18
Jan
Kobza Vajk Group @ Ben utca
19:00 /// Kápolnásnyék
31
Jan
Cosmic Cluster @ Szimpla kert
20:00 /// Budapest
CALENDAR
A FINE LINE IN BETWEEN
by Roland Heidrich & The Abstract
"Heidrich blurs the lines between jazz, prog and the music of his native Hungary, and here he lays it all down with an easy groove, courtesy of his able sidesmen CsabaPengő on bass, and drummer Zsolt SárváriKovács...
...there are gentle moments such as the guitar/sax duo of ‘This Is A Song’... and the flat-out charging bonkersness and complexity of the appropriately-titled ‘Crazy’, which closes the album, with the performers soaring off in all directions and each taking a solo in classic jazz-gig style."
Andrew Everard - HiFiCritic
LATEST RELEASES
I Tried This and I Tried That by Roland Heidrich & The Abstract
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The Abstract @ No Milk Today (2023)
THE ABSTRACT
The Abstract blends several styles and genres whilst staying flexible and constantly evolving in their own music...
The Abstract has been playing since 2018 - mostly in Hungarian clubs. Their experimental spirit and cross-genre music can already be heard on two records and a live concert release.
Despite the classic drum, bass and guitar line-up, this isn't a mainstream formation. In their music, from progressive or post-rock to avant-garde twists, the audience can come across a lot of colors. Sometimes song-like themes give ground for their musical exploration but the attitude and main principles of jazz can almost always be heard from their music.
They recorded their first album “Where are we going?” at the end of 2018. In 2021 their second album was released under the title "A Fine Line In Between". The latest release is a live recording under the title "Live '20".
Roland Heidrich – guitar
Csaba Pengő – double bass
Zsolt Sárvári Kovács – drums
COSMIC CLUSTER
Psychedelic free jazz...
Amplified trombone and saturated electric guitar up front, driven by an explosive rhythm section, Cosmic Cluster is reminiscent of 1960s-era psychedelic free jazz with a heavy dose of experimental electronics. Started by seasoned American free jazz trombonist Christopher Robin Cox, now full-time entity on the European improvisation scene. Their first live album with the title "Live Ruin" was released in 2023.
Christopher Robin Cox - trombone
Roland Heidrich - guitar
Zoltán Kováts - bass
Attila Gyárfás – drums
BONE - GUITAR
Weird experimental lyric ambient sounds...
No rules, no plans, no doctrines... and definitely no repeat. In short - the endless sonic opportunities colliding with freedom. A duo that spans a giant range of approaches, from chaotic ambient particle parties, to vast open caverns of washed-out ambient saturation. Equal parts chaos and dark, dreamy movie soundtrack.
Christopher Robin Cox - trombone
Roland Heidrich - guitar
KOBZA VAJK GROUP
An exciting act of Hungarian oriental music...
The Groups music is a blend of Middle Eastern modal music traditions, European jazz and the legacy of ancient melodies, with the additional desire to explore new paths in the present. Their vision is to leave categories of genre behind and bring music created in the moment to a higher level, made even more interesting by their unusual instrumentation and unique sound.
Vajk Kobza - oud
Fatima Gozlan - ney, percussion
Norbert Murányi - persian santur
Roland Heidrich – guitar
Csaba Pengő – double bass
Balázs Major – percussion
BIO
I see myself as someone with a creative attitude, who likes to experiment with stuff and try to make something out of it... in best case scenario the outcome not only equals the input, but exceeds it - that's what I'm looking for.
My deep relationship with music started at the age of 14, when I picked up the guitar. A simple act, that changed and shaped everything for me. I was mesmerized by the power of rock music first but soon discovered jazz and started to develop myself in that direction. After some years of studying jazz, my attention turnned in other directions aswell, like avantgarde and experimental music including free improvisation. Having set up my prepared weird multi-pickup electric guitar for experimental music purposes, I met Sándor Szabó, who introduced a different sphere of music and sound to me, principally through acoustic music. I played only acoustic guitars for 10 years, explored the oppurtunities on the 8 string classical guitar, 16 string guitar and fretless 8 strings, before returning to my roots with the electric guitar and my original sound imaginations.
In all these years i was lucky to play and work with really great and inspiring musicians from the hungarian jazz and free improvisation scene to the international acoustic guitar world. In 2018 I started my own band with Csaba Pengő and Zsolt Sárvári Kovács - The Abstract.