Pure, by BLAER

Pure

by BLAER

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Frank Hadlich It's so gorgeous. Beautiful melodies, intricate rhythms, wonderful blowing. Favorite track: Utopia.

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1.	Hover 09:51	buy track
2.	Gold I 01:24	buy track
3.	Pure 06:26	buy track
4.	Lotus 06:14	buy track
5.	Gold II 01:19	buy track
6.	Decay 06:06	buy track
7.	Utopia 10:37	buy track
8.	Gold III 01:16	buy track

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The fourth album of working band BLAER, founded in 2013 by composer and pianist Maja Nydegger, is pure and essential - A „dive into calmness“ as the Swiss Jazz magazine JNM precisely describes the drift of the music.
The longstanding and diligent collaboration of the band members continues subtly, persistent and with musical intelligence. Since releasing their last album YELLOW (RRR 2020), the band was frequently touring and continued to improve its crystal clear musical concept.
By this genuine attitude of a band spirit, the new album reaches a self-confidence and natural maturity, generously and clearly lead by Maja Nydegger with her elaborated compositional and pianistic skills and taste. Since the last album, which attracted attention in the new jazz and ambient scene, the music developed into an even more original blend of different influences like ambient, minimal, spherical and independent music and contains even a pinch of movie scores.
The album PURE forms a clear bow, consisting of five individual tracks and three interludes called GOLD I – III. They are all based on a sophisticated rhythmical organization and on familiar but at the same time surprizing harmonies – a paradoxical phenomenon in BLAER’s music. With its consciousness for instrumentation and sound the band does often sound like a whole orchestra with seducing, glowing melody guidelines.
Reeds player Nils Fischer and Claudio von Arx play the blending and counterpoints of their
instruments with a collegial sense for duo colours and dynamics. The rhythm section with drummer Philippe Ducommun and bass player Simon Iten creates a dynamic flow based on a relaxed togetherness and trust in each other. Elegant master mind Maja Nydegger herself guides the spherical groove organism BLAER with her creative taste and decisions as if by magic.

credits

released October 13, 2023

LINE UP:
Maja Nydegger: piano, composition
Nils Fischer: bass clarinet
Claudio von Arx: tenorsax
Simon Iten: bass, fx
Philippe Ducommun: drums

All music composed by Maja Nydegger.
Album produced by Maja Nydegger and Nik Bärtsch.
Recorded February 2023 at Mazzive Sound Studio Bellmund by Chris Diggelmann.
Mixed by Chris Diggelmann, mastered by Serge Christen.
Artwork by David Nydegger.
Songs published by Ronin Rhythm Productions & Neonstars Publishing.
Supported by Stadt Bern, Kultur Kanton Bern, Burgergemeinde Bern, Konolfingen, Stadt Luzern FUKA-Fonds, LuzernPlus.

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BLAER Bern, Switzerland

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discography

Pure

Oct 2023
Yellow

Feb 2020
Out Of Silence

Feb 2017
Blaer

Feb 2014

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