Unit Records presents "Life Is Live", the sixth album by Swiss Jazz formation MATS-UP. As the name suggests, the record is all about live music, recorded at the renowned Jazz Club "Bird's Eye" in Basel. The CD will be released on may 16 2014. Improvised music unfolds most beautifully in a concert setting, in front of a live audience. This is especially true for the Swiss band MATS-UP. Thanks to their longstanding interplay and intense performances in over 200 live gigs, the members of this group have developed an extraordinary unity - as well as the ability to react on each other with rare speed.The partly complex, partly very plain compositional precepts of trumpet player Matthias Spillmann have been internalized by his fellow musicians to a degree that completely merges musical elements such as theme, solo play and backing. Moreover, the five instrumentalists have achieved mastery in the art of alternately rushing ahead and leaving each other room and are thus at any given moment able to lead their music into a new direction. In this way the listeners enjoy a soothing and refreshing musical bath in abundant melodies and boisterous rhythmic energy.