{"id":5114,"date":"2021-09-27T02:08:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T00:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=5114"},"modified":"2021-09-27T02:12:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T00:12:18","slug":"what-i-knew-was-i-want-to-be-in-the-sun-muriel-in-a-mica-interview-june-21-2021-with-markus-deisenberger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/murielgrossmann.com\/?page_id=5114","title":{"rendered":"\u201c<\/span>What I knew was: I want to be in the sun!\u201d \u2014 Muriel in a mica interview June 21, 2021 with Markus Deisenberger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c<\/span>WHAT<\/span> I KNEW<\/span> WAS<\/span>: I WANT<\/span> TO<\/span> BE<\/span> IN<\/span> THE<\/span> SUN<\/span>!\u201d \u2014 MURIEL<\/span> GROSSMANN<\/span> in a mica inter\u00adview with Mar\u00adkus Dei\u00adsen\u00adber\u00adger <\/strong><\/span>June 21, 2021 ori\u00adgi\u00adnal in English<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In Lon\u00addon, the epi\u00adcen\u00adter of the spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz boom, the Vien\u00adnese saxo\u00adpho\u00adnist and com\u00adpo\u00adser MURIEL<\/span> GROSSMANN<\/span> is con\u00adside\u00adred a hot share. She publishes on the renow\u00adned Lon\u00addon indie label \u201cJazz\u00adman\u201d and GILLES<\/span> PETERSON<\/span> is her fan. The fact that she is not yet per\u00adcei\u00adved in this coun\u00adtry as it deser\u00adves due to her out\u00adstan\u00adding work could be due to the fact that she now lives with\u00addrawn in Ibi\u00adza not exact\u00adly loo\u00adking for the hype that her last albums have cau\u00adsed. GROSSMANN<\/span> spo\u00adke to Mar\u00adkus Dei\u00adsen\u00adber\u00adger about the \u201cDro\u00adne Orches\u00adtra\u201d, bur\u00adning ses\u00adsi\u00adons with JOACHIM<\/span> K\u00dcHN<\/span> and her per\u00adso\u00adnal Ibiza.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Let us first talk about the John Col\u00adtra\u00adne com\u00adpa\u00adri\u00adson that has been tried again and again in the press: does it flat\u00adter you or does it annoy you?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Well, basi\u00adcal\u00adly I\u2019m hap\u00adpy when peo\u00adp\u00adle who lis\u00adten to our music are remin\u00added of John Col\u00adtra\u00adne. Per\u00adso\u00adnal\u00adly, I do not share this com\u00adpa\u00adri\u00adson, becau\u00adse the\u00adre is only one John Col\u00adtra\u00adne and what he has achie\u00adved can\u00adnot be sur\u00adpas\u00adsed. But every musi\u00adci\u00adan loves Col\u00adtra\u00adne and is inspi\u00adred by his work. His life\u00adwork is the\u00adre for us out in the open. How to inte\u00adgra\u00adte that into your own expe\u00adri\u00adence, trans\u00adla\u00adte it into music and make some\u00adthing per\u00adso\u00adnal out of it, in the way your music sounds and how you play your instru\u00adment, that is the chall\u00adenge. But as I said: If what we do reminds of Col\u00adtra\u00adne, that\u2019s real great.<\/span><\/p>\n

But do you find the com\u00adpa\u00adri\u00adson \u2014 quite apart from being flat\u00adte\u00adred \u2014 appro\u00adpria\u00adte in terms of sound and musi\u00adcal direction?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Actual\u00adly, I find it very dif\u00adfe\u00adrent. When you hear Col\u00adtra\u00adne and my last records side by side, you can\u2019t compa\u00adre them. The\u00adre is a big dif\u00adfe\u00adrence in sound. But I have a simi\u00adlar fee\u00adling when I lis\u00adten to Coltrane\u2019s music and when I make my music. I find mys\u00adelf in my music as well as in Coltrane\u2019s music.<\/span><\/p>\n

