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For The Kick Of It

Christy Doran's Sound Fountain

For The Kick Of It

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Format: CD
Label: Between The Lines
UPC: 0608917124729
Catnr: BTLCHR 71247
Release date: 08 March 2019
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Between The Lines
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BTLCHR 71247
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08 March 2019
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Musical monogamy has never been Christy Doran’s thing. The appropriate band for every occasion, no fixed liaison, which you inseparably associate with his name, no clear bond, but instead several affairs that blaze brightly or just glimmer on the back burner depending on needs. The whirling guitarist, born in Greystone, Ireland, and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland, never wanted to commit to one single relationship. Such a thing would have slowed him down too much in his seemingly insatiable desire for the unknown, the new, the anarchistic.

He has embarked on a number of adventurous journeys during his long career, sometimes more, sometimes less intense. Many involved quite prominent musicians such as Carla Bley, Albert Mangelsdorff, Bob Stewart, Edvard Vesala, Charlie Mariano, Manfred Schoof, Iréne Schweizer, Aldo Romano, Piérre Favre, Peter Schärli, Glenn Ferris, Wolfgang Dauner, Heiri Känzig, Sonny Sharrock, Lauren Newton, Tim Berne, Jim Black, Gunther Schuller or Airto Moreira. Others had bizarre names like Om, Christy Doranʼs May 84, Red Twist & Tuend Arrow, Doran/Studer/Burri/Magnenat, A.D.D. Trio (Anderson/Bennik/Doran), Spöerri-Doran-Weber, Bunter Hund and especially New Bag, the latter having found a firm place in his heart. “New Bag was my first band of my own. It's like the first love you'll never forget.”

But because of recurring differences and problems, Doran has now finally sent New Bag and possibly also the other amorous sidekicks out to pasture. In his 70th year of age, the guitarist now wants to immerse himself in a fountain of youth again, but in doing so he actually focuses all his creative power on a single project that he cares about more than many others before. No kidding! The dream band has long had a shining reputation: Sound Fountain, the collaboration that has existed since 2014 with Argentine bassist Franco Fontanarrosa and Lukas Mantel, one of the most innovative Swiss drummers. They are extremely close both in a human and musical sense, Christy Doran said. “It's incredibly fun to play and be with Franco and Lukas. A lot more is going to happen!” After the two celebrated live CDs “Belle Epoque” from 2015 (BTLCHR71242) and “Undercurrent” from 2017 (INTCHR 71326), this announcement can be taken literally. Their first album completely created in a studio, “For The Kick Of It”, was recorded in no man's land 200 kilometers beyond Cordoba and mixed by the legendary Australian sound master Aaron Mason.

Unmistakable: the numerous tours and concerts, among others in Argentina and China, have done Doran, Fontanarrosa and Mantel audibly well, bringing them together even more than ever before to form a closed, homogeneous, organic unit. Abundant drive, highly complicated meters, sudden or strangely searching topics, but also clearly driving body rhythms, atmospheric relaxation zones, theatrical actions, electronically supported howling and chuckling, small outbursts of violence, recitative near-standstill, short pretenses of tenderness, which arise in furious sound loops or seemingly free lyrical confusion, small sound paths that quietly put themselves in the corner: all of this is transformed on “For The Kick Of It” into spiritual, artistically brilliant entertainment, created in the midst of a highly artistic flow of ideas.

Even if it bears his name, “Christy Doran’s Sound Fountain is a collective,” which the restless spirit states unmistakably clearly on six strings. “All musicians compose for the band, I do it most, and all get gigs and tours. We are much closer to each other musically than was the case with my other bands. Everyone contributes his preferences. This creates a musically exciting and attractive program. Franco, Lukas and I all play with the same objectives on Sound Fountain.” That sounds like an equal partnership. And the complete, great love of one’s life.
Musikalische Monogamie war noch nie Christy Dorans Ding. Für jede Gelegenheit die passende Band, keine feste Liaison, die man untrennbar mit seinem Namen in Verbindung bringt, keine klare Bindung, dafür aber gleich mehrere Affären, die je nach Bedarf hell auflodern oder gerade mal eben auf Sparflammen glimmen. Sich allein auf eine Beziehung festzulegen, das wollte der der im irischen Greystone geborene und im schweizerischen Luzern aufgewachsene Gitarrenderwisch nie. So etwas hätte ihn auch zu sehr in seiner schier unstillbaren Lust auf das Unbekannte, das Neue, das Anarchistische gebremst.

