Fresh, entertaining and uplifting music. (All About Jazz)
A taste of the future of Jazz, finally a fresh new approach by the cream of the Dutch Jazz field. (P.Merret, PBS Australia)
Oh, how awesome is this... It’s fun, unpredictable, and loaded with unique sounds including prepared piano, PVC flute, and a rubber-band thingy they call a “brim-bram.” ... Very cool. (KZSU Zookeeper)
His (Lotz) most sparkling CD ever. (Mixed magazine)
A masterwork. (Mazzmuzikas)
Athmospheric and enchanting. (Volkskrant)
Uncomparable unique soundworld. (Jazzflits)
Again a memorable album in the rich and capricious oevre of Lotz. (Jazzenzo)
As always Lotz grants a musical journey which is adventurous, bloody beautiful and where you are listening with a smile. (Moorsmagazine)
Welcome to a musical impression on the adventurous entertainment one finds under water.
‘A Dutch View On Fish' is an new project by flutist Mark Alban Lotz: a multi-media performance within a combination of live video with live music: Lotz Of Music versus VJ Soundshadow.
Several Dutch Composers wrote a fish track for 'A Dutch View On Fish': Stefan Kruger, Ernst Reijseger, Michael Moore, Steven Kamperman, Tjitze Vogel, Alan Laurillard, Arend Niks, Mark Alban Lotz, Albert Van Veenendaal. Giovanca Ostiana, Benny Sings and the Easy Aloha's will write new watery tracks.
The Debut CD Bite! features the electrifying sounds of the Brim Bram!
Bite! gets a huge amount of airplay (especially in the US!) and excellent reviews in it's seven month existence. This is truly heart-warming and very encouraging as our dear friend cello player Lysander Le Coultre died January 29'th in Amsterdam. We are terribly shocked by the sudden loss of our vriend. The CD Bite! forms his musical legacy.
Mark Alban Lotz is an award winning flute player whose sound, imagination and unique way of playing has established him as a key player in the European Jazz (?) world. He is a remarkable solo performer and leader of diverse formations, besides being a collaborative sideman in demand.
A mantis shrimp, admittedly neither fish, mantis nor shrimp, bludgeons its audience-- or prey if you prefer--with an appendage that accelerates like a .22 caliber bullet with the force of Jimi smashing his guitar at Altamont.
Love the fish!! Thank you for sending me and invitation. I am glad we are friends. Check out my music and send me a comment. I would love to hear form you. Thank you for your support and much success to you….. Live! Love! Laugh! Now! Peace & love Selam
Greetings and salutations. Thanks for the kind words. Being a mouse once raised by fish, I can truly relate to such oceanic melodiousness - your music is quite marvelous. Best regards - D
