Mopo - 1000 Quartet

The Finnish trio Moposcooter can accelerate from nought to the speed of light in a nanosecond. With their feet jammed down on the pedal, they embark on a hilarious musical joyride. Using jazz, music hall nostalgia, funky Afro beat, seventies 'take no prisoner' punk and the Finnish countryside as their fuel. Every composition is conceived in the magic of the moment. They are adept at finding new musical directions, with surprises lurking around every corner, and with lashings of biting Finnish humour-melancholy-darkness-anarchy. Not to mention plenty of nerve! Inspiration can sometimes come from unexpected quarters. For 1000 Quartet, music has to be tangible, like an object made out of leather or wood. You can smell the acoustic result and the sounds are palpable. The boundaries between composition and improvisation are blurred. Comprovisation/imposition read like portmanteau words. Instruments continually shift between lead and accompaniment. Every solo excursion results in a surprising gem which, like a Higgs Boson particle, is masterfully added to their complex repertoire. Composers like Monteverdi, Bach, Wagner, Ravel, marching rhythms, or a melody by Burt Bacharach provide the raw material for imaginative re-workings by these born improvisers, who cast out their nets in every direction. In the happy knowledge that not everything has been played. The ultimate bliss, according to Klare, Maris, de Joode and Vatcher.