Headland by Batik

Batik

Headland

Price: € 12.95
Format: CD
Label: Challenge Records
UPC: 0608917338324
Catnr: CR 73383
Release date: 09 May 2014
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Label
Challenge Records

UPC
0608917338324

Catalogue number
CR 73383

Release date
09 May 2014

""The result of the performance is contemplation with a profane ground.""

Het Parool, 09-7-2015

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About the album

Batik is a group that originated from the duo which Joost Lijbaart and Wolfert Brederode started in 2005. Significant for the group sound of Batik is the blending of music into one sound, as with the duo. With the emphasis on joint improvisation together they search for a new tone in which traditional forms of music fade away. The instruments itself are subordinate to the whole.

When searching a metaphor for their music the name of Claudy Jongstra came to the surface. Joost Lijbaart is a great admirer of her tapestry's. "She works with wool and plant material in a special way. Experimenting, the whole process of unlikely arduous labour, the felting of materials into one with nothing but her own hands as tools. The colouring and all the tiny steps that lead to one great end product full of life. I could have found a more beautiful symbolization of what Batik is all about."

The comparison between felt and music is all about compiling. Putting self-containd single small pieces (felt and notes) together to make a whole; "When you make felt you compile. You collect and arrange and with nothing but wool, water and abrasion a whole new fabric arises that did not exist before. Music is also a compilation. You position and merge notes and create a living moment that invokes an emotion" as Joost Lijbaart explains.

Click here for the YouTube video of 'Intertwined'

Click here for the YouTube video of 'Headlands'

Click here for the YouTube video of 'Lady Y'

Batik ist aus dem Duo Joost Lijbaart und Wolfert Brederode enstanden, die 2005 begannen zusammen Musik zu machen. Signifikant für die Musik von Batik ist, wie es auch schon beim Duo war, die Verschmelzung zu einem Sound. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die gemeinsame Improvisation, die immer auf der Suche nach einem neuen Klang ist, der die traditionellen Formen von Musik ausblendet. Die einzelnen Instrumente stehen hier nicht, wie gewöhnlich, im Fokus, sondern dienen dem Ganzen.

Bei der Suche nach einer Metapher für ihre Musik kam schnell der Name Claudy Jongstra zur Sprache. Joost Lijbaart ist ein großer Bewunderer ihrer Wandteppiche. "Sie arbeitet mit Wolle und pflanzlichen Stoffen auf eine ganz spezielle Art und Weise. Experimentieren, der mühsame Arbeitsablauf, das Verfilzen der verschiedenen Materialien in ein Ganzes mit nichts als ihren Händen als Werkzeug. Die Farbgebung und all diese kleinen Schritte, die zu einem dieser großartigen Werke voller Leben werden. Ich konnte kein besseres Symbol für die Musik von Batik finden."

Und der Vergleich zwischen dem Filzen und der Musik ist nicht abwägig: eigenständige, kleine Stücke zusammenzusetzen und aus ihnen ein großes Ganzes zu machen, egal ob Filz oder eben Noten. "Wenn du ein Filzstück herstellst, fügst du Dinge zusammen. Du sammelst und arrangierst und mit nichts als Wolle und Wasser und etwas Bearbeitung entsteht ein neues Stück Stoff, dass vorher nicht da war. Musik ist ebenso eine Zusammenstellung. Du positionierst und verflechtest Noten und kreirst einen lebenden Moment, der Emotionen freisetzt." erklärt Joost Lijbaart.

Click here for the YouTube video of 'Intertwined'

Click here for the YouTube video of 'Headlands'

Click here for the YouTube video of 'Lady Y'

Artist(s)

Joost Lijbaart (drums)

