Mark Lotz & A Dutch View On Fish

Bio:

• Welcome to a musical impression on the adventurous entertainment one finds under water.
• ‘A Dutch View On Fish' is an new project by flutist Mark Alban Lotz: a multi-media performance within a combination of live video with live music: Lotz Of Music versus VJ Soundshadow.
• Several Dutch Composers wrote a fish track for 'A Dutch View On Fish': Stefan Kruger, Ernst Reijseger, Michael Moore, Steven Kamperman, Tjitze Vogel, Alan Laurillard, Arend Niks, Mark Alban Lotz, Albert Van Veenendaal.
• The Debut CD Bite! features the electrifying sounds of the Brim Bram!
• Bite! gets a huge amount of airplay (especially in the US) and excellent reviews in it's twelve month existence. This is truly heart-warming and very encouraging as our dear friend cello player Lysander Le Coultre died January 29'th 2009 in Amsterdam. We are terribly shocked by the sudden loss of our vriend. The CD Bite! forms his musical legacy.
• Mark Alban Lotz is an award winning flute player whose sound, imagination and playing has established him as a key player in the European Jazz world.

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Member Since:

January 21, 2009

Members:

• Mark Alban Lotz (c-, alto-, bass-, pvc contra bass flutes, bansuri, prepared flutes)
• Jörg Brinkman (cello)
• Albert Van Veenendaal (piano, prepared piano, samples)
• Alan Gunga Purves (brim bram, toys, whistles, squeeks, toms, etc etc)

In Jungian psychology water represents the unconscious. The fish would symbolisze unconscious urges. ..  

Influences:

The magic world under water. Whole project is dedicated to the memory of : Jacques Piccard, Adriaen Coenen, Jacques Cousteau & Hans Hass.

Sounds Like:

Lotz Of Music Versus VJ Soundshadow

press says:
• All About Jazz.
a review on the CD Bite!
• Cultura Russian Newspaper with a review Con Bite!
• Take Five five questions by all about jazz
• Fresh, entertaining and uplifting music. (All About Jazz)
• A taste of the future of Jazz, finally a fresh new approach by the cream of the Dutch Jazz field. (P.Merret, PBS Australia)
• Oh, how awesome is this... It’s fun, unpredictable, and loaded with unique sounds including prepared piano, PVC flute, and a rubber-band thingy they call a “brim-bram.” ... Very cool. (KZSU Zookeeper)
• His (Lotz) most sparkling CD ever. (Mixed magazine)
• A masterwork. (Mazzmuzikas)
• Athmospheric and enchanting. (Volkskrant)
• Uncomparable unique soundworld. (Jazzflits)
• Again a memorable album in the rich and capricious oevre of Lotz. (Jazzenzo)
• As always Lotz grants a musical journey which is adventurous, bloody beautiful and where you are listening with a smile. (Moorsmagazine)

Record Label:

loplop records