Sweat

Lucas Niggli Zoom Ensemble

Phil Minton - Vocals • hilipp Schaufelberger - Guitar • Claudio Puntin - Clarinets • Nils Wogram - Trombone • Lucas Niggli - drums, composition • Ensemble Neue Musik Zürich (fl, vl, vc, p, vib, tuba)

Intakt Records  2004   

»Appropriate to a collaboration with a new music ensemble, many of Niggli's pieces are suites. The lead-off track, for instance, is an anthemic anti-nationalist suite - that's perfectly designed for Minton, who is something of a specialist in Anti-Anthems, having sung wondrous versions of the anarchist anthem in the past. The drummer explains that the sweatiness of the project was both positive - sweat of a good performance ("I love intensity and energy, to create music under the biggest physical and mental presence") - and also more troubling ("writing this whole program was like having a disease, fever")«
(Extract of John Corbetts LinerNotes)