Bubaran
Andreas Tschopp, tb
Matthias Spillmann, tp
Bernhard Bamert, tb
Ronny Graupe, g
Lionel Friedli, dr
Inspired by the soundscapes of Indonesian Gamelan orchestras, Andreas Tschopp assembled a group of top class improvisers and sound esthetes. He frees them from the bond of the well-tempered tuning system and sends them off to explore the majestic beauty of metallic shimmer and hypnotic ostinatos.
Bubaran is a Jazz Quintet in spirit. But yet the instrumentation - three brass players, one guitarist, one drummer - shows, that Jazz in this case doesn't mean the sound of the Great American Songbook, but rather the mindset, the exploratory spirit of this music.
Bubaran is a Jazz Quintet. Bubaran is also a pocket chamber orchestra. A telescope into the sound worlds of Indonesian temples. A singer of archaic arias, an exuberant fair on the village square.