As for spirituality?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> When I hear his music, I imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly feel good. And the ener\u00adgy that he brings across with his quar\u00adtet is the one that I also look for in my music. But as I said: the way he plays can\u00adnot be com\u00adpared to the way I play.<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to deve\u00adlop this spe\u00adcial ener\u00adgy, you need a good band as a soloist. Your last records have this won\u00adderful groo\u00adve that is remi\u00adnis\u00adcent of \u201cBit\u00adches Brew\u201d or \u201cIn a Silent Way\u201d by Miles Davis. You have spo\u00adken of a \u201cdro\u00adne orches\u00adtra\u201d seve\u00adral times. What do you mean with that? As a soloist with such a band and their dro\u00adnes, you feel as if you are being car\u00adri\u00aded by a cloud?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> You have to dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adte: One is the excel\u00adlent band, the other is the \u201cDro\u00adne Orches\u00adtra\u201d, which I play on the record mys\u00adelf. I crea\u00adted the \u201cDro\u00adne Orches\u00adtra\u201d to have a base that our band would play over. It\u2019s some\u00adthing very per\u00adso\u00adnal that deve\u00adlo\u00adped during the time when I was lis\u00adtening to a lot from Ali\u00adce Col\u00adtra\u00adne, who always expan\u00added her sound with exo\u00adtic instru\u00adments, the tam\u00adbour for exam\u00adp\u00adle, and other things that were play\u00ading in the back\u00adground. From lis\u00adtening to this music end\u00adless\u00adly and having an inten\u00adse desi\u00adre to play seve\u00adral instru\u00adments, this then came about. On my first record with \u201cDro\u00adne Orches\u00adtra\u201d, \u201cEarth\u00adto\u00adnes\u201d, I play\u00aded instru\u00adments such as kalim\u00adba, ngo\u00adni, kra\u00adkebs, bal\u00ada\u00adfon, sar\u00adan\u00adgi and tam\u00adbur before\u00adhand. Today it\u2019s exact\u00adly the other way around: I play the \u201cDro\u00adne Orches\u00adtra\u201d for the band after\u00adwards. So, what you hear is matched to the music.<\/span><\/p>\n

What if you play live? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> I don\u2019t have any musi\u00adci\u00adans who play that. But that would be ano\u00adther step. The \u201cDro\u00adne Orches\u00adtra\u201d makes the music sound per\u00adso\u00adnal and in a cer\u00adtain direc\u00adtion that could be descri\u00adbed as spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz.<\/span><\/p>\n

How did you assem\u00adble the band? I assu\u00adme you know Gina Schwarz from your time in Vienna?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> I used to play with other peo\u00adp\u00adle. At the time when I was working on the com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons of \u201cNatu\u00adral Time\u201d I wan\u00adted to bring more rhythm into my music, a ste\u00adady groo\u00adve. Befo\u00adre that I play\u00aded avant-gar\u00adde, which was more based on Ornet\u00adte Cole\u00adman, had a band with Chris\u00adti\u00adan Lil\u00adlin\u00adger and Robert Land\u00adfer\u00adman. Then \u201cAwa\u00adke\u00adning\u201d came out, then \u201cEarth\u00adto\u00adnes\u201d came out, which I also did with them \u2014 that was the album that made a tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon to the spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal. I\u2019ve always been wri\u00adting spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal songs, but the way we per\u00adfor\u00admed them was avant-gar\u00adde. At some point I just wan\u00adted more dri\u00adve. I\u2019ve work\u00aded with gui\u00adta\u00adrist Rado\u00admir Milo\u00adj\u00adko\u00advic for twen\u00adty years and we tal\u00adked about who was a good drum\u00admer. He brought in Uros Sta\u00admen\u00adko\u00advic, whom he has known sin\u00adce child\u00adhood. I also knew him from my time in Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna. And then I sug\u00adgested Gina becau\u00adse I app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adte her and know her from my time in Vien\u00adna. She is very ener\u00adge\u00adtic, and even though she does her own things, she always brings hers\u00adelf 100 per\u00adcent, which