Full Fathom Five

Tobias Klein’s group Full Fathom Five presents the new cd BISON RAVI. It is inspired by the works of the French writer and musician Boris Vian (1920-1959). Full Fathom Five pays homage to this provocative poet with a repertoire which combines elements of contemporary jazz, psychedelic folk and experimental rock music. Rather than going back to the 40’s and 50’s, Full Fathom Five aims to translate Vian’s spirit and his esthetic, his humour, lyricism, brutality and cross-grainedness into a contemporary sound.

Herman te Loo wrote in Jazzflits (dec 2007): "Maar uiteraard is Full Fathom Five vooral zichzelf: een sterk nieuw kwintet op de scherpsnede van geïmproviseerde muziek, rock, moderne kamermuziek en elektronica."
("... a strong new quintet on the cutting edge of improvised music, rock, modern chamber music and electronica.")

Armand Serpenti wrote in Trouw, 15/12/2007:
Sylvia de Hartog [...] heeft een heel natuurlijke manier van zingen, blijft dicht bij zichzelf en kan goed variëren met kleur en sfeer. In de band Full Fathom Five schaart ze zich onder basklarinettist/saxofonist Tobias Klein en bassist Mark Haanstra, enkele drijvende krachten achter het eigenzinnige, Amsterdamse Trytone label en improvisatiecollectief. Met gitarist Raphael Vanoli en drummer Uli Genenger, maakten ze een cd met een hoog dramatisch gehalte, veel donkere kleuren, goed gedoseerde, maar helemaal geïntegreerde elektronische effecten en een niet aflatende spanning. Afwisselingen van melodische blaas- en baspartijen, gezongen en gezingzegde teksten en het expliciet op de voorgrond plaatsen van dwars gedrumd maatwerk garanderen een wendbaarheid die nodig is om je te verplaatsen in het brein van Boris Vian (1920-1959), de Franse creatieve provocateur die als inspirator aan deze cd ten grondslag ligt.
Armand Serpenti, Trouw, 15/12/2007

"... they made a cd with lots of drama, many dark colours, with well balanced, totally integrated electronic effects and no drops in suspense."

Hedzer Faber wrote in Noord-Hollands Dagblad:
"Heftig, luid, beroerend, overtuigend. Goed."
("Heavy, loud, touching, convincing. Good.")

In the 1990’s singer Sylvia de Hartog was very active in the Dutch scene, playing and touring with, among others, Tony Overwater’s Motion Music, Niko Langenhuijsen’s Caoutchouc, the Metropool Orkest and her own band Vote. She has played with people like Anton Goudsmit,Eric Vloeimans, Benjamin Herman and Baenz Oester. After having worked in the UK, Greece and Germany for several years, she has recently returned to the Netherlands.

Saxophonist and bass clarinet player Tobias Klein has been (co-)leading the groups
Man Bites Dog, Dalgoo and President of the Globe; touring all over Europe, Russia and India.
He has played with Chris Speed, Benoît Delbecq and John Zorn. Current projects include the quartet Buyukberber/De Joode/Klein/Vatcher and the Spinifex Orchestra.

Bassguitarist Mark Haanstra has won numerous prizes in the Netherlands and abroad. He can be heard with jazz groups such as Agog (with Joost Lijbaart and Frank Wingold), Oxymore (with a.o. Chander Sardjoe and Guillaume Orti) and Voer (with Oene van Geel) as well as in contemporary composed music and opera ensembles like De Nederlandse Opera and Nieuw Ensemble.

Guitarist Raphael Vanoli is one of the most-in-demand young guitar players of the moment in the Netherlands, admired for his extremely broad spectrum of guitar sounds. He plays in groups like Tetzepi Bigtet, Jasper Blom’s Ars Subtilior and Sligter/Gudmunsson/Pichler/Vanoli, playing major festivals and touring all over Europe.

Uli Genenger studied drums in Amsterdam, Berlin and New York. He has played with a.o. Aki Takase , Gebhard Ullmannin and the fantastic trio Koan(with Oguz Buyukberber and Valdi Kolli). Current projects include Fidan and the New-York based groupTroglodytes which recently toured the US.

www.fullfathom.nl
tsklein@xs4all.nl