Weird Beard

Weird Beard: Orientation

by Troy Dostert
February 18, 2018

On a recording that exemplifies the “less is more" approach to music-making, Orientation finds Florian Egli's Weird Beard quartet crafting dreamy soundscapes that derive their appeal from the interstices between the notes. With disarmingly simple tunes that seem at times to float on a delicate ether, alto saxophonist/clarinetist Egli, guitarist Dave Gisler, bassist Martina Berther and drummer Rico Baumann prove remarkably skilled in drawing the listener into their evocative musical world. This is the group's second release on ...