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01. STEIGER  - Inverse/Reverse
02. STEIGER  - Berlin Revisited
03. STEIGER  - Bachfag
04. STEIGER  - You Is You?
ARTIST
TITLE
And Above All
FORMAT
10"

LABEL
CATALOG #
SDBANU 1002LP SDBANU 1002LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/20/2018

Ghent-based piano trio Steiger have earned their place in the ever-growing peloton of young Belgian jazz innovators. As a result, they won the Young Jazz talent price at the 2017 Gent Jazz Festival. With their luscious and rigid grooves in minimalistic framing, they cast themselves between SCHNTZL and De Beren Gieren, likewise minded young Bel-jazz bands that don't take it so closely with traditions. They play jazz with a rock n' roll attitude. Sdban Ultra present a sampler of their debut album And Above All on a limited 10" vinyl. This release marks their introduction on Sdban Ultra, with a forthcoming sophomore album. And Above All houses both jazz and modern compositions, avant-garde and experimental electronics. Steiger takes inspiration from jazz and refers to the traditions but equally pulls those apart, for example in the chaotic miniature "Bachfag" and in the intimate "Inverse/Reverse". With "Berlin Revisited" the band clearly chooses electronic instrumentation. It is reminiscent of the electronic jazz of the noughties: bands like Triosk, Sofa Surfers, and Flanger did not so much work towards jazz but used the genre as a stepping stone to dive into the cosmos. Steiger are launching themselves into infinity on this track with a pounding beat, shrill cymbals, overdriven keys, and an unwieldy bass.