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SDBANU 019CD
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Gent three-piece Steiger are set to release new album, The New Lady Llama via groove-obsessed label Sdban Ultra. A 21st century piano trio who continue to exemplify the spirit of exploration in their sound, if the critically acclaimed albums And Above All (2017) and Give Space (SDBANU 007CD/LP, 2018) prove anything, is that Steiger is not just a band, but a continuous work-in-progress. On The New Lady Llama, Gilles Vandecaveye-Pinoy (keyboards), Kobe Boon (bass), and Simon Raman (drums) eagerly explore the outer margins of jazz and dive into other universes (contemporary music, electronica, pop, free improvisation), yet remain faithful to the genre's long-standing core principle; that of a flexible transformation. Winners of the 2017 Gent Jazz Festivals' Jazztalent award, Steiger were one of twelve acts asked to perform at the prestigious 12 Points Festival in Dublin in 2018 and recent residencies at Vooruit (Ghent), Flagey (Brussels) and deSingel (Antwerp) have allowed the band the opportunity to incorporate new ideas into the music including prepared piano, harpsichord, and synths. Collaborating with Australian contemporary electronic and avant garde composer Joe Talia (Oren Ambarchi, Jim O'Rourke), Talia was granted the freedom to remodel/remix the material that the band designed during their residencies. The end result: an electro-acoustic exploration that blurs boundaries. The New Lady Llama is the next step in Steiger's fascinating evolution as the trio continue its path of renewal and enterprise. Tracks like new single "Lambda" display a stronger emphasis on sound exploration. Steiger are not afraid to experiment with off-kilter sounds and atmospheres as they seek to explore unfamiliar territory. Striking is also the increased use of contrasts. The music keeps construction and deconstruction, form and abstraction, in a remarkable balance. "Just A Rite" for example is full of rapid twists and turns taking something straightforward and turning it on its head with stunning results. Elsewhere, "Sun Dog" and "Absolution of a French Fry" muddy the confines of the organic and the electronic resulting in something deeply cohesive and compelling.
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SDBANU 019LP
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LP version. White/blue marbled vinyl. Gent three-piece Steiger are set to release new album, The New Lady Llama via groove-obsessed label Sdban Ultra. A 21st century piano trio who continue to exemplify the spirit of exploration in their sound, if the critically acclaimed albums And Above All (2017) and Give Space (SDBANU 007CD/LP, 2018) prove anything, is that Steiger is not just a band, but a continuous work-in-progress. On The New Lady Llama, Gilles Vandecaveye-Pinoy (keyboards), Kobe Boon (bass), and Simon Raman (drums) eagerly explore the outer margins of jazz and dive into other universes (contemporary music, electronica, pop, free improvisation), yet remain faithful to the genre's long-standing core principle; that of a flexible transformation. Winners of the 2017 Gent Jazz Festivals' Jazztalent award, Steiger were one of twelve acts asked to perform at the prestigious 12 Points Festival in Dublin in 2018 and recent residencies at Vooruit (Ghent), Flagey (Brussels) and deSingel (Antwerp) have allowed the band the opportunity to incorporate new ideas into the music including prepared piano, harpsichord, and synths. Collaborating with Australian contemporary electronic and avant garde composer Joe Talia (Oren Ambarchi, Jim O'Rourke), Talia was granted the freedom to remodel/remix the material that the band designed during their residencies. The end result: an electro-acoustic exploration that blurs boundaries. The New Lady Llama is the next step in Steiger's fascinating evolution as the trio continue its path of renewal and enterprise. Tracks like new single "Lambda" display a stronger emphasis on sound exploration. Steiger are not afraid to experiment with off-kilter sounds and atmospheres as they seek to explore unfamiliar territory. Striking is also the increased use of contrasts. The music keeps construction and deconstruction, form and abstraction, in a remarkable balance. "Just A Rite" for example is full of rapid twists and turns taking something straightforward and turning it on its head with stunning results. Elsewhere, "Sun Dog" and "Absolution of a French Fry" muddy the confines of the organic and the electronic resulting in something deeply cohesive and compelling.
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SDBANU 007LP
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LP version with download code. Ghent's Steiger are a piano trio, but not in the classical sense. With their versatile style, influenced by different musical genres such as jazz, rock, pop, classical, and electronic music, they try to find a balance between composition and improvisation through the use of experimentation and electronics. Considered pioneers of the Belgian jazz crossover scene, Steiger have been active for six years and have recently found themselves performing at major jazz venues in Flanders, picking up numerous accolades along the way. The trio's highly anticipated sophomore album Give Space was recorded at seven different locations, with the music composed to fit and fight these locations within a dialogue of acoustics, atmospheres and appetition. Field recordings, reverbs, and ambient sounds are all collected within the search for the unpredictable, given space within this dialogue as an essential part of the encounter. As a result, the locations emerge somewhat as a fourth member of the trio. The music, sometimes fixed, sometimes completely free, thus becomes an ever-changing journey into their multi-faceted world.
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SDBANU 007CD
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Ghent's Steiger are a piano trio, but not in the classical sense. With their versatile style, influenced by different musical genres such as jazz, rock, pop, classical, and electronic music, they try to find a balance between composition and improvisation through the use of experimentation and electronics. Considered pioneers of the Belgian jazz crossover scene, Steiger have been active for six years and have recently found themselves performing at major jazz venues in Flanders, picking up numerous accolades along the way. The trio's highly anticipated sophomore album Give Space was recorded at seven different locations, with the music composed to fit and fight these locations within a dialogue of acoustics, atmospheres and appetition. Field recordings, reverbs, and ambient sounds are all collected within the search for the unpredictable, given space within this dialogue as an essential part of the encounter. As a result, the locations emerge somewhat as a fourth member of the trio. The music, sometimes fixed, sometimes completely free, thus becomes an ever-changing journey into their multi-faceted world.
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SDBANU 1002LP
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Ghent-based piano trio Steiger have earned their place in the ever-growing peloton of young Belgian jazz innovators. As a result, they won the Young Jazz talent price at the 2017 Gent Jazz Festival. With their luscious and rigid grooves in minimalistic framing, they cast themselves between SCHNTZL and De Beren Gieren, likewise minded young Bel-jazz bands that don't take it so closely with traditions. They play jazz with a rock n' roll attitude. Sdban Ultra present a sampler of their debut album And Above All on a limited 10" vinyl. This release marks their introduction on Sdban Ultra, with a forthcoming sophomore album. And Above All houses both jazz and modern compositions, avant-garde and experimental electronics. Steiger takes inspiration from jazz and refers to the traditions but equally pulls those apart, for example in the chaotic miniature "Bachfag" and in the intimate "Inverse/Reverse". With "Berlin Revisited" the band clearly chooses electronic instrumentation. It is reminiscent of the electronic jazz of the noughties: bands like Triosk, Sofa Surfers, and Flanger did not so much work towards jazz but used the genre as a stepping stone to dive into the cosmos. Steiger are launching themselves into infinity on this track with a pounding beat, shrill cymbals, overdriven keys, and an unwieldy bass.
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