Meier, Amberg, Hanes

Swiss musicians Elio Amberg (EA quartet, Schööf, iety) and David Meier (Schnellertollermeier, Zimmerlin-Stoffner-Meier, LEON) formed their collective trio with California via Simon Hanes (Tredici Bacci, Trigger, John Zorn’s trifling project) in residence in New York in autumn 2018. They are inspired by influences as diverse as contemporary classical music, free jazz, punk and rock. The resulting music is improvised, non-idiomatic and combines wild energy with acute compositional awareness and subtle use of sound.