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A band of many configurations, from trio to tentet, this time Martin Kuchen’s Angles work with a 8-piece format the formulas you already know of pathos, playfulness, energy and bliss, but in renovated ways because the project is never fulfilled, never completed, as any investigative process should be. The music inside “A Muted Reality” comes from the heritage of Charles Mingus and Carla Bley, drinks from the ensemble ideas of Chris McGregor for his Brotherhood of Breath, and incorporates melodical aspects of the Swedish and Balcanic folk musics and rhythmical foundations in West Africa. The results are astonishing, going from the very simple to the grandiose, the detailed, sound centered, to the theatrical, the strictly organized to free-blowing improvisations, all of this with a big band sense of musicality, as if there’s many more participants in action. «An emotional roller coaster», wrote critic Guy Peters about this exhilarating proposal now one more time renewed. To Kuchen, geometry is infinite, open to unsuspected angles and material possibilities.

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All compositions by Martin Küchen (STIM, NcB) | All arrangements by Angles 8

Recorded at BAS, Bandhagen, Stockholm by Martin Jonsson and Mats Äleklint the 22nd of April 2021 | Mixed and mastered by Mats Äleklint
Produced by Martin Küchen | Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Design by Travassos

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