PIERRE FAVRE DRUMSIGHTS
NOW

 


Pierre Favre
Chris Jaeger
Markus Lauterburg
Valeria Zangger

(Drums & Percussion)


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1. Again (Favre) 7:58
2. Brushes Flock (Favre) 7:25
3. Roasting Syncope (Jaeger) 2:02
4. Dance of the Feline (Favre) 8:28
5. Sycamore (Lauterburg, Zangger) 0:52
6. Along (Favre, Jaeger) 2:24
7. Pow Wow (Favre) 5:45
8. Painted Face (Favre) 1:34
9. Tramping (Favre) 7:31
10. Woolly Jumper (Lauterburg) 1:46
11. Nuevel (Zangger) 1:27
12. Games (Favre) 9:35
Total time 56:54

Recorded May 14 & 15, 2015, at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany, by Adrian von Ripka. Mixed and mastered at Bauer Studios by Adrian von Ripka.
Recording produced by SRF Kultur, Pierre Favre and Philipp Schaufelberger.
Cover art and graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Liner notes: Pierre Favre and Balts Nill. Photo: Pino Ninfa.
Produced by Pierre Favre and Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt. Published by Intakt Records.

Intakt CD 260 / 2016

Der Perkussionist als Poet, der Schlagzeuger als Klangmaler, der Komponist als Geschichtenerzähler.
«Singing Drums» hiess Pierre Favres erstes Schlagzeugensemble. Ein programmatischer Titel: Die Suche nach der «Stimme» in der Trommel hat Pierre Favre nicht mehr losgelassen. Kaum ein anderer Drummer hat so konstant mit Perkussionsensembles gearbeitet wie Pierre Favre. Mit ihnen erweiterte er die Klangpalette des Schlagzeugs – von den virtuosen Rudimentals bis zu wunderbar verspielten und versponnenen Klanggeweben.
Während fünf Jahren feilte Pierre Favre mit drei der spannendsten Schweizer SchlagzeugerInnen der jüngeren Generation am Repertoire für das Album „Pierre Favre DrumSights, Now“: mit Chris Jaeger, Valeria Zangger, Markus Lauterburg. Obschon die meisten Stücke ausgeschriebene Kompositionen sind, spielen sie alles auswendig. „Und die komplexesten und riskantesten Teile spielen wir mit einem Lächeln“, ergänzt Pierre Favre.


Photo: Pino Ninfa

Pierre Favre: The percussionist as poet; the drummer as soundscape painter; the composer as storyteller. Singing Drums was Pierre Favre’s first percussion ensemble. A title which sets the agenda: the search for a ‘voice’ for drums. Hardly any other drummer has worked as consistently with drumming and percussion ensembles as Pierre Favre.
Pierre Favre worked with his new ensemble with Chris Jaeger, Valeria Zangger and Markus Lauterburg for five years on this repertoire. Although most of the pieces are written compositions, they play them all off by heart and there is lots of room for im­provisation. Pierre Favre says: „And the most complex and risky parts are played with a smile.“
Pierre Favre writes in the notes: „This group has become an organism with a specific and recognizable sound. Some parts can be perceived by unsophisticated ears as lacking precision, but they are in fact wanted so, as mixing 5/8 and 6/8 rhythms, and some more too. The aim of it all is to create frictions, to open spaces in the listener’s feeling, to bring him to let go of his fear of leaving the ground and to use his wings!“



 


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