OUI014 : Hadaly Quartet / Apparition

Friday, 15 December 2023

OUI014 : Hadaly Quartet / Apparition

Cover art by A.L.

OUI014 : Hadaly Quartet / Apparition

The Hadaly Quartet founded in 2022 in Zürich (Switzerland) is composed of Fanny Chellé (clarinet), Räto Kessler (guitar), Fred Minner (bass) and Sergio Beresovsky (drums).

The four musicians met at the open stage of the Werkstatt für improvisierte Musik (WIM)—the monthly jam session for improvised music in Zürich— and decided to form a new quartet of electrified free improvised music. They now release their debut album Apparition.

The music of Apparition balances between direct expression and broad soundscapes. The constellation creates expressive schemes that dissolve in complex sound webs. A brassy and abrupt sound is followed by a dense, textural layer. The interplay is contrasted with solo playing. Disintegration with structuring, acoustics with amplification and electronics, the listener is always on unsteady waters. The sonic expression creates a sense of hurry, which runs through the entire improvisation. Shapeless episodes and a layering of diverse subjects make an identifiable expression of feeling impossible, getting lost in a dense web of sonic experiences, striving for release.

Fanny Chellé (born in 1993, France) is a clarinet and bass clarinet player who likes to navigate between classical music, contemporary music and free improvisation. She is a pedagogue, passionate orchestral and chamber music player, and member of several ensembles (Trio Boreas with viola and piano, Anemoi Quartet clarinet quartet). In 2017 she founded the ensemble Mondkabarett with five musicians she met in Rennes, specializing in the music of Schoenberg (Pierrot Lunaire) and Kurt Weill. Coming from a classical background, she likes to experiment with other aesthetics, and is always on the lookout for new experiences to diversify her artistic practice (musical theater, contemporary creations). Free improvisation became a bigger part of her musical journey when she arrived in Zürich (2018), following Lucas Niggli's improvisation classes at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK), and discovering the Zurich music scene, among others at the WIM. In 2022, she created her solo project Système D, for amplified clarinet and effects pedals, combining improvisation and traditional music.

Räto Kessler (born in 1994, Switzerland) is a musician based in Zurich. He is mainly active in the free improvisation scene of Zurich while playing with various artists in diverse improvisational settings. The different collaborations range from ambient duo with Michelle Hurschler, concrete-noise duo Ohrablüatler to the electro-acoustic trio with saxophonists Gemma Galeano and Ferran Gorrea. With an autodidactic attempt Räto constantly seeks for new sounds and new ways to create them. He plays the guitar as his main instrument but is also a versatile electronic musician with a strong interest in electro-acoustic as well as purely computer music. Recently, he works extensively on audio programming and the attempt to perform interdisciplinary with dancers.

Fred Minner (born in 1978, Switzerland) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist (bass, soprano saxophone, guitar, and vocals) active for more than 20 years in various experimental, metal, improvisation, and jazz bands. He released 2 albums with his experimental dark/doom jazz duo Mademoiselle Plume Rouge: Junkie Movie Music in 2021 on the labels Off and Urgence Disk, and Horror Politics in 2022 on the label Signora Ward Records. The self-released album of his jazzy art-rock quartet Poppins (active between 2002 and 2009) was re-released by Off in Fall 2023. Since 2010, he is an active member of the Insub Meta Orchestra (improvisation, minimalism, reductionism), with which he recorded 3 albums. His most recent projects are the Hadaly Quartet and the trio Abyss of the Senses (improvisation, no-wave, death/doom metal). With various bands, he toured in Europe (Switzerland, France, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic).

Sergio Beresovsky (born in 1963, Argentina) is a jazz and free-improvisation drummer based in Zurich. In the early 80`s he participated in many fusion/jazz/latin and experimental formations in Argentina. From 1987 to 1990 he resided in Salvador Bahia (Brazil), where he studied Afro-Brazilian music and played in numerous bands, among which Rumbahiana. In 1990 he moved to Europe. There he played in different bands like Snag with Steve Magnusson, Julian Wilson and Björn Meyer, with whom he recorded 3 albums, Moos with the Icelandic guitarist Robert Reynisson, Slingshot with Florian Götte and Ephrem Luschinger, and Tread with Matt Cowan. He also used to be part of the Harald Haerter Band with Arthur Byle and Eric Truffaz, with whom he toured in Switzerland. He played live in South America, Europe, and Australia.