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Signal Quintet: North American Tour a success

  

Currently consisting of the cream of the crop of the Swiss sound-art scene (Günter Müller, Tomas Korber, Norbert Möslang, Christian Weber) and aforementioned Kahn, this is one of the few acts which can deliver on stage what the merrits of the individual members would suggest on paper. When asked about the possibility of the Signal Quintet appearing in Europe, Jason replies: "I agree, this is a good group; the problem is, it is so expensive to bring to the stage. with five people everything starts to cost a lot (the hotels, the travel, not to mention the fees)... We basically can only play at festivals." And yet, he certainly won't rule out the chance entirely, even though the group has just disassembled into its components again.

Part of the optimism can be down to the current album debut of the group, which has just been released on Kahn's "cut" imprint. "Yamaguchi" consists of three performances at the Center for Arts and Media by the same name and has once again been realised with the support of the Pro Helvetia foundation and the city of Zürich/Popkredit. All the ingredients of the Quintet's live act are perfectly represented here: Sonorous drone resonances, ominous contrabass slaps, rustling waves of white noise and looped pulsations. Certainly a good way to introduce yourself to the unique sound of this band.

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