LACKRITZ
Kristina Fuchs: vocals, percussion, melodica, electronics
Tobias Klein: bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, electronics
Raphael Vanoli: guitar, electronics
Within a fragile sound world, stirring soundscapes trade off with expansive melodies, creating exciting sounds that know no prior example. Enchanting, original, willful and seductive.
Lackritz (liquorice) passed its trial by fire at North Sea Jazz Festival 2010.
Tim Sprangers wrote in the national daily De Volkskrant:
“The contradiction between languidness and a fiery energy create a constant charge. Klein’s beautiful, repetitive bass clarinet motives are razor-sharp and heart-warming. Just as in his group Knalpot, guitarist Raphael Vanoli is surrounded by electronics, and plays like a frolicking child with Klein’s tender patterns. Each member of the band is constantly engaged in a quest for new dimensions of combined sonorities. Kristina’s possibilities are fabulous. The command, the capacity to listen and react, but above all the rich addition of her vocals to the group sound, make a comparison to the Norwegian voice-artist Sidsel Endresen an understatement.”