Luís Vicente & Vasco Trilla (PT/ESP) + Jan Michálek & Jakub Švejnar (CZ)

When does a duet means that the music is thinner than with a bigger ensemble? Well, when the duo in question isn’t the one formed by the Portuguese trumpeter Luís Vicente and the Luso-Catalan drummer Vasco Trilla, both known for their endless resources, sound wise and in terms of the grammars they use to turn the technical procedure we call improvisation to the aesthetics of improvised music. we’re listening to a duo, but the music has an ascensional motion: it slowly builds from almost nothing to a huge, dense, complex construction, with walls, corners and forniture, growing in height, in walking space and in contenance. Suddenly, without realising it, we testify just by listening an out-of-body experience. It’s when the music gets more physical that these two spontaneous composers leave their bodies, and the bodies of their instruments, to give us what is one of the most fulfilling works of spiritual music in present times. As such, you have here a brilliant companion for those transcendental albums you love since you discovered the devotional music of John Coltrane, even though Vicente’s and Trilla’s adhesion to “theomusical subjectivity” do not have a religious motivation. They found the Absolute, the invisible Other, in the music itself, the same way Aldous Huxley did and made this novelist write that «after silence, that which comes nearest to express the inexpressible is music»The duo will present their brand new album Ghost Stratahttps://cipsela.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-strataJan Michálek & Jakub ŠvejnarJan Michálek is a musician (saxophone, violin, electronics) from Prague who works in the fields of improvised music, jazz and contemporary music. In 2022 he graduated from the Academy Of Perdorming Arts. Jan is interested in expanding experimental approaches of playing his instruments. On the domestic scene you can know Jan from the septet Uthando, which released two records with the Ma Records label. His current active projects include Ovčí Hájek with Jan Karhánek on synthesizers, string duo Pluton Forgot Ball with Mélusine de Pas or project with Samuel Gapp, which is dedicated to working with communities and creating site-specific situations that are closely related to mutual sharing between artists and the environment.Jakub Švejnar is an improviser and drummer who works mainly in the fields of experimental jazz and free improvisation. He studied at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory and the Music Faculty at JAMU.He is a member of the bands: Jungle Debris, Pudlax, Grandmothers Favourite, Aid Kid, Nivva, Luboš Soukup Quartet and others. He is a sought-after collaborator on the Prague jazz and experimental scene and also participates in performances and dance projects.He currently devotes himself to solo playing on a prepared snare drum and objects. In addition to his drum kit, he also uses no-input mixing and noise electronics in his improvisations.——-Kdy duet znamená, že hudba je tenčí než u většího ansámblu? No, když se nejedná o duo portugalského trumpetisty Luíse Vicenteho a luso-katalánského bubeníka Vasca Trilly, kteří j