Im Laufe seiner langen Karriere gab es eine ganze Reihe von Abenteuern, mal mehr, mal weniger intensiv. Viele waren recht prominent und hießen Carla Bley, Albert Mangelsdorff, Bob Stewart, Edvard Vesala, Charlie Mariano, Manfred Schoof, Iréne Schweizer, Aldo Romano, Piérre Favre, Peter Schärli, Glenn Ferris, Wolfgang Dauner, Heiri Känzig, Sonny Sharrock, Lauren Newton, Tim Berne, Jim Black, Gunther Schuller oder Airto Moreira. Andere wiederrum trugen skurrile Namen wie Om, Christy Doranʼs May 84, Red Twist & Tuend Arrow, Doran/Studer/Burri/Magnenat, A.D.D.-Trio (Anderson/Bennik/Doran), Spöerri-Doran-Weber, Bunter Hund und vor allem New Bag, wobei gerade Letztere einen festen Platz in seinem Herzen fand. „New Bag war halt meine erste eigene Band. Das ist wie die erste Liebe, die vergisst man nie.“

Aber wegen immer wiederkehrender Differenzen und Probleme hat Doran nun New Bag und möglicherweise auch die anderen amouröse Sidekicks endgültig aufs Altenteil geschickt. In seinem 70. Lebensjahr will der Gitarrist nun zum wiederholten Mal in einen Jungbrunnen eintauchen, aber dabei tatsächlich seine ganze Schaffenskraft auf ein einziges Projekt konzentrieren, dass ihm mehr als viele andere zuvor am Herzen liegt. Kein Scherz! Die Traum-Formation besitzt längst einen glänzenden Ruf: Sound Fountain, jene seit 2014 bestehende Kollaboration mit dem argentinischen Bassisten Franco Fontanarrosa und Lukas Mantel, einem der innovativsten eidgenössischen Drummer. Menschlich und musikalisch seien sie sich ausgesprochen nah, erzählt Christy Doran. „Es macht unheimlich Spaß, mit Franco und Lukas zu spielen und zusammen zu sein. Da wird noch einiges abgehen!“ Nach den beiden gefeierten Live-CDs „Belle Epoque“ von 2015 (BTLCHR71242) und „Undercurrent“ von 2017 (INTCHR 71326) darf man diese Ankündigung durchaus wörtlich nehmen. Mit „For The Kick Of It“ folgt jetzt das erste komplett im Studio entstandene Album, eingespielt im Niemandsland 200 Kilometer hinter Cordoba und abgemischt von dem legendären australischen Tonmeister Aaron Mason.

Unverkennbar: Die zahlreichen Tourneen und Konzerte, unter anderem in Argentinien und China, haben Doran, Fotanarrosa und Mantel hörbar gut getan, sie noch mehr als je zuvor zu einer geschlossenen, homogenen, organischen Einheit zusammengeführt. Aberwitziger Drive, hochkomplizierte Metren, sprunghafte oder merkwürdig suchende Themen, aber auch übersichtlich treibende Körperrhythmen, atmosphärische Ruhezonen, theatralische Handlungen, elektronisch unterstütztes Jaulen und Glucksen, kleine Gewaltausbrüche, rezitativischer Fast-Stillstand, kurze Biederkeitsvortäuschungen, die in wüsten Klangschlieren oder scheinbar freiem lyrischem Durcheinander aufgehen, kleine Geräuschstrecken, die sich leise in die Ecke stellen: Alle dies formiert sich auf „For The Kick Of It“ zu geistvollem, handwerklich brillantem Entertainment, entstanden inmitten eines hochkünstlerischen Ideenflusses.

Auch wenn es seinen Namen trägt: „Christy Doran’s Sound Fountain ist ein Kollektiv“, stellt der Unruhegeist an den sechs Saiten unmissverständlich klar. „Alle Musiker komponieren für die Band – ich am meisten – alle holen Gigs und Tourneen. Musikalisch sind wir einander viel näher, als dies bei meinen anderen Bands noch der Fall war. Jeder bringt sich mit seinen Vorlieben ein. So kommt ein musikalisch spannendes und attraktives Programm zustande. Franco, Lukas und ich ziehen bei Sound Fountain alle am selben Strick.“ Das klingt nach einer gleichberechtigten Partnerschaft. Und der ganz, ganz großen Liebe.

