Hz of Gold by Devin Gray feat. Andrea Parkins & Frank Gratkowski
From time to time, I love imagining certain line ups and catch ups and even bands that consist of certain musicians. In many fields – and modern composition, improvised music and electronic experimental music – there are always musicians that to your instinct could work together beautifully. And quite a number of those constellations actually can work together and do the work together. Rataplan Music which is based in NYC is releasing a new album by a trio that consists of Andrea Parkins, Frank Gratowski and last but not least Devin Gray. Hz of Gold is a spectacular album and there are many reasons behind it. To put it under the label or file: improvised music would be an understatement, omission or an error in many ways too. The fact that it is difficult to categorically label this material works only to its advantage. There is so many different elements to it and improvisation is only one of them. Take a pinch of free jazz, fuelled by experiments and ethnic music, ...
