Ensamble 96 is a international Quintett (Bandoneon, Alto Sax, Bass, Keyboard and Drums) formed during 2020. It is based in Berlin, Germany. The formation of the Ensamble 96:
Lorenz Hanke: Amazing drummer from Germany
Svetlana Marichenko: Award winning jazz-pianist from Russia
Pia Polte: Unique saxophone player from Germany
Johannes Trupp: Great bassist from Germany
Alfonso Covarrubias: Bandoneon player from Chile, composition, director of the Ensamble 96.
Ensamble 96´s instrumental music is a mixture of popular music stiles from the XXth century. Some compositions show the distorted bass guitar from rock music, others have the staccato-motives from argentinian tango, while some other section from the same piece plays over a funky keyboard. The music is written to show how the different instruments, normaly associated with different music stiles, can "dialogue" with each other in compositions that could be considered written under the influence of progressive music and the RIO (Rock in oposition) movement. The Ensamble takes inspiration from artists such as Astor Piazzolla, Fred Frith, Grover Washington Jr. and Nick Cave´s the Birthday Party, among others.
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