Artist(s)

Christy Doran (guitar)

Christy Doran was born in Dublin, Ireland and has lived in Lucerne, Switzerland since his childhood. His father was an Irish ballad singer, providing Christy with his first exposure to music.  In the 1970´s he was a founding member (along with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber and Bobby Burri) of the seminal Swiss band 'OM'. Tours throughout Europe, radio/TV - appearances, workshops, music for ballet, theatre and film. Over the years, his career has included countless solo concerts, in which he regularly pushes to the limits the capabilities of a single guitar. He has played in duos with Marty Ehrlich, Harry Pepl, Fritz Hauser, Dave Doran, Dom Um Romao, John Wolf-Brennan, Robert Dick, Ray Anderson, among others. After playing in a trio...
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Christy Doran was born in Dublin, Ireland and has lived in Lucerne, Switzerland since his childhood. His father was an Irish ballad singer, providing Christy with his first exposure to music. In the 1970´s he was a founding member (along with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber and Bobby Burri) of the seminal Swiss band "OM". Tours throughout Europe, radio/TV - appearances, workshops, music for ballet, theatre and film. Over the years, his career has included countless solo concerts, in which he regularly pushes to the limits the capabilities of a single guitar. He has played in duos with Marty Ehrlich, Harry Pepl, Fritz Hauser, Dave Doran, Dom Um Romao, John Wolf-Brennan, Robert Dick, Ray Anderson, among others. After playing in a trio with Jasper van´t Hof, he went on to form the "Christy Doran´s May 84" septet with Norma Winstone, Trilok Gurtu, Urs Leimgruber, Rosko Gee, Dom Um Romao and Dave Doran. He has been a member of the "Peter Warren Quartet" with Victor Lewis and John Surman, and "RED TWIST & TUNED ARROW" with Stephan Wittwer and Fredy Studer (1985 - 1987). Christy Doran was also a co-founder of "Doran/Studer/Burri/Magnenat," (later "Doran/Studer/Gerber/Magnenat") and member of a quartet with Bobby Previte, Mark Helias and Gary Thomas. He played in a trio with Marilyn Mazur and Kim Clarke, as well as with Sibylle Pomorin´s "Augeries of Speed" meeting Terry Jenour, Annie Whitehead, Kim Clarke, Herb Robertson, Kamal Sabir. As a member of Urs Leimgruber´s "Ensemble Bleu" he also played with Francoise Kubler, Louis Sclavis, Hans Koch. Other performances have included work with Carla Bley, Albert Mangelsdorff, Bob Stewart, Edvard Vesala, Charlie Mariano, Manfred Schoof, Iréne Schweizer, Aldo Romano, Piérre Favre, Peter Schärli, Glenn Ferris, Wolfgang Dauner, Fernando Sounders, Heiri Känzig, Julio Barreto, Sonny Sharrock, Jim Meneses, Keven Bruce Harris, Martin Schütz, Daniel Mouton, Ronan Guilfoyle, Marc Peterson, Burhan Oecal, Werner Lüdi, Christoph Baumann, Lars Lindvall, Mark Halbheer, Urs Blöchlinger, Günter Müller, Lauren Newton, Tim Berne, Jim Black, Gunther Schuller, Airto Moreira a.o. He has toured in Europe, North-Africa, India, the Caribic, Mexico, Bolivia, the U.S. and Canada. 1989 began a collaboration with trombonist Ray Anderson, which lead to the trio ANDERSON/BENNINK/DORAN (including drummer Han Bennink), which disbanded 1997. 1993 Christy Doran, together with Fredy Studer started the project "DORAN/STUDER/MINTON/BATES & ALI" play the music of JIMI HENDRIX". 1994 Django Bates was replaced by cellist Tom Cora. 1995/96 the band played in quartet with Phil Minton, Amin Ali, Fredy Studer and Christy Doran. Tours with this band throughout Europe, Scandinavia, the US and Canada. Since 1993 Christy Doran is working with American flutist Robert Dick and English drummer Steve Argüelles as the A.D.D. - Trio. 1994 Fredy Studer and Christy Doran refounded the double-bass - quartet with Jean-François Jenny-Clark (acoustic bass/Paris) and Jamaaladeen Tacuma (electric bass/Philadelphia). 1994 Swedish saxofonist Thomas Jàderlund invited Doran to play in the "Amazing Orchestra" (with Guy Klucevsek, Stein-Erik Tafjord, Svante Henryson, Tomasz Stanko, and Jonny Axelsson). A new collaboration with Albert Mangelsdorff, Bruno Spoerri and Reto Weber started 1997.
Recordings have included those with Hank Roberts, Joe McPhee, Corin Curschellas, Hardy Hepp, Helmut Zerlett, Iréne Lorenz, Boris Salchak, besides several recordings with musicians mentioned above. Christy Doran´s current groups include "Christy Doran´s New Bag" (founded Dec. 97) with vocalist Bruno Amstad, Wolfgang Zwiauer on electric bass, and Fabian Kurattli on drums. the A.D.D. trio, and "Spöerri-Doran-Weber" with Albert Mangelsdorff. Christy Doran also teaches at the "Musikhochschule" of Lucerne/Switzerland.

