The album opens on an explosive note with a turbulent tenor sax-drums breakdown between Worlds collide when the raucous Budapest-based power trio ‘JÜ’ (consisting of fire-breathing guitarist Àdàm Meszaròs, fuzz-bassist Ernö Hock and the remarkably flexible drummer Andràs Halmos) joins Oslo-based saxophonist Kjetil Møster for this subversive meeting of the minds on RareNoise Records,
A powerful manifesto for ecstatic, exploratory, envelope-pushing music mixed by Bill Laswell and mastered by Michael Fossenkemper. JÜ Meets Møster bridges the gap between free jazz and hellacious, distortion-laced, guitar-driven hardcore rock.
Møster and Halmos on “Dear Johann” which takes on the feel of latter day John Coltrane or free jazz icon Albert Ayler jamming with the Allman Brothers Band on “Whipping Post” or vintage King Crimson on “21st Century Schizoid Man.”
“Bhajan” opens on a darker, more mysterious vibe before building to a potent crescendo, with Møster wailing on baritone sax, which is steeped in the tradition of Jimi Hendrix’s bold jazz-rock anthem “Third Stone From the Sun.”
Møster stretches freely with baritone sax on the moody and spacious “Morze” while “Hassassin,” full of slamming unisons and fierce overblowing by Møster, is an intense showcase for drummer Halmos.
Meszaros adds another frantic six-string onslaught at the tag of this intense offering. The four intrepid musicians explore collectively on the more atmospheric “KJÜ” and they close out the collection with the expansive, 15-minute “One,” which makes dramatic use of echo to create an otherworldly texture before building to a powerhouse conclusion of thunderous proportions.
credits
released November 3, 2014
All compositions by [JÜ] except [Kjü] by [JÜ and Kjetil Moster]
Published by RareNoisePublishing (PRS)
Recorded at LV Hangstúdió, 10th of December, 2013, Hungary, Budapest
Recording Engineer : László Váli
Produced by Jü
Mix Translation by Bill Laswell, Orange Studios, West Orange, NJ, USA
Mastered by Mike Fossenkemper at Turtletone Studios, NYC
Executive Producer for RareNoiseRecords: Giacomo Bruzzo
Design by Stefano Fratus
Jü is an experimental trio from Budapest.
The band, formed in Spring 2012 by now became one of the most exciting jazz acts
on the Hungarian music scene. The music act is a dynamic powerjazz full of psychedelic tunes and improvisation from Budapest's best underground musicians....more
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On the first track, the Kronos Quartet plays a composition Stephan Thelen wrote for it. Kronos is and for a long time has been my favorite for contemporary art music. It is very selective about what it chooses to perform, and everything it chooses to perform is well worth listening to. The other three tracks are also superb Thelen compositions, here performed superbly by the Al Pari Quartet. John Simms
supported by 8 fans who also own “Jü Meets Møster”
wow, who is sofia jernberg? this shit kills. my discovery of 2019 (which this album helped me with) was learning just how devastatingly loud a saxophone can be on its own as well as how much it adds to noisey music. the final track really drives that point home with the onslaught of dual saxophone from gustafsson and møster alongside sauniers ferocious drumming, hanas distorted guitar bliss, and, personal highlight, jernbergs fearless singing. ronnie dion
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