Steffen Schorn: Universe Of Possibilities auf CD

Das Konzept der Band Universe of Possiblities ist das eines äußerst flexiblen Ensembles von hochkarätigen Instrumentalisten und Improvisatoren.

“Universe of Possibilities” attempts to use the pure possibilities of a large ensemble in a smaller frame, and the music is as extraordinary as its instrumentation is: dense grooves, timbered contrasts and a harmonic boldness, which seems both familiar and strange. Steffen Schorn’s pieces move between the poles of harmonically rich sentences with a high degree of tonal blend and chamber music-like tonal culture and bass-stressed grooves with up to six different basses and two drummers – without a conventional bass. As a consequence a very specific sound emerges, which is characterized by Schorn’s abundant harmonic tonal cosmos, by his characteristic unity of structure and sensuousness as well as by an immediately perceivable energy and pull. The nine outstanding tonal individuals invent the sound of the ensemble anew in complex arrangements and the most varying of constellations, and they have it dazzle in a multitude of colors. The whole time they move highly flexible and virtuous in musical aggregates between composition and improvisation and let us divine what the universe keeps open as possibilities.

Rezensionen

,,Ihren kammermusikalischen Gestus bekommt Schorns Musik dadurch, dass er die verschiedenen Stimmen der Instrumentalisten stets aufs Neue mit einander kombiniert, sie mal in die Breite zieht, mal ganz eng führt, dann wieder flächig nebeneinander laufen und sich zu Klangtrauben zusammenballen lässt. Seine Musiker haben aber stets genügend Raum für ihre Solo-Exkursionen. Doch sie finden immer wieder zurück in Schorns raumgreifenden, musikalischen Kosmos." (Jazzthing, Juni-August 2011)