Jan Roth, Redux Review
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Jan Roth is on the go in all set-ups, by himself or as a quartet. Whether playing piano, drums or on swathing ideas on the computer. Since the release of his debut album L.O.W., the fond tribute to the sunny side of melancholy, he had many irons in the fire. Everywhere and nowhere between jazz, classic, pop and electronic music this sympathetic man is strolling about the keyboard back and forth. Only to look if there possibly is some more space between white and black keys. With the songs on Redux Jan Roth now spans the arc from L.O.W. over Kleinod into a stunning future. Lean back into the moment.
Positives:
Roth’s music is cinematic and moving, with each stroke of the keys the listener is elevated.
Bottom Line:
Redux is a collection of sterling pieces from the enigmatic “Hin Und Her,” to the beat laden “Rastlos,” Roth is an adventurer of sounds and space. The pensive “Boicycle, is filled with complex harmonic delicacies and rhythmic interest. While März,” laces in a thumping dimensional sound that echoes in your ear with a beautifully deafening sound. About the very reduced sound concept of the pieces – piano and restrained beatbox – Roth says: "The two walk beautifully side by side, the piano points a lot to the trees and clouds and people and animals. The beat goes alongside, kicks stones, but is not there without pleasure. Neither of them pulls on the other. They just spend their day together." Roth’s music is adventurous and hauntingly memorable. That’s the short of it!