„The Matriarch And The Wrong Kind Of Flowers“ was recorded at the Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo, a tomb with a 20 second natural reverb and a constant temperature of five degrees Celsius. No surprise, then, to find a suite of solo improvisations that match the space´s cold grandeur and cavernous scale. Westerhus sites King Crimson as an influence, and „Shine“ borrows the bathysphere ping of Pink Floyd´s „Echoes“ before ascending to Popol Vuh´s vertiginous spiritual heights. Throughout, Westerhus shrouds the guitar in a series of disguises – mournful violin, hurdy-gurdy drone, country fiddle and non-musical sounds like distant guns and humming machinery – folding multiple textures in on themselves to create abstract narrative arcs. (thewire.co.uk)
Die Tourdaten:
2012
September: 23 Stian Westerhus solo – Leipzig Jazz Festival (D) / 28 Stian Westerhus solo – Tonne, Dresden (D) / October: 12 Stian Westerhus solo – Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld (D) / 13 Stian Westerhus solo – Domicil, Dortmund (D / 17 Stian Westerhus solo – Stadtgarten, Köln (D) / 19 Stian Westerhus solo – HBC, Berlin (D) / 27 NPM – Frankfurt (D) / November 2 NPM – ewz-Unterwerk Selnau, Zürich (CH) / 3 NPM – Hansesaal, Lünen (D) / 11 Stian Westerhus solo – S’Hertogenbosch (NL) / 13 PUMA – Hamburg (D)
2013
January: 30 Sidsel Endresen / Stian Westerhus – Stadtgarten, Köln (D) / 31 Sidsel Endresen / Stian Westerhus – Vooruit, Gent (B) / February: 1 Sidsel Endresen / Stian Westerhus – Porgy and Bess, Vienna (A) / 2 Sidsel Endresen / Stian Westerhus – Woman in Jazz Festival, Opera, Halle (D) / 4 Sidsel Endresen / Stian Westerhus – Moods, Zürich (CH) / 5 Sidsel Endresen / Stian Westerhus – Vortex, London (UK) / 6 Sidsel Endresen / Stian Westerhus – Unterfahrt, München (D) / 7 Sidsel Endresen / Stian Westerhus – Sendesaal Bremen (D) / 10 Sidsel Endresen / Stian Westerhus – Bee Flat, Bern (CH)
