biegungen: Ryoko Ono & Alexander Frangenheim / M. Takara & Carla Boregas feat. Dudu Kouate

Das ausland bietet Raum für zwei Begegnungen der improvisierten Musik. Ryoko Ono und Alexander Frangenheim erkunden das Zusammenspiel von Saxophon, Flöte und Kontrabass. Dabei treffen lyrische Passagen auf Geräuschstrukturen und eine hohe technische Agilität. Im zweiten Teil ergänzen sich M. Takara und Carla Boregas. Während Takara mit perkussiven Grooves arbeitet, setzt Boregas analoge Synthesizer-Akzente. Die Musik lebt von der Spannung zwischen reduzierten Harmonien und einem stetigen Fluss. Der Perkussionist Dudu Kouate erweitert das Duo um Einflüsse aus westafrikanischen Traditionen und der Avantgarde. Das Ergebnis ist eine klangintensive Atmosphäre, die bewusst mit Gegensätzen experimentiert.

Ultimately, it remains a mystery why the music of M. Takara and Carla Boregas possesses such an inherent sense of calm. After all, the stripped-back synth harmonies and agile drumming actually create a state of constant tension. It is as if these two opposing energies give rise to a new quality. Drummer M. Takara plays airy grooves featuring a dense web of ghost notes, informed by bossa nova and hard bop; Carla Boregas counters with sparse accents and the pulsating sounds of her analog synthesizers. The versatile percussionist Dudù Kouate adds another layer to the duo's sound. Equally at home in the musical traditions of West Africa and the Western avant-garde, Kouate has worked with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Roscoe Mitchell, Moor Mother, and others. Ryoko Ono and Alexander Frangenheim, two heavyweights of improvised music, come together in this encounter. The saxophonist and flautist Ono is as adept at progressive rock, hip-hop, noise, and R&B as she is at free improvisation. With exquisite technique, she contrasts her lyrical playing with noise-like sounds that suddenly emerge from and vanish back into an organic flow of scales. Trained double bassist Alexander Frangenheim has spent years perfecting his expressive playing style; the long list of his collaborators reads like a "who's who" of the international improvisation scene. He commands a vast array of tonal colors and possesses tremendous agility in his playing. Supported by The Capital Cultural Fund (HKF) Berlin