Improtest esitleb: Weekend Guitar Trio
Weekend Guitar Trio
Feb 8th at 7.30 pm
@ Kanuti Guild Hall
Robert Jürjendal – kitarr, elektroonika
Tõnis Leemets – kitarr, elektroonika
Mart Soo – kitarr, elektroonika
WGT alustas tegevust 1993. aastal. Nad on andnud välja 7 heliplaati ning esinenud mainekatel jazzi- ja uue muusika festivalidel Eestis ning välismaal (Marciac Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, PUNKT festival jt.). WGT muusika on kõlanud populaarses BBC 3 muusikaprogrammis ja paljudes teistes Euroopa raadiojaamades. WGT on musitseerinud koos parimate eesti DJ-dega ja briti DJ-duoga Spring Heel Jack; mitmete löökpillimängijate (Brian Melvin, John Wieczorek), rahvamuusikute (Celia Roose, Tuule Kann) ning lauljatega (Kadri Hunt, Priit Lehto). WGT koostööpartneriteks on erinevatel aegadel olnud Markus Reuter (Austria), Vox Clamantis, Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor ning heliloojad Anti Marguste, Jaan Rääts, Mirjam Tally ning Tõnu Kõrvits. 2010. aastal toimus Londonis Kings Place’is WGT kontsert koos briti popartisti Toyah Willcoxi ja norra elektroonilise muusika viljeleja ning produtsendi Jan Bang’iga. Aastal 2013 tähistas WGT oma 20. juubelit kontsertide ning duubelplaadiga, kus külalismuusikutena osalesid ansambel Una Corda (Ene Nael, Liis Viira, Kristi Mühling) ning jazztrio koosseisus Taavi Kerikmäe, Tanel Ruben ning Taavo Remmel.
Toetab: KULKA
WEEKEND GUITAR TRIO
Robert Jürjendal – guitar, electronics
Tõnis Leemets – guitar, electronics
Mart Soo – guitar, electronics
Weekend Guitar Trio was formed in 1993 after Robert Jürjendal’s participation at a Guitar Craft Course in Germany. It consists of Robert Jürjendal, Tõnis Leemets and Mart Soo, with backgrounds in classical guitar/Guitar Craft method, electronic music, and jazz/free improvisation, respectively. They have performed at countless jazz festivals all over Europe, had compositions written specially for them by Estonian and German composers, and presented their own compositions at contemporary music festivals.
WGT has released 7 albums under their own name and is featured on many more. The Estonian Radio and the Estonian National TV have produced programs about them and their music has also been aired on BBC 3 and numerous other European radio stations.
The trio has collaborated with top Estonian and British DJ-s, players of traditional instruments (kannel and bagpipe), choirs (from the Gregorian chant ensemble Vox Clamantis to the Estonian National Male Choir), and many improvising musicians like Jan Bang (live sampling), Brian Melvin (percussion), Markus Reuter (touch guitar), David Rothenberg (clarinet) and Toyah Willcox (vocals). After their concert at the 2011 Punkt festival in Tallinn, their music was instantly “remixed” by Erik Honoré, Eivind Aarset and Arve Henriksen.
Incorporating an arsenal of effects, a variety of extended techniques and a few choice pieces of peripheral hardware, WGT creates striking soundscapes. The players read off of each other with natural ease and know how to coax unique moods from their instruments. They cross the borders of jazz, rock, traditional and electronic music, throwing in enough stylistic changes to insure Zero Listener Ennui. At their concert you might feel as if in curved space, where the laws of 3-dimensional physics are not valid. The program is different each time, depending on the venue, the atmosphere, the sound … and the audience.
Having played together for more than 27 years, they have plenty of tracks to choose from. But they always throw in at least some freely improvised – or “spontaneously composed” – music as well, sometimes using live electronics in a pre-arranged way, sometimes in the “let’s-push-this-button-and-see-what-happens” style.