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Wallace / Vazquez / Von Schultz: Siesta (577 Records)

Recorded during an ambitious 15-day, 14-show European tour, this debut from pianist Eli Wallace, bassist Pablo Vazquez, and drummer Marcelo von Schultz captures the spontaneous chemistry of a trio forged in motion, weaving explosive rhythmic interplay, extended techniques, and melodic nuance into a vibrant and unpredictable tapestry of creative improvisation.
 

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Eli Wallace-piano, objects

Pablo Vazquez-double bass

Marcelo von Schultz-drums


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UPC: 755491338698

Label: 577 Records
Catalog ID: CD-577R-5973
Squidco Product Code: 36029

Format: CDR
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded at Kuhlspot Social Club, in Berlin, Germany, on May 13th, 2024, by Gustavo Obligado.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"Brooklyn's 577 Records is ecstatic to introduce you to a soaring trio making a name for itself in the global experimental community. Their debut album, Siesta, delivers blissful, organized chaos bolstered by these artists' seemingly limitless imaginations. Expect the unexpected.

Forged from a 2024 chance meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Wallace, Vazquez, and von Schultz project came together as quickly as it did naturally. Their "big bang" moment of origination occurred at the suggestion of a mutual colleague. Pianist Brooklynite Eli Wallace was in town on tour and met with local heroes, double bassist Pablo Vazquez and drummer Marcelo von Schultz, at Prez for their first-ever performance together. Their chemistry was earth-shattering -- and the audience felt it. In fact, their reaction lit the torch for the group's trailblazing steps forward.

Before they knew it, they were recording this debut album at Berlin's iconic Kuhlspot amidst a fourteen-show, fifteen-day tour across five European countries. Some might say that is crazy, but we see it as superhuman. Especially after hearing the results! This whirlwind adventure solidified the professional relationship and friendship between Wallace, Vazquez, and von Schultz, which had an undeniably magical effect on their collaborations on stage and in recording.

The trio innovatively weaves together intricate rhythmic pockets, bombastic noisy layers, saccharine melodicism, and subtle spaces filled with instrumental overtones. It is an entrancing dance that swirls between the collective's whole and solo spotlights with grace and flawless spontaneity. The atmosphere they produce encourages new expressions of creativity, not only from each member but also from their wholistic co-existence. They are as much a complex, living ecosystem as they are a musical group."-577


Artist Biographies

"Eli Wallace is a pianist, improviser, and composer who resides in Brooklyn, NY, leading his own projects, collaborating with other like-minded artists, and co-curating the interdisciplinary performance series Invocation with Drew Wesely. His work as a pianist displays his vast milieu of experiences from classical, jazz, free improvisation studies, and extensive piano preparation, while his compositions employ notational strategies to broaden the manner in which sounds are created and the ways in which musicians interact. Over the past decade he has appeared on dozens of albums and has performed at such esteemed venues as The Stone, New York, NY, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL, and the Outsound New Music Summit, San Francisco, CA."

-Eli Wallace Website (https://eliwallacemusic.com/)
6/9/2025

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"Pablo Vazquez is a double bassist from Buenos Aires, Argentina"

-Squidco 6/9/2025

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"Marcelo von Schultz (Argentina, 1976) musician, drummer and teacher. Coming from the scene of jazz and creative music from the West (Dervish, Doña Marìa, Antü) for several years is devoted to the exploration and development of improvised music and free jazz.

He has recorded two albums with Catriel Nievas, Dùo (2014) and Tùneles (2016), both edited by the Argentine label Isla Visión and by the French label Adaptador Records.

Currently he continues playing in Dervish and is part of the trio Haiti, along with Cecilia Quinteros and Sergio Merce, a duo with Hernán Samá and the Mokita quartet with Cecilia Quinteros, Christoph Gallio and Alex Elgier.

As a teacher he dictates the subject Afro-Latin Percussion of the chair of battery at the School of Art of Luján (Prov. Of Buenos Aires)."

-Marcelo von Schultz Website (Translated by Google) (https://marcelovonschultz.wordpress.com/about/)
6/9/2025

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Track Listing:



1. Danza Entrelaza Darse 1:26

2. Saltando Nos 7:26

3. Abre Siesta 1:35

4. Adentro Lejos 8:05

5. Re Bravo 2:32

6. Volar. No Sos El Laberinto 8:46

7. Vacios Expectantes Espectros Infinitos Reflejos 7:28

8. Portal 4:50

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