Kaos Protokoll — Quick & Dirty

The world is sinking into chaos - and we provide the soundtrack! Right above the state capital, the birthplace of this source of sensations known as the KAOS-Protokoll, calamity is brewing. People are already reporting metallic jarring melodies which pursue them all the way into their dreams. Hunting bass lines are spreading their mischief and insanity-strewing drumgrooves are clearing the streets. But the three rebel companions headed by Benedikt Wieland (bass, electronics), Marc Stucki (say, melodica, effects) and Flo Reichle (drums, electronics) pledge themselves to betterment. The months-long  self-flagellation bore fruit, the excessive love of disarray has taken form: “Quick & Dirty” is the name of the self-experiment in which the three anarchists bureaucratise themselves - to some extent. The trio is simultaneously roaring tide as well as saving anchor.

Pent-up creativity explodes in one’s ear. Playfully ornate beats with disorientated bass notes take turns with hard clanging rock grooves accompanied by disdainfully shredded riffs. The saxophone provides the icing, sometimes with hysterical melody fragments and sometimes with stylishly confident jazz solos. And now and then a voice rings out, sonorously invoking the inner demon. A kind of cross-over-jazz sees the light of day. Jazz with Rock- and Funkappeal - a sweat-inducing mix of sounds that whips and boosts, escalating again and again without losing its structure. The influences of KAOS range from Frank Zappa, Secret Chiefs 3, Me’shell Ndegeocello and John Zorn all the way to Lucien Dubuis, Jim Black, The Bad Plus, Miles Davis, Christy Doran - to name a few.