"Pulses, subtle interactions within common noise-sound surfaces that glide along in a leisurely, relaxed manner and yet are always in a state of flux. This is how briefly and succinctly the music of the quartet around the pianist and synthesiser player Philip Zoubek, the trumpeter Franz Hautzinger, the electronic musician Ignaz Schick and the drummer and percussionist Tony Buck could be put into words.

One could add to this brief description: diverse percussion sounds, bowed sounds, glissandi, sounds that come about through diverse preparation of the instruments. Their origins sometimes seem to mix. But also homogeneity and balance. Mutual listening characterises the music of the four, with the result of finely heard, flowing sound images. It is like a picture that seems static when viewed from a distance. If the listener's ear zooms in closer, fine nuances of colour shimmer. Development? Yes. Tension? Yes, but without a goal, without a climax. More subtle than applied with a thick brush. Chamber music-like, sensitive, never really loud. Acoustic and electronic. A touch of ambient?

Thinking outside the box - Philip Zoubek, Franz Hautzinger, sound artist Ignaz Schick and Tony Buck are international luminaries of free playing. They are musicians who know about the tradition of jazz, which they live and carry on. Even in seemingly foreign realms. In many different ramifications. Being rooted? Yes. To be slavishly bound to them? Not at all. Instead: Form rhizomes, branch them out further. Keep your ears open. Allow themselves to be inspired. This is the path that the four of them have been following for years, each in their own way. And so the discography of each of them also contains quite different kinds of music. From jazz to energetic free jazz, strongly conceptual projects to reduced noise. This common background also unites them in a strong position in the world of improvised music." - Nina Polaschegg