Cicadidae

If the origin of the Kammerflimmer Kollektief sound can be found in free jazz and folk, Cicadidae, the band’s third album confronts acoustic and electronic instrumentations, depicting cinematic landscapes and spacious harmonies. Here, the sextet, originally the solo project of Thomas Webber, now augmented of the musical talents of Heike Aumüller (sound processing), Chris Brunner (drums and vibraphone), Dietrich Foth (sax), Johannes Frisch (double bass) and Heike Wendelin (violin), explore the boundaries between post rock, jazz and electronica. With this first album for Staubgold, Kammerflimmer Kollektief show an interesting take on contemporary music by ignoring rules and boundaries, expanding in the process the scope of their compositions. Cicadidae is not so much the continuation of their previous album as the work of a band laying the foundations for much more mature and intricate sonic experimentations.