Cluster Quartet - Second Brain (2021)

After the debut album three years ago this is the second release of the band.
The compositions were all created in autumn 2020 and some are very fragment-oriented.
The deliberate renunciation of a harmony instrument and thus the reduction to 2 wind instruments, bass and drums create space for open improvisation concepts and a transparent band sound.
In Moritz, Stefan and Leif I have found congenial partners who implement my compositions with great creativity and - hungry for new ideas - always bring their own impulses.
Comparable to a “second brain”, my fellow musicians are more or less a multitool for organizing the wealth of musical ideas, continuing them and placing them as meaningful statements.

Katrin Scherer's compositions have their own sound language, the influences of which can also be found beyond contemporary, improvised music and refer, among other things, to the composition teachings of the early 20th century.
She is a border crosser between the individual genres.

In her projects, the complex compositions are combined with a large repertoire of creative improvisations to form a homogeneous and lively unit.

Personnel:
Katrin Scherer - alto, baritone saxophone, composition
Moritz Wesp - trombone
Stefan Schönegg - double bass
Leif Berger - drums