I real\u00adly app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adte. So it came to the quar\u00adtet with which we brought out \u201cNatu\u00adral Time\u201d, \u201cMomen\u00adtum\u201d, \u201cGol\u00adden Rule\u201d, \u201cRever\u00adence\u201d and \u201cQuiet Earth\u201d and now in June we are releasing \u201cUni\u00adon\u201d. Sin\u00adce \u201cRever\u00adence\u201d we have grown into a quin\u00adtet becau\u00adse I invi\u00adted a Ham\u00admond play\u00ader who lives in Mal\u00adlor\u00adca and with whom I have alre\u00ada\u00addy play\u00aded other things: Llo\u00adren\u00e7 Bar\u00adcel\u00f3. With it, the sound of our music beca\u00adme even more diver\u00adse and authentic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your album \u201cGol\u00adden Rule\u201d was named \u201cRecord of the Year 2018\u201d by UK<\/span> VIBE<\/span> maga\u00adzi\u00adne and nomi\u00adna\u00adted by the pres\u00adti\u00adgious Gil\u00adles Peter\u00adsons World\u00adwi\u00adde Awards. Was that an uplif\u00adting moment?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> That was main\u00adly due to the vinyl release. I\u2019ve made so many records befo\u00adre, but always only on CD<\/span>, on my own label Dream\u00adland\u00adre\u00adcords. Then in 2017 the peo\u00adp\u00adle at RR<\/span> Gems approa\u00adched me. With them I did the \u201cGol\u00adden Rule\u201d LP<\/span>. Becau\u00adse of the LP<\/span>, my music found a real\u00adly broad audi\u00adence. That means the moment my music came out on vinyl and the label did a real\u00adly gre\u00adat pro\u00admo\u00adti\u00adon job, it made waves and met a wide audi\u00adence. I gai\u00adned audio\u00adphi\u00adle peo\u00adp\u00adle, loy\u00adal and warm lis\u00adten\u00aders who stay with you when they have found you. I did\u00adn\u2019t rea\u00adli\u00adze how many the\u00adre are who app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adte that. I did\u00adn\u2019t rea\u00adli\u00adze that until the vinyl came out. I\u2019ve always thought my music would fit bet\u00adter on vinyl, but I could\u00adn\u2019t do it alo\u00adne. I\u2019ve always play\u00aded gigs, made records and com\u00adpo\u00adsed. But when maga\u00adzi\u00adnes like UK<\/span> Vibe or peo\u00adp\u00adle like Gil\u00adles Peter\u00adson sud\u00adden\u00adly reco\u00adgni\u00adze your work, that\u2019s gre\u00adat, becau\u00adse it opens up the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of your music being noti\u00adced by more peo\u00adp\u00adle, rea\u00adching more peo\u00adp\u00adle. Every musi\u00adci\u00adan likes it when his or her music is heard. The spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz revi\u00adval cer\u00adtain\u00adly hel\u00adped too.<\/span><\/p>\n

How did \u201cEle\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon\u201d the com\u00adpi\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon released on \u201cJazz\u00adman\u201d come about?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> At \u201cJazz\u00adman\u201d I beca\u00adme awa\u00adre of RR<\/span> Gems. They sold \u201cGol\u00adden Rule\u201d through their web\u00adsite and then cont\u00adac\u00adted me at some point. First, we released a sin\u00adgle with two songs, a live ver\u00adsi\u00adon and one from the album. Then they sug\u00adgested we bring some\u00adthing out tog\u00ade\u00adther. I intro\u00addu\u00adced them to all sorts of things. It was only pos\u00adsi\u00adble to do old things becau\u00adse the new titles were under con\u00adtract with RR<\/span> Gems. You cho\u00adse tracks from \u201cMomen\u00adtum\u201d and \u201cNatu\u00adral Time\u201d, I chan\u00adged the order a bit, and in the end, we were both satis\u00adfied. I think we\u2019ll do some\u00adthing tog\u00ade\u00adther again in the future becau\u00adse it was a very nice collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n

