"waisted Efforts"

Aparis & Markus Stockhausen - Despite The Fire-Fighters' Efforts (1993) {ECM 1496}
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© 1993 ECM Records | ECM 1496
Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Chamber Jazz

Three years after a self-titled debut, the trio known as Aparis set out for its second of two albums for ECM. Much of the sweep of the first can be found slithering throughout Despite the fire-fighters’ efforts…, only here trumpeter Markus Stockhausen’s lines swim eel-like in an even deeper ocean of electronics, courtesy of brother Simon (who also plays soprano sax). Drummer Jo Thönes is gorgeously present at key moments, as in the high-octane intensity that concludes the opening track, “Sunrice.” Before this we are surrounded by dawn-drenched ruins.