Kuhn Fu - Gamgumsupon (2026) [Hi-Res]

Kuhn Fu takes what it needs: the wild energy of rock and the freedom of jazz. Led by guitarist Christian Kühn, this eight-member ensemble breaks all the rules.
The new album, Gamgumsupon, is the band's most direct to date. In this new fusion of rock and individuality, something emerges that no longer fits the term "jazz-rock." It's liberated rock music, and at the same time something jazz-like, driving and exploding with carefree joy. The opener, "Metal Jackson," immediately sets the tone: right from the start, the amps are cranked to 12, the guitar and saxophones take turns playing riffs, then the strings and wind instruments intertwine, while the bass and drums stoically propel everything forward.
Kuhn has thrown pronounced loud-quiet dynamics and a fabulously groovy middle section into the mix, featuring a short, beautiful saxophone solo and a more expansive guitar freakout – and voilà, a seven-and-a-half-minute big-band prog monster is complete.
Kuhn Fu's music combines elements of jazz, metal, punk, and big band into a highly
idiosyncratic sound characterized by compositional density and immense joy in playing.
Christian Kühn says that when composing the pieces for Gamgumsupon, he wanted to rediscover a new simplicity. And you can hear it: everything that is complex in this hybrid music never sounds complicated. Frank Gratkowski's free jazz sax intro to "Slagroom," for example, has none of the solemnity of the avant-garde, but rather spreads a sense of joy. Humor plays a major role in Kuhn Fu's music in general, even if it is much more subtle than on the previous album Katastrofik Kink Machine or the jazz-rock-something-or-other opera Jazz Is Expensive. It resonates on Gamgumsupon in a song title like "Hairy Fish with Legs that Tries to Climb a Tree," a ramshackle, melancholic piece of Mardi Gras-in-New Orleans music. And also in the stop-and-go carnival polka inferno of the title track, the only one on this album where Kuhn's voice can be heard, as well as in the saccharine, eerily beautiful kitsch of the closing track, "Goodbye and See You Soon."
Kuhn Fu themselves call their music "Jazz Punk Psychedelia," and that hits the nail on the head. With Gamgumsupon, they've added a huge dose of hard rock on top.