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Lukas Mantel (drums)

Lukas Mantel (b. 1982) is a drummer and composer from Zurich. Since studying under Pierre Favre, Norbert Pfammatter and Fabian Kuratli at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, he has been exploring classical South Indian music in depth and delving into numerous ethnic music traditions. Today, due to his wide-ranging experience in various musical genres, he is seen as one of the most innovative and independent voices among Swiss drummers. He has been leading his own sextet since 2017 and also works as an arranger and composer for other groups. With great sensitivity and capacity for interaction, he incorporates energy and groove into the music, while texture and timbre are always an important element of his play. Concerts...
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Lukas Mantel (b. 1982) is a drummer and composer from Zurich. Since studying under Pierre Favre, Norbert Pfammatter and Fabian Kuratli at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, he has been exploring classical South Indian music in depth and delving into numerous ethnic music traditions. Today, due to his wide-ranging experience in various musical genres, he is seen as one of the most innovative and independent voices among Swiss drummers. He has been leading his own sextet since 2017 and also works as an arranger and composer for other groups. With great sensitivity and capacity for interaction, he incorporates energy and groove into the music, while texture and timbre are always an important element of his play. Concerts with the following artists have taken him to Europe, South America, Asia and the Arab region: Pierre Favre & The Drummers, Yves Theiler Trio, Christy Doran's Sound Fountain, Karoliina Kantelinen, tré, Ghost Town, Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, Nat Su, Vincent Membrez, Christoph Stiefel, and Michael Bucher.

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Composer(s)

Christy Doran (guitar)

