Monika Roscher Bigband Witchy Activities And The Maple Death Vinyl LP 2023

1. 8 Prinzessinnen
2. Firebird
3. A Taste Of The Apocalypse
4. Witches Brew
5. Starlight Nightcrash
6. Creatures Of Dawn
7. The Leading Expert Of Loneliness
8. Queen Of Spades
9. Direct Connection
10. Unbewegte Sternenmeere

The third album by the boundary bashing German 18-piece Monika Roscher Bigband is a wild and cinematic ride between avant-pop, prog-jazz, math-rock and experimental electronics. Stunning proof of how fresh and exhilarating a big band can still sound today, it is a breathtaking reimagining of the classic jazz formation that achieves the balancing act of intimate fragility and symphonic intensity, letting the sonic spectrum of a big band scream and shine in every colour imaginable. Along the way, the band cuts loose all bonds to the nostalgia of big band swing and points instead towards an eclectic genre-defying future. Roscher's tension-filled and intricately detailed compositions evoke otherworldly landscapes that at times enchant with their elegiac beauty, but at others wreak havoc like the unleashed frenzy of a witches sabbath thick with haze. This is the sound of a band that loves the adventure and is constantly seeking to suprise and reinvent itself.