Donauwellenreiter - Delta (2020)

The composition of Donauwellenreiter is much closer to the academic quartet than to jazz: violin, cello, piano and drums, but it is in this composition that the Danube Surfers play music in which delicate chamber sound is based on completely jazz improvisation. And if you use such a vague term as a crossover to define the style of music, then, probably, Donauwellenreiter fits it perfectly. The team adhered to this tauric line from the very beginning of its work (the first Euphoria album is dated 2016), Donauwellenreiter is faithful to her in the new project.

The starting composition with the characteristic name Good Bye Vienna sets the tone for him. In the next play by Le Papillon, the rhythmic component looks much more noticeable: drummer Jörg Mikula convincingly shows that he is in this composition by no means limited to decorative functions. I note right away that in the composition with the quasi-eastern name Ibra Him, he also uses an exotic traditional percussion instrument tombak, which came to us from Iran. By the way, in the same play, as in several other violinist Maria Kraffonara, she even sings, adding fresh colors to the ensemble sound. It seemed to me that her voice looks especially impressive in the composition code of Close. But I counted two unconditional favorites in Delta: firstly, this is the longest composition of the album, six-minute Nemophilia with its solemnly mournful and very emotional music (it can be estimated by the no less interesting and unusual “forest” footage), and -second, a completely different mood of the play Jump 'n' Run, where the spectacular cello passages of Lucas Lauerman amicably supported by other members of the quartet.