DIKEMAN - KUGEL - VAN DER WEIDE

John Dikeman - tenor saxophone
Klaus Kugel - drums
Raoul van der Weide - contrabass, crackle box, sound objects

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photo © Andy Moor

Shades of Albert Ayler fragmented and fermented in a universe converging in refractory impro areas, temperaments and sounds. Amsterdam based American saxophonist John Dikeman's playing runs the gamut of improvised music and technique, ranging from reductionist extended technique based improvisation to full throttle free jazz.
Raoul van der Weide's approach towards contrabass playing since 1978 may be best described as being open, informal, structured and experimental - continuously developing a whole scala of personal and unorthodox improvising techniques in order to achieve an idiosyncratic form of expression that urges creative communication.
German drummer Klaus Kugel's improvising style is highly intuitive, inventive and adventurous. He worded together with a variety of outstanding musicians including Petras Vysniauskas, Charles Gayle, Matthew Shipp, Kenny Wheeler, Vyacheslav Ganelin, John Lindberg, Bobo Stenson, Perry Robinson, Bobby Few, Karl Berger, Tomasz Stanko, Waclaw Zimpel, Roy Campbell...

DIKEMAN - KUGEL - VAN DER WEIDE
John Dikeman - alto, tenor and baritone saxophones
Klaus Kugel - drums, percussion
Raoul van der Weide - contrabass, crackle box, sound objects

photo © Marc Seestaedt

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brand new trio cd on NotTwo Records
ACROSS THE SKY

1. A screaming comes
2. across the sky.
3. It has happened before...

All pieces composed by John Dikeman, Klaus Kugel (GEMA), Raoul van der Weide (Stemra/Buma)
Artwork & frontpage by Raoul van der Weide
Titles appropriated with undue neglect from Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow
Recorded live April, 2011 at the Schauspielhaus Bergneustadt, Germany, by Klaus Kugel
Mixed and mastered by Ulrich Seipel, USM, Darmstadt, Germany

listen to the CD Preview here:

or here: [mp3]

..........you may order our new cd here: www.nottwo.com ♫

Dikeman - Kugel - Van Der Weide is also available as a quartet featuring guitarist
Andy Moor (The Ex).
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Listen to an excerpt from a recent quartet performance at OT301, Amsterdam
here [mp3] or here: