Kartet

Guillaume Orti > alto saxophone
Benoît Delbecq > piano
Hubert Dupont > doublebass
Chander Sardjoe > drums

“Apparently, an unsignificant formula. Usual orchestration. But then, surprise, as early as the first few bars, a freshness of inspiration which one believed to be condemned. To say simply, it’s been a long time since a “jazz quartet” had sounded in a such an unorthodox way. Play-along with structure, tireless exploration of all possible combinations, independence of lines, poly-speeds, mobile architecture of the compositions… A shape of music in continuous metamorphosis as it pivots around the four players, and results in many simultaneous and complementary points of view on the same reality. A music which reconciles intellect and intuition as it combines a quasi-mathematical rigour with a sensitivity, an instrumental originality, and an attention to details forged by the supreme exercise of full improvisation.”

Stephane Ollivier

www.delbecq.net/bd/bd.html
www.hubertdupont.com/Kartet

KARTET The Bay Window

CD/SACD multichannel – Songlines 1560-2
liner notes by Igor Juget – design by Sylvie Astié – sound by Thierry Balasse
The fifth record of Kartet has been released in the US and Canada on March 2007:
http://www.songlines.com shortly on iTunes

in France on April 2007:
http://www.abeillemusique.com/produit.php?cle=24192

Kartet was formed in Paris in 1989-90. Four musicians ranging in age from 20 to 32 came together in a heady musical environment of jazz players from everywhere (and influences such as Steve Coleman’s M-Base and Steve Lacy), contemporary classical music (Messiaen, Ligeti), African music…. As Hubert Dupont says, “[When] I moved to Paris I was expecting a serious meeting, strong musical connection, a group story, and it happened. We stayed together a year in the south of France, developing collectively our compositional tools, our improvising technique…. The sound and atmospheres of the band are still a result of this.” In 1996 the Indo-Dutch drummer Chander Sardjoe replaced the original drummer Benjamin Henocq. Sardjoe has studied South Indian (Carnatic) music, and its complex subdivisions fit right in with Kartet’s polyrhythmically swinging group approach. This is their fifth CD, the first for a non-French label. More

Booking for the Nordic and Baltic Countries:
Vapaat äänet – Charles Gil

Finnish and Baltic tour 2008:
Touring period February 25th to March 16th.
UMO Meets Kartet on March 6th in Helsinki