Pink Mountain Sagas
Buechi Hellmülller Jerjen - pink mountain sagas
feat. Kristina Brunner & Andreas Gabriel
Jazz
SARAH BUECHI - Stimme
FRANZ HELLMÜLLER - Gitarre
RAFAEL JERJEN – Kontrabass
KRISTINA BRUNNER - Schwyzerörgeli
ANDREAS GABRIEL - Violine
SPECIAL GUESTS (on cd)
MARIANNE DOMIDE - Alphorn
EMMANUEL KRUCKER - Hackbrett
"The legends, with their dramas and demons, are the material the Pink Mountain Sagas draw on. A homecoming, an attempt and a temptation.
On repeated listenings, the musical structure becomes clearer, just like the sky opening up when you are travelling high up in the mountains. The expressive music literally carries the attentive mind into the rugged, alpine Glarnerland.
The voice is not in front, it is right in the middle, during gentle mists as well as in stormy moments. Franz Hellmüller’s guitar is a rock in the mighty surf. Sounds dissipate like sea spray, only to be propelled onwards with an almost infinite wealth of ideas. His playing unites with the words to form a densely interwoven texture. Meanwhile, Rafael Jerjen’s bass carefully follows every movement of her lips before it too breaks out without leaving his own basic structure."
(Johannes Rühl, CD liner notes)
"...their second album... sounds alpine-inspired, as if Portishead had retreated to the rehearsal room during their alpine residence (…) This bulky, beautiful music never even comes under suspicion of being folkloric. …rather, a deeper understanding of origin, heritage, roots, in short: of "home" resonates, which is only fully revealed in the process of alienation"
(Jazzthetik, Victoriah Szirmai)
"The interplay in the core trio is somnambulistically coherent, atmospheric and stylistically confident (…) An independent voice with a highly recognizable sound."
(Jazz N More-Tipp, Florian Bissig)
Cover art: Conor O’Donnell
Graphic design: Jonas Schoder
Liner notes: Johannes Rühl
Photos: Jessica Prinz
All compositions and lyrics by Sarah Buechi, except “Du fragsch mi wär i bi” by Heidi Stucki/Hans Zulliger, arranged by Sarah Buechi. Recorded January 4 – 7, 2024, at Hardstudios, Winterthur, Switzerland, by Moritz Wetter. Mixed in May and June 2024 by Moritz Wetter. Mastered in July 2024 at Hardstudios by Michael Brändli. Produced by Buechi/Hellmüller/Jerjen and Intakt Records. Published by Intakt Records. Intakt Records, P. O. Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland.
SAGAS COLLECTION
Pink Mountain Sagas on INTAKT REC
Pink Mountain Sagas reviews