'Chopsticks' is a new project by Chopstick Records. It is also the title of a new CD of music by four different bands: Moker, Brick Quartet, Barkin' and Prak. The recordings were made between 2005 and 2007. The ten tracks chosen were the result of a thorough selection process: a musical journey in time and space on the basis of collective improvisation of a highly narrative nature.
On the occasion of the issue of this new CD the guitarist and composer Mathias Van de Wiele has put together an impressive ensemble of first-class musicians from all these bands. Each one is solidly founded in today's jazz. You can expect an energetic and theatrically tinged set that includes visuals. When it comes to style, it fans out in every direction, with original compositions from the repertoire, passionate improvisation and several changes of personnel. Turbulent and melancholy. Both well-conceived and intuitive!