Federspiel
Wolperting

Federspiel

Frédéric Alvarado-Dupuy, clarinette
Simon Zöchbauer, trompette, trombone, trompette piccolo, voix
Philip Haas, trompette, trombone
Ayac Iuan Jiménez Salvador, trompette, trombone, électroniques, voix
Matthias Werner, trombone, voix
Thomas Winalek, trombone, trompette basse
Roland Eitzinger, tuba

Joachim Murnig, marimba, vibraphone, choeur, voix

Hares with wings, squirrels with duck beaks, snakes with bird’s heads...these hybrid, fabulous beings, origins ever shrouded in mystery, exist in many places. In the mountains between Switzerland and France, they were known as dahu; Australian aborigines would watch the bunyip; and in Bavaria and neighbouring Austria, there is the wolpertinger. The marvellous musicians of Federspiel record the location of Wolperting for the first time on their richly-coloured musical map. On their fifth album this place, somewhere in the realms of fantasy, becomes a musical world stage, simply teeming with preternatural life. Mexican melodies ring out, choral serenades are sung. Devilish dancers appear. And a simple glance out of the window turns into a story which lasts a lifetime.