Releases
The Straight Horn of Rudi Mahall
RUDI MAHALL, clarinet
SIMON SIEGER, piano & trombone
JOEL GRIP, bass
MICHAEL GRIENER, drums
Rudi Mahall has joined forces with Oùat, this time concentrating entirely on the B-flat clarinet; the repertoire consists entirely of their own interpretations of popular jazz standards from Sidney Bechet and Duke Ellington to Jimmy Giuffre and Eric Dolphy.
Recorded on June 19th, 2023 at Etwas von Anders
Engineer / Liner notes: Michael Griener
Mastering and lacquer cut by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering
Coverdesign: Simon Rummel (based on an idea by Michael Griener)
Photos by Sigrun Andree &Katja Mahall
Produced by Robert Hödicke
Two Nineteen Records 2-19-12
Will be released on July 1, 2024 by Two Nineteen Records
Trial of Future Animals
Between December 1 and December 24, 2024, Oùat released an album in transformation, adding a new track to “Trial of Future Animals” every day until it reached a total of 24 tracks with over four and a half hours of music. Six selected favorites were released on CD.
The Strange Adventures of Jesper Klint
Following their debut Elastic Bricks(Umlaut Records, 2022) which set out to explore possible discoveries within a standard contemporary song format, the trio Oùat now releases a double LP of music by Swedish pianist Per Henrik Wallin. The Strange Adventures of Jesper Klint brings back and revitalises the ideas and sounds of Wallin’s legendary trio recordings from the mid-1980s, released under the album name Coyote (Dragon 320).
https://www.umlautrecords.com/produit/the-strange-adventures-of-jesper-klint-double-lp/
Elastic Bricks
With a sound reminding us of acoustic piano trios from the 50s and 60s, Oùat sets out to discover a standard song format of today. Even though the nine original compositions on this release are performed instrumentally, they all stand in close relation to text and the vocal; first there was the word, then the simultaneous hearing and speaking, reading and writing of the music and its meaning. The forms are elastic and tend to give the improvisers open access to a great variety of techniques heralding the expressionism as well as romanticism in jazz and classical music. The resonances are dense like dry bricks piled up to conquer and question the times we are living today. The whole recording process have been followed by writer Erin Honeycutt who let us fall back into the word and the thought in her digging as well as constructing liner notes.