of permeability, like emerging from the water, which clears your head. I also wanted to play the double bass clarinet, a sound that I had rarely used before.”
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Schwarzstraße 24
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