Christy Doran was born in Dublin, Ireland and has lived in Lucerne, Switzerland since his childhood. His father was an Irish ballad singer, providing Christy with his first exposure to music.  In the 1970´s he was a founding member (along with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber and Bobby Burri) of the seminal Swiss band 'OM'. Tours throughout Europe, radio/TV - appearances, workshops, music for ballet, theatre and film. Over the years, his career has included countless solo concerts, in which he regularly pushes to the limits the capabilities of a single guitar. He has played in duos with Marty Ehrlich, Harry Pepl, Fritz Hauser, Dave Doran, Dom Um Romao, John Wolf-Brennan, Robert Dick, Ray Anderson, among others. After playing in a trio...
more
Christy Doran was born in Dublin, Ireland and has lived in Lucerne, Switzerland since his childhood. His father was an Irish ballad singer, providing Christy with his first exposure to music. In the 1970´s he was a founding member (along with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber and Bobby Burri) of the seminal Swiss band "OM". Tours throughout Europe, radio/TV - appearances, workshops, music for ballet, theatre and film. Over the years, his career has included countless solo concerts, in which he regularly pushes to the limits the capabilities of a single guitar. He has played in duos with Marty Ehrlich, Harry Pepl, Fritz Hauser, Dave Doran, Dom Um Romao, John Wolf-Brennan, Robert Dick, Ray Anderson, among others. After playing in a trio with Jasper van´t Hof, he went on to form the "Christy Doran´s May 84" septet with Norma Winstone, Trilok Gurtu, Urs Leimgruber, Rosko Gee, Dom Um Romao and Dave Doran. He has been a member of the "Peter Warren Quartet" with Victor Lewis and John Surman, and "RED TWIST & TUNED ARROW" with Stephan Wittwer and Fredy Studer (1985 - 1987). Christy Doran was also a co-founder of "Doran/Studer/Burri/Magnenat," (later "Doran/Studer/Gerber/Magnenat") and member of a quartet with Bobby Previte, Mark Helias and Gary Thomas. He played in a trio with Marilyn Mazur and Kim Clarke, as well as with Sibylle Pomorin´s "Augeries of Speed" meeting Terry Jenour, Annie Whitehead, Kim Clarke, Herb Robertson, Kamal Sabir. As a member of Urs Leimgruber´s "Ensemble Bleu" he also played with Francoise Kubler, Louis Sclavis, Hans Koch. Other performances have included work with Carla Bley, Albert Mangelsdorff, Bob Stewart, Edvard Vesala, Charlie Mariano, Manfred Schoof, Iréne Schweizer, Aldo Romano, Piérre Favre, Peter Schärli, Glenn Ferris, Wolfgang Dauner, Fernando Sounders, Heiri Känzig, Julio Barreto, Sonny Sharrock, Jim Meneses, Keven Bruce Harris, Martin Schütz, Daniel Mouton, Ronan Guilfoyle, Marc Peterson, Burhan Oecal, Werner Lüdi, Christoph Baumann, Lars Lindvall, Mark Halbheer, Urs Blöchlinger, Günter Müller, Lauren Newton, Tim Berne, Jim Black, Gunther Schuller, Airto Moreira a.o. He has toured in Europe, North-Africa, India, the Caribic, Mexico, Bolivia, the U.S. and Canada. 1989 began a collaboration with trombonist Ray Anderson, which lead to the trio ANDERSON/BENNINK/DORAN (including drummer Han Bennink), which disbanded 1997. 1993 Christy Doran, together with Fredy Studer started the project "DORAN/STUDER/MINTON/BATES & ALI" play the music of JIMI HENDRIX". 1994 Django Bates was replaced by cellist Tom Cora. 1995/96 the band played in quartet with Phil Minton, Amin Ali, Fredy Studer and Christy Doran. Tours with this band throughout Europe, Scandinavia, the US and Canada. Since 1993 Christy Doran is working with American flutist Robert Dick and English drummer Steve Argüelles as the A.D.D. - Trio. 1994 Fredy Studer and Christy Doran refounded the double-bass - quartet with Jean-François Jenny-Clark (acoustic bass/Paris) and Jamaaladeen Tacuma (electric bass/Philadelphia). 1994 Swedish saxofonist Thomas Jàderlund invited Doran to play in the "Amazing Orchestra" (with Guy Klucevsek, Stein-Erik Tafjord, Svante Henryson, Tomasz Stanko, and Jonny Axelsson). A new collaboration with Albert Mangelsdorff, Bruno Spoerri and Reto Weber started 1997.
Recordings have included those with Hank Roberts, Joe McPhee, Corin Curschellas, Hardy Hepp, Helmut Zerlett, Iréne Lorenz, Boris Salchak, besides several recordings with musicians mentioned above. Christy Doran´s current groups include "Christy Doran´s New Bag" (founded Dec. 97) with vocalist Bruno Amstad, Wolfgang Zwiauer on electric bass, and Fabian Kurattli on drums. the A.D.D. trio, and "Spöerri-Doran-Weber" with Albert Mangelsdorff. Christy Doran also teaches at the "Musikhochschule" of Lucerne/Switzerland.

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Lukas Mantel (drums)

Lukas Mantel (b. 1982) is a drummer and composer from Zurich. Since studying under Pierre Favre, Norbert Pfammatter and Fabian Kuratli at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, he has been exploring classical South Indian music in depth and delving into numerous ethnic music traditions. Today, due to his wide-ranging experience in various musical genres, he is seen as one of the most innovative and independent voices among Swiss drummers. He has been leading his own sextet since 2017 and also works as an arranger and composer for other groups. With great sensitivity and capacity for interaction, he incorporates energy and groove into the music, while texture and timbre are always an important element of his play. Concerts...
more
Lukas Mantel (b. 1982) is a drummer and composer from Zurich. Since studying under Pierre Favre, Norbert Pfammatter and Fabian Kuratli at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, he has been exploring classical South Indian music in depth and delving into numerous ethnic music traditions. Today, due to his wide-ranging experience in various musical genres, he is seen as one of the most innovative and independent voices among Swiss drummers. He has been leading his own sextet since 2017 and also works as an arranger and composer for other groups. With great sensitivity and capacity for interaction, he incorporates energy and groove into the music, while texture and timbre are always an important element of his play. Concerts with the following artists have taken him to Europe, South America, Asia and the Arab region: Pierre Favre & The Drummers, Yves Theiler Trio, Christy Doran's Sound Fountain, Karoliina Kantelinen, tré, Ghost Town, Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, Nat Su, Vincent Membrez, Christoph Stiefel, and Michael Bucher.

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