Ensemble Du Verre - The Contemporary Cowboy
(CD/Digital) Batterie 015, 2011-10-07
Sönke Düwer, who has led the Ensemble since 2003, has put together a small group of musicians previously unrelated to the Ensemble Du Verre. Thanks to the British tenor sax player Penrose Feast the record has a strong jazzy touch and a big melodic diversity. Double bass player Marc Muellbauer from Berlin added a warm deep sound and a very special energy. With his additional creative beats and sounds drummer Oliver Sonntag from Lübeck plays an important role in the record's impressive instrumental sound. The contribution of Eden singer and the ensemble's vocal partner for many years, Ute Lorenzen, is an unearhty choir on Seven Miles Down, while guitar player Lothar Müller from Hamburg has added an ultra modern western guitar on All Hat And No Cuttle.This album feels like the successor of the prize-winning CD Sanctuary For Animals and is a manifestation of the uniqueness and the independence of the composer, musician and producer, Sönke Düwer, who not only has played the drums but also all keyboards, guitars, electronics and percussion. The Contemporary Cowboy, out on October 7th on Batterie, will be release No 15 since the label was founded in 2008. The new E.D.V. band will play several concerts beginning with the Überjazz Festival on the last Octoberweekend at Kampnagel in Hamburg.