You lived in Vien\u00adna for a long time, but then tur\u00adned your back on Vien\u00adna to emi\u00adgra\u00adte to Ibi\u00adza via Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna. What exact\u00adly brought you to Ibiza?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> I am someone who likes to tra\u00advel. I love the sun and back then in Vien\u00adna I had long drea\u00admed of moving south to the sea. I left Vien\u00adna with no spe\u00adci\u00adfic plan of whe\u00adre to go. What I did know, howe\u00adver, was: I want to be in the sun. And I left to focus ful\u00adly on the music and find my own band. I first lan\u00added in Bar\u00adce\u00adlo\u00adna and stay\u00aded the\u00adre for a year and a half. In the sum\u00admer I took the boat to Ibi\u00adza, got into a live club and was hired for the who\u00adle coming sea\u00adson. The offer was valid every evening for five months. During this time, I dis\u00adco\u00adver\u00aded the island for mys\u00adelf and I deci\u00added to stay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accor\u00adding to the cli\u00adch\u00e9, Ibi\u00adza is known for its spraw\u00adling par\u00adties and lounge music at the after-hours. What does your Ibi\u00adza look like? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> My Ibi\u00adza has not\u00adhing to do with what peo\u00adp\u00adle usual\u00adly talk about in con\u00adnec\u00adtion with Ibi\u00adza. For me it\u2019s about natu\u00adre, sea, smells, peace, quiet, beau\u00adty and of cour\u00adse the sun, which is always the\u00adre. This is my Ibiza.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you need the retre\u00adat to be creative? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> If you have such a place of retre\u00adat, it\u2019s the best place to com\u00adpo\u00adse. The\u00adre I have the saxo\u00adpho\u00adnes, the pia\u00adno, the dou\u00adble bass, the drums, many, many instru\u00adments, records, a small stu\u00addio. But when I hear melo\u00addies, chords or bass lines in my head, it does\u00adn\u2019t neces\u00ads\u00ada\u00adri\u00adly have to be in my house, it can also be at a gig in Hel\u00adsin\u00adki, whe\u00adre I wri\u00adte down a new com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon, in the car, in the hotel room or during the sound check. In order to work it out pro\u00adper\u00adly, I then need to with\u00addraw. The island has con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adted a lot to this.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pia\u00adnist and com\u00adpo\u00adser Joa\u00adchim K\u00fchn, who is a fri\u00adend of yours and who also lives on the island, once said that Ibi\u00adza is \u201cthe abso\u00adlu\u00adte anti-jazz island\u201d. When you con\u00adsider their gig plan, it does\u00adn\u2019t sound like \u201canti-jazz\u201d at first. They play up to twen\u00adty gigs a month, pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly around 150 con\u00adcerts a year \u2026 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Just like you, Joa\u00adchim was refer\u00adring to an image that Ibi\u00adza pro\u00adjects out\u00adwards. The image that peo\u00adp\u00adle com\u00admon\u00adly asso\u00adcia\u00adte with the island. Ibi\u00adza is a tou\u00adristic island. In a nor\u00admal year the island is full for six months. We play the\u00adre every night and work hard. For us as live jazz musi\u00adci\u00adans, that is the most important thing: to play live every evening. And you can do that here. This is a strong sea\u00adson that makes it pos\u00adsi\u00adble. Of cour\u00adse, I have litt\u00adle oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to play my own music in Ibi\u00adza. What I play here is still jazz. The\u00adre are many clubs and restau\u00adrants, hotel bars, pri\u00adva\u00adte events and ver\u00adnis\u00adsa\u00adges whe\u00adre we some\u00adti\u00admes play our own music. But what we play most of the time is clas\u00adsi\u00adcal jazz.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stan\u00addards?