Duo Voltige - Maiden Flight (2024) [Hi-Res]

The art of the duo has a long history, not least in jazz. The musical dialogue between two musicians promises mutual attention and playful understanding, many nuances and high intensity. Kerstin Haberecht and Lukas Roos offer a lot of all of this. On their first album together, Maiden Flight, the two inspire with melodic and reservedly abstract passages, atmospheric depth and lightness, rhythmic sophistication and subtle interactions. What surprises most, however, is their variety of sounds. On the one hand, that of their instruments, i.e. Haberecht's predominantly warm-timbered, eloquent alto saxophone and Roos' variable electric guitar, which oscillates between elegant and flowing jazz playing styles and modern, sometimes rocky sounds. The unusual sound language of the Duo Voltige is also based on the clever use of two loop stations. Their pointed, partly pre-produced, partly live-recorded phrases, motifs, patterns and shapes enrich and condense the atmospheric music. The clever diversity of the studio album Maiden Flight can also be performed live. Emotional compositions, impressive arrangements and the confident playing of Haberecht and Roos give the Duo Voltige its individually engaging expressiveness.