The trio of Lothar Ohlmeier, Rudi Fischerlehner and Isambard Khroustaliov came about, without fanfare or design, through mutual friendship, empathy and curiosity in each other’s music.
Continuing a tradition of freely improvised group expression; from AMM to the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Cecil Taylor Unit to Musica Elettronica Viva, their music draws from the worlds of free jazz, aleatoric music, musique concrète, and electroacoustic improvisation.
Within a chamber music like suspension of hazy, reverberant intimacy, the trio chatter a three way musical exchange involving Ohlmeier’s bass clarinet, with its mellifluous and free ranging narrative voice, Isambard Khroustaliov’s electronics; a bubbling, myriad of sound sources and sonorities and Rudi Fischerlehner’s drums and percussion; halting, arrhythmical but landing on the right spot every time.
“Sounds truly unlike anything else.” Electronic Sound
“It makes you think, but also makes you feel — and that can only be a good thing.” Freq
“The music reflects an intimate and highly nuanced, conversational mode, a democratic, three-way musical exchange of ideas and deep listening.” Salt Peanuts
“From the beginning … (the music) is a work of intuition, and the interplay between the three musicians is something special.” Aural Aggravation
Lothar Ohlmeier – Bass Clarinet
Rudi Fischerlehner – Drums & Percussion
Isambard Khroustaliov – Electronics