Source: Tonefloat.
JOHN DIKEMAN / STEVE NOBLE / DIRK SERRIES
Introducing a new exciting trio that unites US saxophone extravaganza JOHN DIKEMAN (Cactus Truck, Universal Indians, Dikeman/Parker/Drake), Belgian guitar experimentalist and veteran DIRK SERRIES (Yodok III, Fantoom, Kodian Trio) and legendary UK drummer STEVE NOBLE (N.E.W., Brötzmann/Noble). Met up for the first time on April 2nd 2015 at Soundsavers Studio in London, recording their first album. Their debut ‘Obscure Fluctuations’ was released on TROST from Austria to critically acclaim.
JOHN DIKEMAN : tenor saxophone
STEVE NOBLE : drums
DIRK SERRIES : electric guitarKODIAN TRIO
KODIAN TRIO, the new flagship of Tonefloat’s New Wave Of Jazz label will release their debut album early March 2016. KODIAN TRIO born from the ashes of the insane quartet concert at Cafe Oto (London, UK) is UK saxophonist COLIN WEBSTER, UK drummer ANDREW LISLE and on electric guitar DIRK SERRIES. Webster, one of the rising starts in the UK improvisation scene and known for his collaborations with Archie Shepp, Joseph Bowie and Mark Holub. Andrew is a fascinating drummer, excelling in his abstract percussion and worked together with Alex Ward, Seymour Wright and Daniel Thompson. Dirk Serries slowly manifesting himself as a improvising guitarist, without his trademark drone or relying on his safety zone in looping structures, but more as a pupil of the great Derek Bailey.
COLIN WEBSTER : alto & baritone saxophone
ANDREW LISLE : drums
DIRK SERRIES : electric guitarCYCLE
Drumster KAREN WILLEMS (Inwolves, Zita Zwoon group), double bass player MARTINA VERHOEVEN (Fantoom, 3 Seconds Of Air) and experimental guitarist DIRK SERRIES are leading this Belgian trio into free improvisation. A musical language wherein the percussive abstraction and intuition of Karen Willems communicates with the experimental guitar minimalism of Dirk Serries and the wilful approach to the double bass by Martina Verhoeven. Initiating a drop that grows into a long-form improvisation, the interaction between the 3 players focusing onto detail, slowly structuring a cycle of themes and motives around silence, repetition, mood and dynamics. CYCLE is a trio that plays the musical balance between improvisation, minimalism and avant-garde.
KAREN WILLEMS : drums
MARTINA VERHOEVEN : double bass
DIRK SERRIES : electric guitar
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