PHILLIP DORNBUSCHS PROJEKTOR
RE|CONSTRUCT (BERTHOLD RECORDS)
The band Projektor met whilst studying, and in the German National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Characteristic of the five musicians from Berlin and Cologne is their distinctive language and their very own handling of the material in which Dornbusch leaves much space.
They are augmented in Anthem (a hymn to the cultural landscape) by the singer Lina Knörr and in In Art We Trust (a fiery indictment of racism - also - in Germany) by the rapper Juju Rogers.
For the musicians it is important not to set a banal message in stone. They play with multidimensionality, complexity, complex timbres and counter-flowing rhythms.
That which sounds "beautiful" is constantly estranged. As Anthem develops on floating chords, the melody becomes angry, does not want to float, but jumps and stumbles.
This encryption is a typical Dornbusch tool.