Prepared - Module (2025) [Hi-Res]

Captivating, hypnotic, and highly energetic. Prepared - a free-spirited Munich-based trio in a chamber music line-up that instinctively awakens dance impulses and guides the listener into a trance-like sound space. A pianist who hammers, taps and plucks incessantly on the grand piano. A clarinetist who plays more bass than clarinet in the depths of his bass clarinet. And a drummer who, like a good record, goes on and on, constantly spinning the grooves in circles.
Three Munich jazz musicians, united in their contrasts. Where one plays Argentinian tango with Quadro Nuevo, the other plays “folklore-free folk music” with Dreiviertelblut and the third plays German hip-hop with Moop Mama, in their new project Prepared they merge cyclical motifs and cleverly layered patterns in minimalist yet highly virtuoso compositions creating a mesmerizing Gesamtkunstwerk.
It’s as if Steve Reich, Jonny Greenwood, Nik Bärtsch, and Dawn of Midi had been thrown into a pot.

Chris Gall • prepared piano
Flo Riedl • bass clarinet
Christoph Holzhauser • drums

Tracklist:
1-1 Prepared - Modul Eins I
1-2 Prepared - Modul Eins II
1-3 Prepared - Modul Zwei I
1-4 Prepared - Modul Zwei II
1-5 Prepared - Modul Drei I
1-6 Prepared - Modul Drei II
1-7 Prepared - Modul Vier I
1-8 Prepared - Modul Vier II
1-9 Prepared - Modul Vier III
1-10 Prepared - Modul Vier IV