Eric Schaefer & The Shredz - Bliss (2016)

On 'Bliss', Eric Schaefer and his band The Shredz blend the fusion jazz of the sixties with the jazz dub of the nineties and the club music of today to concoct an explosive musical brew. The Shredz invoke the spirit of the electric Miles Davis sessions. Michael Wollny Trio-drummer Schaefer and bassist John Eckhardt switch back and forth between feverish Bitches Brew Groove, Laswellian Dub fusions and pulsating club sounds. 'We wanted to go on a trip together, achieve a kind of trance state,' says Schaefer of the recording process. It is merely the logical continuation of what made Schaefer s playing so unique from the outset: style and good taste, skills and know-how, complex compositions and improvisatory passion. Rooted in hardcore and matured in jazz, Schaefer plays a range that goes way beyond the scope of any academic colloquium.