in the endless wind

Urs Leimgruber – soprano saxophone
Jacques Demierre – piano
Thomas Lehn – analogue synthesizer and sound processing

The trio LDL emerged from the trio LDP, which was expanded to form the quartet LDP+L with the addition of Thomas Lehn. Elements that had already been effective in shaping style and form in the quartet with Barre Philips continue in the triangular constellation of the LDL trio and unfold in the juxtaposition of the two keyboard instruments – the acoustic piano and the analogue synthesizer, both technically coupled with each other for mutual sound processing – and the anchoring of Urs Leimgruber’s soprano saxophone at the center of the sound image.

The result is a highly developed culture of musical improvisation substantially based on the fine, highly sensitive listening into the sound space. And the sound space here includes both, the musical events of the individual and collective creative processes, as well as the space itself in which the creative act takes place, including its acoustic nature and the space- transforming presence of the audiences.

All compositions by Urs Leimgruber, Jacques Demierre (SUISA) and Thomas Lehn (GEMA).
Recorded at the Loft Cologne on October 26, 2023 by Stefan Deistler. Mixed and mastered by Thomas Lehn.
Produced by the musicians. Executive Producer Wide Ear Records, Zug, Switzerland.
Cover artwork: Richard Klammer, Gletscher, 120 × 150cm, oil on canvas, 2007, Sammlung MMKK, photographed by Ferdinand Neumüller.
Art design by Velvet Creative Office, Lucerne.

Wide Ear Records CD WER076