Matti Klessascheck Sextett | live recording

Matti Klessascheck - Saxophon Torin Davies - Gitarre Rasmus Lagerberg - Vibraphon Justin Zitt - Piano Federico Campanello - Bass Ludvig Søndergaard - Schlagzeug

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4 Schlägel plus 6 Saiten plus 10 Finger: Im Mittelpunkt der Band sitzt ein Trio mit Doppelrolle - Vibraphon, Gitarre und Klavier, alle gleichzeitig Melodie- und Harmonieträger, mit Sorgfalt ineinander verschachtelt. Gerade weil die drei sich denselben engen Raum teilen müssen, entsteht Musik, die vielschichtig und ständig in Bewegung ist. Um diesen Kern herum entfaltet sich das Sextett: kantig, grell, verspielt, radikal - und doch vollkommen logisch in seiner inneren Struktur. Was die Band auf die Bühne bringt, ist eine eigene Klangsprache: wie ein Large Ensemble, das auf die Agilität und Intimität einer kleinen Band verdichtet wird. Inspiriert von seinen Mentoren Ben van Gelder und Tineke Postma schreibt der Saxophonist Matti Klessascheck Musik, die die unbestreitbare Klarheit und ästhetische Besonnenheit beider in Komposition und Improvisation einbringt. Nach seinem 2024 mit dem LOFT recording project ausgezeichneten Debütprojekt formiert er nun dieses neue Ensemble: eine junge, internationale Band, deren Mitglieder bereits Beachtung gefunden haben und europaweit aktiv sind. Das Debütkonzert fand am 3. Juni 2025 im BIMHUIS in Amsterdam statt.

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Matti Klessascheck - saxophone Torin Davies - guitar Rasmus Lagerberg - vibraphone Justin Zitt - piano Federico Campanello - bass Ludvig Søndergaard - drums

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4 mallets plus 6 strings plus 10 fingers: At the heart of the band is a trio with a dual role - vibraphone, guitar, and piano, all simultaneously carrying both melody and harmony, intricately interwoven. Precisely because the three must share the same confined space, the music that emerges is multi-layered and constantly in motion. Around this core, the sextet unfolds: edgy, strident, playful, radical - and yet perfectly logical in its internal structure. What the band brings to the stage is a unique sonic language: like a large ensemble condensed into the agility and intimacy of a small band. Inspired by his mentors Ben van Gelder and Tineke Postma, saxophonist Matti Klessascheck writes music that incorporates the undeniable clarity and aesthetic restraint of both in composition and improvisation. Following his debut project, which won the LOFT recording project in 2024, he is now forming this new ensemble: a young, international band whose members have already garnered attention and are active throughout Europe. The debut concert took place on June 3rd, 2025, at the BIMHUIS in Amsterdam.

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Venue:

LOFT

The LOFT in Cologne's Ehrenfeld district is exactly what its name suggests: a spacious loft on the top floor of a former perfume factory. Since 1989 it has been home to the city's musical avant-garde as well as a scene hub and a jazz laboratory for students.

Over those decades it has grown into a respected stage for improvised music, contemporary music, and jazz, with a reputation reaching well beyond Germany. Most of the Cologne jazz musicians who have made their mark nationally and internationally in the past thirty years took their first career steps here, among them Nils Wogram, Hayden Chisholm, Angelika Niescier, Frank Gratkowski, Robert Landfermann, Pablo Held, and Sebastian Sternal.

The Cologne Triennale, WDR, and Deutschlandfunk stage concerts and recordings at the LOFT, and the venue has been invited to the Moers Festival five times. Its own label, 2ndFloor, releases selected recordings, and more than 1,000 live and studio productions made in the LOFT studio have appeared on other labels. Supported by the association 2ndFloor e. V. and the collective jungesloft, it presents over 200 events a year.

Top-tier instruments – including a Steinway D grand, one of the finest concert pianos in any German jazz club – a professional recording studio with award-winning engineers, and the room's distinctive atmosphere have drawn many prominent guests, from Lee Konitz, Steve Lacy, and Peter Brötzmann to Kurt Rosenwinkel, Marilyn Crispell, and Jim Black. Still, the programming focus remains on supporting Cologne's own musicians.

Since 2009 the LOFT has received the NRW venue programming award every year, an honor that specifically recognizes work with emerging regional artists. In 2016 the British Guardian named it one of the ten best jazz clubs in Europe, and at the German Jazz Prize it was voted "Club/Venue of the Year" in 2021 and again in 2023 — a category decided not by the expert jury but directly by the more than 1,300 members of the German Jazz Union.

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