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Trio E-RAX je nadnárodný súbor ostrieľaných elitných hudobníkov v najlepších rokoch. Ich hudba je unikátnym kontrastom a súčasne splynutím rôznych hudobných svetov. Jeho zvukové spektrum obsahuje elektroniku vlastnej výroby (rádiové vysielačky), analógovú syntetizátorovú techniku so šesťdesiatych rokov aj súčasné digitálne nástroje (počítač, digitálna zvuková syntéza). Pomocou týchto nástrojov vzniká na koncertoch iskrivá zmes, v ktorej sa rafinované koláže a transformácie zvukov striedajú s rovnako originálnymi, no jemnejšími pasážami. Neobvyklé narábanie s hudobným i nehudobným materiálom je skutočným dobrodružstvom počúvania. Skupina spolu hráva od roku 1999, kedy vydala vysoko hodnotené CD “E-RAX Live at The BIMhuis”.
Počas najnovšieho európskeho turné dopĺňajú zvukové erupcie E-RAX pútavé filmové a videoprojekcie Holanďanky Petry Dolleman.

Peter Van Bergen absolvoval klasické hudobné vzdelanie a ako klarinetista je vyhľadávaným interpretom súčasnej (vážnej) hudby. Niekoľko renomovaných skladateľov napísalo špeciálne pre neho sólové skladby. Van Bergen už od svojej mladosti viac než úspešne koketuje s jazzom a improvizovanou hudbou. Ako skladateľ a hudobník sa preslávil so súbormi LOOS, Hoketus, European Improvisors Orchestra či Cecil Taylor Orchestra. V jeho profesionálnom životopise nájdeme takmer všetky osobnosti, ktorých hudba dnes na progresívnej scéne niečo znamená: John Zorn, Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg, Ikue Mori, Arto Lindsay, George Lewis, Derek Bailey, Gunther Christmann, Radu Malfatti a mnoho ďalších.

Rodák z Amsterdamu Gert-Jan Prins začínal ako bubeník, ale status jednej z kľúčových postáv európskej scény improvizovanej hudby získal, keď začal experimentovať s elektronikou. Vyrába si vlastné “nástroje”, pomocou ktorých napríklad dokáže transformovať optický televízny signál na akustický alebo vyťahovať nesúvislé beaty z rádiových frekvencií. Výslednú hudbu je ťažké k čomukoľvek prirovnať – celkom iste však obsahuje niečo podobné, čím sa zaoberajú vo svojej tvorbe Japonec Masami Akita (alias Merzbow) a fínske duo Pan Sonic. Prins so svojimi samplami z TV a rádia však môže znie iba tak ako Prins.

Thomas Lehn, ktorý pochádza z nemeckého Kolína, už na Slovensku hral – minulý rok sa na festivale NEXT predstavil ako člen formácie Konk Pack. Po anglických hviezdach improvizovanej hudby prichádza s elitou holandskou. Viac o ňom a o jeho hudbe sa dozviete z rozhovoru v novom čísle časopisu 3/4 REVUE.


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