Yves Reichmuth - Myriad (2009)

"Reichmuth dares to go as an autodidact into realms closed to even the most freethinking jazz musicians" Die Wochenzeitung, Zurich MYRIAD is Reichmuth's new vehicle for oblique and balanced compositions. With Jonas Tauber and Dieter Ulrich he has found his ideal partners, decidedly getting to labour with agility and energy. MYRIAD have found their own language in the periphery of contemporary improvised music; an amalgam made of different states of material - music that takes varying structures depending on its energy level. A sound that could mutate from say a classic jazz guitar trio to a powerhouse rock trio to a chamber music ensemble. Its playfulness leads the band to a nearly endless variety of form. We find dark, heavy blues, lightfooted crystalline structures, swing jazz, psychedelic miniatures. And the cathartic discharge of raw energy reminiscent of 80's freeimprov or 60's free jazz. MYRIAD means "an infinite number of". This trio is holding open to try new paths and find new forms.