On the more avant-garde end of jazz-rock, Contact
Trio were an unusual combo, drawing on the new forms of jazz as developed by
Wolfgang Dauner in the 1960's and mixing in a bit of spaciness and ethnic
flair, sometimes akin to Dzyan, Giger.Lenz.Marron or Eberhard Weber.
Their debut album DOUBLE FACE was much more
restrained and ethnic spiced than their better-known later LP's, which was
quite a surprise, as Evert Brettschneider was working in parallel with the
prog-fusion band Prosper, where he adopted a
more vibrant John McLaughlin style. Their later Japo label releases were
moody and schizophrenic, at the darker end of ECM Records genres, with a
penchant for experimentation. Especially enjoyable is NEW MARKS, which hints
at the later works by Dzyan, with Jüllich's percussion very much in the vein
of Peter Giger.
With new drummer Peter Eisold joining in 1980,
the mood of the band changed somewhat to a more spiky agile fusion. The live
recording from 1983 presents them as a much more aggressive jazz-rock combo.
Eisold went on to Noctett, and formed the trio Blue Box in 1985, along with Rainer
Winterschladen and Aloys Kott (albums on Enja), he worked in numerous other
projects and also established the drum group Batterie!
Air Lines / String Games / Daddy Longleg / Simple Symphony / Silence / Elbow Dance
LP Japo 60036 (1981)
Peter Eisold (drums, percussion), Aloys Kott (basses), Evert Brettschneider (guitars)
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