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Synergetic Match #1
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SCHINDLER + HARNIK Synergetic Matches

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Elisabeth Harnik, an Austrian based pianist and composer has created a multi-faceted body of work by blurring genre boundaries through various collaborations in the field of improvised music, interdisciplinary projects and contemporary compositional works. She studied classical piano and later – with Beat Furrer – composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz. As an improviser she works within an electro-acoustic inspired sound-world, using specific preparations and extended techniques while pushing the limitations of the piano. Amongst others she has collaborated with Frank Gratkowski, Sainkho Namtchylak, Dave Rempis & Michael Zerang, Joelle Leandre and Ken Vandermark. Udo Schindler is a German musician in the improv scene playing bass clarinet, sax, flute, cornet, accordion, guitar and drums. In the 1970s he first appeared as a rock and rock-jazz musician before studying flute Nuremberg conservatory. Afterwards, he studied architecture in Munich and worked as an architect. In the 1990s he began playing an important role in New Music and Improvised Music. Next to his musical activities he also worked as a director, actor and composes soundtrack music for the theatre. In Munich, he also initiated a series of improvised music concerts. Full tracklist: 1. Synergetic Match # 1 2. Synergetic Match # 2 3. Synergetic Match # 3 4. Synergetic Match # 4 5. Synergetic Match # 5 6. Synergetic Match # 6. Price: € 19,-/copy incl. worldwide shipping.

The title of the album captures perfectly the close, stimulating dynamics of Schindler and Harnik. It offers six contemplative conversations that focus on intricate architectures of sounds and textures, often using extended techniques – Harnik plays inside the piano with objects and transforms the piano into a percussive instrument while Schindler explores resonant, ethereal timbres of the clarinet family and the alto horn. The duo structures this set as a dramatic narrative that blurs the distinction between free jazz, free improvisation and contemporary music, using Schindlers skills as a director, actor and composer for theater.
(Salt Peanuts, October 2024)