Dans les arbres: French and Norwegian Ensemble

Overview

French and Norwegian improvising ensemble Dans les arbres will perform at Tuggeranong Arts Centre.

The all-star quartet consists of French clarinetist Xavier Charles and guitarist Ivar Grydeland, pianist Christian Wallumrød, and percussionist Ingar Zach, who are all from Norway.

The group's idiosyncratic inhabitants form unusual combinations of airy, wooden, metallic sounds, prepared strings and tampered drum heads. Their world of sounds and the fine sense of communication, lead to collective playing and spontaneous group- composing named to be in a "class of its own". Their music moves gently but steadily ahead on broad planes of sound. The dynamic textural sceneries evolve as Dans les arbres harnesses its wealth of unorthodox extended techniques.