Concrete Dragon

Bobvan is a Belgian composer who has been following his own rather eclectic path: he founded Des Airs (one of the first bands on Crammed) , Sacher Muzak ("Gorba The Chief", a club and video hit in the USSR…) and "Twin Freaks", released an ambient/dance album in 91 ("LoonyChip Classics"), and is now turning his attention to new and radical forms of "Electronic Listening Music" with "Water Dragon" , a very dense and acoustically rich album, at the same time abstract and narrative. Bobvan has travelled back in time to study the techniques developed by the exponents of Musique Concrète in the 50's. His work tries to bring answers to questions such as: why should the sound of hyperspace be repetitive / left-brain style / tempo-driven / quantized? Why should it ignore tension, danger, fear, sorrow, silence?

Led by German trombonist Nils Wogram, the creative jazz quartet Root 70 was formed in 2000. All four bandmembers were born (or, as the group's name suggests, rooted) in the '70s – two in Germany and two in New Zealand – and their performing and recording careers have included a number of international collaborations. Beginning with his 1994 debut disc recorded in New York, Wogram has released over 20 albums as a leader or co-leader in a wide variety of settings ranging from post-bop to free improvisation, collaborating with the NDR Bigband and helming such ensembles as his Septet, his Quartet, and his Nostalgia threesome.