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Yes. Music by Les\u00adter Young, Count Basie, Cole\u00adman Haw\u00adkins, Duke Elling\u00adton, Illi\u00adnois Jac\u00adquet. Music that also extends into soul jazz. We try to respect the limits of style and the achie\u00adve\u00adments that have to be made to play this music. But the island isn\u2019t that \u201canti-jaz\u00adzy\u201d eit\u00adher. At the time I met Joa\u00adchim, he was in ses\u00adsi\u00adons every week. Bur\u00adning ses\u00adsi\u00adons by twen\u00adty per\u00adcus\u00adsio\u00adnists and drum\u00admers, him and me. That was the purest free jazz kett\u00adle. The\u00adre were litt\u00adle jazz bars whe\u00adre he and I play\u00aded too. He also gave his own con\u00adcerts here. Only last year he play\u00aded in a beau\u00adtiful, lar\u00adge hall. Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner play\u00aded here at the famous jazz fes\u00adti\u00adval, which is cele\u00adbra\u00adting its 33rd edi\u00adti\u00adon this year. There\u2019s a second fes\u00adti\u00adval I\u2019m also doing to get peo\u00adp\u00adle like Nas\u00adheet Waits and Joe San\u00adders here. They have also play\u00aded here. Many musi\u00adci\u00adans visit the island every year.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, can you ima\u00adgi\u00adne your life as being strict\u00adly divi\u00added into two parts? Six months of hard work with almost one gig per evening with clas\u00adsi\u00adcal jazz, the rest of the time with\u00addrawn to com\u00adpo\u00adse in peace and prepa\u00adre or edit your own music?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Usual\u00adly it\u2019s so sepa\u00adra\u00adte, yes: we play every day bet\u00adween May and Novem\u00adber, the rest of the year the\u00adre is a lot of quiet. In win\u00adter I have time to post-pro\u00adcess an album that was recor\u00added in sum\u00admer with the dro\u00adnes, I can sel\u00adect or com\u00adpo\u00adse pie\u00adces that record the dro\u00adnes, edit albums to the point whe\u00adre they can appear. But last year, of cour\u00adse, the boun\u00adda\u00adries have been blurred \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Whe\u00adre do I have to go to expe\u00adri\u00adence Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann like she plays on her albums?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> On the neigh\u00adbor\u00ading islands and on the main\u00adland, whe\u00adre I am invi\u00adted. In the nor\u00admal places and to the fes\u00adti\u00advals whe\u00adre others play or play\u00aded befo\u00adre Coro\u00adna, like in Hel\u00adsin\u00adki, Tal\u00adlin, Copen\u00adha\u00adgen \u2026 I was also invi\u00adted to Eng\u00adland and a big tour was plan\u00adned, which unfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly \u2014 like so many other things \u2014 did not take place. During Coro\u00adna I was also invi\u00adted to Paris. The nor\u00admal inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal places whe\u00adre others also play. A jazz fes\u00adti\u00adval that was plan\u00adned for Febru\u00adary in Mal\u00adlor\u00adca has now been post\u00adpo\u00adned to July. This is the next con\u00adcert with my music. This time I do not belie\u00adve and hope that it will be post\u00adpo\u00adned. Sim\u00adply clo\u00adsing is no lon\u00adger pos\u00adsi\u00adble. Mal\u00adlor\u00adca needs tou\u00adrism, we need tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n

How can you ima\u00adgi\u00adne your encoun\u00adters with Joa\u00adchim K\u00fchn on the island? Do you drink tea tog\u00ade\u00adther and lis\u00adten to Ornet\u00adte Cole\u00adman records?