Matt Schulz

Tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Matt Bauder is one of those young musicains who has an equal capacity to play in and out of the formal idiomatic conventions. When with Memorize the Sky he goes out, profiting from his studies with the innovative composers Anthony Braxton, Alvin Lucier and Ron Kuivila. Conversely, his band Day in Pictures (now reformed by replacing Angelica Sanchez for Kris Davis) operates completely in jazz domains, and does it very much according to the tradition. The truth is that the jazz tradition has defined a space for freedom right from the start, and Bauder is a master of combining that freedom with form.

Arriving at a moment where attention spans are shot and anxieties are going into overdrive, Deleter, Holy Fuck’s fifth studio LP, is a defiantly full-bodied affair. Polyrhythmic and pleasure-focused, Deleter sees Brian Borcherdt, Graham Walsh, Matt Schulz, and Matt “Punchy” McQuaid utilises their signature sound - seamlessly fusing the gauzy drive of krautrock and deep house’s dreamy ineffability, expertly blending purring motorik percussion with the sort of fuggy synthetic fizz and tang they are renowned for. From the thrusting minimalism of opener Luxe through to the triumphant chug of closing track Ruby, via club-ready rollocker Free Gloss and the cosmic clatter of San Sebastian, Deleter is a record that joins the Holy Fuck dots within their widescreen, technicolour, crescendo-heavy sound.

With the new The Dome 86 and its extensive tracklist, nothing stands in the way of the first garden parties this year. The days are getting longer and the nights are getting warmer, spending the best time with friends in the open air, but of course not without the right music. In the chart music area there are actually 2 big flagships in Germany, which are always in the top of the Complication Charts. Meant at this point next to the The Dome series, of course, the mother of all chart compilation, the Bravo Hits series, which in the last few weeks, the issue 100 reached. But let us restrict ourselves to The Dome 86 and take a look at the associated tracklist. Here we find numerous top tracks of e.g. Lost Frequencies, Sean Paul, Rudimental, Robin Schulz, Kygo, Marshmello and many more.