Angles
Slowly growing from Angles 6 in 2007 to Angles 9 in 2012, and culminating in a 12-piece ensemble in 2022, the Swedish band is now simply called Angles. Whatever the size, the concerts of the group are always very exciting, moving and powerful. “A punch in the stomach”, as Guy Peters put it.
Their music is strong, cohesive and simple, performed by sophisticated players who can make any table turn. Everything is there: pathos, playfulness, energy and a certain kind of bliss, strong and emotional, that hits the audience every time. The compositions – made by Martin Küchen and always rehearsed without scores – are, according to Küchen, influenced by, e.g. “a memory of a certain instrument played during childhood; modern, lively jazz like Chris McGregor’s ‘Brotherhood of Breath’, Carla Bley, Charles Mingus and Lars Gullin; Balkan party music; Swedish folk music; watching female dancers in West Africa turning the world upside down”. The compositions, however, are very distinctive throughout. The music of Angles have mostly been released by Portuguese label Clean Feed.
Together with vocalist Elle-Kari (from the Tiny and The Other Woman) plus a string quartet, Angles went into the studio in October 2022 in order to record an ambitious suite written by Martin Küchen, with arrangements by Angles-pianist Alex Zethson. The work – “The Death of Kalypso” – is something of a jazz opera for our times, though without being neither very jazzy nor operatic. Rather, the album intricately mixes irresistible and urgent tunes with scintillating instrumental and improvisational sections. Perhaps, one could think of Pulp Fiction meeting Henry Purcell, or Carla Bley meeting Beth Gibbons. Stef Gijssels from the blog the Free Jazz Collective experienced the live-premiere of the full, hour-long work, and described it as ”the best jazz opera since Carla Bley's Escalator Over The Hill”.
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Epileptical West - Live in Coimbra (Live in Coimbra)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Clean Feed am 18.05.2010
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Every Woman is a Tree
Jazz - Erschienen bei Clean Feed am 12.07.2008
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The Death of Kalypso
Pop - Erschienen bei Thanatosis Produktion am 26.04.2024
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A campaign of tragedy (String Quartet)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Thanatosis Produktion am 27.03.2024
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Kalypso Hypnos Drones
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Thanatosis Produktion am 27.10.2023
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Kalypso Hypnos Drone
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Thanatosis Produktion am 27.10.2023
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Anh Không Còn Tin Vào Tình Yêu Cho Đến Khi Gặp Em
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei SKY Music JSC am 30.06.2021
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Clubbing (Original Mix)
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei Rainbow Recordings am 23.09.2021
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Kalypso in Karlsbad, haunted by dreams
Pop - Erschienen bei Thanatosis Produktion am 31.01.2024
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Messieurs-dames (stuck in the arching caverns of Hermes’ court)
Pop - Erschienen bei Thanatosis Produktion am 01.03.2024
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NÓ VẪN BƯỚC ĐI
Pop - Erschienen bei Yin Yang Media am 12.09.2021
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OBTUSE
Rock - Erschienen bei Universal Music Italia srL. (Metatron) am 21.07.2023
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Triggers
Rock - Erschienen bei Universal Music Italia srL. (Metatron) am 16.06.2023
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Sài Gòn Anh Và Em
Pop - Erschienen bei Yin Yang Media am 05.10.2021
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