drank: breath in definition
Ingrid Schmoliner (präpariertes Klavier) & Alex Kranabetter (Trompete, Elektronik)
echoraum, Sechshauserstrasse 66, 1150 Wien
https://echoraum.at/programm/
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Ingrid Schmoliner and Alex Kranabetter are pillars of the improvised and experimental music scenes in Austria stretching back more than a decade. Although the former is known primarily as a pianist and vocalist and the latter as a trumpeter, they both possess seriously expansive sonic palettes. Schmolinger works rigorously with sound direction to generate vibrant psychoacoustic and spatialized effects, while Kranabetter routinely deploys electronics to radically transform and expand his sound worlds in solo and collaborative settings. Perhaps no single endeavor captures the full splendor of their aesthetic tendencies like their duo drank, which will release its stellar debut recording Breath in Definition on Trost in April 2025. The album includes guest appearances by the remarkably versatile drummer Lukas König and Soap&Skin (aka Anja Franziska Plaschg).
In recent years Schmoliner has gained attention for a growing number of projects, whether improvising with the singular Chicago percussionist Hamid Drake, playing with GRIFF—a sound-sculpting trio Berlin-based percussionist Emilio Gordoa and bassist Adam Pultz Melbye, where her knack for translating furiously percussive, minimalist gestures hits with visceral intensity—or developing a potent duo called Nabelóse with French horn player Elena Kakaliagou. Additionally, she’s got a solo organ practice and with Kranabetter she’s scored music for film and theater.
Kranabetter also possesses mad chops as a trumpeter, connecting the extended techniques of players like Axel Dörner and Arve Henriksen with an often lyrical, full-bodied attack rooted in post-bop tradition. On his 2021 solo album textures he deftly blurs all of those lines, stretching his virtuosity with electronics and polystylistic sensibility driven by sonic exploration more than any genre conventions.
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