Joost Lijbaart is a versatile drummer who uses a lot of different influences in his playing. Born in Amsterdam, he started drumming when he was seven years old. After several years of classical percussion lessons he went to the conservatory in Hilversum where he followed lessons from Cees Kranenburg, Marcel Serierse and Gerhard Jeltes. He graduated in 1991. During his study he went to Senegal (West-Africa) to take lessons in African percussion with the legendary DuDu and Ali un D’Aya Rose.
Besides jazz, pop and improvised music he worked with modern classical music and dance. In 1990 he performed with students from the National Ballet Academy, played modern classical percussion music from Xenakis, Cage, Reich and worked in different projects with Theo Loevendie and Louis Andriessen.
He formed with Yuri Honing the Yuri Honing Trio in 1989. With this group he did concerts and tours in more than 60 countries all over the world. During a tour in the Middle East in 1998 the trio was introduced to the music of the Arab world. The result was a bigger group called Orient Express with a Libanese singer and two musicians from Iraq. This group did several tours in the Middle East and the Netherlands. In 1993 he won the 15th Europe Jazz Contest with the Nicolas Thys trio. For this performance he received the “best drummer award”. In 1995 he joined the Michiel Borstlap sextet with Yuri Honing, Eric Vloeimans and Benjamin Herman. With this group they released the double CD the sextet live in 1996 and did several tours in the Netherlands. A tour in China in 1998 was filmed by Dutch documentary maker Jop Pannekoek.
From 1995 he works also with Agog a trio with guitar player Frank Wingold and bassguitar player Mark Haanstra.  With this group Lijbaart won in 2002 the Dutch jazz competition and was awarded as best soloist from the contest by American drummer Elvin Jones. From 2002 Joost started his own quartet “group of friends” with Yuri Honing, Benjamin Herman and Mats Eilertsen. For this group he is also very active as a composer. He played on the North sea jazz festival with this band in 2003. A DVD of this concert was released in 2005. Another new group is the duo with piano player Wolfert Brederode. A CD of this group will come out in Autumn 2006. With the duo they did a project with dancer and choreographer Lonneke van Leth. Also they played music on the spoken book Shadowchild from Dutch writer Frans Thomese.
This year Joost’s main groups are the Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet and Wired Paradise, an exciting electro/rock group with Yuri Honing.

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"The result of the performance is contemplation with a profane ground."
Het Parool, 09-7-2015

"Beautiful dynamics and richness of sound"
Jazzism, 01-11-2014

The single voice, arrangement, viruosity, technical brilliance, authenticity, nothing is in the foreground for Batik, everything is one thing and the one thing is everything
Concerto, 20-10-2014

"What remains is the beautiful dynamics and richness"
Jazzism, 01-10-2014

"The music takes you into a musical ecoysysteem full of understated splendor. Gentle on the ears and the mind"
Gonzo, 11-9-2014

The music is made in a timeless beauty and without stylistic chains.
Jazzthing, 01-9-2014

"But above all it is a beautifully piece of music with guitar, bass, piano and drums"
Mania, 08-8-2014

Within the group, all instrumentalists are equivalent, they play short catchy melody lines with nice motifs, themes are concise and can be spread out wide.
Rootstime.be, 30-7-2014

With 'Headland', Batik delivered a magnificentce album, full settled music, with small steps that lead to a big, very big whole.
Jazzenzo, 27-7-2014

The eleven atmospheric, pleasantly meandering compositions are artfully interwoven by the contributions of four individuals.
Dagblad De Limburger / Limburgs Dagblad, 23-7-2014

Within in 11 compact compositions Headland makes clear that Batik is great accession for the Dutch (and international) jazz. The atmosphere that they outline in their compositions is stimulating, challenging and atmospheric at the same time. Headland is a very convincing debut.
Written in Music, 15-7-2014

The songs on Headland are of great purity and magnificant, with captivating melodies, beautiful harmonies and intriguing improvisations.
Parool, 10-7-2014

5-Star Review: Emotion and excitement are seamlessly connected when listening to Batik.
Nederlands Dagblad, 04-7-2014

Artikel over Joost Lijbaart, drummer van Batik. Hoe hij speelt en zijn opstelling van de drums
Slagwerkkrant, 27-6-2014

The sounds of piano, bass, drums and guitar melt perfectly together. [...] The first CD has become an beautiful record.
Trouw, 27-6-2014

the four musicians give each other space to build something togheter. The result is beautiful.
Volkskrant, 18-6-2014

Artikel over Joost Lijbaart, drummer van Batik
Slagwerkkrant Online, 17-6-2014

Headland’ is full of musical power, played so subtle and with nuance. Explosive music, not so flammable as it seems, which reached far beyond the averaged.
MusicFrames, 16-6-2014

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Jazz Bulletin, 10-6-2014

The music is a mix of rock and jazz which occasionally swings and sometimes comes with a groove, but primarily it is a woven piece of music with guitar, bass, piano and drums.
Mania, 06-6-2014

This is music that makes you enthausiastic
Friesch Dagblad, 04-6-2014

Individuele lijstjes 3. Batik - Headlands 9. Estafest - Eno Supo
Jazzism, 01-6-2014

"Headland is rich in color, full of layers, filled with subtle accents and intriguing nuances in rhythm, dynamics, intonation and timbre.”
Jazzflits, 26-5-2014

Artikel over Batik en de inspriatie die zij halen uit het werk van Claudy Jongstra
Leeuwardsche Courant, 16-5-2014

artikel over batik
Vera Vingerhoed, 06-3-2014