Mark Me­an «Fiel­ds»

A sparkling, deep meditation by a smoldering fire, so lets
describe the state of listening to Marc's new album “Mist”.
Méan’s trio “Fields” conjures up. Méan's music takes us into a magical place
Sound world whose pull is difficult to escape, insofar as you are
gets involved in it. Because the music of Méan's trio is winding: sometimes brittle,
sometimes darkly dissonant, sometimes touchingly romantic. It's music that
doesn't want to please anyone and doesn't have to please anyone. Absolutely authentic and
independent, it combines the two most important adjectives for description
relevant art in itself. The complex music of the trio “Fields” is made by
two exceptional talents from the Swiss scene: Patrice Moret on
Double bass and Paul Amereller on drums. Together they sound like one
majestically pulsating organism and have a dark, round and warm
Band sound. Méan deliberately brought the songs on the album “unfinished” into rehearsals
brought so that his congenial fellow musicians can actively participate
can bring in the composition process. This makes the shapes of the songs feel
- although complex - nevertheless organic. Méan's improvisational language is
Far from all clichés and often blurred into the dense network of
Interplay the boundaries between composition and improvisation.