More of this please! Lucks, Schlichting und Marien are a miniature brass band, juggling shifting rolls, toggling between rhythm and melody as they traverse a beguiling landscape of free jazz, funk, punk rock, and New Orleans brass band traditions. Collectively, they have been spending an increasing amount of time pushing and stretching their original tunes with a mixture of improvisational brio and body-moving funk. Since , the trio has been on the road with numerous concerts in jazz clubs and at festivals, has received several grants from the Musikfonds and Berlin Senate, and has released two CDs on Tiger Moon Records.
Alfred Vogel Berlin Sowieso Retrospect Concerts JAZZthing homegrown β October β Martin Laurentius The 13 songs have internalized the stories and traditions of jazz, grooving incessantly and celebrating the moment when Schlichting, Lucks and Marien are deeply immersed in the flow of improvisation. Wind sounds from the cellar advance into high regions of pleasure. JazzZeitung β January β Michael Scheiner T he heavyweight trio then rolls out its sonic tapestry of checkered, danceable rhythms, delicate melodies and intricate webs of sound, on which they travel with the audience into a world of their own.
Salt Peanuts β November β Jan Granlie The three musicians are excellent instrumentalists, and they write music that has both feet firmly planted in the brass tradition, but with eyes and brains looking forward.
Salt Peanuts β November β Eyal Hareuveni β¦joyful energy and freedom for improvisational and compositional adventuresβ¦. But Insomnia Brass Band impresses even more when they opt for lyrical, introspective, and sonic ballads β¦ in which Lucks, Schlichting, and Marien individually and collectively explore their inventive and bold sonic vision. Dusted Magazine β December β Jennifer Kelly While this combination of jazz chops and nearly punk energy may define Insomnia Brass Band, the group is not afraid to color outside the lines.
The richly arranged songs of this mini brass band are full of unexpected twists and spontaneous harmonic and melodic surprises. Especially because the three of them achieve a fine balance of coarse-grained freedom and delicate harmonics, of outburst and melody.
