Wired Opposite
it is nice to find that intelligent music still exists in this world; sometimes it's hard to keep faith in that alive. I am so glad to have come across this brilliant trio of musicians!
Favorite track: Petit Loup.
Alexander Brill
Heard their music first on San Diego's Jazz 88.3. Instantely fell in love. They have all the moods I love in jazz. It's hard to beleive it's just three guys. I've cried tears of joy to this album and also have washed hundreds of dishes in the dish pit at benihanas to it.
Favorite track: Somnambulist.
Deidre House
The Kandinsky Effect are a contemporary jazz trio that defies easy description- they have somewhat of a post-rock sensibility, but this is just one of the many influences they draw from. Lots of talent here, not in the form of technical flash but rather raw creativity and originality. The compositions themselves are clearly well-thought-out and the musicians bring them to life wonderfully. This album's fantastic.
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"...a mind-bending, eclectic and challenging sonic stream that doesn’t contain even a shred of pretentiousness, but is full of creativity, individuality, expressivity and outside of the box thinking."
- Igloo
"Come to this show blindfolded and you’ll have a hard time believing the music is being created by just three people." – Capital Bop
"The Kandinsky Effect is an accomplished band not because they implement electronics into jazz music, but rather for how they utilize electronic configurations to make their music radiate."
– Audiophile Audition
"...five solid years of recording and touring have fine-tuned their approach, stretching out beyond the confines of jazz into many directions, with electronics, funk grooves, bop, touches of punk, progressive rock, ambient and much more....not content to just re-tread what’s been done before them, but determined to break new ground at every turn, all the while keeping their sound completely listenable and satisfying."
– Exposé
On Somnambulist, The Kandinsky Effect wields its musical power in a welcoming way. Their third album isn't form-eschewing free jazz, nor are the tonalities the trio employs particularly "out". The real revelation -- and revolution -- comes simply in the way saxophonist Warren Walker, bassist Gael Petrina, and drummer Caleb Dolister organize sound.
The trio is a purist's nightmare -- and not only that of a jazz purist either. Since their first, self-titled album came out in 2010, The Kandinsky Effect has been boldly blending jazz with elements of everything from hip-hop to electronic music, making for an idiosyncratic amalgam that never goes exactly where you might expect it to; nothing can completely prepare you for its marriage of groove, atmosphere, and incendiary playing.
Bandleader Walker feels the album is the most effectively conceived collection of what he wryly calls the group's "nerd music" to date. "I feel like I had a clearer idea of what I was looking for in the sound of my compositions and how to approach writing for this group," he says, "it's a sort of coming-of-age piece."
The ability to incorporate a broad range of musical, geographical, and emotional influences into their music is at the core of The Kandinsky Effect's makeup. Formed 2007 in Paris, France, the original lineup included Petrina and Parisian drummer Gautier Garrigue. In 2010 they recorded their first album, The Kandinsky Effect. While influenced by hip-hop and electronics, the album was much more rooted in jazz and featured mostly acoustic instrumentation. Dolister joined for 2013's Synesthesia, which began to expand the band's sound, blending everything from Petrinas fondness for electronica to Dolister's love of heavy rock bands like Meshuggah, and Walker’s unique approach to composition and electronic soundscapes.
Over the years, the group has traveled extensively, performing multiple trips and tours in Europe, Asia, and North America, perfecting what Dolister calls their "intellectual groove instrumental music." And from the slip-sliding beats and slithering sax lines of opening track "Copalchi Distress Signal" to the insistent pulse and layered, lyrical melodies of closing cut "Muji," there's a feeling of the refinement process reaching fruition on Somnambulist.
chomsky / muji / petit loup
composed by gaël petrina
annabelle chases a bug / flips
composed by caleb dolister
(caleb dolister music, ascap)
sad fly
composed by caleb dolister
for the animated pilot “spacefish”
youtu.be/Pd-7Jculi_E
warren walker exclusively uses:
selmer saxophones
lebayle mouthpieces
vandoren reeds and ligatures
applied microphones
jam pedals
radial engineering voco-loco
pedaltrain pedalboards
the kandinsky effect would like to sincerely thank everyone who helped us make this record; without your support this would not have been possible. we also want to especially thank merri & gary, samantha, maria, michaela, and joe for their generous contributions.
I heard one track and had to buy their entire collection on BandCamp.
Coordination in the face of perpetual random motion. Constructive explosions in sound. What more could you ask for from a musical ensemble..? Peter Jones