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann<\/strong> [laughs]: Exact\u00adly like that. It used to be that I met him in a ses\u00adsi\u00adon and we \u201cburnt\u201d tog\u00ade\u00adther, then we beca\u00adme fri\u00adends and I came to him for tea, brought coo\u00adkies with me, he play\u00aded his new album for me and I play\u00aded mine for him. Or I ask him if I can hear some\u00adthing from his old days with Jen\u00adny-Clar\u00adke or with Cole\u00adman. Then he plays for me and other things that have not yet come out and may come out one day, inclu\u00adding very old things with his brot\u00adher Rolf. It\u2019s an extre\u00adme\u00adly casu\u00adal exch\u00adan\u00adge that still inspi\u00adres me a lot. Just thin\u00adking about him inspi\u00adres me becau\u00adse he\u2019s such a tre\u00admen\u00addous\u00adly good artist. See\u00ading him in per\u00adson is even more inten\u00adse becau\u00adse he has an incre\u00addi\u00adbly diver\u00adse coll\u00adec\u00adtion of records. We hear a lot tog\u00ade\u00adther. He\u2019s recor\u00added with ever\u00adyo\u00adne \u2014 even with Stan Getz. The topics are end\u00adless. He\u2019s still extre\u00adme\u00adly crea\u00adti\u00adve, com\u00adpo\u00adses and prac\u00adti\u00adces every day, has his routine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever con\u00adside\u00adred doing some\u00adthing together? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> I would like to invi\u00adte him to one of my records as a guest musi\u00adci\u00adan. Other\u00adwi\u00adse not real\u00adly. He has a lot of pro\u00adjects and has an up-to-date con\u00adtract with Act that dic\u00adta\u00adtes exact\u00adly what he brings out when and how.<\/span><\/p>\n

You men\u00adtio\u00adned the revi\u00adval of spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz. Much of it comes from Eng\u00adland. In com\u00adpa\u00adri\u00adson, your music sounds more rela\u00adxed and less opu\u00adlent than z. B. that of Kama\u00adsi Washing\u00adton. More at rest. Is that what the island does? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Yes, of cour\u00adse. My music is not big city music. But I am also par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly for\u00adt\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte to have found musi\u00adci\u00adans with whom I get on well, who get on well with each other and who con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adte in a very inti\u00adma\u00adte way to the who\u00adle, to the visi\u00adon of how it should sound to me, which I real\u00adly like making hap\u00adpy. The com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon is right.<\/span><\/p>\n

Does the label \u201cSpi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal Jazz\u201d even fit?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Let\u2019s put it this way: If no label were neces\u00adsa\u00adry, I would pre\u00adfer it, becau\u00adse it\u2019s just music. The labels should be stuck on by others. Spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal jazz is a sub-gen\u00adre that I\u2019ve heard a lot, hear a lot and also love. I got invol\u00adved in this style very ear\u00adly on and it was fea\u00adtured on my albums very ear\u00adly on, regard\u00adless of whe\u00adther I was still play\u00ading avant-gar\u00adde or not. Ali\u00adce Col\u00adtra\u00adne, John Col\u00adtra\u00adne, Pha\u00adro\u00adah San\u00adders, I\u2019ve heard many musi\u00adci\u00adans mys\u00adelf who can be clas\u00adsi\u00adfied in this style, if you will. But it was\u00adn\u2019t until 2012 that I star\u00adted wri\u00adting music that was more inspi\u00adred by Ali\u00adce and John Col\u00adtra\u00adne. I brought trance-like repe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adons, pen\u00adta\u00adto\u00adnic sca\u00adles and the eth\u00adnic influen\u00adces of dif\u00adfe\u00adrent cul\u00adtures into the music.<\/span><\/p>\n

The world music draft was also a plan?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> That was also a plan, becau\u00adse I mys\u00adelf lis\u00adten to music from all over the world, from Afri\u00adca, India, over\u00adto\u00adne music, Bul\u00adga\u00adri\u00adan choirs, Japa\u00adne\u00adse music. I lis\u00adten to a wide ran\u00adge of music and wan\u00adted to take this more into account in my music. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, I have a love for instru\u00adments. I own a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

