Irene Kepl
SololoS
A stunning solo album of improvised violin from Viennese violinist Irene Kepl, showing a great range of style and technique while keeping the music playful and interesting, invoking a quote from Trisha Brown: "Dancing on the edge is the only place to be."
Resonators
Resonators documents a distinctive trio - George Cremaschi (double bass, electronics), Irene Kepl (violin, electronics), and Petr Vrba (trumpet, clarinet, electronics) - whose central aim is to use the acoustics of resonant spaces as a compositional force. Recorded in a monastery in Bechyne and a hall in Valdstejn Loggia, the album’s four tracks are colored by echo, mingling long droning tones, drifting feedback, and abrupt outbursts with the ambient noises of stone and air. The ensemble’s metho…