Stille Wasser Mareille Merck LARUS

• 1 Mosaik 06:29
• 2 Boomerang 03:43
• 3 Konturen 05:13
• 4 Kap Arkona 05:12
• 5 Hit the Mark 04:55
• 6 Nebula 06:38
• 7 Kassiopeia 05:23
• Total Runtime 37:33

Info for Stille Wasser

Stille Wasser is the second release by Mareille Merck, recorded at the renowned Powerplay Studios near Zurich, the adopted home of the guitarist, who originally hails from northern Germany. The trio used the calm of the lockdown to intensively explore intuitive interplay. A central theme was the keyword "willingness to take risks". The goal was to develop such a firm basic trust in each other that improvisational moments in the music could be shaped excitingly and freely.

As a mental image, the three use the idea of a deep lake that lies still and whose bottom cannot be seen. It takes courage and a willingness to take risks to jump in. But only those who dare to jump bring new and exciting things from below to the surface. And thus make the still water resound. "We reinterpreted the proverb 'still waters run deep' and imagined that we had a deep lake in front of us, beneath whose surface numerous ideas and concepts were waiting to enrich our music. But in order to make them sound, we first have to jump into the deep end, search for them, take risks and break new ground. For this we have taken time and worked intensively during the last months. Out of the comfort zone and into the deep end to make the music more lively," Merck says. Clear through the various compositions runs your characteristic melodic language.

Opening with "Mosaik," which begins as a ballad but plays up a tempo into an energetic, upbeat 6/8, playing with tempo and dynamics is central to the trio's music; common dynamic movements run throughout the album and are a testament to the ensemble's ability to communicate. The theme of "tempo" is taken up again at the end of the album, in "Cassiopeia" the three play their way through various sections of the composition with light-footedness and freedom, telling a story with different atmospheric images.

Mareille Merck, guitar
Florian Bolliger, double bass
Janic Haller, drums

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