Cuneiform: Schnellertollermeier – X / Dieses Wochenende für FIVE … Zählt zu den besten Veröffentlichungen von 2015 !!!

“AllMusic Best of 2015: Favorite Metal Albums: Schnellertollermeier X 4/5 stars. … The Swiss power trio develops an approach to music where distinctions between conventionally marked genres meet in one place and then vanish” – “AllMusic Best of 2015: Year in Review, Favorite Metal Albums,” AllMusic.com

“… On last year’s X (Cuneiform), Schnellertollermeier collide jazz impulses, hard-rock aggression, and proggy complexity—the group’s record label has called them a „brutal-jazz power trio.“ Guitarist Manuel Troller, bassist Andi Schnellman, and drummer David Meier play in tight lockstep, ripping through shifting time signatures, extreme dynamic swings, and breathless compositional patterns with a weightlifter’s power and a gymnast’s finesse. …” – Peter Margasak, “Clear out your brain with Schnellertollermeier’s ‘brutal jazz’”, Chicago Reader, November 8, 2016

Andi Schnellmann — Bass
Manuel Troller — Guitar
David Meier — Drums

All arrangements by Schnellertollermeier.
Compositions 1, 5, 6 by Troller; 3 by Meier; 2 & 4 by Schnellmann/Troller/Meier.

The brutal-jazz power trio Schnellertollermeier doesn’t screw around. Their uncompromising attitude is even apparent before you hear a note of their music — it’s right there in that deliberate tongue-twister of a name. Their fresh and uncompromising mix of jazz, punk, rock, sound and free improvised music, combined with great musicianship, interplay and a lot of energy, immediately hits the bullseye!

In 2006, the three musicians, all around the age of 20, started the trio. Very quickly they become something of a ‚underground buzz‘ in Switzerland, leading to many further appearances.

Schnellertollermeier soon started working on new material, seeking a more personal sound, both compositionally and improvisationally. The result of this work, combined with the many concerts the group was playing, was their second album Zorn Einen Ehmer Üttert Stem, which was enthusiastically received critically and led to appearances in the most important clubs as well as festivals in Switzerland and Austria.

The group now had a more clear and more original roadmap they were traveling: the group’s ‚traditional jazz‘ elements were being subsumed by the brute energy from rock and experimental music, as well as improvisational soundscapes, minimal music and, finally, jazz in the modern, broad, experimental sense. Additionally the idea of a band sounding like one compact organism, with every element having its own importance and clear function, found its result on X.

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