Tango meets Jazz: Vibratanghissimo from Berlin

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Juan Lucas Aisemberg
Oli BottArnulf BallhornTuyet Pham
     
 

[CD - REVIEWS]

"The nine tangos sound suprisingly modern and above all different: Aisemberg and Ballhorn provide dark, languorous, centred sounds which Bott counters with a cool tone on the vibraphone surrounded by Phams warm arpeggios. Furthermore, each musician looks back to different musical roots - contemporary, classic, jazz - resulting in 'Astor' being equally modern and historically aware. A successful experiment." Jazzthing

"Brilliant!" Kulturradio, Berlin

 

"This CD is a must for all sound-fettishists who know how to appreciate exciting and distinctive music." Köllefornia-online

"Tango is international and timeless. The Berlin quartet Vibratanghissimo demonstrates the creative potential hidden in this music. Oli Bott's arrangements amalgamate improvisatory gestures of jazz with tango's zest of life." Jazzzeitung

"Piazolla's imaginatively arranged pieces and Bott's wonderful own compositions create jazzy-chamber music sounds of a very exceptional kind. Sensitive, poignant, fascinating…highest categorie!" TIP, Berlin

"Music with an unmistakable sound - head and shoulders above the rest." Jazzpodium

[LIVE - REVIEWS]

"With Vibratanghissimo the tango has arrived at a new superlative. No-one plays from music, the musicians understand each other instinctively, sophisticately develop a theme, which is burst open with feeling, then returned to, quite as a matter of course. Bandoneon farewell: Vibratanghissimo virtuosically present four equal instruments, each one of which can play all the voices. The audience too, in a sold out hall, lets itself be entranced by these jazzy-chamber music sounds - only seldomly is an electrifying moment of silence ruined by misplaced clapping. The final applause is enormous." Der Tagesspiegel Berlin

"One should really be careful with the superlative - this quartet already uses it in its name - can they keep to their promise? The answer is a categorical "yes". Tango music by Astor Piazolla, newly arranged and composed by Oli Bott. Wonderfully relaxing, one's head becomes free - the visitors in the Jazz Club on Lindener Berg seem to be holding their breath, it's so quiet at moments. Listening to the hushed sounds, the virtuoso solos and the creative potential of this fantastic, passionate quartet. The applause after the pieces is all the more intense." Gerrits Review, Hannover

"Like no other formation in the jazz-circles upon the Spree, this group manages to create new faces for works by one of the most popular composers in Argentina." Berliner Morgenpost

"Intoxicationg jazz meets energy-charged jazz - exceptionally delightful, the audience is enthusiastic!" Stormaner Tageblatt

"Vibratanghissimo lets the town hall vibrate, the audience applauded euphorically."
Markt, Bad Oldesloe

"With Vibratanghissimo the tango reaches new heights." TIP, Berlin

"With his lyrical playing, the viola player Juan Lucas Aisemberg interpretes my husband's music with romance and great inspriation." Laura Escalada Piazzolla