LONDON LEIPZIG BERLIN
Axel Dorner, trumpet
Roger Turner, percussion
Ra Ra Da Boff, electric organs, little instruments
Euphorium Records EUPH 047 2015
Recorded 18th December 2013.
Can't be many of us who have recordings filed under Ra Ra Da Boff. This is certainly my first, even taking into consideration that it is a working name for Oliver Schwerdt, but a welcome one. Axel Dorner and Roger Turner are well recognised practitioners of free improvisation where the emphasis is on the development of small soundscapes, immediate responses to the situation. And what a wonderful vision the three musicians create. Fortunately, nobody dominates the situation. chamber music is the balance here, although Ra Ra da Boff tends to set up the atmospheric backdrop onto which Dorner and Turner move about like mice. For those who like this type of music, the scurrying dance that ensues makes for captivating listening. The pattern of each of the three tacks might be too similar to justify listening to the entire CD in one sitting but the quality, by which we mean inventiveness and emotion generated are sufficient to draw one back soon enough.
The cities listed may reflect the origin of the three musicians. What a great advert for the benefits of collaborating within the European Union. How will you vote?
