Clemens Kuratle - Murmullo: Lies (2020)

Murmullo is a quintet led by Clemens Kuratle, one of Switzerland’s most in-demand young drummers and a nominee for the ZKB Jazzpreis in 2019. He is a key member of harpist Julie Campiche’s quartet and part of the folk band Moes Anthill, as well as the international quintet Ydivide.

Kuratle’s inspiration comes a wide field, but includes the drummers of Burundi, Indonesian gamelan, gnawa music from Morroco and female choirs of Bulgaria. Clemens Kuratle has played several festivals including the Montreaux Jazz Festival, 12 Points Dublin festival as well as many venues across Europe.

His Murmullo quintet features Jonathan Maag (Lukas Niggli, Django Bates, Tom Harrell, Peter Herbolzheimer, Alvin Mills and more) on tenor saxophone; Florian Weiss (La Mome, Linus Amsted, Lucerne Jazz Orchestra) on trombone; Franz Hellmüller (Bloom Effect, Radar Suzuki) on guitar and Rafael Jerjen (Andy Sheppard, Matt Baker, Tobias Cole and more) on bass. They released their self-titled debut album, featuring six of Clemens’ original compositions, on QFTF in 2016.

“As a quintet, Murmullo’s been playing gigs and working on my music for five years now, and the time was right to release a second album,” Clemens Kuratle says. “I value continuity highly in all of my projects, be it as a sideman or a leader – so a release is always a celebration of what the group has accomplished so far. I’m obsessed with history, philosophy, politics and any kind of art form. Very often, the inspiration for new tunes comes through dealing with philosophy, current tendencies in politics, my personal research in history, or a piece of art that somehow touches me.”