Kuhn Fu - Katastrofik Kink Machine (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

"An intelligent, completely unique mix of sheer power and playfulness that really shakes things up“ Jazzpodium

"Behind every motif on the album there is a colorful bouquet of eclectic sounds.“ Betreutes Proggen 14/15 Points

"The Berlin-based eccentric septet KUHN FU offers jazz that rocks and rock that feels as free as a jazz improvisation, arranged in the form of a big band but has too many compositional ideas.“ Eyal Hareuveni in saltpeanuts*

“Katastrofik Kink Machine”, a thrilling little modern masterpiece. If they stop close to you, don’t miss them. They’re dynamite.
SpazioRock

"Our favourite anarchistic fun band is back“ Jazzthing

"Katastrofik Kink Machine” by KUHN FU is a catastrophe from a thematic point of view, but from a musical point of view it is a real treat for all fans of extremely imaginative jazz rock" Musikreviews.de 14/15 Points

The Waffle House index has been measuring the impact of disasters in the USA since 2011: Green = full menu – restaurant has full power, food unlimited, damage at worst limited. Yellow = limited menu – no power, food availability is limited. Red = restaurant closed – serious damage or flooding. Translated to the free-spirited jazz rock of the band Kuhn Fu: the music on the new album Katastrofik Kink Machine jumps back and forth between green and red with enthusiasm and verve, leaving out the tepid middle. There is something old-fashioned about the word jazz rock: music in which soulless virtuosity has replaced spirit and immediacy. However, the guitarist and composer Christian Achim Kühn plays jazz fevered by electric guitar with his band Kuhn Fu, in which the joy of playing and the fun of profound nonsense (and then also: the virtuosity) oozes out of every pore. Not least fun in the extreme: green and red, no yellow.

CHRISTIAN ACHIM KÜHN - guitar, composition
FRANK GRATKOWSKI- alto sax, clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass clarinet
JOHN DIKEMAN- tenor sax
SOFIA SALVO- baritone sax
ZIV TAUBENFELD- bass clarinet
ESAT EKINCIOGLU- bass
GEORGE HADOW- drums

Tracklist:
01. Waffle House
02. Low and Slow
03. Grand False
04. Die ID
05. Kink
06. Enigma
07. Simple & Charming


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