Garn & Claude Meier with Marc Stucki, Fabian M. Mueller, Urs Müller & Christoph - To the Sun (2022) [Hi-Res]

The band:

Garn = english Yarn
If you listen to the "thread fabrication" of Garn, you are amazed at the weave and fabric, the color nuances and the diversity that each individual musician brings to the table. Musically, everything is possible in this band. There is loose and relaxed weaving, musical threads are being taken up and blended into a brilliant, luminous lace that continuously dissolves and comes together again to form a new, surprising texture.

Recording, mixing, mastering:

Recorded in April 2021 in the wonderful studio of Fabian M. Mueller in Bern, Wabern. Mr. Mueller did a fabulous job in capturing the sound of the band and the individual instruments. After laying down the tracks in a live setting a few overdubs were added. Then tracks went to Patrik Zosso in Basel for the Mix. He did his magic on the knobs and also put in a few extra effects here and there which added an extra richness to the sound. Last but not least the Album was mastered by Martin Ruch at the Control Room in Berlin. He really put the cherry on top.

The tracks:

The Album runs through without a pause, one track leads to another. In between, there are a few small free improvised transitions, slightly worked and irritated by Mr. Zosso - Enjoy.

The opener Amirul Haque Amin has its name from the founder and president of the National Garmets Workers Federation, which is one of the biggest unions in Bangladesh. It is a three-piece suite which opens very calm, gets really rough and ends in peace.

Welcome My Friend? Asks the question: Do we receive others with open arms and are we received the same from others?

Don’t Be Silly, really? Sometimes you just have to be less serious….

To The Sun brings the calm of warm sunshine into your soul, enjoy.

No Camo reflects on the use of camouflage print on clothing. Is it or is not appropriate? You decide.

Last but not least, Gewirke: In the textile industry, a knitted fabric is a fabric (knitted) made of thread systems by forming stitches on a knitting machine. Textile knitted fabrics, also called warp-knitted fabrics, belong to the knitted fabrics. A distinction is made between weft knitted fabrics and warp knitted fabrics. Knitted textiles are used, for example, to make underwear, curtain fabrics, lace, nets, but also velvet and plush.