Failure In Wonderland - CD

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German guitarist Monika Roscher and her Bigband manage to defy virtually every musical expectation normally associated with a traditional big band line up. Whoever is thinking of swing in the spirit of Count Basie or Duke Ellington is flat out wrong. Roscher s compositions may be firmly rooted in Jazz regarding spacious harmonizations and extensive improvisational parts. But her attention to aural texture and the emotionally accessible, pictorial vividness of her music suggest a deep connection with contemporary artists attributed to the indie, electronic and triphop scene. Taking her own musical experience as a starting point Monika Roscher thus creates a synthesis of different styles that neither feels contrived nor calculating. Press reactions have been enormous since then alongside many others two of Germany s biggest newspapers, the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Zeit Online, were in awe of the band s musical achievement. They won't be the last.<br />