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Schau bei vorbei FAZZUL MUSIC vorbei / Have a look at FAZZUL MUSIC site: http://www.fazzulmusic.ch ************************************************************ ** The horns achieve a transcendent state that rivals the guitar’s authoritative role. Potent strains blare away, scraping paint from the walls with their strident outcries. These brass melodies serve to oust the listener from the influence of gravity, propelling the audience into the air where each chord and sustain buffets everyone with forceful yet elegant caresses ... The compositions are difficult to confine to any single genre. Diverse influences (ranging from modern jazz and esoteric rock to medieval strains) crash and collide to form curious structures of dazzling charisma. The general mood is modern, though, while the vivacity of the performance spawns a breathless appreciation. If sound could generate light, this music would need to be apppreciated wearing sunglasses. (Matt Howarth, http://www.soniccuriosity.com, May 2008) ************************************************************ ** Da ist natürlich Markus Stauss, dessen exaltiertes, riffiges Saxofon-Spiel schon mal in eine wildere Kerbe schlägt ... Also ist das nichts für Sax-Averse? Sollte man meinen, aber ich würde in diesem Fall das Gegenteil behaupten: Gerade Sax-Hasser sollten sich das mal anhören! Wer bisher David Jackson erfolgreich widerstehen konnte, der wird vielleicht von Markus Stauss bekehrt. Ulterior Lux und mehr noch Spaltklang sind sozusagen die erfolgreiche Sax-Hör-Schule ... kreischende Ausbrüche, aber auch seine filigranen Zwischenspiele ziehen den Hörer in ihren Bann. (Thomas Kohlruss, BBS) ************************************************************ ** This great artist continues to amaze and surprise us! ... the great unsung heroes of the current music scene! ... Stauss' tone alone is something many a sax player would sell his soul for! ... Markus' sax playing is superb throughout recalling George Cartwright of Curlew, Lol Coxhill's soprano solos, Gato Barbieri's powerful tenor sound or even the great John Coltrane! ... His playing is very innovative and satisfying ... always amazing ... prime Markus Stauss ... He can play 'out' without losing the groove! He can make his sax sing a melody without becoming too sweet or melancholy ... wails like Didier Malherbe at times, vamps like a guitarist or a keyboardist sometimes or really cuts loose like a seasoned jazz player when the need arises! I could compare his playing to lots of jazz greats that you may or may not be familiar with but suffice to say that most people have never heard a sax player like this before! ... the incredible sax playing of Markus Stauss ... it is not too much to say that Markus has re-invented the role of the sax in rock/jazz/improvised music and should be viewed alongside players like George Cartwright (Curlew) and John Zorn in this regard. Where Allan Holdsworth always has said that he is trying to make the guitar do what a saxophone does, Markus has approached the problem from exactly the opposite view. While he is certainly informed by the vast history of jazz & improvising saxophonists, his playing takes on the qualities of a rock guitarist in many passages. The power of certain repeated phrases & notes has the effect of reassuring the listener that, no matter how far into uncharted territory Markus might take us, there is still a visceral quality that makes it all understandable and embraceable. (Steve Roberts, ZNR)******************************************************** ****** Markus Stauss ist hierzulande (Deutschland) leider ein fast völlig unbekannter Name, dabei macht der exzellent ausgebildete Saxophonist seit vielen Jahren mit diversen Projekten die Jazz- und Avantgarde-Szene in der Schweiz und in Europa unsicher. Stauss überzeugt bei all seinen Projekten durch kompromisslose Technik, gepaart mit Spielfreude und Experimentierfreudigkeit. Geradezu frenetisch ist sein Spiel bei seiner aktuellen Quartett-Formation Spaltklang ... Unbedingt hörenswert sind auch Markus Stauss' andere musikalischen Projekte: Zauss, Ulterior Lux, Trank Zappa Grappa in Varese? (!) und natürlich sein Mitwirken bei der italienischen Avantgarde-Band Yugen. (Sal Pichireddu, der Schallplattenmann sagt)******************************************************* ******* Stauss Sax-Einlagen bleiben als druckvolle Soli hängen ... (Fix Sadler, BBS) ************************************************************ ** Il vulcanico Markus Stauss ... Eseguita in modo impeccabile e con una grande perizia tecnico-compositiva, Markus, dopo tanti anni di carriera artistica dimostra di avere ancora tanto entusiasmo e ancora molta voglia di produrre ed esplorare territori musicali sempre nuovi ed evoluti, senza compromessi o secondi fini, ma solo per il gusto e il piacere di fare musica ... (Marcello Marinone, Agartha) ************************************************************ ** Spendiamo due parole per Stauss, eclettico musicista compositore autore di numerosi progetti musicali quali Spaltklag, Echoes, Überfall. Questo geniale sassofonista riunisce alcuni dei più validi musicisti della scena progressive- avanguardistica svizzera per comporre piccoli capolavori compositivi, degni senz’altro di meritare un posticino nel cuore degli amanti della musica colta. (Lele, Agartha) ************************************************************ **