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CORTIZONA 022LP
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Get ready for schntzl 2.0. On their third album Casper Van De Velde and Hendrik Lasure, the two SpongeBobs of Belgian jazz, enter Cortizona and take you on board of their newly discovered musical spectrum. Rollercoastin' between extreme emotions Casper and Hendrik slide through 90's Euro-optimism on synths, frantic drum rolls, lost piano sounds, and sample wizardry: blending Spanish guitars, voices of singing ladies, slow-mo clarinets, and the patterns of a percussion robot. Holiday is the result of a residency in Ravenna, Italy in October in 2021 where musique concrète, replica sounds, and frenetic hyper-pop textures sneaked into the musical world of schntzl. Sculpting a world of friction, hypodermic joyful changes, sad euphoria, and good old plain fun. RIYL: Matmos in a jazz mood, free vibin' PC Music, Enya on XTC, improvising Valentina Magaletti, moody SOPHIE, BadBadNotGood going GoodGoodNotBad and other excellent music.
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WERF 154EP
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The youthful jazz iconoclasts of SCHNTZL are undoubtedly among that much-talked-about "new wave of Belgian jazz". Since releasing their untitled debut in the fall of 2016 (WERF 140LP), the band has played an impressive number of concerts, adorned the stage of Gent Jazz Festival, and hosted Badbadnotgood in Amsterdam's Paradiso. This brand-new EP Paper, Wind is a new adventure in the continuous sonic search of pianist Hendrik Lasure and drummer Casper Van De Velde. The result is a moving collection of melancholic snapshots in which they keep flirting with minimalism and subtle electro. RIYL: Nils Frahm, Erased Tapes.
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2LP
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WERF 140LP
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A fresh new breeze is blowing through the Belgian music scene, taking the form of SCHNTZL. This duo of Hendrik Lasure and Casper Van De Velde is cheerfully pushing the boundaries of traditional jazz, armed with only piano and drums. The two young top talents are experimenting with minimalism, electronics and classical music, in their search for the preservation of fragility: how can strict composition and free improvisation be combined? How do acoustic and electronic elements fit together? The unique way in which they answer these questions leaves enough space for silence and takes the listener to the essence of music. Their first full album Schntzl was recorded by producer Koen Gisen (Dans Dans, Flying Horseman, An Pierlé, Robbing Millions). For fans of Nils Frahm, Radiohead and Keith Jarrett.
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