"...stylized playing where Eastern European melodies clash with
energetic American-style spontaneity. The instrumental configuration is
unique. Combining the accordion with electronics and placing them im the
same arena with heavy back-beat drumming and free wheeling alto blowing
results in a conglomeration that cannot be neatly slotted into a musical
category......." Frank Rubolino, Cadence 3/00 |
"Variantenreich und mit grosser Sorgfalt auskomponierte Themen mit Tendenz ins Kammermusikalische, die insbesondere den fluessigen, muskuloesen Altsaxophon-Soli Sascha Ottos Raum geben und diese wieder elastisch auffangen, praegen das Klangbild. ......." Andreas Felber, Jazzpodium 2/00 |
"... atmospheric performances... Recommended." Cadence Magazine 3/98 |
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"LUNAPARK is a colorful mix of musical snapshots,
a stroll through a postmodern entertainment-park. Sentimental bandoneons
on one hand, but also hip-hop-based fusion-grooves on the other ......." |
"LUNAPARK. Elements from funk, folk, and soundscapes
from our surroundings mix on a jazzy soil. Check out titles like "Yesterday
I was still indecisive, today I'm not so sure". The prefect change
to escape from everyday radio boredom..." Wienerin, September 1996 |
"Four highly talented Austrian musicians got
together to mix absurdity, cynism, and whimsicality with highly original
crossover - music.... euphoria and melancholia. Oh yeah!..." Concerto 2/96 |
"And the music, that is the unique thing - it has wit!..." Wiener Zeitung, 9.1.1996 |
"Gerhard Graml's LUNAPARK is a musical scooter
and a caroussel, a swing and a rollercoaster, a freak show, sugar and
spice, Viennese Melange and Upperaustrian Cider, thoughtfull compositions
and complex arrangements... Lunapark is further evidence, that even in
Austria it is possible to produce high-class music, that soothes your
hearing nerves..." Jazz Live Nr.113, 1996 |