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Vital Weekly
3 - Things to Sounds
August 2017
Things to Sounds is a trio of Tobias Meier (alto sax), Yves Theiler (piano, synth) and David Meier (drums) who are operating since 2010. Their new and third work is a 42-minute live set recorded in May, 2016 on the Austrian Limmitationes Festival. Truly an engaging ride with fine interplay and communication. Throughout they succeed in keeping it a dynamic and concentrated excursion, where the players propose constantly new movements, gestures and interventions. It results in one long journey where one part follows naturally after one other. In improvisations of this length, containing so many ideas, I can experience it as one continuous whole during the trip.
As is often the case the first part is building towards some climax, followed a more quiet intersection that gradually turns again into a dynamic conversation. Asking what the start has to do with the finish, except that they are connected through a chain of decisions, I can’t tell you much. The uniting principle is the lively and rich interaction between the players.