How many are many? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann<\/strong> [laughs]: A lot. Drums, per\u00adcus\u00adsion. Flu\u00adtes of all kinds, bam\u00adboo flu\u00adtes or trans\u00adver\u00adse flu\u00adtes, over\u00adto\u00adne flu\u00adtes. dif\u00adfe\u00adrent bas\u00adses, gem\u00adbri, a dou\u00adble bass, tab\u00adla, a tam\u00adbu\u00adra, a sar\u00adan\u00adgi. I don\u2019t know whe\u00adre to stop I like the sound of each and every one of the\u00adse instru\u00adments. That\u2019s why I star\u00adted an album with the instru\u00adments: \u201cEarth\u00adto\u00adnes\u201d. I kept that as an ele\u00adment in the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing albums and deve\u00adlo\u00adped it fur\u00adther. Ever\u00ady\u00adthing then came tog\u00ade\u00adther in the record \u201cNatu\u00adral Time\u201d. I would say that with \u201cRever\u00adence\u201d the enti\u00adre ran\u00adge of the dro\u00adne orches\u00adtra was developed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Would you descri\u00adbe yours\u00adelf as a spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal person?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> Ever\u00adyo\u00adne is spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal becau\u00adse that is our natu\u00adre. All of us, even tho\u00adse who don\u2019t think in the\u00adse terms at all, are spi\u00adri\u00adtu\u00adal beings. We have a desi\u00adre to do good things. We all want to be hap\u00adpy. We want to do the right things, help others, stri\u00adve for hig\u00adher goals and to fur\u00adther deve\u00adlop our hig\u00adher values \u200b\u200band ide\u00adas that are our own. That is the natu\u00adre that we are try\u00ading to implement.<\/span><\/p>\n

You are a pho\u00adto\u00adgrapher, and as such have work\u00aded in Vien\u00adna for maga\u00adzi\u00adne WIENER<\/span>, you paint \u2014 z. B. the covers of most of your albums \u2014 so you are an artist with a wide ran\u00adge of dif\u00adfe\u00adrent art forms. Is music the amal\u00adgam that holds all other crea\u00adti\u00adve acti\u00advi\u00adties together?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> An inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading thought. For me music is the thread that never bro\u00adke in my life. Even if I work\u00aded as a pho\u00adto\u00adgrapher in bet\u00adween: The music stay\u00aded. But I mys\u00adelf do not think in terms. I just do it. The nice thing about music is that you can con\u00adcep\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adze it, talk about it. But you can also just lis\u00adten, be in the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Final\u00adly, a few words about the album \u201cUni\u00adon\u201d, which is about to be released on RR<\/span> Gems?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Muri\u00adel Gross\u00admann:<\/strong> \u201cUni\u00adon\u201d came about from a tour befo\u00adre Coro\u00adna on Mal\u00adlor\u00adca. I wan\u00adted to record the band live at the con\u00adcerts, but it did\u00adn\u2019t work out for logi\u00adsti\u00adcal reasons. I then deci\u00added to go to the stu\u00addio on the spur of the moment and reser\u00adve a few days when we were free. It was a recor\u00adding ses\u00adsi\u00adon of our live set at the time, more for archi\u00adval pur\u00adpo\u00adses, but with ever\u00ady\u00adthing that star\u00adted after that, I deci\u00added to bring it out as I was unable to record and release a sequel to the album \u201cRever\u00adence\u201d. So the two albums \u201cQuiet Earth\u201d and the upco\u00adming record \u201cUni\u00adon\u201d are gre\u00adat addi\u00adti\u00adons to my cata\u00adlog. I am very hap\u00adpy with how that tur\u00adned out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you very much for the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon. <\/strong><\/span>Mar\u00adkus Deisenberger<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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